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13 tech trends to adopt before the year’s end

The Next Web

Pinterest is going to be the website to watch, along with other image-based social networking, search and sales websites. While it’s still early-stage, I’m excited to continue following this space. Niche-Based Social Networks. Lane Sutton , Social Media from a Teen.

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Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouhi

SoCal CTO

She is a go to person for me when I have questions around technology or early stage marketing and branding. I hadn't talked to her in a while and then because of a presentation I did around Social Media for Service Professionals she and I reconnected. Is social media having much of an impact on what you do?

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

In venture capital in particular, early-stage companies are often operating in frontier industries, where the rules are unpredictable and conventional analytic frameworks may be misleading. Relationship Science makes it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. are using AngelMob.co

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

OSEO validation in turn makes early-stage startups eligible for a variety of support services and funding options. OSEO can be involved during very early stage activities, such as business plan creation and feasibility studies. Plyce : Feature-rich location-based social network. Covered previously on RWW.)

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

Both Sides of the Table

There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. I hear from several sources that Sequoia is very active in the market aggressively chasing several deals and even driving up prices on some early-stage deals.

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4 Strategies for Managing Your Online Brand

ReadWriteStart

When you first start a company, the corporate brand hasn't yet developed a reputation or any customer momentum, so most early-stage companies leverage the brands of the individuals involved for credibility. Representation is a large part of any social network, but some more than others.". Four key strategies.

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ProfessorVC: Are DEMO's days numbered?

Professor VC

Day 2 featured the consumer and social media, which were more interesting for me and much of the audience. Bump.com is a social network based on license plate numbers as the identifier. A check-in aggregation platform. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?