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		<title>Web Advertising Models are Brutal</title>
		<link>http://texvc.com/2009/10/26/web-advertising-models-are-brutal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aziz Gilani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My quick advice to entrepreneurs trying to make money off of banner advertising is to stop. I recently got an analyst report that puts the average remnant CPM at around 35 cents. To put that into practical terms, your average web-page with an ad-sense banner page only earns $100 for every 286,000 impressions. Boy that’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Horses and Jockeys</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aziz Gilani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today my good friend Marc Nathan put up a blog post pointing out that Houston has a vibrant research scene. The post was a response to my post about Houston&#8217;s dearth of research universities. The folks at UH strongly agree with my line of thinking in the form of their Tier One Initiative with some great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heading Up to D-Town</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 13:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aziz Gilani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dallas that is. I haven&#8217;t been up to the Metroplex in years and look forward to seeing what the startup scene is like. Current stops include TechFortWorth, Infomart, CoHabitat, NTAN, and NTEC. I look forward to seeing y&#8217;all there!]]></description>
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		<title>What Houston Really Needs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aziz Gilani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then I get dragged into a conversation where I am asked what Houston needs to jump into the big leagues of tech innovation. Thursday night at the Caroline Collective was no exception.   Before answering I always put out several disclaimers. Houston is home to several great tech companies and is home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ben Needs Jerry</title>
		<link>http://texvc.com/2008/06/21/ben-needs-jerry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aziz Gilani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a recent board meeting a CEO explained why he, a man with strong business experience, needed a Jerry with strong industry domain knowledge added to the team ASAP. The other day I was talking to an aspiring entrepreneur in Houston about his revolutionary new ideas about marketing and suggested that before engaging with VCs he find his [...]]]></description>
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