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Richie Knows Launching Social Network For Gamers In LA

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A new startup, Richie Knows, says it is launching new, social network targeted at gamers, in Los Angeles. Richie said it will be hosting local gaming tournaments, offering up ways to earn gift cards, and also provide mental health support resources to gamers. The startup was founded by Rich Melcombe.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Adds Social Networking Features

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Santa Monica-based Cornertone OnDemand, a provider of software-as-a-service tools for human resources management, said this week that it has added new social networking features to the firm's product. The new product provides online communities, user profiles, blogs, and wiki features for business collaboration.

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Villiger Raises Seed Funding

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The company's app revolves around a private social network among parents to get recommendations, supports, and resources from friends and neighbors. The company said the funding came from Mangrove Capital, Nir Zohar (President and COO, WIX), and Stephen Stokols (CEO, FreedomPop). Villiger's CEO is Walton Goggins. READ MORE>>.

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Snap’s Yellow accelerator debuts its third batch of investments

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Mogul Millennial : a media startup sharing professional resources for Black entrepreneurs. SketchAR : an augmented reality drawing app with social tie-ins. TRASH : an app for quickly editing social video cuts using machine learning. Veam : a social network built around AirDrop.

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6 Key Principles For Inducing Customers To Buy Today

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When uncertain of what to do next, social proof kicks in to see what others are doing, or have done. Survey results show that more than 80% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Greater value is assigned to the resources that are, or are perceived to be, less available.

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7 Technology Entrepreneur Examples You Should Emulate

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Each of them has seen and seized opportunities for change, sensed the way forward, garnered the necessary resources, and pursued their dreams, regardless of the odds. Mark Zuckerberg envisioned Facebook as a virtual social network built on a lifetime of friendships, while offering advertisers a powerful and targeted marketing tool.

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6 Values And Priorities That Investors Will Relate To

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Senior business leaders, for example, are unlikely to relate when you pitch your latest web app, highlighting the mashup technology, which you derived from early online social networking applications. Customer data, as well as internal data, is a key resource for every business that must be secured and protected.