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

Both Sides of the Table

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? And so it goes with social networking. The Past (1985-2002).

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You Need to Win the Battle for Share of Mind

Both Sides of the Table

They got us to fill out the details of where we worked in the past and the network effect compels us to keep it updated. So resume + directionally-correct social graph = goldmine for recruiting, networking and marketing. It doesn’t strike me as a “social network&# in the way we’ve come to define them.

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

Gust

Because of the interest in the 2010 survey, I decided to survey a larger number of North American angel groups this summer (2011). 2011 Angel Group Valuation Survey. Wilmington Investor Network. Central Texas Angel Network. Bill Payne October 2011. million in 2010 while the range is broader in 2011, from $0.8

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How Business Can Revitalize a Community After Crisis

Entrepreneurs' Organization

When Ryota Saito left his home in Tokyo on 11 March 2011, he expected a typical day as a Microsoft employee. From 2011 to 2013, he worked with Microsoft to distribute PCs to hard-hit areas. As Saito’s business slows due to COVID-19, he’s using this time to find new partners and expand his network. “It Anticipate the next crisis.

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From Agency to Enterprise Software: The Evolution of Buddy Media

This is going to be BIG.

6/15/2008 – Application network of its own apps plus agency business plus ad network. Buddy Media builds, promotes and monetizes one of the largest networks of engaging and entertaining social media applications on the web. 7/19/2011 – Same page, but Wayback Machine stops crawling pages.

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Announcing nextNY Fellows: An Innovation Community Leadership Initiative

This is going to be BIG.

I am excited to announce nextNY Fellows--a program that will support four new community leaders in 2011 build on what we already have and make it better, all while building their own skills and network. Here's what they will get: - A $500 stipend for 2011 to be used on leadership development. . - Run two nextNY events (e.g.

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Web3 vs Web2

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

It became clear early in the 2000s that the big opportunity in the web would be to build large networks of engaged users. And the way many/most of those networks were built was by delivering single user utility day-one and then building out network effects around that utility. I could go on and on but you get the idea.