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Three Traits of the Most Compelling Internet Companies

Three things set an Internet company above the rest: photo sharing, immediate and unexpected sense of value and familiar usability features writes tech investor Alex Taussig, a principal at Highland Capital Partners. He suggests that Facebook wouldn’t be Facebook without photo sharing, which he calls “the most ego-expressive form of media,” and mentions other sites and apps cropping up that play into that, such as Instagram, Picplz, Pixable, Path, and Color. READ MORE »