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My friend and fellow investor Jon Lehr of Work-Bench recently wrote a piece entitled “7 Lessons Learned in My First 2 Years as a VC.” Jon and I have known each other since before either of us were VCs, and I’ve tried to carry a bit of his legacy to Chicago in launching the Chicago Enterprise Tech Meetup (Jon launched the NY version several years back and it has become a… Read More... →

Самые популярные и обсуждаемые тексты уходящей недели на vc.ru — в традиционном воскресном дайджесте.... →

When you're paying for sponsored updates on LinkedIn, make sure you're getting bang for your buck. The post 10 Tips for Getting the Most Out of LinkedIn Sponsored Updates appeared first on Search Engine Journal .... →

Ray Kurzweil’s predictions of the Singularity annoy me sufficiently that I once sat down to write a TechCrunch column attacking them. A brief primer: Singularity theory argues that our exponential technological growth will, several decades hence, culminate in an unimaginable transcendence that redefines humanity, sentience, and/or reality. It is also known as the Rapture of the Nerds Read More... →

Earlier this week I got on a call with to Nic Brisbourne, Managing Partner at London-based Forward Partners, which helps build and backs startups largely in the e-commerce space. Before that Nic spent 9 years at leading European VC firm DFJ Esprit. Read More... →

Бывший аналитик компаний Zeptolab и «Яндекс» и создатель блога GoPractice Олег Якубенков опубликовал в своём блоге материал, в котором разобрал основные ошибки, совершённые создателями нового «Кинопоиска».Редакция vc.ru публикует заметку с разрешения автора.... →

Yota произвольно изменила мой номер телефона! Прим. Roem.ru: Yota — в данном случае оператор связи, единственным его акционером (собственником), на сентябрь 2015 года, являлась компания "МегаФон". Упомянутая в публикации Yota не имеет никакого отношения к производителю электроники (смартфонов) под созвучным названием.... →

I spent the day yesterday doing Denver Startup Week stuff. I was on a bunch of panels and during one of the Q&A sessions someone asked something to the effect of: “Now that things are moving faster than ever before, how do you deal with / keep up with them?” I thought about it for a […]... →

Перезапуск Кинопоиска, изменения в Директе и AdWords, новый алгоритм Google... →

(By Joseph D’Urso, Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Frustrated by the lack of technological solutions to the European refugee crisis, a group of London-based techies has started working with charities to find ways to help people on the move, most of whom have mobile phones. Mike Butcher, editor of TechCrunch, a technology news site, kickstarted the […]... →

К 11 октября число публикаций в интернете про Yandex Launcher приблизилось к числу его установок. Но последнее число пока больше не будет расти.... →

Indie developers were rightly up in arms at the recent changes to the place of supply rules for B2C sales — deftly coined #VATMESS by Twitter wags. The rules were well-intentioned — it was not right that Apple, Google and Amazon could set up shop in Luxembourg, thus gaming the tax system and disadvantaging EU competitors. However, the implementation was cack-handed Read More... →

(By Yuki Sato, The Bridge) – Japanese app developer duo Ffab0 (pronounced “fab zero”) recently launched the English edition of a mobile learning app focused on Ruby and Ruby on Rails, called Pocket Programming. Prior to this, the team released the Japanese version of the app in late August. I had a chance to speak with […]... →

The folks at Goebel Furniture make amazing wooden furniture the old fashioned way: the create design permutations in CAD/CAM, 3D print demo models, and then carve and shape every piece to the customer’s exact requirements. Run by Martin Goebel, the company makes commercial and domestic furniture. The commercial stuff is amazingly heavy and hearty while the domestic furniture is almost… Read More... →

GUEST: The cyber attack on the Office of Personnel Management this past summer is likely to go down as one of the most damaging security breaches in U.S. government history. Its ultimate impact on America’s national security will play out over decades. And it didn’t happen in a vacuum, but rather appears to be part of […]... →

Each week brings more Uber stories, with some containing good news for those who believe that the company is on a glide path to a $100 billion IPO, and some containing bad news, which evoke predictions of catastrophe from Uber doubters. For me, the test with each news story is to see how that story affects my narrative for Uber, and by extension, my estimate of its value. Read More... →

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China on Saturday published draft rules to regulate online car hailing businesses, a booming sector where U.S. firm Uber Technologies Inc and Chinese rival Didi Kuaidi have been aggressively competing for market share. The draft rules, published on the website of the Ministry of Transport, said they are aimed at maintaining order […]... →

L.A. tech has clearly hit its growth inflection point, but the City of Angels has yet to get its startup wings. Here’s the good news: In 2014 alone, we raised more than $3 billion, saw more than $5 billion realized capital across over 80 exits and became the fastest growing startup region in the U.S. Read More... →

Twitter объявил о запуске новой расширенной версии программы Amplify, которая призвана дать доступ к видеорекламе формата pre-roll большему числу рекламодателей и издателей. Функционал Amplify был создан два года назад для продвижения видеорекламы в Twitter. Продукт позволяет рекламодателям, издателям и брендам показывать пользователям Twitter видеоклипы событий почти в режиме реального времени. Идея состоит в том, чтобы достичь пользователей на их вторых экранах в то время, как они смотрят мероприятие по ... →

Online harassment is a serious problem for every member of the online community, including companies like Change.org. While the majority of petitions are deeply inspiring stories of people power, we occasionally get a sobering reminder of the worst of the Internet when we see petitions calling for acts of suicide, or petitions used by students to bully their classmates. We also hear… Read More... →