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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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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). We’ve been lucky.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Mark Zuckerberg’s journey started when he created a message program ‘ ZuckNet’ at the age of twelve, CourseMatch and FaceMash in college, and finally the world-famous social networking platform ‘Facebook’ which revolutionized communication, followed by taking over WhatsApp and Instagram. 16- Subscription service by BMW.

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

Through them, entrepreneurs can hook up with R&D resources in universities and companies, and get access to a robust support network that provides opportunities for visibility, growth and financing. The JEI program was created in 2004 and is managed by the Ministry of Research. GameCreds : Impressive social universe for gamers. (E).

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5 Practical Tips for Getting More from Facebook :: Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

Keep the Wall interesting by mixing content Network It’s kind of ironic how little traditional networking goes on inside many social networks. I’m talking about identifying Pages that might have communities you could target and taking a few minutes each day to get active there.

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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. This gave me an idea: I could help many more entrepreneurs by making the deck available not just to the Greylock network of entrepreneurs, but to everyone. the evolution of LinkedIn as a company.

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5 Creative Ways to Use Text Messages in Marketing :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

Coupon distribution Creating membership type levels where people can get special treatment or special announcements is a great way to build community. Related Posts: Are Small Private Social Networks the Next Layer? You can create open groups that anyone can join, but I think the real power is in the private, controlled group.

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