Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2022

Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks. Young people naively enter their pictures and personal data for fun on social networking sites, ignoring constant feedback from the media that these are bad practices.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2018

Given below are the things that a developer might need to know in order to develop an anonymous social networking application. In anonymous social networks, key pieces of information about your true identity are nonexistent. As a matter of fact, numerous anonymous social networking apps prefer to use this feature.

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deal architect

OCTOBER 25, 2013

What’s your favorite social network -Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Quora, Pinterest, other? Sorry I asked and started a debate :) That’s the new reality, is it not? People have vigorous views about how much they like one versus another. Industry Commentary'

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

box office of over $84 million “ The Social Network ,” – the movie about Mark Zuckerberg and the founding of Facebook – is just another example of the public’s fascination with social networking and young billionaires, not necessarily in that order. At a current U.S. Most of them are duds, but a few are world-beaters.

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deal architect

JANUARY 17, 2013

Vala Afshar, Chief Customer Officer at Enterasys Networks, a unit of Siemens Enterprise, lists who he considers the 50 most social CIOs on Twitter. In a side conversation, I asked him if tech sector CIOs dominated his list. You would.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Social networking is indeed the new business networking. Since I’ve been lurking around the various social networks for the last year or so, I’ve learned a few things, so I thought it would be helpful to clue you in on current networking cultures, and how they map into the business networking scene.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2022

When uncertain of what to do next, social proof kicks in to see what others are doing, or have done. Survey results show that more than 80% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Social psychology in general deals with how individuals relate to one another.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Sales and Social Media. Social networks are a real breakthrough of the 21st century. According to Smart Insights, the number of social media users globally grew from 4.2 In 2022, it has become necessary for both a startup and a large enterprise to increase their visibility on social networks.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2012

Feeling overburdened by trying to handle multiple social networking services at the same time? Confused and frustrated by the need to manage all your social contact lists? In following years my contact list got larger and all new exciting social networks reshaped the way we communicate with each other.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2011

Social networking can help, but a large list of online friends and followers is no substitute for a smaller list of personal and ongoing business relationships. Many of my younger friends use various social networks on a daily basis and think that they will thereby avoid this problem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2022

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or angel investors in Arizona, where I live. Entrepreneurs cite family roots, a sense of neighborhood responsibility, existing professional networks, and more.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

For many companies, the ability to strike the right tone on social networks is a key way for managers, marketing departments, and owners to reach customers and ensure that a great reputation isn’t a company’s best kept secret. On a social network, as in life, good manners are often the greatest key to success.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2009

I wrote recently about etiquette when you meet people at conferences or events so now that I have this done I feel I need to say some words about connecting on social networks. Let’s start with a discussion of existing social networks and then how to approach people on them. Facebook.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2012

For those who’d rather not have pictures of animals flooding our timelines, here’s a tip: introduce pet-owning friends to Aiiooo ( www.aiiooo.com ), a fully-fledged social network for pets. Aiiooo , whose name originates from the Mandarin term for loving animals or “??”

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2022

Take full advantage of every mentoring and coaching opportunity, and network with peers both inside and outside the company. With today’s pervasive Internet and social networks, people can see how you act outside of work, as well as inside. Use ongoing networking as a way to improve connections.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

83 percent of online users aged 50-64 use social media now, and the growth rate continues to increase. Social networking penetration by Boomers is now catching up with the other age groups, reaching nearly 90 percent across the board. In the U.S., immigrants are almost twice as likely to become entrepreneurs as native-born U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2011

With the advent of social networking sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, Internet usage has totally morphed, from a serious business medium, to a social and fun medium that still means business. Here are the current big three in social networking for business: Facebook is biggest, moving from social to business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2020

Entrepreneurs need leadership, teamwork, listening, and coaching skills, which you can learn from advisors and networking with peers. With the Internet and social networks, things you do in your personal life can affect your success in a big way. Your reputation is the single greatest asset you have.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 22, 2024

In the interconnected digital landscape, a single recommendation from a loyal client can ripple across social networks, reaching a vast audience. According to Prolifiq, relationship mapping is crucial for startups to understand their clients’ networks and connections, enabling targeted outreach and relationship building.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2011

In reality, it doesn’t matter whether you are preparing an online profile for your favorite social network, or a written resume (Curriculum Vitae) in the old-fashioned sense, you need to make certain that it helps your case rather than hurts it. Here are some tips on how to make yours stand out above the crowd: Focus on results.

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Yet, paradoxically in some markets social network usage is starting to drop: As you can see from this chart it is in the US, China, and particularly the UK that consumers are turning away from social networks, and it’s a fair bet that the trend in these countries will be seen more widely next year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Those of you who viewed the movie The Social Network , saw an example of new entrepreneurs dealing with conflict poorly, almost leading to the demise of Facebook. Master conflict – engage dissidents, and avoid needless power struggles. Some entrepreneurs go to great lengths to avoid interpersonal friction, or engage the wrong way.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Back in July, we wrote about network effects in marketplaces and social platforms and how they are critical to defensibility. In the post, we talked about the difference between direct and indirect network effects, and how they may or may not relate to virality.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Take a look at your social networks. If you want to launch an influencer campaign, you need to have social media accounts. And before launching any campaigns, you should make sure your social networks are up-to-date and appropriately branded. First of all, which social network are you launching on?

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Brandanew

JULY 29, 2015

As an employee in a small business, should you keep your personal social media separate from your professional accounts? When it comes to social networks like LinkedIn, the answer is pretty much clear – try and share goofy pictures of Aunty Acid, and you’ll most likely jeopardize the chances of landing your next job.

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Eric Friedman

MAY 10, 2019

After reading the recent Chris Hughes Op-Ed in the NYTimes about Facebook I have been thinking about social networks. Having used just about every service out there, tried my hand in helping build one , and being immersed in social feeds for the last decade, I wanted to weigh in on where things might be going.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. The answer is still the same, but I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 4, 2015

Social networks have gained genuine power as a marketing tool for businesses looking to increase their reach, traffic and leads. But there’s no guarantee that the places where most social networking happens now will be the same places hosting it in the future. By Vanessa Richardson. Who’s Doing It Right.

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venturedig.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

The business models within the social media realm are much different than traditional businesses. In social networking, they’re ever-changing, backed by eye-opening revenue and have very little documentation. The middle man is called an ad network. Allocate about 20% of of your ad space to CPA-based Ad Networks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2021

Nurture relationships with popular social influencers. Most consumers now use their online access from smartphones and tablets to interact with social networks, product reviews, and monitor the videos of culture influencers around the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. No name, picture, address, or business history only convinces customers that you are hiding, located in an un-trustable country, or don’t have a clue. They will exit quickly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2010

In reality, it doesn’t matter whether you are preparing an online profile for your favorite social network, or a written resume (Curriculum Vitae) in the old-fashioned sense, you need to make certain that it helps your case rather than hurts it. Tags: wikipedia social network resume business. Marty Zwilling.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

link] Is this a live radio app or is it a voice social network? So, why do you even need a voice social network? While we have a strong desire to move away from the conventional social media dynamic, we also realize the convenience and strength of network they already possess. We’ll see you in Austin!

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2018

It wasn't my fault, though--because the app itself, like all social networks, succeed around growth. Networks are always telling you who from your contacts has joined and recommends you follow new accounts, even though you still only have two eyeballs in your head and 24 hours in the day.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 18, 2012

We want to be a social network. Facebook and LinkedIn are highly profitable free social networks, but I can’t think of any others. Four or five years ago the list of free social networks that were popular but not making money was equally long, but totally different. Let’s say advertising.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2010

Gemassmer We all intuitively believe in maintaining personal and business contacts, but most of us don’t do well in this area, despite the advent of social networking. Today a number of social networks have emerged, all designed to enable us to stay in touch, keep each other updated and maintain a sense of continuity.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 18, 2008

Last Saturday, I was a panelist at the CalTech - Social Networks event. My main points were: Social Everywhere - I work with a lot of different shapes and sizes of companies and it's interesting how each one has opportunities to leverage its users to form different kinds of communities, create connections, encourage contribution, etc.

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