Incubator 2.0: A Silicon Valley Success Story (and a plug for StartupVisa.com) “Now that the 2009 fbFund REV social incubator program has wrapped up, i thought i’d post some slides from a talk i’ve been doing recently. ” http://bit.ly/2WUpll

One of the big losers of the AOL Time Warner debacle: Turner Lost CNN, Fonda, Fortune, Feels ‘Like a Dummy’ (Update1) – Bloomberg.com “Turner lost $7 billion when Time Warner’s stock collapsed in the wake of the 2001 merger with AOL, the Internet business it is now shedding. ” http://bit.ly/2vshBb

Häagen-Dazs Five ice cream is a smart marketing campaign – The Curious Capitalist – TIME.com http://bit.ly/2lw7gM

I think this is an old business truth that still holds today. It’s why firms should want to get big fast. So next time you see an M&A deal that doesn’t make sense, it may have been driven by the fear of dying in the middle. http://bit.ly/47KwzU

Interesting– since Apple doesn’t dominate the desktop OS platform, they are less reliant on the network effects associated with it (3rd party apps): “if you can get by with just software designed by Apple and if money is not a big issue, you will be happy with a Mac.” http://bit.ly/GysDM

Fred Wilson, winning the hearts of more entrepreneurs: “The VC business is not about grabbing the largest slice of the pie. It is about getting involved with very big pies. VCs can do what they want and they are doing it. But please don’t use the words ‘we need to own’ around me. I am calling bullshit on it and will do it to your face.” http://bit.ly/1bbbw0

peHUB » Not So Fast On The New NASDAQ Exchange “The new exchange wouldn’t ease the IPO drought because it doesn’t go far enough, says Pascal Levensohn of Levensohn Venture Partners… The minimum size of capital raised by companies on the new exchange would need to be between $50 million and $100 million.” http://bit.ly/25bxVV

Moore’s Law is a valuable coordination device for Silicon Valley. RT @manukumar ‘Moore’s Law is not a law of Physics. Semiconductors don’t spontaneously double in performance every year.’ Greg Papadopoulos, CTO Sun #ETL

Intel’s Big Bet – FastCompany Fastcomp… « /SAbackchan “Common thread is software – real computer science stuff from the old school days – low level coding.” http://bit.ly/4gkNna

Venture Model Makeover & Diet Plan—Step Two | Xconomy “Partnerships should lay out their planned operating expenses for their investors as part of fund-raising. What is really required to run the fund? ” http://bit.ly/2Z6FQx