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

Both Sides of the Table

asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. emerge and are there any lessons to be gained about the future?

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Twitter Link Roundup #166 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

What The Shift From RSS to Social Media Means for Marketers | John Doherty – [link]. The Ultimate Photoshop Patterns Collection: 2000+ Patterns – [link]. Airbnb’s Big 2012: 4X Guest Growth And 2X The Number Of Listings In 192 Countries Worldwide – [link]. Are Clients Becoming More Creative Than Agencies?

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

www.usatoday.com

The dot-com boom of early 2000 saw a proliferation of similar anything-at-your-service start-ups. Advertisement. "TaskRabbit has (people) making over $5,000 a month in San Francisco," says Craig Shapiro, founder of Collaborative Fund, a venture-capital fund specializing in sharing sites. Thats real money." Most Popular. E-Newsletters.

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Are Twitter and Facebook Killing Blogs?

Software By Rob

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. The masses have grown weary of the blog “fad” just as they grew weary of the “email” fad in the late 90s, the “internet” fad in 2000, MySpace and Friendster in 2007/2008, and how they’ll grow tired of the Facebook and Twitter fads in 2010 and move on to something else.

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The End Of The Road For Web Services

blogs.computerworlduk.com

Ill leave it to Anne Thomas Manes to tell the full story some time as she was heavily involved in trying to talk Sun off the course they eventually, fatefully took - yes, she worked for Sun back in 2000 and argued nobly against the tide. Fine work, and many lessons learned , but sadly irrelevant to most of us. Goodbye, WS-I. startupcto

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Customer Development Manifesto: Market Type (part 4) « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

This was possible because in 2000, Donna and Handspring were in an Existing Market. In contrast, in 2000 Handspring entered an Existing Market. (“ Disruptive ” and “sustaining” innovations, eloquently described by Clayton Christensen , are another way to describe new and existing Market Types.) End result? Like that, but better&#.

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My new fascination with Podcasts

VC Cafe

According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau, podcast industry ad revenue will reach $220 million in 2017, up 85 percent from 2016’s $119 million ( source ). The show starts with the history of Podcasts and ends with where they may be headed. Interestingly, Podcasts are starting to become a big business too. The third wave of podcasting.

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