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Internet Trends for 2014 Report is a must read

Dave Fleet

Industry disruption continues: Local industries (accommodation, food delivery, transport) are being disrupted by startups (Airbnb, Amazon Fresh, GrubHub, Uber). The trend is away from platforms like Facebook, which have become mass communication vehicles, and towards smaller 1:1 interactions. How can technology disrupt your sector?

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Internet Trends for 2014 Report is a must read

Dave Fleet

Industry disruption continues: Local industries (accommodation, food delivery, transport) are being disrupted by startups (Airbnb, Amazon Fresh, GrubHub, Uber). The trend is away from platforms like Facebook, which have become mass communication vehicles, and towards smaller 1:1 interactions. How can technology disrupt your sector?

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Five Reasons You Should Go To The Next Third Tuesday Toronto

Dave Fleet

One of the great aspects of the Third Tuesday event, beyond the speakers themselves, is the opportunity to meet and get to know a wide variety of people in the industry – from startup, to corporate, to agency, to public sector, to non-profit. They’re all there, and it’s a great chance to get to know new folks. Ten bucks?

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Social Mediators 7 – Eqentia – Social Media Monitoring Tool For Enterprises

Dave Fleet

Eqentia is a social media startup headquartered in Toronto, Canada. In this week’s episode of Social Mediators , Eqentia’s CEO and Founder, William Mougayar , joins Joe Thornley and me for a discussion about Eqentia, what it does, who it’s aimed at and future plans for it.

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Sysomos Acquired By Marketwire

Dave Fleet

First reported by the Startup North blog , the news was later confirmed by Sysomos, although their blog comment and tweet have both since been deleted. Thanks to William Johnson for the DNA13 pointer and Steve Dodd for the Buzzgain tip.).

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Startups: No, You Don’t Need To Hire A Social Media Experts

Dave Fleet

My eye was caught this weekend by a post from Francis Tan, asking whether startups need to hire social media experts. His key points: First things first: Agreeing with Peter Shankman that startups should focus on generating revenue. The exception: online startups? I’m not a startup guy though, so my take is just an (un?)informed

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