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	<description>Uncovering opportunity in early-stage companies and emerging markets</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 11:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Search redefined</title>
		<link>http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/search-redefined/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 11:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carlacthompson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Carla Thompson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Search Technolog]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Semantics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Barney Pell]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Freebase]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Powerset]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[search engine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wikipedia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone with even a remote interest in the semantic space has likely experienced the same roller coaster I have regarding Powerset. When I first spoke with Barney Pell over a year ago, the semantic tech sector was an entirely different landscape. I was intrigued by my conversation with Barney and the short demo I saw [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Plans or Prayer Flags</title>
		<link>http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/business-plans-or-prayer-flags/</link>
		<comments>http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/business-plans-or-prayer-flags/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 18:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chris Shipley]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I approached the tent where the Women 2.0 conference was about to start, I was struck by the string of prayer flags along the back wall.  That, as least, was what it looked like from a distance.   Up close, I realized that the organizers had strung up the entries -dozens of plans sketched out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women 2.0 Event Hightlights Social Entrepreneurs</title>
		<link>http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/women-20-event-hightlights-social-entrepreneurs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 15:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chrisshipley</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Shipley]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Entrepreneurship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[allvoices.com]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[d.light design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Market for Change]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[WealthCamp]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women 2.0]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women entrepreneurs]]></category>

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		<title>Yoono takes aggregation in a new direction</title>
		<link>http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/yoono-takes-aggregation-in-a-new-direction/</link>
		<comments>http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/yoono-takes-aggregation-in-a-new-direction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 16:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carlacthompson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Carla Thompson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Startups]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Erica Lee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Friendfeed]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social aggregation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social Web]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Yoono]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Those of us who are full - and sometimes egregious - participants in the social Web have quickly discovered that aggregation is vital in maintaining some sort of sanity. While there have been plenty of entrants in the aggregation space in recent months, the new Yoono add-on for Firefox is taking the sector in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YouTube Isn&#8217;t the Center of the Video Universe</title>
		<link>http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/youtube-isnt-the-center-of-the-video-universe/</link>
		<comments>http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/youtube-isnt-the-center-of-the-video-universe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 07:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chrisshipley</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Shipley]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Startups]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Clipblast!]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[content distribution]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[syndication]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Web 3.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Carefully and deliberately over the past two years, Clipblast! has laid the foundation for a cross-Internet video distribution platform.  First order, Clipbast! indexed video across the Web, aggregating video content no matter where it lives.  Then, at DEMOfall 07, the company introduced its API and widget strategy that enabled other sites to easily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Semantics acceptance via the enterprise</title>
		<link>http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/semantics-acceptance-via-the-enterprise/</link>
		<comments>http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/semantics-acceptance-via-the-enterprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carlacthompson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Carla Thompson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Semantics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Enterprise]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Application software]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business intelligence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Business software]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Dynamics CRM]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Semantic Technology Conference]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[semantic web]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Semantra]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m headed to the Semantic Technology conference in a couple of weeks, primed to mingle with the top minds in what is arguably the most exciting sector in technology right now.  I&#8217;ll be participating in a panel, &#8220;Taking Semantic Technology to the Masses,&#8221; that tackles a key issue around the semantic Web. How do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Following the Eyeballs</title>
		<link>http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/following-the-eyeballs/</link>
		<comments>http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/following-the-eyeballs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carlacthompson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Carla Thompson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[DEMO Conference]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Digital Media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BitTorrent]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Brooke Hammerling]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Interactive Advertising Bureau]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[MySpace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Online video]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TubeMogul]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Visible Measures]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Washington Post]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[YouTube]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[YouTube Insight]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/?p=118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Video analytics is not a term that strikes excitement in the hearts of social media fanatics. It&#8217;s far too enmeshed in advertising lingo like &#8220;impressions&#8221; and &#8220;views&#8221; to appeal to the average Web 2.0 fan.  But few among us can deny that ads fuel our beloved social tech economy. Further, I doubt many would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Road Again (Or Is It &#8220;Still&#8221;?)</title>
		<link>http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/on-the-road-again-or-is-it-still/</link>
		<comments>http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/on-the-road-again-or-is-it-still/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chrisshipley</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[DEMO Conference]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[DEMO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[DEMO.com]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[DEMOfall 08]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/?p=117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I firmly believe you don&#8217;t find really great innovation by sitting at your desk and waiting for it to come to you.  You&#8217;re not going to find it consistently by doing the Silicon Valley party circuit, either.  You have to get out into the world and meet entrepeneurs where they live.  And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Demographic Search Smart Business?</title>
		<link>http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/is-demographic-search-smart-business/</link>
		<comments>http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/is-demographic-search-smart-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carlacthompson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Carla Thompson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[African-American]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ask.com]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rushmore Drive]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[search engines]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SheGeeks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/?p=116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chris and I engaged in a lively discussion via Skype this morning regarding the merits of Rushmore Drive, a new search engine targeted to African-Americans. I heard about it from SheGeeks, who stated quite clearly how she feels about the service. Especially after hearing Rushmore Drive is under the same corporate umbrella as Ask.com, my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stand-out Service</title>
		<link>http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/stand-out-service/</link>
		<comments>http://guidewiregroup.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/stand-out-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>carlacthompson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Carla Thompson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Calendar management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Customer service]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cyndy Aleo-Carreira]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jiffle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ReadWriteWeb]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TimeBridge]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TimeDriver]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Customer service. It&#8217;s a phrase that likely conjures up visions of&#8230; well, I&#8217;m not sure it conjures up anything for most people these days. It&#8217;s a dying philosophy in modern times, as we become more insular and removed from our communities. What&#8217;s the point of going the extra mile for someone when you&#8217;ll likely never [...]]]></description>
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