Internet porn isn’t just about sex – it’s about collecting | THE FIX

By Dr Damian Thompson:

It’s easy to assume that internet pornography unleashes an uncontrollable sex urge – and that’s why (to put it delicately) men drive themselves to exhaustion in front of their monitors. But there’s more and more evidence that, like computer games, online erotica latches on to obsessive-compulsive traits in our personality. It’s a subject I explore in a long chapter of The Fix devoted to internet porn – probably the addiction that worries the experts most:

Florin Muresan

Innovator & CEO

Everything In Life Is Touched by Digital Magic. I brought Digital Magic Into The World Through 29 Products I’ve Built and Sold World-Wide

The Seven Forces Disrupting Venture Capital | TechCrunch

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For the past two years, I have read or glanced over what seems like hundreds of blog posts and thousands of tweets from people who either directly claim or indirectly hint at a disruption of traditional venture capital. For some, the factors related to the economy, that limited partners and especially institutional investors were reviewing their investment approaches. For others, it seemed as if there was too much money in the venture asset class, that there was too much money chasing too few real opportunities. There seemed to be a long laundry list of why venture capital was undergoing this shift, but never any thread that could lay out all the factors and synthesize just how each factor contributed to shift. That is, until now..

Florin Muresan

Innovator & CEO

Everything In Life Is Touched by Digital Magic. I brought Digital Magic Into The World Through 29 Products I’ve Built and Sold World-Wide

Drive 50K Unique Visitors/Month to your startup’s blog

Drive 50K Unique Visitors/Month to your startup’s blog | StartupPlays

http://zfer.us

How to get some serious traffic to your startup. Great method to follow and succeed.

Florin Muresan

Innovator & CEO

Everything In Life Is Touched by Digital Magic. I brought Digital Magic Into The World Through 29 Products I’ve Built and Sold World-Wide

Looking for European VCs?

List of VCs from Europe

https://docs.google.com

This is an awesome list of Venture Capitalists from Europe. Must see for startups

Florin Muresan

Innovator & CEO

Everything In Life Is Touched by Digital Magic. I brought Digital Magic Into The World Through 29 Products I’ve Built and Sold World-Wide

Marketo Presentation: How To Build a Better Inbound Marketing Machine: A Blueprint for Success – Column Five Media

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Check out the link for the presentation.

Inbound marketing is a highly effective strategy, but in isolation it will fail for most companies. To be successful and maximize the impact of your inbound marketing efforts, you need to combine it with other elements in your overall marketing mix. This presentation created with Marketo gives you a blueprint of how to build a better inbound marketing machine, and how to keep it running smoothly in order to maximize your overall marketing ROI.

Florin Muresan

Innovator & CEO

Everything In Life Is Touched by Digital Magic. I brought Digital Magic Into The World Through 29 Products I’ve Built and Sold World-Wide

Had some great time at the Balkan Venture Forum last week

Balkan Venture Forum 2012 accepted companies

http://www.e-unlimited.com

I will post an article on the Cif2.net blog about this later 🙂 Click that link to see all the companies that were accepted and invited to the event.

Europe Unlimited Online Community | The Online Innovation Community

Florin Muresan

Innovator & CEO

Everything In Life Is Touched by Digital Magic. I brought Digital Magic Into The World Through 29 Products I’ve Built and Sold World-Wide

HackFwd Blog – Pitch in Berlin v4 now open

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Pitch in Berlin v4 now open Pitch in Berlin is a pitching contest for European early-stage startups. To apply, submit the details of your startup at PitchInBerlin.com by May 11th. The audience…

Florin Muresan

Innovator & CEO

Everything In Life Is Touched by Digital Magic. I brought Digital Magic Into The World Through 29 Products I’ve Built and Sold World-Wide

How to make your way through a crowded market – with Florin Cornianu, co-founder of 123ContactForm | How to Web

http://blog.how-to-web.net

Great article to read from the guys who made 123ContactForm. Great romanian startup, page rank 6 and all.

Florin Muresan

Innovator & CEO

Everything In Life Is Touched by Digital Magic. I brought Digital Magic Into The World Through 29 Products I’ve Built and Sold World-Wide

40 Funniest AutoCorrects Of 2011 | Bored Panda

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To celebrate its 1 year anniversary, ‘Damn You Autocorrect’ compiled a huge list of most popular AutoCorrect entries determined by Facebook shares, tweets, comments, and pageviews. For those thinking it’s fake, DYAC explains: Autocorrect behaves differently on everyone’s phone, and it “learns” words based on things you have typed in the past. If you can’t reproduce it on your phone after numerous tries, it doesn’t mean it is fake.

Florin Muresan

Innovator & CEO

Everything In Life Is Touched by Digital Magic. I brought Digital Magic Into The World Through 29 Products I’ve Built and Sold World-Wide

Social Timing Insights Infographic | Argyle Social

http://argylesocial.com

Argyle Social is on a mission to help marketers drive meaningful business outcomes through social media marketing. Hundreds of small- and mid-sized businesses rely on our platform to power marketing campaigns on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

Florin Muresan

Innovator & CEO

Everything In Life Is Touched by Digital Magic. I brought Digital Magic Into The World Through 29 Products I’ve Built and Sold World-Wide