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What is social media doing to our youth?

Austin Startup

I joined Facebook in November 2005 and Twitter in November 2009. In both years I was a freshman in high school and college, respectively, and interestingly enough, a freshman at new-age social media. As kids in this “first” social media generation, we really didn’t know what this power meant, and our parents certainly didn’t.

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Twitter Link Roundup #115 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 25 Must Have Social Media Icon Packs For Web Designers – [link]. 41 billion has been lost or is likely to go unspent in gift cards issued since 2005 – [link].

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Why Business Relationships Take More Than Texting, Friending, And Online “Connecting”

YoungUpstarts

It’s official: Email, texting, and social media are no longer just helpful supplemental business tools. Social media and technology do have their place, but they are not, and never will be, a substitute for in-person interaction. They’ve taken over the whole game. Trust is at an all-time low.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily. Reddit, a popular website for news and discussion, was founded in 2005 by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian. WhatsApp became one of the most popular apps for social media by 2014.

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Want to Work for a Startup? 10 Questions to Ask Your Interviewer

mashable.com

Social Media. Social Media. is the largest independent online news site dedicated to covering digital culture, social media and technology. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. ©2005-2014 Mashable, Inc. Follow @mashable. Must Reads.

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Accelerating Technology Change and Continuous Learning

Feld Thoughts

They didn’t just “grow up with social media,” they grew up with “social media that constantly changes.” ” In fact, not only do they keep up with the changes on a particular social media service, they are always exploring the latest new services.

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e-Commerce: Why You Need It And How To Do It Right

YoungUpstarts

And remember that, even though all your customers may no longer be in front of you when you close a sale, you can use internet forms and social media reviews to learn what they think of your e-commerce sales experience. Test your marketing channel options to see which will be the most effective driver of your new online sales.