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Tilofy: Making Sense Of The World Around You Using Location Data

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You can press a button, and it scans the social media chatter and organizes highlights aroundyou, of relevant conversations around a particular location and particular time. So, the highlight could be a celebrity sighting, an accident, a New York fashion show, and so on and so forth. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Business Model Considerations

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Team – higher requirements for caliber of team members Product – focus on truly differentiated and not me-too Market – is it really big enough to provide investor returns** Traction – need more users, partners, patents, etc Timing – are you building for yesterday or 2 yrs from now? Business - how are you actually going to make money?

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How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague

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Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague Posted on 12 January, 2010 The bot playground commonly refered to as “social media&# is responsible for shitloads of absurd cretinism. Made by socialized geeks. Designating antisocial geeks.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

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Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy.

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TechZulu Live to Premiere "TZLaw" at 5:15 p.m. PT Thursday, October 7, with IP Attorney Denise Grayson of "The Social Network"

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As lawyers in the social media and Internet law space, this duo brings to the table practical experience counseling clients in real time and explaining breaking legal news in plain English. Gagnier consults technology firms on policy issues ranging from patent law reform to communications issues, such as Network Neutrality.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

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The Southern California locale benefits from its easy proximity to Silicon Valley, just an hours flight away, as well as from the many universities in the area, including Cal Tech, where Intel founder Gordon Moore went to school. And thats not even counting MySpace, which Rupert Murdoch famously paid $580 million for in 2005.

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Collect, Organize, and Share on LoveIt | Interview with Ron LaPierre Co-Founder & CEO

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Discovery: We’ve built a patent-pending recommendation engine to help users discover incredible new images and new people with similar tastes. We love that you’re raising the profile of the Tech scene here in Southern California and appreciate you taking the time to learn more about LoveIt. A Word to our Readers.