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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 I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 And so it goes with social networking.

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Loudvine Goes Live

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Los Angeles-based Loudvine.com , a new, Web 2.0-style, The online site allows music fans to find bands, gigs, venues, and other information about local artists; the site also helps artists to promote their bands and events. Tags: loudvine music content social networking.

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Why Did I Invest in the Company Pose?

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I hope you’ll excuse me when I do the latter in combination with the former to try and explain how I see macro trends and help you think about the mind of a VC. I learned that he was originally with William Morris as a junior talent rep but wanted to be more in the business of helping digital startups. “And importantly Web 2.0

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

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The success of the iPhone – The success of the iPhone and more importantly the App Store has led to an increase in early-stage VC fundings that mirror the Web 2.0 The growth of Facebook and social gaming led by Zynga – Another obvious trend is Facebook. Notice that I didn’t say “social networking.”

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Geni Expands Virtual Gifts

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Geni runs a Web 2.0-style style site to help people create family trees and connect with relatives through social networking features. The firm was started by former PayPal founder David Sacks, and is venture backed by the Founders Fund and Charles River Ventures.

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

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They help find talented film makers globally, enter them into competitions and advance the best of them toward winners that get to produce full-length films. Filmaka is the creation of Deepak Nayar who is the producer of films such as Buena Vista Social Club and Bend it Like Beckham. means specifically one thing. Done by the masses.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

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Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. to help bloggers and blog readers with comments. Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 Maybe this meme will help. How do you use LinkedIn? event I did last fall.

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