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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

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Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Only 3% were online when I started AOL.

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Silicon Beach emerges as a tech hotbed

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But Viddy isnt based in the technology hotbeds of Silicon Valley and San Francisco. "It Instead, Silicon Beach, a roughly 3-mile stretch of sand from Venice to Santa Monica , is home to Viddy and a host of other young tech companies with an entertainment, celebrity or mobile edge. Want 300 days of sun a year?" Google says.

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The Steps of the Recruiting Process … and How to Identify Failure Points

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It’s easier to control an inanimate widget on an assembly-line than a Human Being (“Candidate”) dealing with other Human Beings (“Recruiters”, “Sourcers”, or “Appointment Setters”). Social networking applications (SNAs). Networking. No contacts, competitor known.

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The Ascent of Q&A as Community

Venture Chronicles

More recently Q&A sites have morphed into a variant of social network where users build profiles and interact with other members and topics by following them and cross posting to Facebook and Twitter. I am most interested in the generalized Q&A communities, not the expert networks.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. Roberts talks of social networks as mediums that may very well help your product or name attract VC attention.

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Startup Tools

steveblank.com

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform. Steve Blanks 30 years of Silicon Valley startup advice.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. Wireframing, prototypes: buil-in widgets and shapes. Silicon Roundabout. silicon valley. Silicon Valley Bank. Silicon Wadi. Social Commerce.