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  We do not think you’re different. We are not confident in your ability to establish strong relationships with companies. And we will probably not think of you when we need funding later on.  Particletree » How Not to Pitch to a Startup . For years I’ve talked to VCs when I’ve met them, and I [...]

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It will be very interesting to watch Google’s Android play out in the market. The basic challenge faced by all those who want to eventually see useful, reliable, trustworthy mobile computing devices is a rewiring of the basic competitive landscape that delivers the services, the devices, and the connectitivity into our hands. The wireless carriers [...]

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 The work of Duncan Watts, described in this article at Fast Company, has truly profound ramifications. In the past few years, Watts–a network-theory scientist who recently took a sabbatical from Columbia University and is now working for Yahoo NASDAQ:YHOO –has performed a series of controversial, barn-burning experiments challenging the whole Influentials thesis. He has analyzed [...]

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With a transparent, simple investment strategy like the one described by ETF Trends, it’s hard to see why anyone would need “professional help” with their portfolio. Potential investments are screened for liquidity and size, and anything “under about $75 million is automatically kicked out.” There’s a transparent and rigorous sell discipline, based on 200-day moving [...]

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Contemporary terrorist tactics require a radical rethinking of our society’s response. Our current strategy can be summed up in two ways. First, we are projecting our military power into foreign states that conform roughly with our conception of the ideological threat posed by terrorism, the so-called “rogue states.” Second, we are attempting to create the [...]

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