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

Both Sides of the Table

It launched open API’s and created a platform whereby third-party developers could come build any app they wanted and Facebook didn’t even want (yet) to take any money from them to do so. Twitter seems to have become a bit allergic to third-party developers (or maybe vice-versa). Social Networking Will Split Into Layers.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 43: Dakin Sloss and Ajeet Singh

Steve Blank

Prior to Aster, Ajeet worked at Oracle where he was part of the team that first launched Oracle Database to the Amazon EC2 cloud. There are 500 Fortune 500 companies and there are global 2000, and there are another maybe 1 million small and medium businesses in the world. Filed under: Customer Development.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 43: Dakin Sloss and Ajeet Singh

Steve Blank

Prior to Aster, Ajeet worked at Oracle where he was part of the team that first launched Oracle Database to the Amazon EC2 cloud. There are 500 Fortune 500 companies and there are global 2000, and there are another maybe 1 million small and medium businesses in the world. Filed under: Customer Development.

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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

These two trends had a major impact on the computing industry from 2000-2005 but the effects weren’t yet felt by the VC industry. They then launched processing capabilities (EC2) and we startups suddenly didn’t need to buy production servers. The Emergence of “Open Cloud&# Infrastructure.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 5: Customer Relationship Hypotheses

Steve Blank

During the week they interviewed 7 more companies and consultants, developed case studies for 20 different cities in 5 states, and finalized the bill of materials for the wind turbine. Their first effort didn’t get much traffic: 6 clicks out of ~2000 impressions. cloud, ec2, Amazon Web Services, etc.). The Nine Teams Present.

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

Both Sides of the Table

Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. It launched open API’s and created a platform whereby third-party developers could come build any app they wanted and Facebook didn’t even want (yet) to take any money from them to do so.

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What The Rails Security Issue Means For Your Startup

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Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics. Don’t skip this post because you’re not a Rails developer. Many Rails developers have not reacted to this news with the alacrity they should have. (See Greatest Hits. Standing Invitation. Posted on January 31, 2013.

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