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Central Desktop Launches Its Own Take On Twitter

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The new microblogging tool, like Twitter, also supports updates via mobile phones, using SMS. The new microblogging feature puts Central Desktop in competition with another local startup, Yammer, which has created its own enterprise and business focused take on Twitter. READ MORE>>.

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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RedBeacon was the 3rd winner (year 1: Yammer, year 2: Mint.com) – not bad company. In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition. And in a world where we increasingly log in to personal web time at late hours or on our mobile phones that’s no longer good enough. Nice sweep!

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8 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Lead With New Work Models

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Both are required to stay competitive. In startups, and even corporate environments, I see the spread of collaborative social platforms such as Slack and Yammer. Mobility and connecting to work via the ‘cloud.’ Computers are no longer stand-alone dedicated devices, but are built into personal devices, like phones and tablets.

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Entrepreneurs And Startups Drive Future Work Trends

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Both are required to stay competitive. In startups, and even corporate environments, I see the spread of collaborative social media platforms such as Yammer. Mobility and connecting to work via the ‘cloud.’ Computers are no longer stand-alone dedicated devices, but are built into personal devices, like phones and tablets.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. In the show we talked about why this is important to mobile application developers. Competition: McAfee , Symantec. Yammer, Salesforce Chatter. Read more: TechCrunch , Reg Form D , WSJ interview w/ Susan Lyne.

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The Coming Shift in Enterprise Software

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Part I, Team) Tact was founded by Chuck Ganapathi , who was formerly the SVP of Products at Salesforce.com having led initiatives like their chat product, CRM and mobile. Here’s how they did it … Mobile First —  It is now well understood that “mobile first” dominated the consumer Internet and we take this for granted.

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6 Tips for Building Relationships with Journalists

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If you’re Yammer , Mint or RedBeacon (all winners) you’re knighted with wonderful coverage. Given a choice of your marketing person or talking to you (the founder) there’s no competition. Many other great companies are not. - Make yourself available. It is an important part of your job.

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