YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

And what he finds is incredibly encouraging – he shares many, many stories of young entrepreneurs challenging the status quo, limited technological infrastructure and governmental lethargy to fulfill their dreams, and at the same time plug the many gaps that clearly exist in the market.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

Un-Social Networking: Martin Lindstrom of Brand Sense says we are suffering a little from digital emptiness. They’re happy to facilitate revolution in Moldova, Iran, Egypt and Libya. The free on line is the digital sampling of the event with the real connection…. It’s about being there. Meaning & Value > Volume.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

I was watching Meet the Press this morning and they put a big screen behind the guests with TweetDeck open and showing the constant stream of information about Egypt. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. That must have been a proud moment in the Betaworks offices.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

I was watching Meet the Press this morning and they put a big screen behind the guests with TweetDeck open and showing the constant stream of information about Egypt. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. That must have been a proud moment in the Betaworks offices.

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Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 176

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

And social media frequently makes news, including when it accelerated the uprising in Egypt this year. But back in 2005, social media was not as prominent as it is today, and it took a tsunami for social media to earn its status as an equal player in news-gathering. Evan Williams on listening to Twitter users.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Or just the sheer power of people being able to self organize as they have done in Egypt, Iran or Tunisia. Asymmetric – Before Twitter most social networks had “symmetric” relationships meaning that when somebody wanted to follow you, you had to follow them back in order for us to be connected. Not so on Twitter.

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Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

I believe that it was erroneous not to answer the two questions above, it was erroneous to be tempted by the Big Numbers and not understand how Social Media channels actually worked (streams, home pages, personalization, rankings and more). if your business should be on that network and 2. So, let's fix that error. They should.

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