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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies?

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Microsoft’s $1.2 Billion Acquisition of Yammer Complete

Tech Zulu Event

Microsoft in late June announced to have acquired social network for enterprises Yammer at $ 1.2 He says,” all closing conditions for Microsoft’s acquisition of Yammer have been met, and the deal is completed”. Spataro says , “We couldn’t be more pleased to welcome the Yammer team to the Microsoft Office Division.

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Is Silicon Valley Really Coming to an End?

Both Sides of the Table

By now you probably know that David Sacks , co-founder of PayPal and founder of both Geni & Yammer made some observations on Facebook that Silicon Valley “as we know it” was coming to an end. “In order to create a successful new company, you have to find an idea that. (1) The future certainly looks brighter to me.

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Venture Capital Q&A Session

Both Sides of the Table

In the era of social networking if you can’t figure out how to get intro’d to me you probably aren’t cut out to be an entrepreneur. In the video we did a lengthy discussion on “the return of enterprise software&# talking about companies: Atlassian, Jive Software, KickApps, Yammer and SquareSpace.

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Interview with Jon Ferrara, Nimble

socalTECH

Anyone who has been in sales, business development, or just works a lot with others is familiar with contact management software--tracking who you have been talking to, when, notes, and more for sales teams. It should include all of your communications, no matter what social network, and no matter who on your team has done it.

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Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups

Both Sides of the Table

Imagine that you can develop software on your local computer but the entire service is delivered virtually through a partner in the same way people consumer energy with all of the scale benefits that go with that. I have talked in the past about other layers that are emerging particularly in social networking and mobile applications.

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