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A few weeks ago, I got to sit down with Valerie Gurka of FearlessBusinessTV and talk about BricaBox and the trends we’re following. You can view the video here or below.

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What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up 
like a raisin in the sun? 
Or fester like a sore– 
And then run? 
Does it stink like rotten meat? 
Or crust and sugar over– 
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags 
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
- A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes
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All for not!
Remember how Michael Arrington had big big [...]

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Is Gary the Cramer of Wine, or is Cramer the Vaynerchuk of Stocks?
I’ll take the latter, and it sounds like Cramer will too:

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This is just another great example of how my life seems to parallel that of Derek Zoolander. (pop-culture reference here)
I just read Catherine Taylor’s worriment that niche social networks will end up in that classic advertising hard-spot between scale and target.
Her concern: commoditized ad inventory does poorly in niche communities and ignore the value of a niche, [...]

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Today is GaryVee-Day — the day his book officially comes out. This post is to be your guide to news, media and events surrounding his book’s release.
Events:
Last night, we celebrated the book release along with Gary’s appearance on Conan, at bounce. Here’s the Conan footage and a video from the event.

Today he signs his book [...]

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I’ve recently taken notes on the top 5 things in my life which I believe are indicators of what the future looks like:

Twinkle
AppleTV
Silicon Alley Insider
Meetup / The Point / CarrotMob
DonorsChoose & Kiva

Twinkle
No need to put the iPhone or Twitter on my list, because the Twinkle application (jailbroken phones only, for now) combines both of these [...]

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Hat tip to Darren for this amazing video about social networks and YOUR LIFE!

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Photo Credit: Scott Gould
Brian Litvak, Biz Dev & Marketing guru at Sportsvite, wrote an interesting post the other day, basically claiming that the biggest lessons from the Internet were taught and learned a decade ago, when he entered college. Taught to and learned by him, that is.
Here’s his take:
If we could turn back the clock [...]

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Joe Weisenthal reported yesterday that IAC is launching a new how-to video site called Life333.
One of the first questions he and others ask is, “Do we really need another how-to video site?”
My take is: yes… a few thousands more.
Part of our bet with BricaBox is that folks will want to create thousands of how-to sites, [...]

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If you’d like to continue the conversation about App Engine, please check out the re-post of my article on Silicon Alley Insider (Peter edited it down and it’s much more readable).
Also, I wanted to point out this article by David Recordon, who pointed out the connection between App Engine and Facebook’s Platform via Twitter from [...]

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