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IVHoldings

  1. Look forward to big things from @Hashdoc: truly bright team with technical chops to match (bit.ly/Msaoc9) @tarekkoudsi
  2. Another gem from @Quora: I want to start a tech start-up but have no experience coding. What should I do? (b.qr.ae/Iw0G3x)
  3. Another bombshell on the FB IPO: read.bi/Lp5tFN @namekz
  4. Never forget that entrepreneurship can be treacherous: great personal story from Y-Combinator entrepreneur Tom Howard (bit.ly/IzmoWR)
  5. The Darwinian evolution of start-up hubs: bit.ly/KOxryq; how far along is Amman? Would love some insights.
  6. Great tool with a lot of data on mobile usage in ~40 countries: ourmobileplanet.com
  7. Infographic: how people are spending time online (bit.ly/IDtgCP)
  8. One of our portfolio companies is looking for a tech-savvy, go-getter salesperson... DM if interested; please retweet!
  9. Pic: how some of the recent tech IPOs have fared until today; pretty miserable for those who bought into the GRPN farce twitter.com/IVHoldings/sta…
  10. Too true: bit.ly/JFYPPA! Anyone else irritated by 3rd-party apps requesting approvals on FB? Just let me leave when I click a link!
  11. Why Goog, FB, and other leading tech companies might become shells of where they are today in 5 years: onforb.es/IJFKYG
  12. More on the trajectory of social/Zynga games: Draw Something DAUs in major decline since Zynga acquisition @namekz twitter.com/IVHoldings/sta…
  13. What $1M buys in ad world: 125 million impressions on Facebook, 10 full-page color ads on NYTimes, 2 30-sec ads on American Idol; via @WSJ
  14. …and the only Zynga game to hold strong through time: Texas Hold’em Poker (7.7m peak, 6.9m today)
  15. Daily Active Users on various Zynga games (peak level, today): Farmville (32.5m, 4.7m), Mafia Wars (7.3m, 0.45m), Cityville (21.5m, 6.2m)
  16. The rise of the growth hacker (marketing teams take note): bit.ly/JKuQr5 @namekz @ojsati
  17. Why its smart to avoid competition: notes from Peter Thiel's Stanford class on start-ups (bit.ly/HKwsAm)
  18. Well then, Pinterest... twitter.com/IVHoldings/sta…