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There’s Something Abuzz With GoodBuzz

YoungUpstarts

His first foray into technology was in 1995, when Koutonin, along with a few friends, created one of Togo’s first news website. GoodBuzz allows organizers to leverage on various channels – email, social networks, banners, word-of-mouth, etc. – to promote their campaigns.

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Important Branding Lessons From The Top 5 Retailers In The US

YoungUpstarts

Your brand lives in everyday interactions your company has with its prospects and customers, including the images you share, the messages you post on your website, the content of your marketing materials, your presentations and booths at conferences, and your posts on social networks. Today, it’s hard to imagine a world without Amazon.

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My 2020 Vision for Graduates: How to be Optimistic in Terrible Times

Reid Hoffman

It recognizes that forces that create chaos and confusion also upend deeply rooted habits and patterns of behavior — the status quo – that often block potential innovations and more productive ways of living. The biggest happened much earlier in my career, in 1995.”. It had a fancier-sounding title: Product Manager.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

The Golden Age (1970 – 1995): Build a growing business with a consistently profitable track record (after at least 5 quarters,) and go public when it’s time. Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability.

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Six Nudges: Creating A Sense Of Urgency For Higher Conversion Rates!

Occam's Razor

Social cues to the rescue. Yes, from 1995! Social cues to the rescue. The last couple of months have not been great for social networks. A minority might believe that the whole social media thing is going to die. One final, massively underutilized, social proof nudge for you to consider.

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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. In 1995, while in high school, Seth wanted to start a business scanning paper documents for companies, but realized it was a non-starter when he learned that a scanner costs $4k. We then captured this conversation again on camera. I totally agree.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, is acquiring Provigent, an Israeli company which develops system-on-a-chip products that enable wireless system vendors to deliver broadband wireless backhaul systems to network operators. Unemployment fell to 6.1%

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