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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

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James covers the genesis of Ministry of Awesome following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, and provides updates on Ministry of Awesome approaches to startup founder support and programming. The network, the communication, the support that comes out of that day is just quite incredible.

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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? 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

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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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3 new ways to empower your entrepreneurial community

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Here are some additional recommendations for empowering your network in 2022. Who is missing from your network? Culturally competent consulting service provider ThirdEye Network. This helps Colmena66 celebrate the network’s successes as well as identify gaps that allow them to secure additional funding to continue their work.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

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2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. August 2011. Computing will be an order of magnitude more mobile 10 years from now, changing the way applications are delivered and the way we interact with our real social networks.

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The Power of Torso TV (Why Media is Racing to the Middle)

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In 2011 YouTube had 1 trillion views, which is the equivalent of every human watching 140 videos. You learn this in particular when you get involved with YouTube networks and find out that much of your traffic is coming from international sources – even when your videos haven’t been subtitled or dubbed.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!