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

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Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. 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?

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

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I’m not providing actual financial information or predicting a number or a date but I will tell you that the revenue growth to date has been astounding. Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! When you think about the category of scooters you think about Bird and that becomes a brand your friends want to try. Not really.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Of course none of these funds (my own included) want to be lumped into just one category because we all move across the spectrum. An obvious example that comes to mind is Roger Ehrenberg, whose fund Information Arbitrage , is looking at companies in these categories. Founded in 2007. Time will tell. Employees: 27.

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Interview with Rob Reed, MomentFeed

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Los Angeles-based MomentFeed (www.momentfeed.com) is looking to sort through that data to help marketers better tap into location based, social networking. Rob Reed: I was doing social media strategy consulting from 2007 until 2009, what I would really characterize as Social Media 1.0. How did the company come about?

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Interview: Seth Epstein of SocialStay

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Yeah, I have made plenty of mistakes in this category in the past. Do you believe non-native Internet users (ages 35 and up) will migrate toward such a tradeoff, or do you think the unwillingness of older users to share private information is relatively intractable? “I AddVisors can be formal or informal.

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Create An Industry Alliance Entrepreneurs: Need Friends On The Startup Playground

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This last category proved to be especially lucrative. Sexy enough to garner public relations coverage and breathe new life into otherwise staid product categories. Share No Sensitive Information – You will gain tremendous industry insights by listening and learning from your members. Copyright © 2007-10 by J. Road Rules.

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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 ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking. The Past (1985-2002).