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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). The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet: AOL. It was an online community like CompuServe and eventually started offering people dial-up access to the Internet for a monthly fee. AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. And then came AOL.

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How Reed Hastings’ Facebook Status Update Landed Netflix in SEC’s Crosshairs

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The move came as a shock to many in the tech business community, in which we’ve become accustomed to real-time disclosure by company executives through social media. Before the commercial Internet, the primary tools of disclosure included: Prospectus and related registration statement (“S-1″) for an IPO.

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How to Radically Stand Out with Brand Marketing

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In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X. Your brand values should permeate through your entire business and marketing strategy , from external interactions (including social media content) to internal culture (more on that in a bit). But what if your true mission is to “reduce the amount of boring content on the internet”?

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

It is also reducing energy consumption since water production and distribution require a lot of energy, so preventing water loss also prevents this waste.&#. AOL INC BUYS ISRAEL’S 5MIN MEDIA START UP FOR $65 MLN. the New York-based Internet company spun off from Time Warner Inc., in August 2010. in August 2010.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

Both Sides of the Table

In the late 90’s he saw the internet boom and helped start IronPlanet.com, a construction equipment marketplace that is nearing an IPO. Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. The in invest in IT (Software + Internet + Healthcare).

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

Internet and Online Business. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. During the first Internet boom, companies that provided services to tech start-ups were all too happy to work for stock.

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A Marketer’s Ode to Gawker

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After losing a lawsuit against Hulk Hogan over the publication of a sex tape in which he featured, Gawker Media was bought up by Univision. But I’m also disturbed by the idea that a man with a vendetta and deep pockets could shut down an entire media organization. There’s good reason for this. And marketers were watching.

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