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Social Media is a Boon to Startups Who Do It Right

Startup Professionals Musings

Find the right people to staff your campaign and curate its content and evolution. Manage your “e-putation” and avoid the most common mistakes of social media novices. Turn your social media efforts into profit, rather than just another expense. Lead generation continues to be the biggest benefit of social networking for U.S.

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IGNITE! pitch event at Microsoft – September 4

David Teten

A place to share their resources and links with each other, get High Fived (or ^5 in Geeklist terms), earn GeekCred™, build their own connections and join in Geek communities, all in a completely integrated social manner. A news curation dashboard for teams and organizations. Opensky/Pinterest/Instagram powered by every day ppl.

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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 ). asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks?

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year.

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Singapore Startup Picky Launches Famous Eats, A Hawker Food Guide

YoungUpstarts

Founded in 2012, the app is available for iOS, Android and BlackBerry devices. The Picky app is itself a one-stop platform mobile application for food lovers to find the best that Singapore has to offer, and currently has a database of over 10,000 restaurants. Ideaspotting Famous Eats food hawker food mobile app Picky Singapore startup'

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5 Trends That Will Shape Small Business in 2012

Duct Tape Marketing

5 Trends That Will Shape Small Business in 2012 This content from: Duct Tape Marketing. Here are my predictions for 2012. Social networks evolve into markets. As social networks become more important in the lives of their users and the level of social behavior continues to evolve, they will become much more than outposts.

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Why Twitter is A Media Company ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

March 18, 2012. There are lots of celebrities leveraging Twitter to sell their own products or establish e-commerce curation businesses. Twitter isn’t really a social network. But Twitter isn’t really a social network. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets?

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