The Next Web

DECEMBER 3, 2013

age group varies according to source, but the generation is roughly composed of those born between 1981 and 2000, according to Pew Research. Marc Apple, owner and chief strategist at Forward Push Media , said that no one is on social networks 24/7, but across generations most people check email every day. “In

Email 141

Email Software Review Technical Review Social Media 141

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

The dead startups honored were mobile social-networking company Addieu, mobile game and activity locator Get-a-Game and the late, seldom-lamented but often-derided Kozmo.com, which failed way back in 2001 but to this day is held up as the embodiment of dotcom-era foolhardiness. (The alcohol, not the bagpiper.)

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license.

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Open Source Business Model Technical Cofounder Southern California 150

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Avoid auto-upload of photos to social networks. ” Mobile device owners must review each of their email and social networking applications to ensure encryption (HTTPS) is used for the entire session, but it is best to avoid open Wi-Fi hotspots whenever possible. formerly CA).

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Security Mobile Software Review Technical Review 160

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 8, 2019

You have about 2000 characters to work with. Get social. Networking is about creating connections with people who share your interests. Networking is about creating connections with people who share your interests. Do you have any proof to back your claims? Paint a picture of your professional background and capabilities.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round).

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

Thanks To Facebook, Strongest Year For IPOs Since 2000 With $21.5 The Dunbar Number, From the Guru of Social Networks | Businessweek - [link]. Social Networking Eats Up 3+ Hours Per Day For The Average American User - [link]. Why You Should Give Yourself Permission to Screw Up - [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I don’t believe that search is the only answer in 2010 as it was in 2000. I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. I know you could argue that YouTube was much broader but it was really popularized in the social networks. So t hey bought it for a cool $1.65

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Venture Capital Affiliate Valuation San Francisco 271

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

APRIL 12, 2010

That may be OK for Twitter — today — but what about the 100 other social-networking-slash-link-sharing networks that didn't survive? "It's hard to explain" should not be a standard part of your sales pitch. You just need to try it" and "trust me" don't cut it. Ask them about selling intangible benefits.

Technical Review 243

Technical Review Software Review Engineer Search 243

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

The dead startups honored were mobile social-networking company Addieu, mobile game and activity locator Get-a-Game and the late, seldom-lamented but often-derided Kozmo.com, which failed way back in 2001 but to this day is held up as the embodiment of dotcom-era foolhardiness. (The alcohol, not the bagpiper.)

Technical Cofounder 96

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Video New York City 96

Babbling VC

MAY 19, 2012

Without sounding all grim, I want to just reiterate what I told a ton of my portfolio companies back in 2000. They were not the first social network. Nor should you make any major decisions based on what Facebook did. Learn where you can but do not consider them your peer. . Keep at what you are doing regardless.

Silicon Valley 81

Silicon Valley Technical Review IPO Social Network 81

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). In the era of social networking if you can’t figure out how to get intro’d to me you probably aren’t cut out to be an entrepreneur. I explain in the video what happened in my first company (e.g.

Venture Capital 282

Venture Capital Term Sheet Valuation Stock Options 282

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Thats real money." Only 3% were online when I started AOL.

San Francisco 105

San Francisco Technical Review Zimbabwe New York City 105

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

However, since there are so many popular social networks you need to be a part of – plus new ones are continually being added to the mix – it’s nearly impossible to manage all of those accounts manually. Fortunately, there are plenty of social media management and scheduling tools you can use to make your job and your life much easier.

Social Media 95

Social Media Media Management Social Network 95

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 4, 2012

The dead startups honored were mobile social-networking company Addieu, mobile game and activity locator Get-a-Game and the late, seldom-lamented but often-derided Kozmo.com, which failed way back in 2001 but to this day is held up as the embodiment of dotcom-era foolhardiness. (The alcohol, not the bagpiper.)

Technical Cofounder 60

Technical Cofounder Video Cofounder New York City 60

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

Dot.com Bubble ( 1995-2000): “ Anything goes” as public markets clamor for ideas, vague promises of future growth, and IPOs happen absent regard for history or profitability. August 1995 – March 2000: The Dot.Com Bubble. This next wave of web startups; Social Networks and Mobile Applications, now reached 100’s of millions of customers.

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Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2019

Buzzfeed sees their quizzes shared an average of nearly 2000 times each, helping them to reach more than 580 million people in 2017. Their compelling format encourages users stay until the end of the content, and their results encourage shareability on social networks.

Marketing 147

Marketing Startup Burn Rate Advertising 147

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. I am very grateful to my friend Zoli Erdos for finding this retro posting for me at web.archive.org.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Over 450 companies have been honored since the award began in 2000, and past winners include Twitter and crisis mapping platform Ushahidi. In announcing today's winners, the World Economic Forum lauds the ways in which Internet technologies, particularly social networking, have shifted power and knowledge.

Technology 128

Technology Warrant Social Network Startup 128

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2013

In 2000, when Interbrand first started issuing its Best Global Brands report, Apple ranked #36 and had a brand value of $6.6 billion– a nearly 15 times increase over its value in 2000. Coca-Cola dominated the top spot for the past 13 years. Today, Apple’s brand value has increased to $98.3

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Small Business Global Entrepreneur Social Media 108

Steve Blank

JUNE 17, 2011

Ben offers that as Apple, Google and Amazon survived the dot.com crash, we can ignore the fate of the thousands of failed public and private dot.com companies when the bubble burst in March of 2000. I believe the issue isn’t whether we’re on a 25-year tech cycle or that the next 8 years are really going to be great.

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Investment Bankers Stock Valuation Venture Capital 310

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Attend the world’s largest social media marketing conference of the year! By attending, you’ll make connections with 80+ of the world’s top social media pros (plus 2000 of your peers) and you’ll discover amazing ideas that’ll transform your social media marketing. TechCrunch Disrupt NYC.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 3, 2016

In 2000, I joined the company as president, and he and I led the company on a rapid growth clip. What they don’t realize is that this is virtual work , and the only hurdle that needs to be overcome is ego. Ego prevents leaders from accepting that the company can function without its leaders—especially it’s CEO—as a physical presence.

Social Network 48

Social Network Email Technology Hiring 48

Steve Blank

APRIL 15, 2011

Many of the students had heard phrases that fall under Customer Relationships before; “customer acquisition, SEO/SEM, public relations, Social Network, Advertising, Loyalty programs, cross-sell and up-sell” etc., Their first effort didn’t get much traffic: 6 clicks out of ~2000 impressions.

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Up and Running

JUNE 28, 2012

In the 1990’s and early 2000’s it was “You got mail” as made famous by the AOL advertising stable. Being passive and not searching through your social networks does not. As a CEO and an adviser to governments and politicians, I do a lot of listening. I even wrote a blog post about my listening into my industry, Government 2.0.

Social Media 91

Social Media Government Metrics Database 91

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. If you became a principal or a new partner in 2000/01 you had a good salary but as it turns out you were very unlikely to see a large upside “carry” return for quite some time. I was baffled. It was 2007. They were envious.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 384

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

million which closed the first week of March 2000 – a week before the market crashed. Quick aside: how can VC’s invest in online businesses, digital media, social networks or mobile applications if they don’t actually use the products actively themselves? True story.) million were enormous.

Founder 299

Founder Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 299

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Does the photo look like something taken on a mobile phone from 2000? Our next step was to find out the best content channels, and identifying the main social networks where our articles and posts had maximum visibility and shares. Look at your product photo and description.

Startup 124

Startup eCommerce Audience Widget 124

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Though after the dotcom collapse of 2000-2001, there are many more than there were! Why are consulting CTOs so scarce? Obviously, there are not many technologists who have had the experience of launching multiple web startups. And why would you hire a technology guy who launched a failed startup? Perhaps the more failures, the better?

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 18, 2010

RSVP: [link] Wednesday, January 20th EVENT OF THE WEEK: 7PM Kevin Ryan & Henry Blodget: NYTech -10 +10 @ 92Y Tribecca The city's enhancement-free version of the "Bash Brothers" talk NYC Tech in 2000, 2010, and 2020. what is changing/what isn't -- what are we willing to bet on, and where are the wildcards.

Community 60

Community Cofounder Venture Capital Social Network 60

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. This one claims to be the world’s largest single angel investor network, with 3000 accredited investor members throughout 52 chapters on 3 continents. Keiretsu Forum.

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North America Accredited Investor Angel Investor Angel Groups 337

BeyondVC

JANUARY 22, 2009

"  Anyway, Pseudo.com went under in 2000 and Josh subsequently disappeared in isolation for quite awhile.  Who would have thought how quickly our private lives have become public as we leave a digital trail of ourselves, our loaction, our videos and pictures, and our thoughts all over the web, social networks, and Twitter. 

Hockey Stick 60

Hockey Stick Web New York Social Network 60

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 1, 2013

Social Media Marketing. Social media marketing attempts to leverage the power of social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and others) to promote a product or service. These efforts can be paid (buying ads on those networks) or free (engaging and sharing great content).

Small Business 107

Small Business Marketing Affiliate PPC 107

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. If you became a principal or a new partner in 2000/01 you had a good salary but as it turns out you were very unlikely to see a large upside “carry” return for quite some time. I was baffled. It was 2007. They were envious.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 176

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 22, 2019

I mean there’s probably 2000 words on that page, but then links off to in a very logical way. I think they’re going to start rolling out features to make that a social network. It’s not just an internal link. That’s just sort of my prediction. Brian Dean: Cool. I could see it.

SEO 60

SEO Kansas City Kansas Missouri 60

Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2013

It is more of a social networking for raising equity. 3) Keiretsu Forum - Founded in 2000, it claims to be the largest angel investor network in the world. 4) New England Investment Network - This is an online forum that connects entrepreneurs in the New England states with angel investors worldwide.

North America 40

North America Angel Investor Accredited Investor Silicon Valley 40