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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

Both Sides of the Table

The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. I made the point (not widely publicized) that OS4 is currently “breaking&# many applications that use ad networks that are not Apples (most notably AdMob, owned by Google). Competitors: Playdom , Social Gaming Network. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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From Agency to Enterprise Software: The Evolution of Buddy Media

This is going to be BIG.

Our current focus is on creating sticky, super viral applications that help users get more out of Facebook and other social media. 6/15/2008 – Application network of its own apps plus agency business plus ad network. We help brands to engage their audiences by extending their advertising campaigns into the social world.

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15 Business Leaders Share Their Experiences and Insights on Getting Through COVID-19

StartupNation

This time, I connected with 15 startup and SME leaders from my network to discover how they are tackling the current crisis, and what advice they had to offer to others in the same boat. In times of crisis, it’s imperative for startups to build a solid analytics strategy to understand how their businesses are functioning at a granular level.

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Consumer investment fatigue

Tomasz Tunguz

Many of the promising marketing and media innovations of the past six years, daily deals, subscription ecommerce, social gaming and social media, have been struggling. Instead, investors are faced with a choice between two strategies. It’s too early to tell which strategy is better.

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Skich’s new app brings social discovery to mobile game recommendations

TechCrunch

Upon first launch, users simply tap on the categories of games they most enjoy — like board, adventure, card, casino, educational, strategy, word, racing, sports, casual, puzzle, and others. Using this initial input, Skich will customize its feed of games to the end user. It’s just a recommendation.

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What We Must Learn from Asia

Both Sides of the Table

My goal is to bring in informative speakers who stretch our collectively thinking on topics that will influence our investment strategies and use it as a way for us to share our experiences in ways that I hope benefit the Southern California technology ecosystem. More than 90% of Japanese mobile subscribers are on 3G networks (vs.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

Both Sides of the Table

That said I worry that V1 of the strategy isn’t a home run. I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. I know you could argue that YouTube was much broader but it was really popularized in the social networks. This is a CDN (Content Delivery Network).