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  1. Why there's reason to be bullish about VC bothsidesofthetable.com/2012/05/23/its…
  2. @johnolilly Agreed -- a point which @mcuban makes as well. I meant that to retail investors, fb is the wake up call blogmaverick.com/2012/05/23/fac…
  3. One less obvious consequence from facebook: every internet IPO will get grilled on the impact of mobile on its business
  4. Best explanation I've seen yet of the facebook IPO. Story has a long way to run. businessinsider.com/exclusive-here…
  5. Mind-blowing, indeed RT @robinwauters: What are some of the most mind-blowing facts? quora.com/What-are-some-… via @quora
  6. Same question I had this morning: RT @jamesoreilly @TheAtlantic Why did Zynga drop after Facebook's IPO? theatln.tc/Jd5fGh
  7. As the video app saga shows, you have to look beyond the numbers to see what's really going on gigaom.com/2012/05/14/fac…
  8. Fascinating critique of returns from VC investments from Kauffman Foundation kauffman.org/uploadedFiles/…
  9. Why it's easier for weathermen & gamblers to develop risk intelligence than it is for doctors or venture investors online.wsj.com/article/SB1000…
  10. IQ alone is not enough jasoncollins.org/2012/05/iq-as-…
  11. An eclectic Top 10 emerging tech trends from MIT technologyreview.com/tr10/
  12. Transformation continues @BestBuy as @stephengillett takes over marketing. minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/20…
  13. The start-up propellant that is Facebook's Open Graph theverge.com/2012/5/3/29939…
  14. Congrats @dkhare -- wonderful outcome! RT @TechCrunch: LinkedIn Acquires SlideShare For $119M tcrn.ch/KxE3xO
  15. If entrepreneurs are a leading indicator, then from I've seen PC mkt share is headed towards 85% Mac, 15% ThinkPad, & 0% for everyone else
  16. The inextricable link between Stanford and Silicon Valley newyorker.com/reporting/2012…
  17. @mercurygod There is no "after VC"! :-)
  18. @davidhclark Not sure yet -- we'll see :-)
  19. #1: “There are 2 kinds of people in the world: parents, and people who don’t know that there are 2 kinds of people in the world”