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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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How the Need for Growth Failed Our Social Network Experience

This is going to be BIG.

. :) — Charlie O'Donnell (@ceonyc) June 30, 2008. It wasn't my fault, though--because the app itself, like all social networks, succeed around growth. 5000+ follows later and I've failed miserably. You never stumbled into half of an interesting conversation with someone you might want to follow based on the topic.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

The project was a little unexpected – creating customer cereal boxes called Obama-Os and Cap’n McCains, timely for the 2008 elections. BMW introduced subscription fees for their cars, creating revolutionary changes in the conservative automotive community. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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The Collaborative Web: Github is the New Flickr

This is going to be BIG.

The collaborative web arrived after the social web hit a tipping point. The seminal application of the collaborative web--Github--was launched in April 2008. That is the very month that Facebook became the largest social network, outpacing MySpace. Need to find a collaborator?

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Instead of sticking a fork in the venture market, realize. there is no fork

This is going to be BIG.

How else can you explain this headline matching a story about a professional social network still trying to explore revenues raising $17mm on an $80mm valuation? The last closed market we had was from about September 2008 until June 2009--10 months. International and non-Valley startup communities are developing at a rapid pace.

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Power To The People – Creating Trust In Data With Collaborative Governance

YoungUpstarts

evolved around trends that focused on the idea of user collaboration , sharing of user-generated content, and social networking, so too does the concept of collaborative governance. The good news is that IT professionals have a blueprint from the companies that pioneered the use of the World Wide Web for collaborative data governance.

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Inaugural Investor Day @ FinTech Innovation Lab

David Teten

The Lab is a collaboration between the New York City Investment Fund and Accenture, with support from the New York banking community. On Friday morning, I witnessed another volley of shots being fired from New York City at Palo Alto during FinTech Innovation Lab ‘s Inaugural Investor Day.