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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. But let’s be honest – they’re mostly the same old shit as Web 1.0, Social Networking in Web 2.0:

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Elements of Sustainable Companies

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. Rich Customers Target customers who will move fast and pay a premium for a unique offering. Focus Customers will only buy a simple product with a singular value proposition. ► March (2) 4.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: The Kool-Aid Test: “Why do I need anything? Why do I need yours? Why do I need it now?"

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. Put yourself in the shoes of your customers or users. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register?

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 3. Virtual Location, Location, Location

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. Of all of my companies, communication was probably the strongest at L90, even though the engineering and design team were completely separated from sales, marketing, business development and customer service.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Venture Capital - What's the rush?

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. Customers validate businesses. Often times, that time investment could have been better spent talking to customers or acquiring users. Blogger Template originally design by Web-Kreation Converted By Jacky Supit

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Just Say What it Is

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ▼ December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. Unfortunately, they wordsmith themselves so far away from describing what it actually is that they sell, that their customers or users need a jargon-decoder ring to understand what they do. ► March (2) 4.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason

Frank Addante

2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. When working with customers or potential partners, I spend most of the meeting time asking customers questions about their business, their goals, their insight into technology, the market, etc. ► March (2) 4.

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