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[ADV] Young Entrepreneurs Emerge From ideas.inc Business Challenge 2011

YoungUpstarts

As any entrepreneur would put it, the road to a successful, sustainable entrepreneurship is inevitably challenging. To that end, any budding entrepreneur must rise above these challenges with passion and determination. Share, connect and be in the loop with HippoCampus, the next big thing in the social networking field.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

But even more exciting is when I see inflection points of adoption — which is why 2011 was a particularly exhilirating year for me. What We Saw in 2011…. The list of applications to engage, empower and organize citizens continues to grow, and will be one of the most defining legacies of 2011.

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How Social Networks Impact Buying Decisions And The Modern Consumer Society

YoungUpstarts

Kishore Kumar is a serial entrepreneur focusing on applications, cloud, mobile health, analytics and virtualization markets. Kishore was the CEO of Pari Networks recently, which was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2011. Currently Kishore is Founder at Nuviso Networks and Infore.

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5 effective networking strategies in the digital age

The Next Web

Networking will forever be the lifeblood of a professional’s career. No matter how old you are, what year it is and what technology is used, networking will continue to affect an individual’s professional growth, in addition to skillset and experience. This post originally appeared on AdKnowledge. Become a LinkedIn powerhouse.

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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. The Past (1985-2002).

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #18: The strength of natural network effects

Austin Startup

As I mentioned at the beginning of this series/ebook, over the years I’ve noticed that I tend to frequently share certain Lucky7 posts with entrepreneurs we’ve backed , team members at data.world, or other startup investors I know. So I’m packaging the best of them up for you here in a new series called The Entrepreneur’s Essentials.

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Trover, A Mobile Location-Based Discovery Network

YoungUpstarts

Other features are pretty much what you would expect from a discovery app – a mileage indicator shows you places within a certain range, and you can follow interesting people with common interests on your feed. You can also view a specific location for a virtual preview.

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