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Are Business Plans Still Necessary?

Both Sides of the Table

I remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 Ajax was the new buzzword and many companies went overboard. and the subsequent acquisition sprees of companies like Google, Yahoo! portfolios.

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Where LinkedIn Works for Me

SoCal CTO

When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

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The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why

Both Sides of the Table

As a software developer I wrote code on what was called a “dumb terminal” because it literally had no processing capability. Throughout the 90′s the PC became much more popular in corporate environments, so companies began to replace dumb terminals with PCs. Why does the rise of Facebook affect the web?

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Where I use LinkedIn: * I definitely use LinkedIn for Specific Requests - Ex. event I did last fall.

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Interview with Alex Aydin, Icanbuy

socalTECH

Then, we spoke to the firm's founder, Alex Aydin, and discovered that he wasn't just your usual Web 2.0 first time entrepreneur, but had taken a company IPO and ran it as a public firm in the 90's--Prostor--which he eventually sold to Sun Microsystems. The firm is in the midst of raising a round of funding.

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

Tech Zulu Event

Through Demand Media, Richard is redefining the next generation of new media companies. . Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. . Bambi Francisco.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

. ► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you.

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