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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

There were chat rooms, discussion groups, dating, classified ads – you name it. ones were enhanced because they coincided with hardware that allowed us to capture more content instantly – namely images and video – otherwide Web 2.0 We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter December 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

ISRAELI CROP PROTECTION GIANT MAKHTESHIM AGAN EXPANDS TO MEXICO AND KOREA. and is also buying 100% of Mexico’s Ingeniera Industrial S.A. MONOCLE MAGAZINE NAMES HAIFA INVESTMENT HOTSPOT. Virtualization technology is increasingly in demand as large corporations try to cut back on hardware in their data centers.

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Build Success from a Struggling Agency with a Multimillion-Dollar Pivot

Duct Tape Marketing

and Mexico and hosts the popular podcast Operation Agency Freedom, which focuses on marketing and entrepreneurship. And we got to around a couple hundred clients on retainer, and along the way I had built a team in Mexico. (01:58): It was unheard of for people to go down into Mexico. He oversees operations in the U.S.

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Goodbye Jody. You Really Were Awesome

Both Sides of the Table

You got to keep the name of the new company – ecomom. You were so proud of that name and what it stood for. So it’s fitting that we got to hang out together last year at The Lobby in Mexico. You had renegotiated your way out of that agreement. You wanted good in the world. And in turn the world wanted good for you.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I started my business because I was the victim of a horrible acquisition (can you name a good one?). We came up with a way to incorporate traditional tepache, a fermented beverage that hails from Pre-Columbian Mexico, into a more modern market— one that people from all walks of life will grab off the shelves. Photo Credit: ????Jay

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

Both Sides of the Table

MiTú, based out of Los Angeles, was founded in 2012 by three veterans from the Hispanic media world: Beatriz Acevedo ( recently named on the 25 most important digital media players on The Hollywood Reporter !) , Doug Greiff and Roy Burstin. MiTú will use its $10 million to build out new production facilities in LA and Mexico.

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Balloon Wars

Steve Blank

They placed aerial reconnaissance cameras on the balloons and ran a series of test programs (code names of GOPHER, MOBY DICK, GRANDSON and GRAYBACK) launching 640 balloons from New Mexico, Montana, the West Coast, Missouri and Georgia. In late 1955 President Eisenhower gave the ok to launch the GENETRIX balloons over the Soviet Union.