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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998. and Tweetdeck (purchased by Twitter in June 2011).

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

The Past (1985-2002). Was it massively better software, better companies, better markets? Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. Third-party software companies will start to offer features to websites to actually drive social features. It was mostly timing.

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Cracking The Code: Death Sentence for SaaS.or for Lawson?

Cracking the Code

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. So where does Salesforces profitability stands today compared to the most successful on premise public software companies? traditional software is like cocaine--youre hooked.