So says Imran Shah, a cofounder and managing partner of IBB Consulting, which offers advice to broadband-related product and service providers in cable, mobile and media.

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Few people have seen the ups and downs of startups more up close and personally than Kevin Rose, partner at Google Ventures and cofounder of Digg, the social news site that could have been Reddit but faded and is now trying for a comeback under new owner Betaworks.

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Andreessen Horowitz has stormed the staid world of venture capital since Netscape cofounder Marc Andreessen and his longtime partner Ben Horowitz founded the firm just two years ago.

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Maurice (Reese) Schonfeld, a cofounder of CNN, has rarely met a business partner he didn't like--to sue.

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According to Josh Mortensen, cofounder, Digitarian which became LOVEFiLM DK and current founder and managing partner, GlibHippo, TV hardware will soon become commodities like chips.

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