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I have found this excellent “Internet Trends” presentation made by Morgan Stanley -the investment bank… big surprise!- where we can see how Internet usage patterns are changing. Among the most important I have found:

• The fast grow of social networks that now have a privileged “position” on the industry with a large share of Internet traffic (YouTube and Facebook as top players).
• New “connectivity” services and styles are emerging with social networks and communities: E-mail is becoming archaic and used more by an “older” audience.
• The most important sources of information are the Internet and the “personal” ones, which confirms the power of the “social” side of the Internet information with communities and blogs with ratings, comments, opinions and reviews.
• The Widget-ization of the Web that gives users more control of what they get and do online through modularization, integration among services and sites.
• New online ad inventory with high potential Social Networks and Videos.

The presentation also shows the extraordinary Facebook growth and analyzes why it is growing faster than MySpace! (more personalization, better user interdace, and less intrusive ads? … go to slide No. 15!) … and the way it is monetizing word of mouth with its advertising platform.

In the presentation you can see more about online advertisement business, the mobile landscape, emerging countries with potential markets and even.. recession! But for that you will need to go through the whole presentation that has 72 slides… I highly recommend it though, as it has many interesting facts, figures and a sharp analysis:

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You can also download the presentation in PDF from Morgan Stanley website.

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I have been researching about the most important blogs in a particular industry but I haven’t had many “sources” of information to perform this task, as I have only found the following comprehensive blogs ranking services: 

• Alianzo Top Blogs
• Wikio Blog Ranking
• Bloguzz Blogs Ranking
• Technorati Top 100 Blogs

Do you know of additional blogs ranking lists? 

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Who needs a hard drive anymore? Now you can do everything online! Here are the top online productivity tools resource lists where you will find from word processing and collaboration to finance and budget management tools:

• Online Productivity God: 400+ Resources To Make You Smarter, Faster & a Demon in the Sack from Mashable
• Online Productivity Toolbox: 30+ Resources to Get Things Done from Mashable
• 5000+ Resources to Do Just About Anything Online from Mashable
• No More Hard Drive! 100 Free Software Apps to Go Online-Only from Tzunami
• 10 Must Have Online Office Apps from ReadWriteWeb
• 101 Essential Freelancing Resources from Freelance Switch
• 101 Useful Resources for Online Entrepreneurs from BlogTrepreneur
• The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Web 2.0: Top 25 Apps to Grow your Business from Aviva Directory

My favorites? Remember the Milk To Do list, and the Zoho and 37 Signals tools. What are your favorites? Do you know of other online tools that haven’t been listed here?

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I have compiled the best advice for startups given by successful entrepreneurs or specialized publications, covering all the phases of the process: from planning the presentations and business plans for the VC’s to the daily operations tips:

• The Art of the Executive Summary by Guy Kawasaki
• A Guide to Starting Your Business by Chris Campbell
• Startup Tips for the Early, Early Days by Dharmesh Shah
• Startup Marketing: Big Bang vs. Darwinian Evolution by Dharmesh Shah
• How to save money running a startup (17 really good tips) by Jason Calacanis
• Startup Handbook: How to identify and deal with the slow masses, knowledgeable skeptics, and savvy dreamers by Jason Calacanis
• 36 Startup Tips: From Software Engineering to PR and More! by Alex Iskold
• A Couple of My Rules for Startups by Mark Cuban
• Ten Rules For Startup Success by Loic Le Meur
• Ten Rules for Web Startups by Evan Williams
• The Entrepreneur’s New Year’s Resolution: “I Will Fix My Pitch” by Bill Reichert
• The hardest lessons for startups to learn by Paul Graham
• How to start a startup by Paul Graham
• A student’s guide to startups by Paul Graham
• 10 Rules For Startups by Andy Fox
• Start-up advice for entrepreneurs, from Y Combinator Startup School by Mark Coker
• Pithy Insights On Startup Marketing by Dharmesh Shah
• Starting a Business: Advice from the Trenches by Kevin Potts
• The Top 10 Questions Investors Asked Us by Chris Campbell

Also, be careful with:

• The Top Ten Lies of Venture Capitalists (by Guy Kawasaki)
  

And avoid:

• The 18 mistakes that kill startups (by Paul Graham)
• 10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed (by Steve Pavlina)
• The Top 10 Mistakes People Make When Starting A Business (by Evan Carmichael)

And never, ever forget how useful Search Engine Optimization and Internet Marketing in general can be to consolidate your business on the Internet -as a sales, publicity, communications and service support channel- as Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz pointed out in his article:

• I’m Getting Pretty Tired of Startup Advice that Doesn’t Include Any Mention of SEO

Do you know of additional startups resources to include?

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I have just seen this excellent TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Talk presentation made by Johnny Lee, a human computer interaction research engineer that has hacked the Wii remote to develop… this:

If you liked this video you should watch Johnny’s full demos in his YouTube channel or go directly to his projects page to follow his instructions and implement the hacks!

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I have just seen this interesting presentation in SlideShare made by Matthew Buckland about Future Web Trends -even if the own presentation includes some slides to demonstrate how wrong some predictions in the technology world have been in the past you shouldn’t miss these!- :

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