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San Diego Meets the Xconomists: When Social Media is Not Enough

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View the Slideshow The technology for online social networks arrived practically hand-in-hand with the Internet. Since the advent of the World Wide Web in the mid-1990s, we’ve seen such networks proliferate, from the Whole Earth ‘Lectronic Link (remember The WELL?)

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Interview with Howard Lindzon, StockTwits

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He was also the founder of Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS back in 2007, is an investor in a significant number of web and social media companies. Howard is based in San Diego, and spoke to us about StockTwits. We've just added a layer on top of all the social networks particular to finance.

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Interview with Idris Manley, NativeTung

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It's another big week for startup launches, this time in San Diego at DEMOfall. You could use it to break down language silos in those social networks. I then worked again in industry for several startups, including Shopzilla, Seven networks, and Accruent. The last place I worked was at Yahoo.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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Otis Chandler built Goodreads in 2006 because he believed in social networking and wanted to see what his friends were reading. She just spoke at TED EX in San Diego. He is on a mission to form 500 free corporations for first-time, passionate entrepreneurs. Otis Chandler – Founder and CEO of Goodreads. Magnanimous.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

Mayer on her first 100 days at Yahoo: ‘This job was tailor-made for me’ 1 day ago. Social media. Social networking. Social games. The San Diego-based company is one of 53 California companies ranked on the Fortune 500, 22 of which are SoCal companies. Whats Hot Menu. what’s hot?