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Advertising Simplicity

Advertising used to be a fairly simple affair for many smaller businesses. Simple because the choices that had to be made were generally limited, occurred infrequently and were not based on a lot of data. For instance, a business owner Read more

Introducing Albert Wenger

We actually don't need to introduce Albert Wenger to many of you who are involved with Union Square Ventures on a regular basis. Albert was the President of del.icio.us and is on the Board of Etsy. He's been at most, Read more

Personal Financial Services

Last fall when we started looking seriously at personal financial services, we realized something important about that kind of personal productivity application and the web. When you move word processing from the desktop to the web not much happens. Writely Read more

FeedBurner Acquisition

This is hardly a surprise since rumors of this deal have been all over the blog world for the better part of the past month. But it is true that FeedBurner has been acquired by Google. The price has not Read more

Interview with Dick Costolo

Dick Costolo, the CEO of FeedBurner, was interviewed today on Wallstrip. The interview is an entertaining summary that explains what FeedBurner does, why it's important, and how it makes money. Read more

Web 2.0: Cult of the Amateur?

I can’t say that the panel discussion – Web 2.0: Cult of the Amateur? A Debate – was the most interesting or even the most entertaining session at the Personal Democracy Forum held last Friday in New York. That honor Read more