Do you need the IPO for your acquisitions strategy? Of course, you’re going to have to perform well to make that stock useful in the acquisitions process. At any rate, it seems only appropriate that social media sites, which have dominated the Internet over the past few years, will likely lead startups back into the IPO game. MORE >>

The business models within the social media realm are much different than traditional businesses. In social networking, they’re ever-changing, backed by eye-opening revenue and have very little documentation. The two major forms of this are CPC (cost per click) and CPA (cost per action or acquisition). The Numbers. MORE >>

Pinterest is taking the social media world by storm, and it isn’t just popular with individual users. Read on to learn about some of the many ways libraries are helping spread the word about the resources and services they offer, using this innovative new social media forum: 1. Sharing new acquisitions. Research. MORE >>

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The economic logic behind tech and talent acquisitions – Chris Dixon – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! – [link]. MORE >>

Recently, my friend Dave Gardner (president of Gardner & Associates Consulting ) shared his story of how he used social media to reach (and start a working relationship with) a big company (Dell.) Dell uses Radian6 which is now owned by Salesforce.com to monitor what’s being said about them in the social media space. MORE >>