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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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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

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If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. Company 2 might represent an “ad mediation company” where the company gets paid by ad networks for running ads on publisher websites and the company in turn must pay the publisher 85% of the revenue it collects.

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Demand Generation: 7 Tactics to Fuel Your Funnel

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Done right, demand generation can supercharge growth. Demand generation tactics address two of the biggest marketing challenges: raising brand awareness and generating leads. That’s why you need a demand generation strategy. The state of demand generation in 2022. Demand generation’s approach was born out of necessity.

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

Both Sides of the Table

It’s building a product that is substantially differentiated, and, as Bill Gross, one of the most prolific tech entrepreneurs of our era says, “ It needs to be 10x better than the competition ” (because if you shoot for that then in competitive markets you might achieve 3x. If you have NO network of promotion for your story?

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[Interview] Michael C. Fillios, Author Of “Tech Debt 2.0™: How To Future Proof Your Small Business And Improve Your Tech Bottom Line”  

YoungUpstarts

– Establish, communicate, and enforce security policies governing passwords, policies, procedures, especially around physical access, network access, email policies, data security. – Keep all systems and equipment patched and up to date on security upgrades, and discard equipment or systems that are no longer supported.

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When Security Can Become Your Business Differentiator, Everybody Wins

YoungUpstarts

Typically, the first few key hires in IT are ones that will help “keep the lights on,” deal with password lock-outs and provision and configure network services and company laptops. SMBs understand the value of collecting logs for network and application troubleshooting and for regulatory compliance.

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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? They range from customer insights, marketing, sales, analytics, demand management, support, and customer experience, to mobile and location based services. m = Measurement, a necessary evil.