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Managing Social Media With Fetch Plus

YoungUpstarts

One of the companies that will feature at the upcoming web and mobile technology startup conference Echelon 2011 is Fetch Plus , a social media and mobile application development company. This then enables companies to rapidly roll out a widespread and pervasive social media footprint through its product.

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Ted Rheingold Founded Dogster in 2004: Five Questions About Building a Startup, Selling a Startup and Whether SF Is Still a Good Place

Hunter Walker

Dogster launched January 12, 2004 (Happy 12th Birthday Dogster!) By the end of 2004 I had brought on two co-founders: John Vars – who is now the Chief Product Office at TaskRabbit, and Steven Reading took over Sales and Revenue. This was pre-Google images, pre-MySpace/Facebook. I spent 6 months coding and building Dogster myself.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Their idea is that consumers will want a subscription service for short form entertainment (10-minute programs) for mobile rather than full length movies. Will consumers want to watch short-form mobile entertainment? Think YouTube meets Netflix). It’s an almost $2-billion-dollar bet based on a set of hypotheses.

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From Loyalty Programs To Fan Clubs, A Paradigm Shift

YoungUpstarts

My company won the ROI of The Year award from The Banker magazine in 2004, something I was very proud of. Social media is high on the radar for CRM and loyalty specialists. There is a strong sense that CRM and social media could go together very well. Then at the request of merchants, we settled for the mobile number.

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Introducing our latest investment: Dwellable, mobile-first vacation rentals

Version One Ventures

He also co-founded Cubeduel, a site that lets you rank your co-workers and Strangeberry, a digital media startup that was acquired by TiVo in 2004. What makes Dwellable different is that it provides the best mobile experience. News Dwellable HomeAway Maveron mobile Urbanspoon Vacation rental VRBO'

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Optimized Reviews May Be the Next Local SEO Edge :: Small Business.

Duct Tape Marketing

Right now this is just a Google Maps function, but Google claims it will spread in Place search on Google.com and Google Maps for mobile soon! Better start suggesting keyword phrases for those reviews people are anxious to write. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : 5 Steps to Successful Fac.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Eventually, Reddit became wildly popular and was bought by Condé Nast, the owner of 20 other brands and media like Vanity Fair, Vogue, and The New Yorker. He speculated that upwardly mobile college graduates could be interested in a product or service that was superior to 7-11. Thanks to Raven Cobb, Clearstep, Inc ! #6-