The Social Network Web Startups Trends and News

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Recent Social Networking Web Startup Trends

• Presentation by
• Claude Penland
• www.ClaudePenland.com

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Social Networking Startups That Well Cover

• Traditional
• Student-specific
• Unique situations/business
• Hobbyists
• Sites that use already existing info

• Career networking
• Goal-oriented
• Add-ons
• For the kiddies
• Wrap-up

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Traditional Networking

• 1stFriday for African-Americans
  http//bit.ly/9nEHei
• Doximity for Medicine http//bit.ly/96vnhu
• Splore looks at location and interest
  http//bit.ly/aQat8F
• Frid.ge for more intimate networking
  http//bit.ly/djfLlN
• Fabulis is a gay social network
  http//bit.ly/bX3tS4
• CompanionTree for platonic friendships
  http//bit.ly/bTGB1v

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Traditional, continued

• MeetYourFriends http//bit.ly/9qFkMl
• EpicMix for skiing http//bit.ly/eMsHDx
• Ping (Apple) - music http//bit.ly/gf5lXB
• Diaspora http//bit.ly/ch5HQA
• Commuters www.Bumped.in

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Student Networking

• Sites that blend hanging out with studying
  http//bit.ly/ggf62c
• Talk about your grades at CampusBuddy
  http//bit.ly/9U2OvY
• Share notes at NoteUtopia http//bit.ly/9yXgL3
• www.CollegeOnly.com
• Students Circle Network http//bit.ly/f4OFxu

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Networking for Unique Businesses or Situations

• Protect inventions/ideas myHeureka
  http//bit.ly/hoDN9M
• When tweet? SocialFlow knows http//bit.ly/f6NNpU
• Blurts is a Twitter for sound http//bit.ly/9iVVKZ
  
• FlightCrowd networking in the air
  http//bit.ly/bkxqpn
• Brag about stuff on Score.ly http//bit.ly/gqWGyO
  
• Create mobile communities at Motribe
  http//bit.ly/bjrLML
• Group buying at TeamSave http//bit.ly/96zAc5
• Game aggregation at Heyzap http//bit.ly/d5Bb78
• Yammer Jive, business networking
  http//bit.ly/aAQ6xU

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Networking for hobbyists

• Dig guns? GunUp http//bit.ly/9pUaYI
• Punt Club for betting http//bit.ly/bOHWYx
• Betable to share your bets http//bit.ly/9iS7AP
• Political junkie? Jolitics http//bit.ly/9Qd4eC
• SocialPicks for stocks http//bit.ly/b9SGeO
• Cyclists www.PedalRoom.com

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Hobbyists, continued

• Nintendo Wii www.Wiiff.com
• Television www.ShowTribe.com
• Bln.kr music http//bit.ly/eECZJ8
• Burstn iPhone photos http//bit.ly/huGrw1

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Networking that Uses Existing Info

• Creating profiles of users based on social data
  Gravity http//bit.ly/edKfvv
• CafeBots works on your behalf http//bit.ly/dkJo9H
  
• Connexity ad server http//bit.ly/aEJRWu
• Like/Dislike stuff at SocialSmack
  http//bit.ly/dAsN5n
• Manage multiple networks with Seesmic
  http//bit.ly/fjbHTW
• Kontagent social analytics http//bit.ly/b0LqNG

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Use Existing Info, continued

• SearchRidge social data mining http//bit.ly/cDI8g
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• Five by Bueda data mining http//bit.ly/bkJtaa
• Flipboard online magazines http//bit.ly/aze806
• Memolane records your social networking data
  stream for playback later http//bit.ly/fnBNOV

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Career Networking

• BraveNewTalent is a Facebook app
  http//bit.ly/eX9sBK
• RockYourBlock, Facebook app http//bit.ly/bR0E2B
• Identified http//bit.ly/dSET1g
• ConnectedInsiders finds the influencers inside
  companies http//bit.ly/ane7C7
• Jibe http//bit.ly/fk7hbq
• www.HowsMyActing.com

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Networks to help you perform tasks better

• HeyStaks browser add-on http//bit.ly/cOEEAc
• MyLifeList http//bit.ly/bdnd1N
• Shizzlr social planning http//bit.ly/dBJauC
• Kickin.it social planning http//bit.ly/amCqq2
• Traxier social planning http//bit.ly/fExVV1
• Poig social planning www.Poig.com
• Roadify helps you drive better http//bit.ly/90usK
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• myBantu personal assistant http//bit.ly/9CTkrS

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Bolt-ons

• Ning application http//bit.ly/eu27L4
• DeusM creates communities http//bit.ly/aTTlX6
• MedNetworks creates networks for doctors and
  patients http//bit.ly/asL1Dc
• ShopIgniter creates stores in social networks
  http//bit.ly/byi0tr

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Networking for the kiddies

• Mixels http//bit.ly/aqKJWU
• Scuttlepad http//bit.ly/e92J0Z
• Togetherville http//bit.ly/hRH0uo

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Wrap-up

• Social networking could grow 1000 to 2500 by
  2016 http//bit.ly/fSTYpY
• or it could be a bubble http//bit.ly/aIBzWq
• Next big thing a few months ago was searching
  what your friends like http//bit.ly/hVnEz7
• Gamification is intersecting with social
  networking to affect how well use the web
  http//bit.ly/gbFrMg
• Read more at www.SocialNetworkingStartup.com and
  www.ClaudePenland.com
• Thank you!