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Cornerstone OnDemand Wins $20M Contract

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Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , the developer of human resources, talent management, and learning software, said today that it has inked a $20M contract with the U.S. Treasury will be used for learning management, performance management, succession planning and enterprise social networking. READ MORE>>.

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Zya Dangles Record Deal, Cash To Users

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Zya , the mobile music game developed by Music Mastermind, said Friday that it will offer players of the game an opportunity to win a recording contract and $10,000 in cash. Zya is a music game which lets users remix popular tunes, and add their own voice or sounds to create original creations.

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How To Stretch Your Comfort Zone For Business Success

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For example, the concept of an online platform for social networking is a simple one, and has been attempted by thousands of entrepreneurs past and present. In fact, I still hear startup idea variations on social networking more often than any other, yet most people can only name a couple that have really worked.

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5 Strategies For Building Winning People Connections

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We slowly realized that Microsoft’s value went far beyond his technical contributions, due to his connections with key software developers and relationships with hardware manufacturers who could make the PC revolution universal. For example, I grew up in IBM when Bill Gates was helping us deliver the first IBM PC.

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7 Good Entrepreneurial Habits That Turn Bad

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Most begin by doing the product development, marketing and sales alone, but struggle making the transition to hiring and coaching others, defining repeatable processes and focusing on future strategy. For example, there once was a social network called Friendster , often credited with starting the social networking boom way back in 2002.

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How FilmBreak Is Bringing Data and Analytics To Hollywood, with Darren Marble

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One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. Where's the service now? We're a member of our the coworking space.

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Here’s Why We Fell in Love with Draft

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My partner Greg Bettinelli is an avid sports fan who throughout his career has developed an expert understanding in online ticketing (at eBay has was a champion of the StubHub acquisition) and online marketing. And social networks enabled rapid growth and also the ability to more easily find and play with friends or make new ones.

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