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The Power of Quora & Why Benchmark was Right to Pay Up

Both Sides of the Table

I wish every blog used Disqus and I wish every website that syndicated content would create an integrated commenting thread the way that Business Insider does. When Quora went into Beta and became the “hip product to have access to&# in Silicon Valley I felt compelled to play around with it. Quora “Lite&#.

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The Consumerization of Business Software ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Now that end users spend as much of their personal time with software (in the form of social networks, tablet/smartphone apps, streaming media, etc) as they do with business software they’ve become much more discriminating buyers. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Author howerl.

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Why Hulu is the OPEC of Online Video

Both Sides of the Table

The founders felt that having a legitimate site for content would discourage Silicon Valley VC’s from funding entrepreneurs to create the next big TV killer. Hulu emerged in the social networking era and yet Boxee has been way out in front in terms of creating social viewing experiences.

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Urbanization of Startups ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

I spent some time with some startups in San Francisco proper, as opposed to the heart of Silicon Valley (see Note 1). “Silicon Valley” (see Note 2) is hardly alone in this urbanization of startups trend. April 13, 2012. I was back in the SF Bay Area last week for a bit of work and a bit of fun.

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

mashable.com

One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Publisher Platform (P3).

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Our Investment in Cloze ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Cloze is helping outbound professionals understand and utilize their professional network more comprehensively than ever before. We amass all of this information in our emails, social networks, smartphone address books, and other software tools (e.g. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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How to Raise a Seed Round: Three Basic Tips for Founders

Scott Edward Walker

Despite all the hype in the press (including with respect to the latest ICO craze), raising funds for your startup is still tough – particularly if you’re not located in San Francisco or Silicon Valley. Once you’ve done the hard part to build a network, you now need to do your homework (i.e.,