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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies?

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Page Howe: Why Everyone In LA Ought To Have a.LA Domain

socalTECH

Page Howe: I've been a fan of the domain since 2008 and 2009, having grown up in LA, lived here, and seen the story here through the good and the bad. Between 2004 and 2009, things were driven by Google's search engine algorithms. Almost any name of a product or service, and many generic domain names are available in.LA.

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Understanding Real-Time Web Search Engines

Startup Professionals Musings

By Evan Britton Each day, millions of internet users post updates on a variety of social networking sites. Google has also taken notice of the real-time web and they have begun to mix real-time results into their engine. These are real-time results that Google have mixed in.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google. You could just outspend. I know I do.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

We’re all socially connected (so great businesses spread faster). We all have one-click purchase power (Apple, Google, Amazon, eBay). The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more Always-on connectivity of mobile (164m US smartphone users). The iPhone was released. more than 5 years ago?—?and

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

Both Sides of the Table

First, I’d like to quote (paraphrase) Brad Feld speaking at Twiistup in LA in 2009, “I keep hearing people in LA talking with a chip on their shoulders about building a tech business here relative to Silicon Valley. LA produced Applied Semantics that created AdSense and was bought by Google. You don’t. Get over it.

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Zuma Ventures: Creating A New Technology Startup Model

socalTECH

I ran Altavista from 2001 to 2002 in Europe, and came back to the states, doing a lot of consulting between the Dot Com crash and the beginning of social networking. You''d find one friend at Google, another at Facebook, you could sit together, iterate, and make it happen.

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