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Last night at the NY Tech MeetUp Owen Davis introduced SeedStart Media 2011.
SeedStart Media 2011, is a New York City based summer program that will attract the most innovative startup companies in digital media, e-commerce, ad infrastructure and mobile technology from all over the United States.  The purpose of the program is to provide promising entrepreneurs with funding and a …

Recently I wrote about how having a focus on delivering quality content to your customers makes a difference.  Whether it is merchandise, video entertainment, editorial or jobs.  In that post I referred to a Polaris Venture Partners company JIBE.   I talked about how the founder Joe Essenfeld was totally dedicated on having the best job listings possible from brand …

Apple TV recently announced that they have sold 1 million units.   The question comes to mind is how many units or more importantly households will Apple TV need to penetrate before the cable tv networks take them seriously?   When do they make the decision that Apple TV distribution is worth fighting for?   My guess is that if they could you would …

One of the great aspects of my job as a General Partner with Polaris Venture Partners is the time I get to spend in Dogpatch Labs NY.  We have created a vibrant community of like minded entrepreneurs who are building really interesting companies.   This month we are celebrating Dogpatch Labs NY one year anniversary.  During this time there has been …

One of the hot topics in around mobile commerce is how the mobile phone can become an effective platform for the delivery of offers from retailers.  Foursquare came charging out of the gate and enabled local merchants the ability to reward consumers who frequently “checked in” with offers.  Facebook just announced that they will be launching a deal service as …

The ways in which people communicate with each other is changing. I am not referring to a new technology although I do believe that technology has changed the way we communicate and not always for the better. The proliferation of email and texting has clearly enabled all of us to be connected more often and in many ways …

This past weekend I was fortunate to be invited to attend and speak at the Kairos Global Summit.   My guess is that very few people have heard of the Kairos Society and candidly it would not have been on my radar had it not been for my son Tyler Flint who is the Kairos Chapter President at Emory University.
Kairos …