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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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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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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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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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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

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Consultants Don’t Pivot, Founders Do - Steve Blank , May 13, 2010 Consultants can help startups leverage their limited resources. The topic was VC signaling in seed rounds — and how these signals help or hurt your ability to raise money in the next round. they released a new 2.0 This is a great configuration for a starting team.

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The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why

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In other words, our mobile devices are all powerful and the network that they connect into sucks. Social networking is peaking. Social media will be pervasive in the enterprise and is primarily driving by customer interactions. A (Very) Brief (and Selective) History in Computing. I’m not so sure.

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Interview with David Sacks, Geni and Yammer

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Our interview this morning is with David Sacks, CEO of Geni.com, an online family tree and social networking site, as well as Yammer, the instant messaging startup spun out of Geni.com at TechCrunch50. Most social networking sites have a problem with having lots of pageviews, but advertising that isn't very valuable.

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