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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks?

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? The Past (1985-2002). And so it goes with social networking.

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What does it take to go carbon neutral as a business?

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As a global network of successful entrepreneurs , EO is proud of its members’ commitment to doing business for good. He founded AmberMedia in 2002. A vast number of our members are capitalizing on their business success in order to tackle the world’s greatest obstacles. Every little thing you do to reduce CO2, waste, etc.,

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

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If the VC your talking to raised its last fund in 2002 then they likely don’t have much fire power for new investments. If you imagine that they did most of their initial investments between 2002-2007 then it’s been 3 years of mostly doing follow-on investments in those old deals. Why does vintage matter to you?

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Some Career Advice for Aspiring Tech CEOs

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Maybe they were in their 20s in 2002 when being a startup CEO wasn’t really available to most? Being a CEO begets the network to be a CEO. But I also have advice for the 15% that really do want to be a startup CEO. These people wished they had done it in their 20s but didn’t make that choice.

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Good Times Ahead for VC-backed Tech Companies?

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The total number of M&A deals in the US this year is projected to be a paltry 225 transactions relative to more than 450 deals just 2 years ago, which was the norm between 2002-2007, varying only by around 3% per year. A recent example would be Compuware’s $295 million acquisition of Gomez , a networking monitoring company.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

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It was 2002 – the “dog days&# of the Internet and we were running out of cash. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. Imagine how Flurry felt when Steve Jobs called them out by name. They seem to have bounced back nicely. I was baffled. It was 2007.