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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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And so it goes with social networking. AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. They controlled distribution to the masses. History repeats itself.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

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At the time of its launch, the name “cisco” was also confusingly similar to SYSCO, the $20B food distribution company. Even though the names of the preceding companies are less than ideal, they clearly did not stand in the way of these organizations’ success. infoChachkie. Hands-on startup advice for emerging entrepreneurs. What Works?

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Where is the best place to find a rockstar developer to bring it to life?

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Spencer Beggs , Turtle Brew , Johann Reyes , Mark LeMunyon , Michael Waxman , John Fawcett , Sam Kwan , Ben Foster , Graham Nicholas , Volodymyr Skladanivskyy , Anon User, Freek te Water , Mushin Schilling , Steve McConville , Lark Lindig , David Hernandez , John B. This person does not exist. This is not to say you should give up.

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

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We already have some competitors in the vertical and while there is no point in trying to hide the actual idea, there are differences in the way we implement stuff that can get us an advantage over the competition. >> Anyway, the way to manage that is still to execute better. Our idea is boring and not revolutionary.

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