David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

Co-founder and CEO Nicolas Brusson spoke to me about BlaBlaCar’s early ambitions to be a European rather than local country winner and its progression to global player. But then came 9/11 and the severe downturn in the Valley in 2002. You then came back to Europe and joined a venture firm before co-founding BlaBlaCar.

Global 62

Global Europe France Cofounder 62

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2012

Some of these businesses are still with us, including Google and the social media behemoth Facebook. Others, like Def Jam, have been transformed through mergers and acquisitions. In June 2012, Fanning and fellow Napster co-founder Sean Parker launched a new live social video mirco-sharing platform called Airtime.

Intellectual Property 127

Intellectual Property New York City Pennsylvania Cofounder 127

Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

The company has been in stealth mode for the last couple months but I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about NextView’s investment in the company and our enthusiasm to be working with co-founders Dan Foody and Alex Cote. And of course email, CRM, and other tools for managing your network of contacts are far older.

Cofounder 140

Cofounder Stealth Silicon Valley Mobile 140

www.humbledmba.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

flavor of a question-and-answer, poll-your-friends site with a distant revenue model and no user acquisition strategy. Facebook wasnt the first to social networking, Google wasnt the first to search, YouTube wasnt the first to video, yada yada. I co-founded FlightCaster. Oh, and what was the company? Shocking, I know.

Stealth 90

Stealth NDA Startup IP 90