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6 Information Surges Raise Huge Startup Opportunities

Startup Professionals Musings

Per a recent study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic has grown 17-fold over the past 5 years, reaching 11.5 Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms. Data enable: use metrics and measurements.

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Big data: Information is NOT knowledge

Berkonomics

Or that you are a cell phone company with a multi–billion record log file of every call made from every location to every number dialed using your network. Adding context to data takes this information and creates actionable knowledge. That’s data dense with information that is useful. Big data without context is useless.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Will you validate new members’ email addresses and/or phone numbers? How much member profile information do you need before allowing a user to register? Social Integration/Viral Outreach Is your application tied into any social networks? How are you using geographic information? For customer service?

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Why You Should Think Twice Before You Send That Intro Email

Both Sides of the Table

Intros.They’re the lifeblood of networking – the currency of mavens. And in most cases I would heed Fred Wilson’s advice about the “double opt-in” email for intros – where you ask for permission before green-lighting an unsolicited introductions. They are your route to angel money.

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How to Run an Effective Networking Dinner

Both Sides of the Table

Photo by Juliette F on Unsplash Networking is a critical part of relationship building and there is no event more valuable to building relationships than the proverbial “breaking of bread” with people. You should allow a period for general networking, a chance to eat your first bites of food and some casual catch ups. It matters.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. 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?

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Tealium Launches Partner Effort

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San Diego-based Tealium, which helps companies collect information on their customers, says it has launched a new partnership effort called the Tealium Global Partner Network. According to the company, the effort gives direct access for its clients to partners such as Meta, Google, AWS, Capgemini, Accenture and Publicis Sapient.

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