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. Page 2: What’s unique about Koral. Folksonomy.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

viral video. viral videos. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. ©2005-2012 Mashable, Inc. Social Media. social networking. steve jobs. television. video games. About Mashable. W3 EDGE Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS. Global Syndication Partners.

eCommerce 101

eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Social Media 101

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Join the conversation by adding Mashables Pete Cashmore to your Circles on Google+ Close Welcome to Mashable! All Rights Reserved. startupcto

San Francisco 99

San Francisco New York City Social Media Entrepreneur 99

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Forbes Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. ); // Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited. All Rights Reserved. startupcto

Equity 74

Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Finally, we work hard to create marketing value in the social media space and work to engender word-of-mouth and the viral effect. In April of 2004 Burger King and their agency, Crispin Porter + Bogusky had an insight that led to what was, at the time, the most successful viral effort ever launched by a business: the Subservient Chicken.

Viral 107

Viral Campaign Small Business Guerilla 107

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

And maybe you heard of a tiny Linux-based mobile software designer Google bought in 2005, called Android Inc.? viral video. viral videos. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. ©2005-2012 Mashable, Inc. Social Media. social networking. steve jobs.

San Francisco 104

San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. Look at the rapid adoption of Groupon, LivingSocial or Instagram as proof of how rapidly businesses can grow through viral means. Money flowing into our industry has also massively downsized.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Rae Hoffman-Dolan Rae is the Principal of Sugarrae SEO Consulting and does various types of Internet marketing; search engine optimization, viral marketing, affiliate marketing, site auditing, link development road maps and tons of other little nooks and crannies of this business.

Web 47

Web Software Review Cofounder Small Business 47

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

viral video. viral videos. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. ©2005-2012 Mashable, Inc. Social Good. Social Media. social networking. television. video games. Watercooler. About Mashable. W3 EDGE Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS. Global Syndication Partners.

Naming 84

Naming Startup Social Media RSS 84

mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

viral video. viral videos. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. ©2005-2012 Mashable, Inc. Social Media. social networking. steve jobs. television. video games. About Mashable. W3 EDGE Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS. Global Syndication Partners.

Algorithm 93

Algorithm Technical Review San Francisco SEO 93

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

They realized for them this was dumb because people didn’t want to use up their credits so viral adoption wasn’t happening quickly enough. How has the viral coefficient been for you? Gregg gave us specifics on how viral adoption has worked. The viral adoption went to 15-20 per share action.

Viral 303

Viral Investment Bankers Video Business Model 303

mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

Meme Machine: ‘Hitler’ Skewers Google’s Social Search Plus 4 More Viral Topics. viral video. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Top Related Stories.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Social Media Social Network RSS 78

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

What is your viral coefficient? viral video. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. Focus on traction. video games. About Mashable.

Social Media 80

Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Forbes Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. ); // Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited. All Rights Reserved. startupcto

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable! Have an account?

Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Create Viral Content Infographics startup Visual.ly We took the creative approach with our messaging as well as integrated Facebook and Twitter to encourage virality. Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Forbes Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc.

Pakistan 94

Pakistan Social Media Startup Stealth 94

Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2020

In honor of Netflix’s big beat today in the very unfortunate age of COVID-19, I decided to revisit my four-part Bazaarblog series while I was CEO of Bazaarvoice (from our inception in 2005 to our IPO in 2012). Blockbuster introduced their “End of Late Fees” program on January 1, 2005. The name of the last part?

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Campaign Video Naming 62

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

viral video. viral videos. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. ©2005-2012 Mashable, Inc. Social Good. Social Media. social networking. television. video games. Watercooler. About Mashable. W3 EDGE Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS. Global Syndication Partners.

Naming 104

Naming Startup Social Media RSS 104

VC Cafe

JULY 24, 2017

I started blogging in December 2005. Blogger in 2005 (courtesy of Internet Time Machine) . The list of top blogs in 2005 by Time Magazine is a good snapshot: the hardcore tech blogs were LifeHacker and BoingBoing (both are a bit ‘tired’ but still great) and people flocked to blogs like Overheard in New York and PostSecret.

Social Bookmarking 74

Social Bookmarking Social Network RSS Viral 74

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Join the conversation by adding Mashables Pete Cashmore to your Circles on Google+ Close Welcome to Mashable! All Rights Reserved. startupcto

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Twitter List Directory Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable!

Developer 93

Developer HTML API Ruby 93

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Meebo gained traction because there’s was viral component when users wanted to tell their friend. In 2005, Meebo started connected users across other websites. Seth constantly listened to user feedback and tweaked his service along the way to improve the user experience. Series A round.

Connecticut 286

Connecticut Cofounder Silicon Valley Web 286

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

I began asking around who the smartest people in the online media industry were and two names came up again and again — Jonah Peretti (social & viral content) and Ze Frank (social video). I asked Jonah in my interview how he became this viral guru. Back then there were “email forwards.”

Media 210

Media Los Angeles Russia Viral 210

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

We are the leader in the professional domain with viral growth. What I knew that many didn’t was that a combination of curiosity and a viral game mechanic would slowly get to a million people, at which point the network becomes valuable. Here, we argue that we have a viral product that creates a network that possesses network effects.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. With more than 50 million monthly pageviews and 14 million unique monthly visitors, Mashable has one of the most engaged online news communities.

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

viral video. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. ©2005-2012 Mashable, Inc. video games. About Mashable. W3 EDGE Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends. Contact Us.

LLC 68

LLC Technical Review Social Media Startup 68

mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Join the conversation by adding Mashables Pete Cashmore to your Circles on Google+ Close Welcome to Mashable! All Rights Reserved. startupcto

Cofounder 81

Cofounder San Francisco Social Media Startup 81

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Forbes Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. ); // Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited. All Rights Reserved. startupcto

Mobile 90

Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

But remember that this was 2005?—?and You can see his first viral video series below (it is called Bubala Please and already has 600,000+ views in a few weeks?—? Yeah, I guess you could say that. You are going to need to embrace the negative voice of your customers, and quick. They are talking to each other anyway.

Stealth 48

Stealth Cofounder Los Angeles Technical Review 48

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

We were post product and had viral growth, albeit at very small scale and still had to evangelize the concept of a vital coefficient w/ most investors. Thanks for sharing a candid view of what went on; I’ve heard Reid discuss the process in 2005 at a conference in the UK. link] leehower. Congrats! . link] Lincoln Coutts.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

← Previous Story Next Story → 5 Travel Brands Inspiring Wanderlust on YouTube Meme Machine: Hitler Skewers Googles Social Search Plus 4 More Viral Topics. viral video. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. ©2005-2012 Mashable, Inc. Jobs by Simply Hired.

Naming 97

Naming Social Media Social Network RSS 97

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

What was a Series A round in 2005 is now a pre-seed or seed round. You’ve built detailed analytics tracking into your product and you should be seeing organic and viral growth; and can provide Daily/Weekly/Monthly Active Users, 30d/90d/120d retention. Step 4: Series B – you raise $10-$50M. Step 5: Series, C, D….

Cofounder 429

Cofounder Seed Stage Valuation Metrics 429

mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

viral video. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. video games. About Mashable. W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends.

New York City 83

New York City New York Startup Social Media 83

mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

viral video. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. ©2005-2012 Mashable, Inc. video games. About Mashable. W3 EDGE Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends. Contact Us.

Social Media 108

Social Media Analytics Media API 108

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JANUARY 14, 2013

It’s built perfectly for viral distribution and thus produces pillar effects almost effortlessly. Do not underestimate the power of a virally shared infographic (*again, scribbles down note on to-do list*). The Infographic. The infographic is a style of content that in recent years has risen to prominence. The Mega How-To.

Media 110

Media Audio Video Social Media 110

Software By Rob

MARCH 26, 2015

When I first started moving out of consulting in 2005, I acquired a product called DotNetInvoice , a straightforward piece of invoicing software that I promoted almost exclusively through SEO. David from FatCatApps is doing great with his easy pricing tables and easy opt-in plugins.

Bootstrapping 41

Bootstrapping Technical Review SEO Revenue 41

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

viral video. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. video games. About Mashable. W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends.

PR 103

PR Startup Social Media Technical Review 103