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The social Web in 2010: The emerging standards and technologies to watch

SoCal Delicious

As for 2010, it’s shaping up to be a year of general improvement in the business and technology industries hard hit by recession, the impact of which has seemed to hold back new investment and experimentation in social technologies, many of which are funded by staff participation from Internet firms.

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Boomers are Driving a New Entrepreneurship Boom

Startup Professionals Musings

These indicate that the correct icon for an entrepreneur may now have gray hair, rather than the warm glow of youth: In every single year from 1996 to 2010, Boomers between the ages of 55 and 64 had a higher rate of entrepreneurial activity than Gen-Y, aged 20–34. They are becoming the new early adopters.

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Your Next Startup Will Likely Be Run By a Boomer

Startup Professionals Musings

In every single year from 1996 to 2010, Boomers between the ages of 55 and 64 had a higher rate of entrepreneurial activity than Gen-Y, aged 20–34. Many Boomers have the purchasing power and become enthusiastic early adopters who help lead the way. These trends seem likely to persist. They are becoming the new early adopters.

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