Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Before I try gazing into my crystal ball to see what 2011 will bring for the consumer internet industry, let me first see how I did on last years predictions: 1. Social games overflow out of Facebook. I think we’ll see more from the online lending space in 2011, so I may just have been too early on that part of the prediction!

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Internet eCommerce Advertising Flash 114

YoungUpstarts

JULY 12, 2011

None other than the Wright Brothers who developed the first airplane. Share, connect and be in the loop with HippoCampus, the next big thing in the social networking field. In the healthcare industry, the C.A.R.E. Team crafted an intelligent walking frame designed to assist the elderly.

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Kazakhstan Entrepreneur Green Harvest 167

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Instead, buyers are checking out product and service information in their own way, often through the Internet, their social network, or just plain word-of-mouth or customer reviews. It’s a myth that social networks and their technologies are creating new approaches to marketing. One is known as ‘Mr.

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Marketing Software Review Technical Review Social Network 234

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

COMMUNICATIONS GIANT ARRIS GROUP BUYS ISRAEL’S BIGBAND NETWORKS FOR $158 MLN. is acquiring digital-video networking company BigBand Networks Inc. Binational Industrial Research and Development ( BIRD ) Foundation, approved $8.1 “We are delighted to welcome the BigBand employees to ARRIS.” for about $158.1

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Peru Technical Review North America 96

YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2018

If only you could periodically pump your network or mobile device full of a virtual vaccine. The report also tracked maliciously registered domains and reported 22,831 — by far the most since the first half of 2011 (14,650). Social networking and email — 16.8%. That pretty much describes a digital booster shot, right?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2012

These indicate that the correct icon for an entrepreneur may now have gray hair, rather than the warm glow of youth: The number of Baby Boomers starting a business from 1996 to 2011 rose nearly 7 percent, while the start-up rate by those aged 20 to 44 fell about 5 percent.

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Technical Review United States America Technical Support 281

Growthink Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

When seeking breakout companies to back, here are four mega-trends for 2011: 1. Well, in 2011 look for “end of email” company movements to gain steam and social currency, and to – blasphemy of blasphemies – for articles to proliferate re social networking mainstays Facebook and Twitter having “jumped the shark.”

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SMS Software Review Social Network Equity 69

Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Got around to seeing The Social Network this past weekend. I did a little searching around the web to try and find a truth vs. fiction comparison, but the closest I found was "The 10 Most Glaring Lies In The Social Network" on the Business Insider. ► 2011. (7).

Social Network 28

Social Network Networking Software Review San Jose 28

mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Billion View Comments How HTML5 Is Aiding in Cross-Platform Development February 22, 2011 by Christina Warren View Comments email share email share The Mobile App Trends Series is sponsored by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2011

One of the companies that will feature at the upcoming web and mobile technology startup conference Echelon 2011 is Fetch Plus , a social media and mobile application development company. The service would use early-stage smart phones and a push system developed by Rhino.

Social Media 187

Social Media Media Management Application Development 187

VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

See the March 2011 edition after the jump. “Provigent is a unique asset with world-class microwave backhaul technology and strong engineering talent developing innovative and highly integrated semiconductor solutions for the microwave segment.&# – Rajiv Ramaswami, executive VP at Broadcom.

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Java Database Argentina 80

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

2011 proved a watershed year for recognition of the power of Mom Marketing. Moms’ overwhelming embrace of social media and the profound impact of the recommendation culture on their consumer purchasing behavior. With a stagnate economy and lingering concerns about a recovery, Moms shifted long-held consumer habits in 2011.

Social Media 150

Social Media Marketing Technical Review Social Network 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

To avoid these mistakes and create compelling and relevant content, you need to focus your startup on the following initiatives: Develop a social media plan that targets audience and your business objectives. Combine social media seamlessly within your traditional marketing plan. small businesses.

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Social Media Media Lead Generation Startup 233

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

You can deal directly with full-time or freelance/contracted employees, or you can outsource using local or offshore development firms. Convenience First and foremost, you must decided whether to work with individuals or development companies. Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP).

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

conversionxl.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

It’s Not a Conversion Problem, It’s a Customer Development Problem. I feel like “conversion rate optimization” is in 2013 what “social media marketing” was in 2009. This is a customer development problem. So What is Customer Development? The Problem With Traditional Product Development.

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Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 60

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Sign in All Social Media Tech & Gadgets Business & Marketing Video Mobile Dev & Design Media Social Good Startups Classifieds Mashable Infographics Prev Next How Are People Using Twitter? LinkedIn was curious, so the business social network decided to find out. Whom is he or she connected to? To each his own.

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San Francisco New York City Social Media Entrepreneur 99

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Make A (Smart) Game Of It Subjot , the brainchild of game developer Chris Carella, turned its coming soon page into a social game using a feature available on LaunchRock. May 4, 2011 18:47:11 Reply 1 Flag this comment John Roescher Follow I went through the whole process! Disclosure: The author is an adviser to Visual.ly

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Pakistan Social Media Startup Stealth 94

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

By far the most popular post on this blog is 32 Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder. It was originally written in 2011 and has had amazing staying power. A developer should find out: What are the different types of users? Web Application such as Web Mail or a gated Social network.

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Fractional CTO API Startup SEO 150

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Here are his small business predictions for 2012: 2011 was the “Year of the Daily Deal”; 2012 will be the “ Year of the Empowered Merchant ”. We’ll see a growth in local offer networks, consumer personalized dashboards and deals with specific targets in mind versus going out to the masses.

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Cloud Small Business Mobile Social Media 213

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Kayserian sees what he calls “angel developing&# as a way for entrepreneurs to accomplish the same end — a product — without giving up control of their companies in the process. . Kayweb is named for its majority owner, the design and development firm Kayserian founded in Australia seven years ago.

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Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

Buddy Media was an amazing exit, but I never really thought of it like “enterprise software” I thought about it more like an agency that had developed off the shelf social tools around its service solutions. When I looked at the site, it had the term “Social Enterprise Software” written all over it.

Software 112

Software Media Social Media Advertising 112

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

May 26, 2011. 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). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

May 23, 2011 by Christina Warren 20 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms.

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Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2014

Buffer’s nimble, distributed team came together on Hangouts on a Saturday afternoon and live-blogged developments as their engineers worked behind the scenes to fix the hack and restore services. When Bebo, the UK social network went down in 2012, users flocked to Twitter to complain. A banner ad.

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Security Engineer PR Framework 174

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

For example, my company decided early on to hire a UI designer, which has helped tremendously with our product development. Then we allocated the saved money into hiring the highest quality developers available — especially those who have experience working with a distributed team. Starting a business can be very expensive.

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Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

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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Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

There will also be a free networking reception at Campus on Monday, June 25th. Applicaster’s solutions are adopted by a constantly growing number of world leading content owners, format developers, broadcasters, cable companies, and MNOs. UK Startups can receive an *almost free* ticket by registering on this page.

Securities and Exchange Commission 133

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

Gust

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

To avoid these mistakes and create compelling and relevant content, you need to focus your startup on the following initiatives: • Develop a social media plan that targets audience and your business objectives. Combine social media seamlessly within your traditional marketing plan. • of respondents saying they will spend more.

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Social Media Media Startup Curation 125

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

October 10, 2011 by Erica Swallow. Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development. As a tech journalist, I’ve been pitched by hundreds of companies and have developed a taste for what works and what doesn’t. October 10, 2011 14:07:23. Flag this comment.

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PR Startup Social Media Technical Review 103

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

APRIL 28, 2011

website asking for women mobile developers to apply to win 1 of 5 free conference passes and a demo pedestal for APPNATION SF. The judges were from ReadWriteWeb, Mashery, Churn Labs, Samsung Developers, Wireless Industry Partnership, Pockergamer.biz, and Mobile Monday London. Some people whom I met: Android game developers.

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Portland Oregon Mobile Incubator 63

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

The image above is taken in Takotna, Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 9, 2011. More phenomenal photos from 2011 are in the Other section below. The State of Social Marketing 2011 – 2012 – [link]. Social network addiction around the world (Israelis are the most addicted) – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

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. By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

The Next Web

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Color Labs, the photo-and-video-sharing social network that received much criticism over its pre-launch $41 million funding round, is about to be acquired by Apple. Color said that it had six patents pending at the time of its funding, including its ‘elastic’ social.

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Los Angeles Silicon Valley Media Startup 161

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

With development teams often based around the world, being the center of communication and progress can either lead to a tremendously successful strategy or a bottleneck that can slow down an entire company. An Eye for Business Development Your new CTO’s technology vision should fall in line with your overall business strategy.

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CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

JULY 18, 2011

A fellow iOS developer buddy of mine told me about iOSDevCamp. I also convinced my other iOS developer friend to register also. Before the weekend, all the attendees can create profiles on CrowdVine.com, a social network for events. It’s great how they support the local developer community.

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San Jose API Coder Ruby 60

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

With the help social networking tools it has became much easier for start ups to venture in the competitive market. September 14, 2011 00:53:22 Reply 0 Flag this comment Fabrizio Poli Follow If you want to expand your business internationally, this will be useful. September 14, 2011 03:43:05 Reply 0 Flag this comment Ay?e

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France Marketing Social Media Startup 77