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Infographics Are Broken. We Can Do Better.
Infographics on the web are so bad and so broken. They are everywhere, yet few actually do a decent job of conveying information (click on the one at left to see what I mean). Some even argue that they...
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“3 And 30″
In the venture capital world, most partners are paid based on two numbers: 2 and 20. The norm in the industry is to charge limited partners (the institutions and wealthy individuals who invest in VC...
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Show Me Your Best DEMO
Ever since I left TechCrunch six months ago, people have been asking me, “What’s next?” I’ve been purposefully silent about most of my activities, but today I can share some news. Beginning next month,...
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Introducing DEMO Mobile
If there is one fundamental shift sweeping over the technology industry, it is the current transition to mobile computing. The opportunity is immense. Apple embraced the transition early and was...
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Pitch DEMO at Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, Or First Round
Are you building a killer mobile product that is going to change the world? Do you want feedback on your pitch from some top VCs and me? In order to find the very best startups and products for DEMO...
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Lessons From The DEMO Tour: Hardware Is The New Software
Just before the holidays, we wrapped up the first leg of our DEMO Tour. In partnership with some amazing VC firms—Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins in Silicon Valley and First Round Capital in...
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Startups, Apply By 1/17 To Get DEMO Mobile Scholarships
We are in the midst of collecting application for DEMO Mobile and a big deadline is coming up. January 17 is the last day startups can apply for a scholarship. As I just wrote on the new DEMO blog, we...
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DEMO Tour SF—Mobile Health, Enterprise, And Games
The DEMO Tour is back. Okay, it never really stopped. We just took a break for the holidays. In December, we went to Silicon Valley to find startups for DEMO Mobile, with stops at Andreessen Horowitz...
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Vinod Khosla Is Coming To Demo Mobile. Are You?
DEMO Mobile is really coming together. I am very happy to announce Vinod Khosla will be speaking, along with an awesome roster of judges. From a post I just put up on the DEMO Blog: It is difficult to...
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If Apple Doesn’t Reinvent TV, A Startup Will
TV is broken. We know this. We’ve known it for years. There are too many channels with too much crap. Browsing through the program guide consists of paging through 500 channels you never watch to get...
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A Different Take On Mobile Photography
When you take a photo, what you are really trying to do is capture a moment. Sometimes you get it, sometimes you don’t. Sometimes you press the shutter a split second too late. So you take another...
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Twitter Just Became Every Mobile App’s Best Friend
Twitter is not just about 140 characters anymore. Ever since it introduced Twitter Cards, it’s been expanding the scope of a Tweet to include photos, videos, music, article extracts, and more. Today...
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Mobile Is Just Scratching The Surface
Excerpt: It is hard to believe there are almost one million mobile apps for iOS alone, and another 500,000-plus for Android. Does the world really need that many apps? The answer is that we’ve barely...
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Vinod Khosla: “A Company Becomes The People It Hires”
Last week at DEMO Mobile, Vinod Khosla came onstage to share his unique perspective on building startups, mobile, and more. We just put up the video of the entire discussion, which you can watch...
View Article5 Trends To Watch At Demo Fall 2013
What is the next big thing? Where will technology take us? I struggle with these questions as I travel the world in search of the next great products to launch at DEMO. One thing I’ve learned is that...
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What Traction Looks Like, According To Slack
What does Traction look like? Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield showed us last November at DEMO Fall, where he shared some slides on Slack’s incredible growth. Slack is a communications tool for teams...
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