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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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Entrepreneurs Relish The Challenge More Than Money

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s an unfortunate artifact of our educational system that young people spend a dozen years focused more on memorizing facts than the learning process, and then thinking that they will have all they need to know for the rest of their lives by the time they graduate. Read entrepreneur stories. Adopt a mentor.

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Entrepreneurs Love the Learning and Ramen Noodles

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s an unfortunate artifact of our educational system that young people spend a dozen years focused more on memorizing facts than the learning process, and then thinking that they will have all they need to know for the rest of their lives by the time they graduate. Read entrepreneur stories. Adopt a mentor.

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If Your Dream is to Get Rich, Don’t Try a Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s an unfortunate artifact of our educational system that young people spend a dozen years focused more on memorizing facts than the learning process, and then thinking that they will have all they need to know for the rest of their lives by the time they graduate. Read entrepreneur stories. Adopt a mentor.

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If Money Is Your Goal, Don’t Be An Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s an unfortunate artifact of our educational system that young people spend a dozen years focused more on memorizing facts than the learning process, and then thinking that they will have all they need to know for the rest of their lives by the time they graduate. Read entrepreneur stories. Adopt a mentor.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Check out the graph below from the Economist magazine. That can only come through education, training and investment in regions of the country that are not IT centers. And Social. It plots employment changes from the peak GDP quarter of the previous boom. We need a plan to replace these jobs long term. I’m long Mobile.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Matthew Clough is a social entrepreneur and creative professional who has dedicated himself to helping children get the educations they deserve in Tanzania, Africa. He is the founder of Benson Backpacks , a company that sells backpacks and supports children’s educations in Tanzania with each purchase. Laura Trice , M.D.