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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

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The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

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Startup CTO or Developer

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In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. I provided a whole set of questions that I go through with founders before Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything. I used an image from Roger Smith that describes the varying roles of a CTO as the company matures.

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

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What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. Social Networking in Web 1.0.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. event I did last fall.

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Interview with Rob Reed, MomentFeed

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Rob Reed: I was doing social media strategy consulting from 2007 until 2009, what I would really characterize as Social Media 1.0. That, combined with being early on the social web, was the nexus from where MomentFeed came about. That might be check-ins, that might be photos, reviews, likes, all of those things are in one place.

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

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What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. Social Networking in Web 1.0: The Present Era.

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When to Pay a Premium for Your Company Domain Name

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The simple answer is that if you want to be found and remembered on the Web, the perfect domain name can easily be worth several thousand dollars. Kevin Ham was the most powerful dotcom mogul you've never heard of in 2007, reports Business 2.0 Early on, he wrote software to snag expiring names on the cheap.

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