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.
The Next Web
DECEMBER 2, 2013
Founder Kevin Systrom launched Instagram with 25,000 beta users on October 6, 2010; two years later, the app continues to see massive growth, recently reporting 150 million active users. Luck, timing and social engineering are bigger components than most entrepreneurs care to imagine,” adds Werdelin. 3) Facebook. 6) Pinterest.
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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 9, 2016
For example, there once was a social network called Friendster , often credited with starting the social networking boom way back in 2002. Some founders don’t want to change, or simply don’t enjoy the executive role. That’s necessary but not sufficient to scale most businesses.
YoungUpstarts
AUGUST 13, 2012
The story of Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg, or at least Hollywood’s version of it, should be familiar to anyone who’s seen The Social Network or spends more than five minutes each week surfing the Internet. The phrase “reddit” came to RedditM co-founder Alexis Ohanian while in the library of the University of Virginia in 2005.
Campus Entrepreneurship
DECEMBER 23, 2010
Booth has announced a course called Building Interet Strartups: Risk, Reward, and Failure and it is being taught by two of Groupon’s co-founders. The firm offers email subscribers a deal-of-the-day coupon at a local business, then encourages them to share it with their social networks.
Scott Edward Walker
JULY 6, 2011
This week, we present Sean Parker, a brilliant entrepreneur and visionary; the co-founder of Napster and Plaxo ; and the former President of Facebook. Each week, we share a favorite video of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. at 22:33) “I was interested in this problem of identity….
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.
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