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The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery

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First, A Primer: Portals, RSS, Feed Readers & Delicious - When the web started we needed directories to find information and thus Yahoo! Then came RSS ( Really Simple Syndication ) widely credited to Dave Winer for driving the spec & adoption. And the company that helped websites publish RSS? That’s Twitter.

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Commission Junction Co-Founder Lex Sisney Applies A Scientific Approach To Analyzing Your Business

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As Co-Founder and CEO of Commission Junction, Lex grew the company from two employees to become the de facto leader in the world of affiliate marketing, beating Google in the process. To this day, Commission Junction remains the dominant player despite Google's significant investment of time, money and resources.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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[asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 MySpace vowed not to create anymore big successes off of their backs that Google could then acquire. Why did MySpace lose to Facebook & what can Twitter learn from this?

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Five Trick Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Answer Before Asking For Money

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Our goal is to build a self-sustaining company, which can succeed either as a stand-alone entity or as an integral component of a larger organization. Avoid too much specificity, as you may risk sounding like yet another startup that is, “Waiting For Google.” Like Godot, you will likely find that Google will never come knocking.

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Five Trick Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Answer Before Asking For Money

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Our goal is to build a self-sustaining company, which can succeed either as a stand-alone entity or as an integral component of a larger organization. Avoid too much specificity, as you may risk sounding like yet another startup that is, “Waiting For Google.” Like Godot, you will likely find that Google will never come knocking.

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Should You Blog? (yes, and here’s how …)

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Define your customers, partners and other relevant people to your organization (e.g. I started with the hosted version and then migrated to an installed version so I could use Google Analytics and some other products. Make it organic. The obvious starting point is to email a few friends and let them know you have a new blog.

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6 Steps To Raising Venture Capital – Hint: Preparation Matters More Than Your Pitch

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Judiciously comment on articles they post to LinkedIn, retweet their tweets, vote up one of their Quora posts and establish a Google Alert on them and their firm. As you accomplish your milestones, send your target VCs a brief email update (think eye-candy graphics and charts, not dense text). Share and Enjoy.