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

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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.

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

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He is also the co-founder of Playsino, ExpressCoin (Bitcoin exchange), GoCoin (Bitcoin payment platform), Five Delta, Evertune, GamesTV, Digital Entertainment Network, KnCMiner.cn (Bitcoin Mining), and Robocoin China (Bitcoin ATM). Mr. Csathy previously served as the CEO of social network and online video technology company Sightspeed, Inc.,

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

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There is a lot of pent-up demand. note: there is one rare exception – in 2006 Sevin Rosen declared that Venture Capital was broken and actually returned money to their LPs ! The growth of Facebook and social gaming led by Zynga – Another obvious trend is Facebook. Notice that I didn’t say “social networking.”

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Internet Video is Hot, But Not a Money-Maker Yet

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They point to YouTube as the big gorilla, but also social networking with video (Bebo), and video job sites (VisualCV). billion for the site in 2006. The largest video social network, Bebo , purchased for $850 million, was just sold by AOL in a “fire sale,” after it lost half its membership of 10 million users last year.

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StartupDemo Was a Huge Success!

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Bring your products to your Customers, their social network and their influencers with DoTogether Hosted Facebook Applications. Demand Media is a leading online media company that informs, entertains and connects millions of people every day. The Sponsors.

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TechZulu Live from StartupDemo

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Bring your products to your Customers, their social network and their influencers with DoTogether Hosted Facebook Applications. Demand Media is a leading online media company that informs, entertains and connects millions of people every day. The Sponsors.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

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As a serial entrepreneur and Internet visionary, Richard co-founded Demand Media in May 2006, and currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Through Demand Media, Richard is redefining the next generation of new media companies. . Richard Rosenblatt.