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Know what is cool? A billion. A billion is cool!

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This chart shows that Facebook will hit ONE BILLION users in late summer of this year. A fantastic milestone. 

Google and all of it sites are at ONE BILLION users. 

Clearspring Technologies and its Add This button actually has a BILLION users per month as well. Click here. 

There are about 2.5 billion users connected to the Internet around the world now. 

The third screen – mobile – wireless is powering almost all of the growth. 

We live our lives on the net; Facebook is the new oxygen – the world is breathing it in and “likes” it.

 

 

Very Proud of Peter Barris

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NEA is the mega-venture fund in the area.

It is led by a good friend, Peter Barris.

NEA is an investor in SnagFilms; Clearspring Technologies; TidalTV; and GridPoint to name a few locally.

Peter Barris is the founding VC investor in MediaBank and in Groupon, among many others. He sourced Groupon and was first in.

Here is a great interview with him on TechCrunch. Thank you.

Boingo IPO

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Good news for our industry. The IPO market is heating up again.

Good news for NEA located in Silver Spring, Maryland and led by Peter Barris. They are investors in both Boingo and Groupon. They also led the investment in Advertising.com, which we acquired at AOL, and they are also the founding VC investor in MediaBank, another company I serve on the board. And NEA is also an investor in Clearspring Technologies, a company of which I am chairman of the board. NEA is hot! I so enjoy working with Peter Barris, Harry Weller and the team at NEA.

In fact, I think NEA was one of the first investors in Boingo and I know NEA was the founding venture capitalist in Groupon. I was there.

Tony — You Forgot to Mention…

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Peter Barris of NEA and Harry Weller of NEA. They rock. They build great value.

You forgot to mention Steve Case and his team at Revolution. Who is hotter right now? Revolution Money, Exclusive Resorts, Living Social, Clearspring, Zipcar…and on and on.

You forgot to mention Phil Bronner at Novak Biddle. He supports the region so well. He picks early and often and well.

You didn’t mention me — Revolution Money, Groupon, Clearspring, SnagFilms, Mahalo, SBNation… and on and on.

Or Miles Gilburne, or Nigel Morris — best local angel investors out there with a great portfolio.

This is a good list but an incomplete list. There are a lot of great investors out there.