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A Place To Call Your Own: Building Your Brand’s Vertical Social Network

YoungUpstarts

Social networks have gained genuine power as a marketing tool for businesses looking to increase their reach, traffic and leads. But there’s no guarantee that the places where most social networking happens now will be the same places hosting it in the future. Use social media technology to your brand’s advantage.

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Visions of Web 3

Version One Ventures

Let’s explore the status and implications of each vertical. . Urbit is attempting to build an entirely new type of computer and networked communication protocol. Other projects are focused just on the p2p communication side to facilitate core applications like messaging and social media. Maskbook , Uniswap ).

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Our areas of interest in healthcare

Version One Ventures

Interest 1: The next generation of patient social networks. I’m curious about a Millennial and Gen Z version of Patients Like Me that is mobile-first and built for generations that already share everything on social media. Today’s online communities for those with chronic illnesses are quite outdated.

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Digital Revenue Expert – Vince Thompson

SoCal CTO

Vince: I’m an author, speaker and management consultant with a special expertise in online media sales. I also serve as CEO of a small media companies that profile “Tomorrow’s Most Exciting People Today”. Our current focus is Actors and Actresses and we are moving into other verticals. this time with Vince Thompson.

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Twitter Link Roundup #38 – Design, Copywriting, Marketing, Small Business, Social Media And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 20 incredible examples of smooth horizontal and vertical sliding navigation websites – [link]. Media Relations 101 for Your Startup – [link]. Thinking About Doing – [link].

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

The trend now seems to be bending toward incentivizing network participation , where those who see the opportunity will want to not just invest in a new network, but put their time and resources into participating by running nodes themselves. 1/ Social Network Interference. 2/ The Scooter Phenomenon.

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2012 Will Be The Year Of The Empowered Merchant, says Schedulicty

YoungUpstarts

This rapid contraction will leave the space run by just a couple of “big guys,” some finely positioned vertical players and a long tail of “local guys,” finding ways to thrive by serving a few small regions or cities. The ability to self-publish quickly via the cloud is moving businesses out of traditional media.

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