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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 ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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Cloud computing and the open source movements have brought down the costs of starting a company by more than 90%. But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. This never existed a decade ago.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Top 10 Online Advertising Trends For The Decade

ReadWriteStart

We started this week's One Million by One Million roundtable with a discussion of online advertising trends, looking at them from the perspective of cost-effective customer acquisition and brand building, as well as entrepreneurial opportunities. The answer to that question, I believe, is the 1M/1M Premium Lounge.

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The Amazing Power of Deflationary Economics for Startups

Both Sides of the Table

Ones that offer amazing value (low relative margins) at high volumes that makes it nearly impossible for high-cost incumbents to compete. But eventually low-cost new entrants came into the market offering most of our features at 10% the costs. Are you offering a product where the supply costs will continue to drop precipitously?

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Twitter Link Roundup #115 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Radio Still Good Advertising Option for Small Business – [link]. Advertising Isn’t Dead – The Creative Process Is – [link]. Advertising Firms Need To Be Downsized Before They Become Too Dumb For Their Own Good – [link]. SEO Pricing: 600+ Agencies Share Costs of Services & Pricing Models – [link].

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

www.usatoday.com

Americas new business model: Sharing. Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Gaming Home.

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Lean In Or Get Out: 11 Tips For Using Your Expertise To Create A Wickedly Successful Business

YoungUpstarts

These are the worries that come with grinding it out in corporate America. But for some women corporate America just isn’t and never will be a good fit. What’s lacking for many women working in corporate America is control, control over their own destiny. How could they be transitioned into a low-cost business?

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