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I’m not Fred Wilson (who posts ideas and sees them built almost instantaneously) but I’m going to post about something I’d like to see as a Twitter application and maybe, just maybe … someone will build it.Fred (and many others)..
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Tracking event hashtags on Twitter has grown a ton in popularity over the last few years, ever since Twitter exploded at SXSW. It’s easy to do using Twitter Search by inputting the hashtag for the event. It’s not a perfect system - sometimes..
The Definition of Us - 24 days ago
Startups change. It’s the nature of the beast. Ideas change. Plans change. Teams change. The one constant for startups is change. But how can a startup handle and excel through so much change?Some companies have a very strong system of corporate...
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Many years ago when I started blogging I wrote a lot about small business and blogging. How to blog well was all the rage back then, and I studied some of the greats, like Copyblogger and Liz Strauss. These days you see a lot more...
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Who Let the Dogs Out? - 31 days ago
Cheesy, I know, but it’s early in the morning and I’m still shaking out the cobwebs.Extreme Venture Partners, a small Toronto-based venture firm focused on early stage startups, just announced ExtremeU, a 12-week summer program for 4 lucky...
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