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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. You could just outspend. Innovative.

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Social Media is a Boon to Startups Who Do It Right

Startup Professionals Musings

If your startup can’t be bothered with social media, or has no plan to take advantage of it, then you are definitely at risk these days. They also identify clearly the five key social media mistakes that I often see, along the following lines: Diving in without a strategic plan. Not having a social media policy.

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Startups Should Avoid These Social Media Mistakes

Startup Professionals Musings

If your startup can’t be bothered with social media, or has no plan to take advantage of it, then you are definitely at risk these days. They also identify clearly the five key social media mistakes that business often make, along the following lines: Diving in without a strategic plan. Not having a social media policy.

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Monetizing Social Networks: The Four Dominant Business Models and How You Should Implement Them in 2010

venturedig.com

The business models within the social media realm are much different than traditional businesses. In social networking, they’re ever-changing, backed by eye-opening revenue and have very little documentation. How You Should Implement These Models Going into 2010: Display Ads.

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11 Industries That Benefit Most From Social Media

YoungUpstarts

More and more businesses these days are catching on to the fact that social media is kind of a big deal. Customers expect to be able to connect with brands they care about, and those who do this well can enjoy the benefits of what social media can do. According to CBS News , 45% of retailers are active on social media.

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Your Next Startup Will Likely Be Run By a Boomer

Startup Professionals Musings

In every single year from 1996 to 2010, Boomers between the ages of 55 and 64 had a higher rate of entrepreneurial activity than Gen-Y, aged 20–34. Half of the Internet users aged 50-64 use social media now, an 88 percent growth from the previous year. These trends seem likely to persist.

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From Agency to Enterprise Software: The Evolution of Buddy Media

This is going to be BIG.

The other day I wrote a post about the lack of Enterprise Software disruption coming out of NYC —and a lot of people responded that I wasn’t citing Buddy Media. Our current focus is on creating sticky, super viral applications that help users get more out of Facebook and other social media.

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