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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

Gust

When people would ask a similar question back then about the difficulty of software development, my usual response was “anyone can write a TAP program over a weekend that will work with 80% of the paging systems in the world…but getting it to work on the other 20% will take you a year.”

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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.

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Where LinkedIn Works for Me

SoCal CTO

When I recently was looking to find people who had experience with using social networks to reach people for what might be considered guerilla marketing efforts, again LinkedIn worked great. When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. Weve also found that other social networks such as FaceBook and MySpace to have almost no results when it comes to recruitment.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

I built a multi-million dollar company (and sold it) from New Brunswick Canada. what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? Thanks, Phil Up North.

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Two Ways User-Generated Content Can Keep Your Brand Relevant

Duct Tape Marketing

and Canada-based customers to design their own Starbucks cup, take a photo of it, and post it online with the hashtag #WhiteCupContest. He currently oversees an experienced team of designers, software developers, and marketing professionals that specialize in creating custom corporate presentations and cloud publishing applications.

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F2F Still Matters

SoCal CTO

And in fact all our globally-connecting-social-networking tools are making face-to-face more, not less desirable. in Computer Science. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo.