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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. He grew up in Connecticut attended Yale undergrad and worked for IBM after graduation doing M&A, strategy and venture capital. Currently 35% of time spent online is using social communication the other 65% is spent doing non-social activities.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

But now, the defining movie of today’s twentysomethings is “The Social Network”. Or Yale could develop a legaltech incubation program and to help improve lawyers’ productivity, a profession whose primary tech tool is Microsoft Word. Everyone wanted to work in finance. Everyone wants to work in tech startups. ” Gregory W.

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Why (and how) you should let your customers do the advertising for you

Duct Tape Marketing

Once you have a solid website and product you can then focus on spreading the word because everyone who uses your website or buys your product will be telling their friends about you. George resides on the Connecticut coast, where he enjoys photography, his family, and starting new businesses.

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Transcript of Creating a Brand Name That Sticks

Duct Tape Marketing

It’s your opportunity that when people interact with your business and your products and your service and your people, that’s how you’re inserting meaning and value into that name, but you’re going to have to work harder to promote yourself. But the name is just great. Same thing with Banana Republic.

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Where To Find The Most Angels To Fund Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Although relatively new, AngelList already has featured over 42,000 businesses and provided over 28,000 introductions to potential investors in a format that''s, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and Angels. New England Investment Network. Keiretsu Forum.

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Start Here if You are Looking for Angel Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

The format is more social networking in nature, and they also will soon provide a recruiting portal for crowdfunding with unaccredited investors, now that the US JOBS Act has been passed. New England Investment Network. Keiretsu Forum. The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally).

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – June 2012 Edition

VC Cafe

The two companies have collaborated for a long time, with Facebook using Face.com’s technology to help users tag the faces of friends in pictures they upload on the social network with Face.com’s Photo Tagger service. Stanley is headquartered in New Britain, Connecticut, USA. PARADIGM IS SOLD TO APAX AND JMI FOR $1 BILLION.

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