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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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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

How will you be taking this to market? What channels will you use (e.g., Often this ties to marketing support. Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Where’s the mystery (see Matching Algorithm )? Who are the other stakeholders involved? Administrators?

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The Lindy Effect on startup potential

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

You might have scratched and clawed inside your social network to get the first 10, but that doesn’t scale to 100 (though it might scale to another 10), and just because you were successful convincing customers one at a time to convert through hour-long Skype calls doesn’t mean you can convert 100 customers self-serve via Facebook ads.

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32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder

SoCal CTO

How will you be taking this to market? What channels will you use (e.g., Often this ties to marketing support. Social Integration/Viral Outreach - are you integrating in some way with social networks? Where’s the mystery (see Matching Algorithm )? Who are the other stakeholders involved? Administrators?

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Every Startup Should Assume Pivots Will Be Required

Startup Professionals Musings

Agile assumes and plans for iterative development, where requirements and solutions evolve as more is known and markets change. Here are the advantages I see with this approach: Faster time to market. Find customers, partners and channels early. Use social networking to start the wave.

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The Planned Iteration Startup Launch Minimizes Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

Agile assumes and plans for iterative development, where requirements and solutions evolve as more is known and markets change. Here are the advantages I see with this approach: Faster time to market. Find customers, partners and channels early. Use social networking to start the wave.

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Smart Entrepreneurs Plan Multiple Rollout Iterations

Startup Professionals Musings

Agile assumes and plans for iterative development, where requirements and solutions evolve as more is known and markets change. Here are the advantages I see with this approach: Faster time to market. Find customers, partners and channels early. Use social networking to start the wave.

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