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What is social media doing to our youth?

Austin Startup

I joined Facebook in November 2005 and Twitter in November 2009. In both years I was a freshman in high school and college, respectively, and interestingly enough, a freshman at new-age social media. As kids in this “first” social media generation, we really didn’t know what this power meant, and our parents certainly didn’t.

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Highlights from the 2009 Business of Software Conference

Software By Rob

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. He spoke about risk (development, market, financial and execution), social media, how you must create content (most likely through a blog) to win in today’s “search&# economy. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? Build a better user of [X].&#

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Lies Entrepreneurs Tell Themselves « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Epitaph for an Entrepreneur » 43 Responses Michael Curry 2.0 , on June 15, 2009 at 5:27 am Said: You are rapidly becoming one of my favorite writers about entrepreneurship and start-ups. Reply Mark MacLeod , on June 15, 2009 at 9:21 am Said: Thanks for sharing this Steve. The Adventure of a Lifetime.

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[Review] Inbound Marketing

YoungUpstarts

Written by Halligan and Shah, “ Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs ” covers the fundamentals of inbound marketing. Content is shared either directly on the website itself, or accessed through RSS feeds. Google Searches and Social Media. b) Social Media Marketing.

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SuperMac War Story 9: Sales, Not Awards « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

New Century, New Channels For many of you reading this, boxes sitting on a retail shelf may seem hopelessly outdated, but the same marketing lessons hold for “award winning&# web sites or social media. Reply Bill Allred , on May 1, 2009 at 10:46 am Said: This is a really common pitfall. Worry about the sales results.

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Natalie MacNeil: Emmy Award Winning Founder Of “She Takes On The World” Blogs Her Way To Half A Million Dollars A Year

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Download MP3 | Transcript | iTunes | Soundcloud | Raw RSS ] * Apologies about the slight distortion during parts of this interview. When social media emerged, she jumped on things like Twitter, using the tools to reach more people. You can listen to this interview right now to hear the whole story. and it all began with a blog!

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Ask and It Shall be Given « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

King James Bible, New Testament – Matthew 7:7 Filed under: Marketing , Technology , Zilog | Tagged: Entrepreneurs , Steve Blank « The Road Not Taken He’s Only in Field Service » 20 Responses Mike Paciello , on July 27, 2009 at 8:54 am Said: Thanks Steve. You’ve reinforced my own personal beliefs.