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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies?

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Startup Investor Makes a Deal: Engineers for Equity

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But a new angel fund is hoping that they’ll do the same in exchange for engineering talent. “Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. “Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&#

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There’s Something Abuzz With GoodBuzz

YoungUpstarts

This would inspire him to start GoodBuzz in 2005, a free web-based peer-to-peer referral network that would allow artists, bands, associations, public organizations, event promoters and organizers to help promote each others’ events. – to promote their campaigns. .&# The African Boy Who Could.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 22, 2010 For a tech company, product and engineering are the heart and soul of the business. Last week I was having coffee with an ex engineering student of mine now on his second startup (and for a change it wasn’t a Web 2.0

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Don’t Be Afraid to Hire Your Critics

Hunter Walker

Facebook’s Head of Product Chris Cox is, gasp, in his 30s and joined Facebook in 2005. Finding those with strong points of view who want to change the social network from the inside could be the difference between magic and stagnation. Josh is 22 which means the world looks different to him.

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LinkedIn Explores What It Takes To Be an Entrepreneur [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Sign in All Social Media Tech & Gadgets Business & Marketing Video Mobile Dev & Design Media Social Good Startups Classifieds Mashable Infographics Prev Next How Are People Using Twitter? LinkedIn was curious, so the business social network decided to find out. Whom is he or she connected to? Pretty terrible.

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4 Founders & Harvard MBAs on Finding Startup Traction & MBAs-as-Entrepreneurs

View from Seed

million raised, per CrunchBase): It came from my deep frustration renting as an undegrad at Oxford for the first time back in 2005. Poort (Rescale): Since we were not able to raise money early on, we just started building a product that we ourselves as engineers would want to use. Clark: Competing through Social Networks.

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