Social Shopping: The New Era of Social Networks

For those of us who are close to the evolving trends of digital media, it was tough to miss how the convergence of real-time mediums influenced consumer behavior this holiday season. Amazon sold more kindle books than physical books on Christmas day iPod touch app downloads grew 1000% on Christmas Day, surpassing the iPhone It [...]

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Social Pooling Explodes

Everyone loves getting a deal, but everyone loves to talk about it even more…its human nature.  Over the past 6 months, Groupon is on a massive traffic surge and along the way lined its coffers with significant revenue growth and a smooth $30 million in VC.  Groupon has single handedly

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A VC/Visionary's Recap of 2009

Forget the boring “Top 10 Lists,” listen to Rich Wong, investor in some of the hottest companies in mobile (Admob, Getjar) and social (Facebook, Groupon).  Below is a great interview via @scobleizer of Rich recapping 2009 and giving his predictions of 2010; covering topics such as the unexpected growth of social e-commerce, how apps vs [...]

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