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Solving for Banner Blindness. Solve Media.

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Solve Media is that. In the early days of the Internet as an advertising medium the industry organized to create “standard ad units&# for which most media companies would sell their inventory. So the debate in the print media world is whether or not to insert a paywall between users and content. But is there a better way?

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

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Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios. And this month we announced that Maker Studios, where I am an investor and board member, crossed 3 billion views. You can’t change media consumption patterns easily. hours of TV / day.

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

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It means the “ torso TV ” consumption patterns will be more important than the head or the long tail for the next era of media companies. You should only worry about this if you’re a large, traditional media company with fat margins. Media in an age of: low-cost capture from mobile devices. We are the media.

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DataSift Announces Mega-Round. Apple Buys Topsy for $200 Million. Here’s What You Need to Know

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years ago and still rings true today, stating the unique Twitter attributes that are disruptive: Real time. It is the oil pipeline explosion in Nigeria that is Tweeted before people even know a disruption may happen. Now can we please do at least one board meeting in LA?!? Social Media Tech Market Analysis' Asymmetric.

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Innovation Through Crisis

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I’m involved with a few boards where we have taken a position of revenue-centric spending. You can use the time to optimize your owned media, such as social media , newsletter, blogs, or to even start new content channels like webinars and podcasts. Disruptive innovation is what most people mean when they say innovation.

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EmpowHER Your Mindset: How Women Entrepreneurs Can Overcome Negative Thoughts To Stay Motivated

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Miranda Naiman, a 7-year EO Tanzania member and an unstoppable force for good, is the founder of Empower , a disruptive consulting firm that passionately provides talent, advisory and insight services to clients across the African continent. board director to multiple organisations, coach, mentor and volunteer can weigh us down.

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

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A 90% disruption in cost spawns innovation – believe me. The biggest media attention in our industry went to the so-called “super angels&# during the 2009/10 timeframe and while I don’t believe there is such thing as a super angel I believe that much media attention was deserved. Spawning of Micro VCs.