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Entrepreneur's Brilliant Companies List Pinpoint SoCal Startups

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At least six, Southern California companies -- Nimble , ParkMe , Quarterly , Beachmint , Chromatik , and Dollar Shave Club -- have been named as one of Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Brilliant Companies list today, a healthy share of the publication's annual look at the best ideas, hottest industries, and innovators. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Looks To Take On United Online's Classmates.com

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Silicon Valley-based SchoolFeed said it raised $1.75M to create a new service which helps people find their classmates via online "yearbooks", in conjunction with Facebook. A new startup emerged Tuesday with its target on United Online 's Classmates.com service, hoping to connect people with their high school classmates.

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9 Popular Startup Business Model Variations For Scale

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In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Taelor Style , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo. Front-of-the-line model.

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9 Subscription Model Variations To JumpStart Growth

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In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Mr.Conection , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo. Front-of-the-line model.

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

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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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Understanding Real-Time Web Search Engines

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By Evan Britton Each day, millions of internet users post updates on a variety of social networking sites. While it is helpful to have Google mix in these results, it is nice to have search engines entirely focused on the real-time web experience. These are real-time results that Google have mixed in.

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Entrepreneurs Relish The Challenge More Than Money

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Most successful entrepreneurs have been written up on the Internet, or in magazines, or books. Follow up online with social networking to make contact, dig deeper, and maybe even line up a mentor. A mentor is someone who doesn’t let ego or money get in the way of helping. Read entrepreneur stories. Adopt a mentor.