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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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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars - Steve Blank , November 24, 2010 When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Judges Include Mike Jones, CallFire, Idealab, Tech Coast Angels, Coloft

Tech Zulu Event

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Event Details. to 9:30 p.m.

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Spotlight: LA Tech SuperDemo Announced! | Mike Jones Former Myspace CEO

Tech Zulu Event

This included stabilizing a historically negative traffic and user trend, reducing the operational cost of the business by nearly 90 percent and pivoting the product from its legacy as a social network to a social entertainment destination. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of October 16th, 2011.

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Flying With A Wounded Wing: Why Twitter Still Has More Than A Chance

Tech Zulu Event

Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) September 4, 2010. A new social pipeline, the quick blogging style, the similarity to texting: all these things were great for Twitter. Why is Twitter’s user acquisition at a standstill , and why are their ad products failing? It’s a powerful tool for social utility and a great social network.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

Acquisition. Social media. Social networking. Social games. In the UC System alone in 2010, Southern California UC schools formed 49 startups, trumping the 22 started up north. billion for its endowment in 2011 alone. Editor’s picks. Featured stories. Cloud services. Cloud storage. Enterprise.