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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. 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?

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

Both Sides of the Table

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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Netflix vs. Blockbuster and bad profits (reflections from my Bazaarvoice days)

Austin Startup

Then in 1998 along came a tiny company in Los Gatos, California named Netflix. I think this is brilliant, and our slant on this question today is, “Would you buy this product again?” Netflix pioneered many social networking and community features along the way, including ratings and reviews and great collaborative filtering (i.e.,

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

Startups needed millions of dollars of funding just to get their first product out the door to customers. A hardware startup had to equip a factory to manufacture the product. VC’s engineered financial transactions, working with entrepreneurs to brand, hype and take public un profitable companies with grand promises of the future.

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SXSW Startups: Sceenic Connects Viewers

Austin Startup

But rather than being on a public text chat, the user has an option to “form a private room” and invite friends via a social network or a direct link. People looking to drive true change and evolution in the Media Tech sector whether it’s investors, product owners from corporates, or potential partners. It’s a journey.

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Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

Consumer products and services are hit driven, it’s really hard to build a scalable consumer company”. 1998 – “There is no room for personal productivity software startups – Microsoft will eat your lunch when you get big enough and Symantec will take the crumbs”. 1999 – “The search engine game is over”. Everything).

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

Up and Running

There are two primary reasons that startups fail: One, the execution of the idea is poor (wrong location, poor product, bad service, etc) and two, the startup is not making something that people want. in 1998 and eventually became Yahoo!Store. The MVP includes only those features that allow the product to be deployed.

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