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[Y Combinator Finally Gets Some Kick-Butt Competition With Y Permutator

April 1, 2010 

I’ve been following Y Combinator for several years and have a (sometimes grudging) admiration for them. The “grudging” comes from the fact that they abandoned Boston and are now…

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[Notes From SXSW 2010 And A Fabulous Startup Dinner

March 26, 2010 

I am writing this on the plane trip back to Boston from SXSW in Austin, Texas. This was my first time down to the conference that’s been referred to as “Spring Break for Geeks”. I’ve…

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[Inbound Networking: 42 People I Want To Connect With at SXSW

March 10, 2010 

I’m going to be presenting at the big and boisterous SXSW conference in Austin, Texas this Saturday. I’ll be talking about Inbound Marketing. More specifically, I’ll be talking about…

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[Lamenting The Loss of Reddit

August 3, 2007 

Reddit and I go way, way back. I was there when Alexis and Steve presented the early idea (and a working application) at one of the early Web Innovator's meetups in a small, cramped…

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