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How Reed Hastings’ Facebook Status Update Landed Netflix in SEC’s Crosshairs

Gust

The move came as a shock to many in the tech business community, in which we’ve become accustomed to real-time disclosure by company executives through social media. Before the commercial Internet, the primary tools of disclosure included: Prospectus and related registration statement (“S-1″) for an IPO.

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Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2002 – “Information Technology is not a competitive advantage”. 2002 – “Consumer electronics is a low margin and highly competitive industry”. 2005 – “Sales cycle is too long for software companies selling to government and educational sector”. Evernote, Dropbox).

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Prevailing Wisdom

Mucker Lab

2002 – “the social network fad is over”. 2002 – “Information Technology is not a competitive advantage”. 2002 – “Consumer electronics is a low margin and highly competitive industry”. 2005 – “Sales cycle is too long for software companies selling to government and educational sector”. Evernote, Dropbox). Everything).

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Cause Marketing on Ice

crowdSPRING Blog

Right now, today, appearing in virtually every corner of the the internet you can be find my neighbor’s video along with thousands of others and witness one of the most successful, most impressive viral media campaigns of all time. Related posts: 5 great viral marketing campaigns (and what small businesses can learn from them!).

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Innovation and Small Business: 3 Historical Winners

crowdSPRING Blog

By the 17th century the practice had spread to Europe and the paper that was changing hands was backed, not just by banks and money-lenders, but by powerful governments. Social media (2002). What’s changed most dramatically in 40 years is not just the size of the phone (Motorola’s first prototype weighed 2.5

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Naming Your Business: Process and Pitfalls

The Startup Magazine

This is why Minnesota Manufacturing and Mining became 3M in 2002 and why Kentucky Fried Chicken adopted KFC in 1991. A large portion of your company’s audience will find your business on the internet, making online research a smart place to begin testing business names. Search social media. Online Research. Trademark Research.

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11 Entrepreneurs Discuss The Technologies That Will Have the Biggest Impact On Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

This concept was explored in cinematic form in the film ‘Minority Report’ (2002) in which people are served advertisements in public places based on their personal profiles on an individual basis. 6- Social media. Your social media presence is essentially your “modern day business card”. 9- Internet of Things.