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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.

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6 Keys to Attracting Customers Based On Social Needs

Startup Professionals Musings

I now offer the following additional guidelines for how to attract customers and position your product: Find the latest social trend, or even create it. They depend on their favorite social channels and peers on social media to make emotional decisions for them, rather than rely on any kind of “cost-benefit” analysis.

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[Interview] RIM Eyes Southeast Asia’s Developer Scene

YoungUpstarts

RIM is dedicated to working with the developer community in taking their feedback, along with other information and prioritize it as the platform and development process is further refined. We have partnered with existing developer communities, including academic communities to offer developer days and workshops. .

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How to Successfully Engage With Your Customers Online

Up and Running

It involves any and all communications that you leverage throughout the pre and post-purchase process. Which can be disastrous if you’re delivering different messages or even a misaligned tone through every channel. Choosing to message through the channels they use most and proactively reaching out. Build a community or group.

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A New Way to Teach Entrepreneurship – The Lean LaunchPad at Stanford: Class 1

Steve Blank

Startups, are not about executing a plan where the product, customers, channel are known. JointBuy allows buyers to start a new deal on any available product and share the idea with others through existing social networking sites. We were positing that 20 years of teaching “how to write a business plan” might be obsolete.

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[Review] The Social Customer

YoungUpstarts

Rather, the challenge is this – how can we transform fans and followers on social networks into actual money paying customers? While Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have found ways to monetise their platforms, many are still figuring out ways to connect the social web with the corporate wallet.

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FinTech Innovation Lab Launch Event – June 2, 2011

David Teten

It attracted a very high quality crowd of senior executives from major investment banks and members of the innovation community — two groups that don’t normally mingle. “Everyone is bringing them in nowadays” BROWN: Mobile is a delivery channel for capability. Ask the senator who was on TV.