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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies?

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

My Obsession With The Product - Feld Thoughts , May 3, 2010 For some reason I’ve been doing a lot of interviews lately. The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 22, 2010 For a tech company, product and engineering are the heart and soul of the business.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

The project was a little unexpected – creating customer cereal boxes called Obama-Os and Cap’n McCains, timely for the 2008 elections. But due to the rise in nostalgia marketing , it seems to be in favor again, millennials and Gen Xers are craving analog products, and Gen Zs are increasingly trying to get away from screens.

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2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

Both Sides of the Table

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. Please do not read that I think an early-stage company with limited product and only beta customers should go straight for a $5 million fund raising. It is also a result of pent-up demand.

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The Collaborative Web: Github is the New Flickr

This is going to be BIG.

The collaborative web arrived after the social web hit a tipping point. The seminal application of the collaborative web--Github--was launched in April 2008. That is the very month that Facebook became the largest social network, outpacing MySpace. Ready to get to work?

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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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The App is Dead (OK Not Really, But The Browser Is Back)

www.readwriteweb.com

When smartphone apps first got popular, after Apples App Store was launched in July 2008 , they offered an immediate jump in functionality for mobile content. Compared to mobile sites circa 2008, iPhone apps were attractive and easy to use. In 2008, it may not have been possible to get the functionality you wanted via a mobile website.

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