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Social Networking and Business Value

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Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies?

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

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Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google. Lots to learn from him.

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Interview with Eric Bjorndahl, TravBuddy.com

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Eric Bjorndahl: At the highest level, we're a social networking web site for travelers. How we differentiate from other social networks that are more general, is that we offer lots of features specific to travelers. Berkeley in 2005, and right after that I started working on the site. He graduated from U.C.

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TVSync’s Open API Uses Video and Audio Recognition Across All Four Screens

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TVSync’s parent company Voible , has provided fingerprint protection technology to most major movie studios and TV networks since 2005. The new model includes viewing content — but adds interactivity, multiple screens, personalization, social networking, cloud streaming and mobility. What does that mean?

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

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We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. Read more: TechCrunch.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

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Following Microsoft’s addressable advertising trials with NBC in June 2009, many suspect that Google’s investment may have some defensive motivations, as well. Swipely is a social network orientated around users credit card transaction data. Criteo was founded in 2005 in France; now based in Palo Alto, CA.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. Businesses are also one-click from advertising through Google and now Facebook.