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

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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How to Get World Class Experts to Support Your Company

David Teten

. Prabhdeep Singh: We were founded in 1998 to serve top professionals — then it was investors — who weren’t really learning from the dry, one-dimensional, one-size-fits-all industry reports and conferences available to them. Prabhdeep Singh: GLG Share works in concert with the startup’s investors and VCs however we can.

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

They taught you about customers, markets and profits. Startups needed millions of dollars of funding just to get their first product out the door to customers. But the bubble mantra of get “big fast” and “first mover advantage” demanded tens of millions more to create a “brand.” 2001 – 2010: Back to Basics: The Lean Startup.

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Uh-oh! Do you have a “sitcom” startup?

Up and Running

in 1998 and eventually became Yahoo!Store. You have demand. Do the same thing on other social networks with advertising platforms, like LinkedIn and Facebook. They prove there is demand. JustEat - is the intermediary between customers and independent takeaway food outlets. Sold to Yahoo!

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The Steps of the Recruiting Process … and How to Identify Failure Points

www.ere.net

It should go without saying, but the performance level should be set with input from your customers. Social networking applications (SNAs). Networking. Sadly, the user system that has powered our website since 1998 no longer plays nicely with todays technology. Valentino Martinez. May 10, 2010 at 11:33 am.

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The Future of Transportation

Feld Thoughts

Here’s why: Except for early adopters of technology and diehard environmental customers, most people aren’t buying a fuel type, they’re buying transportation. Two factors: cost and range (and charging infrastructure, to a lesser extent, but that will be remedied when there is more demand).

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

2) Help Others & Improve Upon Customer Service. I started my business namely to help others and to improve upon the aloof customer service being presented in the IT industry. I heard horror stories about how their technicians had chips on their shoulders, belittling customers with their elitist attitudes. That’s it.