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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

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Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). 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). link] leehower.

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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

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In the early days of LinkedIn we jointly acquired an issued patent of the defunct SixDegrees.com which directly pertains to social networking as well as acquiring a nascent startup in part for its in-process patent filings. owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking. Read More ยป.

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Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade ? AGILEVC

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Founded : Spring 2004, incorporated July 2004. How They Do It : Operate a social network at Facebook.com, through Facebook’s mobile apps, and the Facebook Platform which lets other websites extend Facebook’s tools for authentication and social sharing. Facebook, Inc. Filing Date : February 1, 2012.

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9 Tips for Raising Startup Funds on AngelList

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Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austinโ€™s seed-stage incubator. He founded SKYLIST in 1996 from his college dorm room at Carnegie Mellon, and created UnsubCentral in 2004. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists.

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Bitesize Friday: Israeli startups get funded, launch new products

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Hopefully you haven’t heard of them before… Jivy Group - a mini-conglomerate of companies founded in 2004. Matomy - provider of alternative payment solutions for social network applications, online and freemium games, MMOs and other players in the online marketplace. In 2009 incubators invested in 81 new ventures.

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AngelList Launches Docs To Help Startups Sign And Close Seed Rounds Online With Low Legal Fees

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From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloneyรขโ‚ฌโ„ขs community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. The hybrid social network, communication and crowdsourcing platform allows startups to access investors, and has also become a resource for investors looking to boost dealflow and connect with other investors.

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6/16: What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption

David Teten

Our session looks at the rise of socially enabled platforms that blend commerce with community, where reputations trump credit ratings, and where hyper-distributed service businesses outgrow traditional monolithic suppliers. In 2004, Roo founded we:nited magazine – a youth politics magazine and website.

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