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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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Innovation Through Crisis

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I’m involved with a few boards where we have taken a position of revenue-centric spending. Focus on Growth and Innovation. For the future, focus on business model innovation. If your business has taken a beating given the sector that you are in, is it possible to innovate out of this crisis?

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

New York has quickly become one of the best places in the world to start a company, but if you look at demographics, Brooklyn is a unique area whose innovator and maker population outnumbers most other cities in the country. Credit cards "just work" and peer to peer transactions just aren't big enough to bootstrap a network.

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The Five "Ups" of Getting Early Stage VC Deal Flow

This is going to be BIG.

The founder barely knows who you are and you dont have a board seat. If you believe in a 100% efficient market for venture, then better founders will speak to better investors than you before they come to youso networking with other VCs in the front of the line is beneficial. Tag team across firms with intention. Fintech investor?

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Careers in Tech Startups & Innovation: What will I learn?

This is going to be BIG.

Through other people, I've learned a ton about investing, being a better board member, building a portfolio and building a firm. 3) Build a peer network and get in the flow of best practices. In all my investment jobs, the professionals I worked for were mentors and actively participated in my development. 2) Trial by fire.

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Bringing startup expertise to the boardroom

NZ Entrepreneur

Maria King’s governance career has focused on supporting and building innovative new businesses, so when she undertook the Institute of Directors ’ Advanced Directors Course (ADC) , she was delighted to see a section on startup governance included. Listen to Board Matters Season 3, Episode 2 to hear more from Maria King. Absolutely!”

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

The industry finally has one of their own at the helm of the largest YouTube network. And this month we announced that Maker Studios, where I am an investor and board member, crossed 3 billion views. This is classic “Innovator’s Dilemma” market conditions. This has been a very welcome addition.