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Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Check Out Stanzr

ReadWriteStart

Dr. Said is a dentist himself and argued a good case for a network of dentists with special offers for uninsured consumers. Then Nirupama Mallavarupu from Summit, New Jersey, discussed PTA Portals, a platform for building niche social networks for private groups, starting with Parent-Teacher Associations.

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7 A/B Testing Resources for Startups and Solo Developers

mashable.com

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Social shopping

BeyondVC

I must admit that I have seen way too many social networking related plays that want to be the next MySpace of some niche market. In addition, who wants to sign up for multiple social networking platforms like MySpace, Facebook, and niche sites for politics, sports, etc.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

But now, the defining movie of today’s twentysomethings is “The Social Network”. Specialized alumni tech networks : Accelerate Yale (which had merged into it YaleFintech and Yale Tech), Yale Science & Engineering Association. You can see content & video from one of our educational programs for new angels here.

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Data exhaust moves beyond targeted marketing and into financial services decision making

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Increasingly, some gather online information, including from social-networking sites. on social networks), inferred from behavior (e.g. Acxiom Corp., I think I’d bet against Mr. Considine on this one. But as the amount of data available has exploded, whether directly reported (e.g.

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

Eric, as you know, I grew up in suburban New Jersey and in suburban New Jersey, we ate a lot of Benihana growing up and I love the Americanized version of this deeply traditional Japanese meal. What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops.

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How to Start a Movement

Ben's Blog

Nobody knew this better than Jim because he had to coordinate everything from email to social networking to blogging to rally people to his own cause. Alex Torpey, a twenty-four-year-old with a breakthrough vision for using technology to improve government, ran for mayor of South Orange, New Jersey and defeated the far older incumbent.