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

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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 ). ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google]. What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks?

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Interview with Matthew Graczyk, Zubican

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It was the third week of December 2006, and I was involved with a biodiesel company. It's a full-blown, B2B social network. It's just a matter of time--when someone goes to Google and searches for a ball bearing, that search will be dominated by our content. It's a problem for ad networks. It's a double viral loop.

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How to Get YouTube Views and Become a Professional Content Creator

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Distribution means forming joint partnerships with existing channels that have an established fanbase, having an email list of tons of people to drive viewership to your videos or paying for YouTube’s google adwords campaigns. For more tips from Harmon on how to market your video click here.

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StartupDemo Was a Huge Success!

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Import your content from a Google Maps Account, KML file, or create it from scratch using their content management system. SimplyEvents is a social media website that enables a community of members to shout out location based events and stay connected by tracking fellow friends, family, public figures, organizers, bands, artists etc.

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TechZulu Live from StartupDemo

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Import your content from a Google Maps Account, KML file, or create it from scratch using their content management system. SimplyEvents is a social media website that enables a community of members to shout out location based events and stay connected by tracking fellow friends, family, public figures, organizers, bands, artists etc.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

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Following Microsoft’s addressable advertising trials with NBC in June 2009, many suspect that Google’s investment may have some defensive motivations, as well. Swipely is a social network orientated around users credit card transaction data. Founded in 2006 by Aaron Finn. Invidi is based in New York and founded in 2000.

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Internet Video is Hot, But Not a Money-Maker Yet

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They point to YouTube as the big gorilla, but also social networking with video (Bebo), and video job sites (VisualCV). Even the veritable YouTube doesn’t seem to be bearing as much fruit as Google clearly thought it could when it paid $1.65 billion for the site in 2006. billion for the site in 2006.

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