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Social Reputation and Our Online Future

Lightspeed Venture Partners

While the technology is the enabler for these movements, social reputation plays a key role in their adoption. My favorite excerpt is below, but you can read the full article – the Role (and Future) of Social Reputation - here. Another fun thing to ponder is how social reputation systems might replace existing systems.

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The Software Developer’s Guide to Building an Online Reputation

Transformify

Here is a checklist of the things you should be working on if you want to build an online reputation as a software developer and make a great first impression. Personal portfolio. On top of that, you have complete freedom on the style of your portfolio. Make sure you have a personal domain and a professionally-looking portfolio.

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How do I Really Feel About Anonymous Apps Like Secret?

Both Sides of the Table

When you buy tickets from somebody on StubHub or products on eBay you likely don’t know the seller but you can get information on them about their reputation by past people who have bought from them. Reputation matters a great deal when you’re buying things from strangers. Some form of authority may be useful, too.

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Why You Should Think Twice Before You Send That Intro Email

Both Sides of the Table

Usually it’s on behalf of a portfolio company. I recognize that each time I ask I’m putting my reputation on the line. My belief – unless you know the VC really well (you’re a portfolio company of theirs, for example) I’d always ask for permission first. Helping with a Sales Lead. I do this often.

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What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now?

Both Sides of the Table

Reputation of firm? I would call their portfolio companies and ask how helpful or not they’ve been. look at their portfolio list. Picking a VC is hard. You don’t really have much to go on to decide who would make a good fit. Of partner? Deals done in your industry? It’s a bit of all of these.

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Mark Hauser’s Hauser Private Equity Spearheads Major Deals in Industrial Sector

The Startup Magazine

According to Mark Hauser, the rising costs of healthcare and growth of the aging patient demographic in the region made the company well-positioned for growth within the market, and in researching the company he found that it had a very favorable reputation and was in line with Hauser Private Equity’s mission to invest in stable, quality companies.

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Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010

SoCal CTO

How to Proactively Protect Your Online Reputation - Startup Professionals Musings , June 12, 2010 These days, your online Internet reputation is your reputation. Of course, having no reputation is usually better than a bad one, but don’t wait for someone else to establish a good one for you. learned this the hard way.

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