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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. My blog was wiped out. Tempus Fugit. People said, “invest more.”

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Matthew Clough is a social entrepreneur and creative professional who has dedicated himself to helping children get the educations they deserve in Tanzania, Africa. He is the founder of Benson Backpacks , a company that sells backpacks and supports children’s educations in Tanzania with each purchase.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

I first attended SxSW in 2006, and was blown away. Entrepreneurism / Monetization business, education, MBA. . Social Networks and Citizen Commerce: Reinventing Ecommerce. Entrepreneurism / Monetization community, education, marketing. . Bootstrapping business, Clients, Profitability. . Nick Francis, Brightwurks.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

The “official” date is June 9 th , 2006 — for those that are curious about such things). Graphs - Chris Dixon , July 22, 2010 It has become customary to use “ graph &# to refer to the underlying data structures at social networks like Facebook. The first step is admitting you have a problem. Customer Care Today.

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