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

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This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. Why did Twitter emerge despite Facebook’s dominance? Why did MySpace lose to Facebook & what can Twitter learn from this? Does Facebook have a permanent dominance of the future given their 500m users? cheap accessible digital hardware].

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Revolution co-founder talks Living Social, ZipCar, Steve Case & GroupOn Super Bowl Ads

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So it was wonderful to hear from a leading venture capital firm based in Washington DC. They are a national practice but “it would be hard to see a local media success that Revolution isn’t part of&#. To understand the scale of this deal in today’s terms, AOL was as big and infallible-seeming at Facebook is today.

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How Startups Can Use Metrics to Drive Success

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The best yet is to raise money from them for a good cause – then you’re SURE to run it (commitment). This leads companies to stare at data but not be able to see “the forrest from the trees.&#. Only one guy in the room knew – their tech lead. I see this more often than I see good practices. On measurement.

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Startup Recruiting Hacks

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Events are the single easiest way to get a bunch of hiring leads in and to inform them about what you're up to. If you already have an iPhone developer on staff, they can lead the discussion. They'll usually speak for free if it means helping out their local developer community with best practices.

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How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

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The one that works best for me is visualization coupled with self talk. It’s why I always work hard to find images for my blog posts & why all of my keynote presentations are visual rather than bullet points with words. Adding structure to creativity is not an oxymoron. Like anything, creativity takes practice.

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The Power of Getting the Band Back Together

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” Strangely, the best I’ve ever heard this exemplified is in Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential - which is really a book about startups as told through kitchen stories. ” It’s like you hear about “mafia’s” of PayPal, Facebook, MySpace, Salesforce, etc. Mafias matter.

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Automated Marketing Systems That Last All Year

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By Will Swayne, an EO Brisbane member and Head of Strategy at lead generation agency Marketing Results. These might include activities such as: Publishing blog articles more regularly. We had much fewer inbound leads and were desperately scrambling to maintain monthly revenues. I know I do. Conducting learning events.

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