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Central Desktop Launches Its Own Take On Twitter

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Pasadena-based Central Desktop has jumped into the enterprise micro-blogging area, saying Monday that it has launched a new tool which allows companies to use Twitter-style updates within the firm's project management software. Tags: twitter microblogging desktop central saas software yammer. READ MORE>>.

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Microsoft’s $1.2 Billion Acquisition of Yammer Complete

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Microsoft in late June announced to have acquired social network for enterprises Yammer at $ 1.2 According to the Jared Spataro Senior Director, Office Division, Microsoft in a blog post the firm had met all the requirements regarding the acquisition. Yammer was launched in 2008 and raised $142 million then.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

David Schwartz, Vice President, Corporate Development of Yammer David Schwartz is the Vice President, Corporate Development, at Yammer Inc., He has performed this role since the company’s inception after Yammer was spun-out of Geni Inc. (a a social networking site for families), where the Yammer technology was developed.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 3

Both Sides of the Table

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. And I know that great startups like Yammer are doing well. Blogging has gone through many iterations. I use Wordpress for this blog and it’s great. I like to call it a cross between blogging and Tweeting. In business you spend your life in email.

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A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters

Frank Addante

I decided to try doing a video blog post. Tags: rubicon project headquarters rubicast rubirewards office culture communication cultural values yammer. We have woven these things into our environment and I thought I'd share our thinking with you.Some highlights to look out for:Furnished on a low budget (IKEA.

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Venture Capital Q&A Session

Both Sides of the Table

We also discussed how to deal with pricing in angel rounds and a strategy I advocated in my “social proof&# blog post , which is to price your initial angel round really low and get in the best possible angels as a way to get momentum in the company. I have a link on my blog to the angel deals I’ve done, which is here.

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Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Startup Marketing Ideas - Eric David Greenspan

SoCal CTO

A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. Sometimes I make a blog entry. You've been blogging for a while, what are five good posts that I should check out? I roughly know about MakeItWork, but tell me a bit about where you spend your time day-to-day.