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

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Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. 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?

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

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Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Facebook doesn’t exist, even as a walled-garden college social network (Mark Zuckerberg was part way through his freshman year at Harvard). link] leehower.

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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

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In the early days of LinkedIn we jointly acquired an issued patent of the defunct SixDegrees.com which directly pertains to social networking as well as acquiring a nascent startup in part for its in-process patent filings. owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking. Read More ยป.

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

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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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Want Your Startup to Succeed? Stay Home

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It looked at data from 13,166 Danish startups founded between 1995 to 2004 and discovered that companies launched by founders with an average tenure of 6.4 Sorenson surmises that startup founders do better amid familiar surroundings because social networks are vital when youโ€™re starting a business.

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Want Your Startup to Succeed? Stay Home

ReadWriteStart

It looked at data from 13,166 Danish startups founded between 1995 to 2004 and discovered that companies launched by founders with an average tenure of 6.4 Sorenson surmises that startup founders do better amid familiar surroundings because social networks are vital when youโ€™re starting a business.

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Want Your Startup to Succeed? Stay Home

ReadWriteStart

It looked at data from 13,166 Danish startups founded between 1995 to 2004 and discovered that companies launched by founders with an average tenure of 6.4 Sorenson surmises that startup founders do better amid familiar surroundings because social networks are vital when youโ€™re starting a business.

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