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Mobile Internet Apple Facebook

SoCal CTO

And it’s interesting that while they talk about the impact of Facebook, they don’t quite seem to recognize the impact of Web 2.0, Faster Cycles They also talk about waves lasting 10 years, but it’s a lot messier than that and the cycle times are much faster. social networking, etc. that’s been a cycle much shorter than 10 years.

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Startup Metrics

SoCal CTO

These are captured fairly well by his slide: The beauty of what he's defined is the relationship between retention and referral efforts and lifetime value. R : Retention - do they come back & re-visit over time? R : Referral - do they like it enough to tell their friends? R : Revenue - can you monetize any of this behavior? Great stuff.

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Interview with David Sacks, Geni and Yammer

socalTECH

David has a unique perspective on the Southern California technology environment, having been the COO of PayPal before its acquisition by EBay, and having had the full Silicon Valley experience. You could just sit and add people to your own family tree program, but people hadn't applied Web 2.0-style,

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Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles. Forum December 9th Lineup - Startup Houston , November 27, 2010 When to step on the gas and go for it?

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