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Paying for social: Google hits middle age

By On April 10, 2011 · In regular

Last week, we read about Larry Page’s attempts to focus his company on winning the battle for the social graph of the internet.  Most agree that Google is far behind and many argue that for the content graph winner, the social graph is already lost.  Facebook is big, [...]

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"Game dynamics" = the new black

By On January 4, 2011 · In regular, VC

I recall a 1995 conversation with Mike Moritz from Sequoia, a VC on the verge of fame, and a board member of my first startup regarding his recent investment in a new company called “Yahoo.”  In passing, I asked Mike [...]

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The problem with pure "social"

By On June 30, 2010 · In regular, VC

Today, we saw the long-awaited announcement of FourSquare’s $20M round.  Whispered about and long in coming (well, not too long considering the company’s relative youth) my hat is off to the founders and their VCs.  The “traction” (to overuse a term) FourSquare has been able [...]

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