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Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar

Both Sides of the Table

They called themselves a “social OS.&# Essentially I see it as two things: 1) an aggregator of social content from multiple places including Twitter, Facebook and soon even Gmail. It serves a similar role as Digsby (which I love using) albeit from a social media metaphor rather than an IM metaphor.

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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

Startup Professionals Musings

in 2013, with aggregate proceeds of over $38 billion. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. With the key social media platforms today, an entrepreneur can tune a product, build a brand, and grow the business with very low cost and a high interactivity never before possible. Marty Zwilling.

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Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California

SoCal CTO

And here's where you can find more events: SoCalTech Calendar – A great aggregation of events around Southern California that has been pulled together for years by Ben Kuo. This is why I say that Local Event Organizers Need to Adopt Social Media. Often very IT focused, but can be interesting topics.

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Entrepreneurs Need to Find the Best ‘Curators’

Startup Professionals Musings

He also co-authored the book "Inbound Marketing" about the power of social media and blogs. Then there are the aggregator curators that bring together the best of the best from a wide variety of sources, without the single guiding light to make sure they are consistent and integrated.

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Jan McBarron Shares Her Guide for Effectively Building Your Social Media Brand in the Digital Age

The Startup Magazine

Any solid business plan requires a social media strategy. Social media has pushed into every area of our lives, governing how we read the news, communicate with our families and friends and how we express ourselves to the world. Effectively building your social media brand can be broken down into concrete steps.

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[Review] Enterprise Social Technology

YoungUpstarts

As someone who is always interested at how social technologies can be harnessed for business and enterprise use, I can’t recommend Scott Klososky’s new book “ Enterprise Social Technology: Helping Organizations Harness the Power of Social Media, Social Networking, Social Relevance &# quite enough.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

SocialVibe – Social media monetization platform that benefits non-profit organizations and social causes. Sellers can lower transaction fees by aggregating purchases into fewer transactions, while also providing buyers with an attractive alternative payment method. OTHER DEALS.

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