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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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While you dialed AOL to get on the Internet, the goal of AOL was to keep you locked into their proprietary content and thus earned the classification of “walled garden.&# They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. Social Networking in Web 1.0.

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Angel Funding Advice

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I know you’re not a tech guy and haven’t done anything other than an HTML course you once took, but if you’re inspirational and a leader you’ll find somebody to moonlight for free to get your prototype built. Do you work as a civil engineer on water projects and have great access to wealthy project developers?

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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes

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Putting your thoughts into spreadsheets, PowerPoint, HTML, etc. It you have a great software engineer that’s awesome. Don’t worry if it isn’t perfect from day 1 – just make sure it appears to be a good idea. You will confirm that later on. DO NOT start with product, start with the market. Get customer input.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML. Don’t Stop Believing. Social Networking in Web 1.0: GeoCities, Tripod & Yahoo!