Young Professionals Invited to Breakfast

Montgomery County Chamber to host morning networking event.

You are young. You are hard-working. You are seeking avenues to network. Does this sound like you?  If so, one of the many upcoming events with the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce may be helpful to you. A Young Professionals Continental Breakfast and Speaker session is scheduled for Thursday, March 21, from 7:45 a.m. to 9 a.m. The event will be held, according to the chamber's website at the Chamber Office, which is located within The Historic King of Prussia Inn, 101 Bill Smith Boulevard in King of Prussia. The Member Price is $5, while non-members are welcome to attend for $10. "Join us for a Continental Breakfast and speaker, Crista Lowrie of Vision Mortgage Capital as she presents 'First-Time Buyers - Dos & Don'ts,'" said the …

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Towamencin Business Alliance Gives Voice to Township Commerce

The nonprofit networking group of Towamencin Township businesses was formed in March 2012 to give a single voice for improvement of the township business environment

Towamencin Township businesses now have a voice to improve their networking and commercial environment. For the past seven months, the nonprofit Towamencin Business Alliance has gathered more than 35 business representatives from within the borders of the township to come together in a proactive way to boost communication. It all started with Coffeehead proprietor and Towamencin Business Alliance Chairwoman Kim Diehl, who wanted something more from her time on the township's Economic Development Committee. "I was on the Economic Development Committee and everything I asked — 'How do you start a business in Towamencin?' 'How can we change the business environment?' — the answer was every time, 'You, the business, needs to.' There was no way…

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The New Arms Race in Gaming: Facebook vs Google+

Will the center of the social gaming universe remain tightly within Mr. Zuckerberg's grasp, or is there a legitimate challenger in town?

The vast majority of Patch readers are likely to have a Facebook account. USA Today reported last month that the online social networking giant had grown to greater than 750 million active users. Its #2 Alexa Ranking is behind only Google.com. However, when you take into account that Google’s ranking is a combined effort of all its applications (search engine, Gmail, Calendar, Reader, Docs, etc.), it’s quite a feat. Speaking of Google, they clearly aren’t comfortable with Facebook nipping at their heels. They have tried and failed at social networking with Google Wave and Google Buzz (yes, come on now, Buzz is a failure). But they have potentially struck oil with their newest effort in Google+ (G+ in shorthand), which launched on June 28th…

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