Matt Zarzecki

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Yahoo Launches Kickstart, A New Social Network Around College Students And Alumni

Yahoo’s advanced products group, led by Scott Gatz, is launching a new service this evening called Kickstart.

While immediate analogies will be drawn to Facebook, the service is actually much more like LinkedIn in that it connects students and alumni at specific colleges and universities and helps them connect on a professional level. Alumni can help students get jobs (or can find good students to fill spots at whatever company they work at), and students can reach out to others to…

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