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

Both Sides of the Table

Social Networking in Web 1.0: By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML. After a few acquisitions they offered many of the services you think about as foundations to social networks today. Don’t Stop Believing. GeoCities, Tripod & Yahoo!

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The first 6 steps to homegrowing basic startup analytics | Futuristic Play by @Andrew_Chen

SoCal Delicious

Typically I would start out with a series of pretty plain HTML pages using tables that just print out SQL queries. User acquisition via each method you use. My professional background is in online ads, social media, and venture capital. You can add finishing touches like percentage %s, key ratios, etc. as you go.

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