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Melissa Jun Rowley is a freelance entertainment correspondent for CNN, a writer for Causecast, and producer for “That Morning Show” on E! Entertainment. She is @MelissaRowley on Twitter and blogs at melissajunrowley.com.A cultural and corporate shift is taking place in the world. The result of things like the current econo (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
The wildly popular nonprofit fundraising application Causes emailed users of its MySpace app on Tuesday to tell them that all Causes will be removed from MySpace on Friday morning, in three days. Causes was co-founded by Sean Parker, co-founder of Napster, the Comcast-acquired Plaxo and Founding President of Facebook. MyS (Read More)
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This series is supported by Grasshopper, the Virtual Phone System designed for entrepreneurs. Learn more about Grasshopper at Grasshopper.com.Let’s face it: as an entrepreneur, the odds are stacked against you. Most businesses fail after the first few years, and even if you do manage to survive, that doesn’t mean your busi (Read More)
VentureBeat:
I’ve started three companies, and now I’m an angel investor. So I’ve been on both sides of the table.There are lots of good articles out there about pitching, and surely everyone who pitches me has read some of them. Still though, a few problems appear over and over again. If you’ve ever had to sort through resumes and cove (Read More)
mashable:
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.Name: SplurbQuick Pitch: Splurb is a cross-referenced list of the social web’ (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
While the Kodak Theater in Hollywood typically plays host to actual celebrities at the annual Academy Awards, last week's 140 Characters Conference in Hollywood brought together a different set of notable names: the Twitterati. Jeff Pulver's first event in a series taking place around the world drew together entertainment f (Read More)
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It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.Is your event not on this list? Contact us at least one month before your event and let’s establish a media partnership.Ma (Read More)
Scobleizer:
I’ve been doing online communities for more than 20 years, starting in 1985 when a friend had a BBS. One thing I’ve noticed over and over again is that chat rooms and forums start out fun and then devolve over time for various reasons. But in 2000 I discovered that blogs had the opposite effect. They got more interesting ov (Read More)
: An interesting perspective @scobleizer. I still love Google Reader and Friendfeed for various reasons. In the interest of personal productivity, picking one platform for your attention may be good. What value is it adding to your personal and professional goals? I find value for most of my time in Google Reader, Friendfeed, Facebook, then Twitter, with LinkedIn trailing back there somewhere. Each has a different purpose for me. Tech news, then informal networking and , followed by B2B style networking.
ReadWriteWeb:
Few companies put as much effort into customer service as they do into member acquisition. However, in order to retain members, community-driven startups need to be conscious of the entire customer experience. No stranger to support techniques, Zendesk CEO Mikkel Svanne spends most of his time perfecting the end-user experi (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by PartnerUp and written by Megan Dorn.In this day of increasing customer acquisition costs and depleting marketing funds, it feels more prudent than ever for businesses to find new ways to hold on tight to the small business customers they have and turn them into true fans. It’s a well (Read More)
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This series is supported by Grasshopper, the Virtual Phone System designed for entrepreneurs. Follow Grasshopper co-founder David @dh.Countless entrepreneurs have been drawn onto Twitter. Perhaps it’s because the platform has been a hotbed for innovation, or maybe it’s the millions of potential connections that has made it (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Games, both online and on mobile devices, draw such an intense following that often there are fan communities and forums created entirely around a single game. PlayHaven is hoping to empower developers with the tools to create their own online and in-game (for the iPhone only for now) fan communities for free. PlayHaven has (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Volunteer-run organizations often spend thousands of dollars on quarterly newsletters and direct mail solicitations. While the groups have the best of intentions, they often lack the in-house graphic designers and high-quality printers to actually produce these goods. Nevertheless, they almost always have blogs, websites a (Read More)
Mashable!:
GeoCities may have been a relic from the 90s, but to many it was and still is an important online place for their user-created communities and memories.The Yahoo-owned service officially shutdown earlier this week, but one determined and caffeinated individual set out to save GeoCities content, with help from friends, in ju (Read More)
VentureBeat:
(Update: This story originally and incorrectly listed EDB as the sole investor in this round.) A group of investors including EDB Investments in Singapore, Time Warner, General Catalyst Partners, and First Round Capital have committed $8.5 million to Boston-based ScanScout.Not everyone seems to know this: There’s a sort of (Read More)