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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. 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?

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

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Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. And obviously all the liq prefs went away in the IPO when pref stock converted to common. link] leehower.

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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 Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem

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Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, developed a methodology for creating businesses that runs in parallel with the traditional product development process. The Pebble Smartwatch itself comes stock with a fairly standard feature set – email, clock, heart rate monitor etc. So What is Customer Development?

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How to Expand Your Boutique Business

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But you need to take advantage of social media to really break out. Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram offer paid advertising services. More than one in three people claim to visit social networks when researching a business and their goods. But you should also be using eBay, Etsy, and Amazon to move stock, too.

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Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

How They Do It : Operate a social network at Facebook.com, through Facebook’s mobile apps, and the Facebook Platform which lets other websites extend Facebook’s tools for authentication and social sharing. What They Do : Enable users to connect and share content with friends online. billion in cash profit last year.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

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The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I was on a panel earlier this week with several other investors from Angel Groups in the Valley. The panel was a typical Silicon Valley shmoozefest hosted at a law firm with about 75+ attendees. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?