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Social Networking Addiction Bears Fruit

Eric Greenspan

I’ve been engaged with social networking for some time now, starting with Myspace and Facebook and just recently (within the last 30 days), Twitter. We created Superfriends, a group of local entrepreneurs that will gather to share ideas and help each other grow personally and professionally. I love Namechk.com for this.

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2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

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.&# This is a direct result of innovation around the iPhone / mobile computing, Facebook / Social Networks and Twitter (as distinct from Social Networks). It is also a result of pent-up demand. My advice : if you’re raising a $750,000 round and you have demand for $1.2 million – take it. I disagree.

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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.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 3

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So there is likely robust demand from borrowers. entrepreneur Wil Schroter (I am an angel investor in Affordit). Peer-to-peer lending service; started on FaceBook; claim to own 79% of the US peer lending market in March 2010 with a whopping $8,664,750. The build “implicit social networks.&# LendingClub.

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Digital Health Becoming a Reality

Both Sides of the Table

Yet 2010 is already showing me how connected our lives and our health are starting to become. So as I contemplated the kick off to 2010 I thought again about Weight Watchers. Social networking meets online personal health management. Seemed such a fantasy back in 1992. But wait, there’s more !

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

Tech Zulu Event

Brock Pierce is a 10x entrepreneur best known for pioneering the market for digital currency. He is a media and digital media entrepreneur, senior executive, negotiator and dealmaker with an unbroken track record of success in start-up and emerging growth companies, as well as major and independent media companies. On Demand).

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks, with about 125 million users. Not to mention the great weather, beaches, and beautiful people.

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