crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Laura González-Estéfani, Director of Partnerships & Mobile LatAm for Facebook, says : There is talent, there is support from the institutions and private initiatives that are focused on boosting innovation, and there is an incremental interest from VCs and business angels for innovative projects. San Francisco.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

Uber initially worked well primarily within the San Francisco city limits. It now has high liquidity from South San Jose to Napa. Today, Uber already works dramatically well in many suburban areas outside of San Francisco with pick up times in less than 10 minutes. Once again, Uber started in San Francisco proper.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The second category is composed of companies that have developed a unique IP locally and marketed it worldwide - typically in the gaming, software, security or mobile sectors. mobile phone per person for the Top 4 EE countries (vs. mobile phone per person for the Top 4 EE countries (vs. in GE, 1.3 in Brazil and 0.8 in GE, 1.3

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The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 1, 2012

In its quarterly filing yesterday Facebook disclosed that it spent $24m on ‘talent focused acquisitions’ in the first half of 2012. Three of the four are mobile companies (which rises to five of the six acquisitions Facebook made in total in H1 2012 if you include the bigger deals Instagram and Face.com ).

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www.clickz.com

JANUARY 7, 2013

Media Planning Media Buying Publishing Display Advertising Video Mobile. Heidi Cohen | December 24, 2012. Actionable marketing tip: At a minimum, have a mobile strategy to ensure that consumers can access your site from your social media location regardless of whether theyre using a computer, smartphone, or tablet. SES London.

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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The company is based in San Francisco, with significant operations in Africa and elsewhere. #5: Scopely is an LA based interactive entertainment company and a leading mobile games publisher. They were originally called BeamIt Mobile (yep – lots of companies change their names during the accelerator program).

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Skip to Main Content. Tech: Blogs. Technology Live. Game Hunters.

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

San Diego ›. View More in San Diego ›. San Francisco ›. View More in San Francisco ›. View More in Mobile ›. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. San Diego Events ›. San Francisco Events ›. San Diego Home. San Diego Events.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Aren’t some of the recent successes in Los Angeles just emblematic of the overall long tech boom we’ve seen nationally and has led to growth in funding in NY, Boston, Seattle and San Francisco? Around $400 billion of imports & exports pass through the LA ports each year, which set the national high-water mark in 2012.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Upon its release, their design for the London 2012 Olympic games was infamously compared to something accidentally dropped, a puerile mess, a health hazard, and even cartoon character Lisa Simpson playing her saxophone. Locations: London, New York City, and San Francisco. Headquarters: San Francisco.

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www.readwriteweb.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Featured Sections: Mobile. 6-7 at the Fairmont San Francisco. ReadWrite Mobile. © 2012 SAY Media, Inc. -->. Enterprise. The Talent Wars. Six VCs Speak Out. Online Communities. The Social Layer. Cloud Computing. Augmented Reality. Real-Time Web. Community Management. ReadWriteWeb. Get the newsletter.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 31, 2012

And now, without further ado, here are the startups that make up the newest class of 500 Startups Fall 2012 accelerator class: BabyList: a baby registry that works like Pinterest enabling you to put anything online into your registry. Curious Hat: mobile exploration tools for curious children. UniPay: mobile payment platform in Brazil.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2019

in 2016, as an advanced e-mobility and automotive technology company with the mission to develop world-class, emotionally-compelling vehicles featuring the most forward-thinking automotive technologies in existence. In 2011, I began learning about hair restoration and started North Atlanta Hair Restoration in 2012.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 31, 2013

This has power, even if it is another one of those smoke & mirror San Francisco startups that ultimately dies off in a few years. The custom Android ROM company that has found favor with hackers and hobbyists is looking to become the next mobile operating system. Or it could be the next Facebook. Time will tell. CyanogenMod.

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techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012. It seems learning to code has become a theme in 2012, and the demand is being met by Code Year and others. I meet people all the time who have no technical background whatsoever, and they want to start an online business, perhaps build a mobile app, or launch a SaaS product. Disrupt NY 2012.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2012

The app even won first prize in SF New Tech Japan Night held June last year in San Francisco. The company recently participated in the recent Echelon 2012 in Singapore to promote Feel On! , its newly introduced English language version, in Southeast Asia. We’re not certain if Feel On!

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. It was perfect timing since in 2012 GRP raised its fourth fund bringing our total assets managed to nearly $1 billion.

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Business Plan Blog

JULY 31, 2013

Seed funding in the San Francisco area appears to be on pace for another record year. Seed deals in 2013 have seen a massive push towards the mobile sector with a contraction to the online sector. Seed funding to both San Francisco and Silicon Valley reached over $192M across 242 deals in the first half of 2013 alone.

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 14, 2012

The plan is to officially launch at Campus Party 2012 later this month. Disrupt SF 2012. San Francisco, CA. Disrupt SF Hackathon 2012. San Francisco, California. Gartner: Global Mobile Sales Down 2%, Smartphones Surge 43%, Apple Stalls As Fans Hold Out For New iPhone. © 2012 AOL Inc.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

But Viddy isnt based in the technology hotbeds of Silicon Valley and San Francisco. "It Instead, Silicon Beach, a roughly 3-mile stretch of sand from Venice to Santa Monica , is home to Viddy and a host of other young tech companies with an entertainment, celebrity or mobile edge. Skip to Main Content. Tech: Blogs. Game Hunters.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 23, 2012

Fast forward to 2012 and Google is asking for much more trust so they can deliver a more personalised service but has undermined our trust by not being straight with us on a number of occasions. In the late 1990s the search challenge was to direct us to the most relevant web page, and our expectations were relatively low.

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Conference 2012. Just like you’d go to the Mission in San Francisco to find a hipster, you need to identify where these people are hanging out both online and offline. She has consulted for a number of startups in the mobile, Saas, and consumer health spaces. Thursday, March 8, 2012, 6pm - 9pm. female founders.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

But AGAIN LEARN HOW TO CODE; front end, back end and or mobile development - SOMETHING CAUSE NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR STARTUP. About The Captain Recruiter Team Location: Downtown San Francisco 2001 Van Ness Ave Suite 411 San Francisco 94109 +1 415.418.7156 Email Us :). ► 2012. (3). ONLY YOU DO!

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2015

Today, all you need is a mobile device, a shipping platform and a big idea. By combining virtual networks (high-speed internet, mobile communication and other digital technologies) with physical networks (transportation systems and logistics platforms), micro-multinationals have the potential to disrupt industries virtually overnight.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 18, 2012

That is the real-life story of Color , a once-hot San Francisco startup that raised $41 million in funding before even releasing a product. The concept seemed interesting and shades of Color’s original idea have cropped up in other San Francisco startups, including Highlight. Alexia Tsotsis (@alexia) October 17, 2012.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 18, 2012

That is the real-life story of Color , a once-hot San Francisco startup that raised $41 million in funding before even releasing a product. The concept seemed interesting and shades of Color’s original idea have cropped up in other San Francisco startups, including Highlight. Alexia Tsotsis (@alexia) October 17, 2012.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

Having raised a $35m Series A round from Accel Partners and angel investors behind ebay, Flickr and Squarespace to expand their global presence (which now include offices in San Francisco, Berlin, Paris and Rio), 99designs remain the darlings of the Aussie startup scene and one to watch. Halfbrick Studios. Much like LIFX, App.io

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mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

July 10, 2012 by Curt Finch. Mobile devices are fast becoming the preferred method of accessing the web. According to Think Mobile with Google : 81% of smartphone users access the Internet on their mobile devices. However, there is a “dark side” for physical stores when it comes to mobile devices. Like Tweet.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Facebook CES 2012 Awards. January 16, 2012 by Nellie Akalp. January 16, 2012 14:04:54. January 16, 2012 14:10:08. January 16, 2012 14:24:44. January 16, 2012 16:40:38. January 16, 2012 20:26:07. January 17, 2012 06:37:33. Abstract or dead simple?

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

April 13, 2012. I spent some time with some startups in San Francisco proper, as opposed to the heart of Silicon Valley (see Note 1). In between is the area generally referred to as “Silicon Valley” which literally sits between the Santa Cruz Mountains to the west and the western shore of San Francisco Bay itself.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

First: They’re all based in California, and more specifically, in San Francisco, Mountain View, and Menlo Park, respectively. Incepted in 2012, Alignable’s platform hit the market in 2014, and since then, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of business owners in North America join. Brand Ratings and Reviews.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Facebook CES 2012 Awards. January 21, 2012 by Nellie Akalp. The Most-Shared 2012 Super Bowl Ad Teasers So Far [VIDEOS]. January 21, 2012 17:53:09. January 21, 2012 19:11:24. January 22, 2012 07:43:33. January 22, 2012 12:58:54. Trending Stories.

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mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Facebook 2012: What the Future Holds for the Social Media Powerhouse. As the innovation engines of the economy, what startups figured out in 2011 will likely appear on other sectors’ trend lists in 2012. This year, mobile phones, GPS and services like Craigslist combined to make real-time and location-based history.

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mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

February 9, 2012 by Ann Smarty. February 9, 2012 14:28:44. February 9, 2012 14:46:14. February 9, 2012 15:20:40. February 9, 2012 14:56:25. February 9, 2012 15:20:12. February 9, 2012 15:00:23. February 9, 2012 15:05:56. February 9, 2012 15:19:24. February 9, 2012 15:17:45.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Facebook CES 2012 Awards. January 13, 2012 by Brian Sullivan. Let #Gigya drop some knowledge on you: January 13, 2012 15:15:23. January 13, 2012 15:51:33. January 13, 2012 16:20:18. January 13, 2012 16:43:56. January 13, 2012 16:45:27. Trending Stories.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Labels: San Francisco Giants. ► 2012. (1). The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. 1 comment: Anonymous said. Good blog and of course Go Giants!!!

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We had raised a small round of funding in 2013, led by a local angel investor who was a member of Central Texas Angel Network, and used the funds to build our first product (a mobile website) and launch with recommendations from friends of mine in Austin the week before South by Southwest Festival.

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