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Is there a project starting/launching platform/community online?
I have a lot of project ideas (like many of you) but I have some issues. There seems to be no easy way to find existing project online or to ask people what they think of an idea. I'm looking for a ...
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The network effect: your best friend - your worst enemy
The network effect is the thing that makes certain products or services useless until everybody is on board. But once everybody is on board then said product or service becomes very useful.
Case in ...
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Startup Documentaries for IT industry
I am looking for more startup documentaries/movies. The ones I have seen:
On Startups
E-Dreams
Startup dot com and its follow up ABC News UpClose Kaleil Tuzman
The Social Network
On PC industry
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How to Build a Strong Social Network for a Young Entrepreneur?
"It's Not What You Know, It's Who You
Know" -Old English Proverb
Having a strong social network is a Must-Have of every entrepreneur. Our friends and partners make us stronger in areas we're ...
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What term is the business world equivalent to the term “social media”? (Or help us coin the term right here!)
My business will provide an automated “tool” that can be used as part of the pre-sales/pre-purchase process. A by-product of using this tool is the creation of a network of buyers and sellers. (In ...
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Startup social network free sites to promote on / free ways of promotion
Hey so I am wondering about methods of promoting a social netowork that I made.
Starting up a site and getting traffic is not as easy as it might seem. It would be nice to know how to get some ...
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Indemnification Clause for Social Network?
I am starting a new social network that is geared toward a specific niche market. In my endeavor I will need the support and backing (not monetarily) of several industry leading manufacturers. At the ...
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Which title do you like better? pledger or investor or backer
There's no right or wrong.
Regards,
Johnny
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“Invite your Friends” feature - best practices
We're in the process of adding an "invite your friends" feature to our dating site, and I was wondering if anybody has any tips/past experience in the best way to utilize the invites. Here's what I ...
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“Like” clone idea
I am adding new section to my site where students or alumni of a particular film schools can be associated with their schools. Facebook did something similar in the early days and later they went with ...
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Current best practices for blogging
I'm getting ready to start posting on my blog that I've neglected for a while.
I'm interested in hearing what are the best practices in terms of the mechanics, not the content of the blog. I've ...
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Marketing my website
I have a website which aims to let people meet and talk together based on subjects they are interested in.
However I am having trouble marketing it! I admit that I am not a marketer guy, so if you can ...
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What is the best platform for managing various social media networks?
Other than Hootesuite which I'm currently using, is there any other form of social media managing services that works?
Thanks,
Smith
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How do you measure a social network's success? (number of users signing up)
Well we just launched about one month ago,(ichooze.com) still in beta, too early to make any assumptions but im thinking about it every day (several times a day actually...) : Whats the average rate ...
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A social networking Web on Google Earth
I have been thinking to create a social network application built by using google earth api and sell/rent spaces for companies for their promotion on google earth via my web application. There will be ...
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Your favorite viral technique?
A number of viral techniques have been suggested to increase the membership of my website.
Encouraging users to "invite" their friends using an email invitation.
Allowing sharing content on other ...
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Freemium in user generated content/social service?
Could freemium be a good model of earning profit from user generated content services?
Let's take same hard example - www.trapster.com. It's a mobile phone application for exchanging information ...
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Finding the right partner first? [closed]
I am an Entrepreneur and I have plenty of experience running my own business online successfully for the past 12 years, but I have a new project that really fills a need, and I know what needs to be ...
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How to promote my business using social networking
I see many companies using social networking (Twitter, Facebook etc) to promote their products and services. I've never used sites like this, and don't really know where to begin from a marketing ...
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What is the best way to make my site known worldwide, not just locally?
My problem is that while I'm targeting the whole world, since this is a Greek startup, the majority of the users that sign up are Greek. The result is that they post in Greek. Later when the site gets ...
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How can I find a software developer who can build a SaaS product idea?
I have a great idea for a SaaS product but all my knowledge is in the subject matter not technology. If my social network doesn't have any good contacts how can I find someone trustworthy to work ...
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Should company A have different social network identities for each service/website?
Let's say company A produces various online services that fill different needs. Do you think they should have a separate Twitter/Facebook fan page for each service? Or should there just be one main ...
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social networking
I have a good and unique ideas to start a social networking website, but my website design will need much developers. now whom should i approach? developers or funding poeple? my business model for my ...
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Open Source Forum platforms
I have need for a Facebook type application that can be extended to present news and then encourage community members to comment on it.
Could anyone recommend a platform, ideally not PHP based? Is ...
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Community Manager - marketer, product person, support? And where does Social Networking fit in the mix?
I'm frequently involved in debates about the skillset that best embodies a successful online community manager.
How do you define their responsibility and what experiences are most valuable therein?
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Strategy for unveiling a social network?
I have identified a niche community, for which I want to build a social network.
From compete.com, I see that the TAM is at least 10K unique active users. Their web activites revolve around an archaic ...
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Geography in a social network
I want to make a global social network, in which users can search for nearby users.
What is the preferred way to allow users to easily specify where they are located?
Zip code would be accurate, but ...
