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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. 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?

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Giving Tuesday: How BoardEffect Is Giving Back to Nonprofits

Board Effect

The year 2020 will go down in history as one of the most taxing years of our lifetimes. BoardEffect was founded in 2007 by a team of web developers that served nonprofits and educational institutions. This expansive network collaborates all year long in its mission of inspiring generosity. Revisiting BoardEffect’s History.

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Real talk on fundraising for a small fund

This is going to be BIG.

2020: “Hold my beer.” Turns out 2020 was a new year and a new budget—and that budget had been severely cut back on venture because of the pandemic. They’re too busy awkwardly trying to explain their overdue search for a new “diverse” partner and why it took until 2020 to realize that a fund full of white people was a problem.

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22 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2020

Hearpreneur

2020 may have been a bad year for especially due to COVID-19 pandemic while to others, it was a great year. In the last few days of 2020, we took some time to ask a few entrepreneurs and businesses what their biggest business accomplishments were. #1- All in all, 2020 was a great year at Hill Law Firm. Thanks to Justin A.

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Eric Ries’ Foreword to The Startup Community Way

Feld Thoughts

I met Eric in 2007 or so and he’s another example, like Tim Ferriss, of a “good friend and colleague” from a distance. At the beginning of 2020, I sent Eric a copy of the draft and asked him if he’d write the Foreword. Some of the inspiration for The Startup Community Way came from Eric Ries.

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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Reaching out to new markets and opportunities requires skills, experience, and networks that are usually developed by those who have studied abroad. Nairobi, the capital of Nigeria, is often pointed out as the birth place of the so-called Silicon Savanah which gave the rise to the Africa’s tech scene between 2007 and 2010.

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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. The Past (1985-2002).