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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking. The Past (1985-2002).

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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New Rules for the New Internet Bubble

Steve Blank

This next wave of web startups; Social Networks and Mobile Applications, now reached 100’s of millions of customers. Rules for building a company in 2011 are different than they were in 2008 or 1998. Show and talk at conferences, be on lots of blogs, use social networks and build a brand. The New Exits. Wide Adoption.

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ProductionHUB Helps You Search For Media Production Professionals

YoungUpstarts

Its free-to-use Request Engine helps connects businesses and corporations to the people, services or equipment needed to finish the job, whether it is to produce a traditional corporate video, viral webisode, commercial, or cover a live event. Just this past week, we used ProductionHUB to find gear and crew in Athens, Greece!”.

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Transcript And MP3 Of My $180,000 Website Flipping Presentation

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

I managed to visit Seattle as part of the Australian national Magic The Gathering team in 1998, so that was the highlight of my career as a professional Magic player. It made this site very sticky and it grew organically through viral word-of-mouth as a result of doing that. So that’s your existing network. Wait for people.

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8 Ways To Leverage The “I Like To Watch” Ubertrend

ReadWriteStart

This ubertrend spurred a host of subtends, including reality shows, like MTV’s The Real World , which debuted in 1992; Celebrity Worship Syndrome , coined in 2003 and propelled by “pixel paparazzis;” HDTV in 1998; helicopter police chases, including the infamous 1994 O.J. ” The trend is dubbed “ gastroporn.”

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Social Media Best Practices for Your Nonprofit

Board Effect

New apps are continually being introduced to help interconnect social media platforms which can help automate content and spread it virally using a few clicks. Once you’ve posted something on the internet, it can go viral within seconds, leaving no room for a do-over. Once they’ve cut wood or another material, it can’t be undone.