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

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I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300.

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Uh-oh! Do you have a “sitcom” startup?

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in 1998 and eventually became Yahoo!Store. This company is Kickstarter for funding ‘low-cost, high-impact medical care for people in need’. Do the same thing on other social networks with advertising platforms, like LinkedIn and Facebook. Sold to Yahoo! You’re solving a problem! This is also called value creation.

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The Steps of the Recruiting Process … and How to Identify Failure Points

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advertising. networking. The goal is to better understand precisely how they look for jobs, so that you can engineer your approach to advertising opportunities to make your jobs visible to them. Measuring and/or improving Cost Per Hire. Social networking applications (SNAs). Networking. assessments.

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19 Funding Resources for New and Existing Businesses

Up and Running

Applicants can receive up to $4,000 and must use the money for marketing, advertising, hiring employees, or expanding facilities. You do have to be a member of the association to apply, which costs $120 a year. This grant was launched in 1998 by Womennet to help entrepreneurs succeed. Small Business Innovation Research Program.