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How One Startup Combines Boston’s B2B Sense with the Valley’s Social Media Style

View from Seed

This is a guest post by Alignable CMO Dan Slagen about the missed opportunity the company has identified in social networking, and why they’ve chosen to build the business on the East Coast. First: They’re all based in California, and more specifically, in San Francisco, Mountain View, and Menlo Park, respectively.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies?

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Why Social Media is a Must for all Companies

Duct Tape Marketing

Why Social Media is a Must for all Companies written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. While younger demographic groups are higher users, all ages are on social media. Social media is all around us and has become a daily part of people’s lives.

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The Ultimate CEO Twitter List

YoungUpstarts

timoreilly : Founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media Tim O’Reilly shares the stories of the alpha geeks on Twitter. dennysantoso : Founder and CEO if SixReps.com Danny Santoso tweets all about social fitness, fat loss, and nutrition. brian_wong : Follow Brian Wong, founder and CEO of Kipp, a rewards network for virtual achievements.

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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. in Computer Science.

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Scaling-up: Turning the corner from starving startup to growing company

The Next Web

As the number of users increases, you can provide incentives for these users to share your app on social networks. Social media is now an indispensable factor. Listen carefully and humbly to your users, using social media channels to provide real-time technical support. Go where your users take you.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Eventually, Reddit became wildly popular and was bought by Condé Nast, the owner of 20 other brands and media like Vanity Fair, Vogue, and The New Yorker. Joe Coulombe had an idea after running a small chain of convenience stores in southern California. When Koum was young, his poor family emigrated to California from Ukraine.