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

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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 I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0

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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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There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. But there are many zombie VC’s with no more investments left in their portfolios so it’s hard to know which trend has more impact. Because you have multiple forces at work.

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Some Startup Opportunities Are Losers Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are my favorites: Social and business networking sites. Just for starters, Wikipedia now lists about 200 sites by name (once over 300), which they claim is just some of the more notable social networking sites. Micro payments, micro loans, micro investments. It won’t happen tomorrow.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

friend of mine asked me to chat with a startup he’d invested in. While Google fights on the edges, Amazon is attacking their core - Chris Dixon , May 22, 2010 Google is fighting battles on almost every front: social networking, mobile operating systems, web browsers, office apps, and so on. they released a new 2.0

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Why Did I Invest in the Company Pose?

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What I’d like to do is tell you the story of how the investment came to be, what my thesis is / was and share some thoughts on macro trends. The Team – I’m on record as saying that 70% of my investment criteria are team related. I’m also on record as saying I invest in lines & not dots. He wanted to be an entrepreneur.

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

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I first wanted to invest in this trend by backing a company called Filmaka. I didn’t end up investing but I always loved the concept. Filmaka is the creation of Deepak Nayar who is the producer of films such as Buena Vista Social Club and Bend it Like Beckham. ” So WoW in a way is his son’s social network.

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