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What Seems Like A Fundamental Flaw in Microsoft Outlook Social Connector

Feld Thoughts

I’ve been obsessed with the notion of email as the ultimate social network for a while. I wrote a post in 2007 titled Social Networks In Obvious Places that catalyzed me to thing harder about this as an investor. Tags: Email microsoft social connector.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 25: Nigel and Vaughn Caldon and Kerry Frank

Steve Blank

Nigel and Vaugn Caldon , co-founders of BallStar social network for basketball players. Listen to the full interviews with Nigel and Vaughn and with Kerry by downloading them from SoundCloud here and here. And download any of the past shows here.). Kerry Frank co-founded Comply365 in 2007 with her husband.

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Startup Pivot Stories #1: How TokBox Changed Its Business Model

VC Cafe

TokBox launched a no-download consumer video chat/video conferencing service in 2007, but in November 2010, changed its business model to allow any business that wants to engage consumers on their site in completely new ways to do so, via mutli-way video.

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

Founded 2007 in Boulder, CO. Developer and publisher of social mobile games. SGN games downloaded +17mm times on mobile devices. Web service that allows parents to monitor children’s activity on social networks in realtime for about $10/child/month. Competitors: Google. Total raised: $18.3mm. Total raised: $30mm.

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5 Creative Ways to Use Text Messages in Marketing :: Small.

Duct Tape Marketing

I have no problem doing this, so I’ve started to set up a short code word for each event and I simply say text “event name” to the code and people get a message that allows them to download the slides on the spot while I’m standing up there in front of them. Related Posts: Are Small Private Social Networks the Next Layer?

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Netflix vs. Blockbuster and bad profits (reflections from my Bazaarvoice days)

Austin Startup

The next wave that will hit is movie downloading, which will solve the only real challenge Netflix has (the wait time). And don’t get me started on how great of a job Netflix does in creating high switching costs (or “community stickiness”) with all of its great ratings and social networking features. million subscribers.

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Startup Killer: the Cost of Customer Acquisition | For Entrepreneurs

www.forentrepreneurs.com

Think about your own behavior: if you are like me, you hate having to deal with sales people, and greatly prefer to do your own research starting with search engines, and leveraging free trials, on-line videos, blogs, reviews, and your social network. What is Twitter hadn't gone to SXSW in 2007? This is a mistake.