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How the most successful B2B startups came up with their original idea

Lenny's Newsletter

When I first started this research, I was expecting this path to be the way that all great startups found their ideas. Our initial thought was, ‘Can we just take what we’re seeing over there, open source it, and publish the research, and then the whole world will adopt it and we’ve changed the world?’

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The 2011 #Nifty50 Top Twitter Men Reprise

Webbiquity

Penenberg’s ( @Penenberg ) Fast Company article: “Social Networking Affects Brains Like Falling in Love” examines research by neuroeconomist Paul Zak that suggests social networking triggers the release of the generosity-trust chemical in our brains: Oxytocin (known as the cuddle chemical). Social Networking: Like Falling In Love.

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