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March 17, 2006

FIND OF THE WEEK: HumanPages - "LinkedIn With A Heart?"

As it turns out, there is now more than one way to run a SPAM-Proof Online People Directory and Referral Service. Move over LinkedIn — Introducing HumanPages. HumanPages is the brainchild of Chris Bartlett. I first met Chris in December 2005... [continued]

March 13, 2006

High-Performance Social Networking - Part II: The Natural Life-Cycle of a Personal Network

In Part I of High-Performance Social Networking, we looked at the eight basic networking styles in terms of their basic orientation towards their respective PANs, CANs, and FANs. In Part II, we examine the natural life-cycle of a personal social... [continued]

January 23, 2006

High-Performance Social Networking - Part I: The 8 Basic Networking Styles

The 8 Basic Styles of High-Performance Social Networking is the first of a three part follow-up post to my original "Right Sizing" Your PANs, CANs, and FANs -- which was my first humble attempt to lend some clarity to the... [continued]

November 04, 2005

A Functional View of Social Networking - Highlighting the Challenges Moving Forward

I have to admit, I’ve always been “soft on” diagrams. Diagrams are always a great way to tease out, sort, organise, and “reality test” discrete elements out of total ambiguity and confusion. Which is why they are such great tools for both... [continued]

September 29, 2005

The Start of Internet Tsunami 2.0 Averted? eBay Shareholders Get the Final Word: "Skype Who?"

[“Uncle! Uncle! I give Up” — I really thought I could make it as the last hold-out in the VC Blogosphere NOT to comment on the Skype-eBay (or is it eBay-Skype?) Deal — Wrong again — cgm] What the Skype/eBay Deal Says... [continued]

August 15, 2005

What Did I Mean by Cheat? Clarification to "The Cheaters' Guide to LinkedIn"

What Did I Really Mean by the Term “Cheat”? A number of people have commented on my use of the word “Cheat”. It makes some people uncomfortable to even read the post. It makes some readers feel as if they are somehow engaging in... [continued]

August 12, 2005

LinkedIn CheatSheet #1: How to make your name visible beyond your 3rd Degree

Business Networking: Served HOT-- LinkedIn CheatSheet #1: How to make your name visible beyond your 3rd Degree I totally agree with Naina Redhu about this being the #1 Cheat for optimizing LinkedIn for your own purposes — especially since the... [continued]

August 09, 2005

CRITICAL UPDATE to LinkedIn Cheater's Guide (05-Aug-2005)

With the new LinkedIn release (5 August 2005) , the bulk of the Cheats listed in the Cheaters’ Guide to LinkedIn are still extremely relevant. However, your LinkedIn network reach has been trimmed back to your third degree and people are... [continued]

August 03, 2005

TRUE TRUE But IRRELEVANT: PC Magazine Six Degrees of "Who Cares?" vs LinkedIn

[ I know Konstantin and I don’t always agree — but I would wager that we both agree that Lance Ulanoff’s article, Six Degrees of “Who Cares?” , posted on PCMag.com, makes assertions about LinkedIn which are “off base” and misleading. Lance’s... [continued]

August 02, 2005

Thomas Power Weighs in on the Quantity vs Quality Pseudo Issue

Thomas Power, founder of the pioneering Ecademy (along with his wife Penny) and a true outspoken pundit of online social networking, has posted his current take the the whole quantity vs quality pseudo debate on his brand new personal blog — A... [continued]

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July 31, 2005

The Ultimate LinkedIn Cheat: To Delegate or Not To Delegate?

I just got back from a great three week vacation. I was in France attending a wedding and visiting family & friends — and then I flew back to go camping with my 16 year old son Remy in the... [continued]

July 30, 2005

Top 10 Internet Marketing Trends for the Next 10 Years

Larry Chase's Web Digest for Marketers [Interesting List of Internet Marketing Trends worth considering — cgm] Pay Per Call Rings In Feed Marketing Flourishes Email Marketing Will Survive Personal Agents Propogate Reverb Marketing, In Stereo Audio Blogs/Video Blogs (V-Blogs IPTV Adds... [continued]

July 04, 2005

From Cafes to Blogs -- French Blogging is Huge -- Does This Surprise Anyone?

I was told several months ago that I was a natural for blogging because — I am a New Yorker, I am a VC, and I am French — therefore I have three orders of magnitude more opinions than most —... [continued]

Real entrepreneurs don't raise venture capital

Real entrepreneurs don’t raise venture capital I came across this post written in February 2005 by Jason Calacanis on one of his many popular blogs. His logic for why he wasn’t shopping for venture funding is well worth reading. —... [continued]

June 21, 2005

Five reasons social networking doesn't work

The Buzz Report: Five reasons social networking doesn't work - CNET.com Five reasons social networking doesn't work By Molly Wood, section editor, CNET.comThursday, June 2, 2005 The word on the street lately is that social networking is in trouble. Friendster's... [continued]

June 14, 2005

Target ID and Validation for Orphan Diseases

[ BioTech and Pharma VCs Beware: This article is yet further evidence of the Open-Source Drug Development Trend that is building rapidly and challenging the traditional pharmaceutical industry. Open-Source Drug Development will ultimately have a similar and equally devastating disintermediating... [continued]

May 28, 2005

RE: [LinkedInnovators] The Dark Side of the Network

Yahoo! Groups : LinkedInnovators Messages : Message 151 of 162 [ Once again, Scott Allen steps in and proves that he is the one “Fair and Balanced” Online Business Networking Guru out there today (not an incorrigible troublemaking pundit with... [continued]

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May 27, 2005

The Dark Side of the Network

The Dark Side of the Network - posted on Ecademy The network is strong in this one. I feel its power all around me.I'm a big fan of LinkedIn. I generally take LinkedIn's advice and only connect with people I... [continued]

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May 26, 2005

LinkedIn: The Myth of Having "Too Many Connections"

Spiderware.com: LinkedIn: The Myth of Having "Too Many Connections" [ This is a must read post from Joe Bartling’s Blog and cross-posted in MyLinkedInPowerForum on Yahoo!Groups and copied here in it’s entirety … partly for convenience and partly because I’m jealous I didn’t... [continued]

May 23, 2005

CHEATER'S GUIDE TO LINKEDIN v 0.1

CRITICAL UPDATE (5 August 2005): With the new LinkedIn release (5 August 2005) , the bulk of the Cheats listed here are still relevant. However, your LinkedIn network reach has trimmed back to the third degree and people are now charged... [continued]

May 21, 2005

The Dream: A Email System For High-Volume Email Management | Realized TODAY ...

The Dream: A Email System For High-Volume Email Management Spend Less Time Respond Promptly Never Lose Correspondence Never Lose Track of Conversation Threads Prioritize Messages Never Feel Overwhelmed Feel in Control Always Know “What to Do Next” For low-volume email... [continued]

May 20, 2005

Spiderware.com: LinkedIn: Connections Envy

[Joe Bartling makes an interesting point in his blog. While we both believe in connecting to multiple “superconnectors” to increase you total LinkedIn network reach (ie through all 4 degrees of separa... [continued]

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May 19, 2005

CONFESSION: I am an "SPP" LinkedIn User ...

[original posted in MLPF thread — cgm] Yahoo! Groups : MyLinkedinPowerForum Messages : Message 2798 of 2871 In follow-up to my previous post, I thought it might make some sense for me to share (or "come clean about") my personal "Best... [continued]

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May 16, 2005

"HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?"

[originally posted by me as part of a thread in MyLinkedinPowerForum on Yahoo!Groups — cgm] Yahoo! Groups : MyLinkedinPowerForum Messages : Message 2672 of 2672 I LOVE THIS = "HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?" This is precisely the point I... [continued]

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April 20, 2005

Guide to Social Software Companies | The Virtual Handshake

[click the link below to get the latest version of this list which is maintained by Scott Allen and David Teten — cgm] The Virtual Handshake | Guide to Social Software Companies Guide to Soci... [continued]

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April 16, 2005

Connecting with Connectors

Connecting with Connectors Connecting with the Connectors In this excerpt of chapter 15 from Never Eat Alone, Ferrazzi discusses the connections that are key to success. Learn more about Keith's new book or buy it now. My new book --... [continued]

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March 26, 2005

Social Capital: What is it?

Bowling Alone, by Robert Putnam Social Capital: What is it? What does "social capital" mean?The central premise of social capital is that social networks have value. Social capital refers to the collective value of all "social networks" [who people know]... [continued]

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Psycho-sociological Stages in the use of a Public Contact List on Social Networking Sites

Psycho-sociological Stages in the use of a Public Contact List on Social Networking Sites A comparative, informal study for 2005 It is common to compare social networking sites based on features, attributes, and the sort of support each provides for... [continued]

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March 16, 2005

LinkedIn Expands Its Connections

LinkedIn Expands Its Connections MARCH 16, 2005 NEWS ANALYSIS:TECHNOLOGY By Sarah Lacy LinkedIn Expands Its ConnectionsThe social-networking site is now counting on a job-referral service for growth. Its success -- or failure -- could have wide impactTrying to make money... [continued]

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March 11, 2005

"Right Sizing" Your PANs, CANs, and FANs

As far as "who you should connect to" depends on what you do, not on how well you know the connections. The question to ask is: "Do I need to find people?" or "Do I need to be found?" This... [continued]

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January 01, 2005

Mark Granovetter Publications

Mark Granovetter 1973. "The Strength of Weak Ties." American Journal of Sociology, 78 (May): 1360-1380. 2000. "Social Networks in Silicon Valley". With Emilio Castilla, Hokyu Hwang and Ellen Granovetter. Pp. 218-247 in Chong-Moon Lee, William F. Miller, Marguerite Gong Hancock,... [continued]

May 28, 2004

The more Connections, the more Transactions - Ecademy

The more Connections, the more Transactions - Ecademy Theory vs. realityby Christian Mayaud on 28-May-04 11:05pm I am new to Ecademy and only started using LinkedIn as a Beta tester about 6 months ago. I would argue I only have... [continued]

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