LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman explains the brave new world of data

LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman presented his vision today for “Web 3.0” at the South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin.

Hoffman, who is now a partner at Greylock Partners, sounded dismissive of most of the buzzwords that have been tied to Web 3.0 — bandwidth, “appification”, video, location, real-time, and mobile. (He said mobile is probably the most significant trend of the bunch, but it’s “kind of boring”.) Instead, he said that the next big … Continue Reading

LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman's 10 rules of entrepreneurship

LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman gave a speech today about how entrepreneurs can “invent the future”. Speaking at the South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, he recited a list of 10 rules of entrepreneurship.

Hoffman, who is now a partner at venture firms Greylock Partners, cautioned that he “reserves the right” to change the list later on. But for now, here are his rules:

Try to create “disruptive change” — “It’s got to be something

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Angry Birds maker predicts the death of console gaming

Peter Vesterbacka, whose company Rovio makes the immensely popular Angry Birds game, has a big vision for the future of mobile gaming.

Vesterbacka leads business development for Rovio, and he already outlined some of his vision earlier this week when Rovio announced $42 million in new funding led by Accel Partners. But he was even more expansive today, at a panel I moderated at the South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin.

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Can Google get social in Texas?

The South By Southwest Interactive conference could prove a crucial testing ground for Google’s ambitions to compete with Facebook.

The hot rumor now sweeping the hallways of the Austin Convention Center, where the conference has been going since Friday and will continue next week, is that Google will launch a new social network here called Google Circles, sparked by a report in tech blog ReadWriteWeb. The notion is flattering to SXSW’s notoriously self-involved attendees, who … Continue Reading

Slacker, the real iPod killer?

The South By Southwest Interactive conference could prove a crucial testing ground for Google’s ambitions to compete with Facebook.

The hot rumor now sweeping the hallways of the Austin Convention Center, where the conference has been going since Friday and will continue next week, is that Google will launch a new social network here called Google Circles, sparked by a report in tech blog ReadWriteWeb. The notion is flattering to SXSW’s notoriously self-involved attendees, who … Continue Reading