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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Companies also use social networking sites in the hiring process, and increasingly, to do innovative advertising (such as the recent Jack in the Box campaign). He is known for being able to monetize the social web. He has performed this role since the company’s inception after Yammer was spun-out of Geni Inc. (a

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

Because I am true to the hiring practices I preach, I wanted a strong exec who would “ punch above their weightclass ” by taking a job they hadn’t yet done but would hugely aspire to and thus work harder to out perform. RedBeacon was the 3rd winner (year 1: Yammer, year 2: Mint.com) – not bad company.

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