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When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

SoCal CTO

In this post, I want to look at just the question of when it makes sense to use Facebook Connect, Twitter Oauth, OpenID, Yahoo Browser-Based Authentication, Google Friend Connect or basically any of the other authentication mechanisms. Of course, you have to draw the line somewhere. do not provide access to the email address.

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Brian Coryat, ValueClick Founder And Internet Pioneer: Startups Should Wing It

InfoChachkie

I think I''ll just wing it'' and of course. Talking To Yahoo''s Jerry Yang. He quickly realized the power of the Internet when he came across a relatively obscure site, called Yahoo! But there was this one site that somebody told me about or maybe I read about and it was called Yahoo! And I said, ''I don''t know.

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5 Marketing Software Tools Every Business Should Have

Inverted Software

ConstantContact is email marketing software. With ConstantContact you can create subscriber lists, send email campaigns and track open rates. You can even send scheduled personalized emails on a customer’s birthday or anniversary. ConstantContact. Yext puts you on the map. Conclusion.

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Some Reflections on VC Investment Decisions

Both Sides of the Table

Today we’re in a world where 10 accelerators are bombarding you with emails to meet their 10-15 companies. Seed investors are aplenty and of course they need downstream money to fuel their early-stage bets. Of course I would like to be in every great deal ever done. Oh, the conferences. Web Summit. Fortune Brainstorm.

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Lead, Follow or Get the Fuck Out of the Way

Both Sides of the Table

I sure wish the founders of Yahoo! But for years Yahoo! When you haven’t been decisive in years, when you botched a profitable exit, when you hired a non-visionary CEO and then fired her by email – it’s time to get out of the way. I was no longer leading, so I became the problem.” ” Hallelujah.

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3 Sales Tips for Startups – Creating a Burning Platform

Both Sides of the Table

They generated an enormous amount of inbound leads through PR, email blasts and heavy efforts with analysts such as Gartner Group, IDC, Aberdeen Group, etc. If you’re not ready to buy then you go into an email database. Here they surround you with sales professionals, product people and, of course, lots of referenceable customers!

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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

Both Sides of the Table

We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, And of course we had, TheMan. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email. DataPop : DataPop was founded by performance marketing veterans from Yahoo!

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