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OCTOBER 27, 2011

GrabCAD has used search optimization to drive the bulk of it’s user acquisition, very similar to the way Yelp and others did. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate 10 July 2012, 5:13 pm What A VC Orders for Breakfast Says 27 June 2012, 10:16 am To Leave or Not to Leave as Your Startup Grows 12 June 2012, 12:21 pm.

Software 100

Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

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MARCH 13, 2012

March 13, 2012. only notified them of potential IP infringement two weeks ago on February 27, 2012 (as described in the lawsuit) and Facebook heard about it through the media rather than in private. property over the years, but certainly frequented not just search but also News, Yahoo! Leader on Mar 5 2012. link] Harry.

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

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JULY 18, 2012

July 18, 2012 by Chris Taylor. The search giant’s VP of Corporate Development, along with CEO Larry Page, signs off on the dozens of acquisitions and acqui-hires made every year, large and small. Google uses ITAs software to optimize its travel and flight search. July 18, 2012 10:15:01. July 18, 2012 10:20:12.

San Francisco 104

San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

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JULY 10, 2012

July 10, 2012 by Curt Finch. How to Optimize Your Mobile Website for Search. July 10, 2012 09:40:07. July 10, 2012 10:50:39. July 10, 2012 11:12:07. July 10, 2012 11:21:19. July 10, 2012 11:36:32. How to Optimize Your Mobile Website for Search. How to Search: Google Offers Free Online Classes.

eCommerce 101

eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Social Media 101

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JULY 4, 2012

July 3, 2012 by Erin Everhart. The Future of Search Series is presented by SES San Francisco Conference & Expo , the leading interactive digital and online marketing event. That’s how search engines know what your site is about. Like Tweet. 7 Birds Covering the Andy Griffith Theme Song [VIDEO]. Like Tweet. Learn more here.

Algorithm 93

Algorithm Technical Review San Francisco SEO 93

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? What’s Your Favorite Future?

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

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OCTOBER 5, 2012

October 4, 2012 by Cezary Pietrzak. To generate more names for your startups, do a keyword search on a visual search site and browse its images for inspiration. Example : Pinterest, Etsy product search, Google image search. October 4, 2012 12:16:07. October 4, 2012 15:00:22. October 4, 2012 14:29:24.

Naming 104

Naming Startup Social Media RSS 104

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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. The name I chose is scovry and the website ( [link] ) that it goes to is a social media based search engine that displays results in a “spy” type format. Where its going.

Naming 97

Naming Social Media Social Network RSS 97

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OCTOBER 5, 2012

October 3, 2012 by Cezary Pietrzak. ” The name is important for discoverability , whether in Google searches (10% to 50%+ of site traffic, depending on the category), the App Store (especially painful in iOS6) and other text-based discovery channels. October 3, 2012 14:52:37. October 3, 2012 15:28:03. Like Tweet.

Naming 84

Naming Startup Social Media RSS 84

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JANUARY 13, 2012

World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Facebook CES 2012 Awards. January 13, 2012 by Brian Sullivan. Meme Machine: ‘Hitler’ Skewers Google’s Social Search Plus 4 More Viral Topics. Let #Gigya drop some knowledge on you: January 13, 2012 15:15:23. January 13, 2012 15:51:33. Trending Stories.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Social Media Social Network RSS 78

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. If Groupon’s growth rate drops by 80% they’ll still be nearly tripling top line sales in 2012. What’s Your Favorite Future? And Why 20%?

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

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JANUARY 23, 2012

World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Facebook CES 2012 Awards. Facebook, Twitter Engineers Tweak Google’s Social Search [VIDEO]. 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. Trending Stories.

LLC 68

LLC Technical Review Social Media Startup 68

Agile VC

MAY 10, 2012

May 10, 2012. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets?

Silicon Valley 223

Silicon Valley Cofounder Seed Stage Syndicate 223

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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. Small Businesses Plan to Buy an iPad in 2012 [STUDY]. Excited to see how #1 evolves in 2012. Trending Stories.

New York City 83

New York City New York Startup Social Media 83

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JUNE 30, 2012

June 29, 2012 by David Schoenbach. Global Syndication Partners. ©2005-2012 Mashable, Inc. Like Tweet. 10 Shocking Twitter Pictures From the Colorado Springs Wildfire. Like Tweet. Heart-Stopping Photos of Attempted Hijacking in China Go Viral. Like Tweet. How Web APIs Unlock Value in the Cloud. Celebrities. FriendFeed.

API 68

API Cloud Web Social Media 68

Agile VC

MAY 21, 2012

May 21, 2012. Here in 2012 you’ve already seen the first $100M+ acquisitions for LinkedIn (Slideshare), Zynga (OMGPop, Draw Something), and Facebook (Instagram) and it’s probably only a matter of time before Groupon does one. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? How To Think About The Future.

Acquisition 162

Acquisition Silicon Valley B2B Seed Stage 162

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APRIL 27, 2012

April 27, 2012. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets?

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

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AUGUST 2, 2011

Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? What’s Your Favorite Future?

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 113

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

February 7, 2012. Watch enough soccer on Telemundo or Univision and you’ll occasionally hear the commentators shout it at the top of their lungs, or just search on YouTube and you’ll get some examples. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. And Why 20%?

South Korea 124

South Korea Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate 124

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MAY 23, 2012

May 23, 2012. Al Gore's 2012 Induction to the Internet Hall of Fame. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

Internet 182

Internet Silicon Valley IPO Seed Stage 182

Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

June 25, 2012. CRM) but it’s rarely easy to browse or search all of this contact information from a single interface. And in it’s raw format, just searching for a contact may not provide much value. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. And Why 20%?

Cofounder 140

Cofounder Stealth Silicon Valley Mobile 140

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

February 16, 2012. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets?

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 100

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MARCH 30, 2012

March 30, 2012. That’s why Twitter’s initial revenue came from licensing the firehose to search giants Google and Microsoft to increase the breadth of their search and potentially improve targeting of search ads. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? How To Think About The Future.

Business Model 113

Business Model Silicon Valley Advertising B2B 113

Agile VC

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? What’s Your Favorite Future?

Silicon Valley 133

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 133

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DECEMBER 5, 2011

Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? What’s Your Favorite Future?

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 100

Agile VC

AUGUST 22, 2011

Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? What’s Your Favorite Future?

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Startup Syndicate 113

Agile VC

JANUARY 18, 2012

January 18, 2012. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets?

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Cofounder Silicon Valley Seed Stage 100

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

February 21, 2012. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets?

LP 100

LP Seed Stage Silicon Valley Limited Partner 100

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JANUARY 12, 2012

The Difference Between “No” and “Not Yet” January 12, 2012. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm.

Seed Stage 100

Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 100

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FEBRUARY 28, 2012

February 28, 2012. And when I say reservation price I don’t just mean valuation… I mean the broad contours of a round that you’d be willing to do which includes not just valuation but size of the raise, syndicate, etc. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? How To Think About The Future.

Early Stage 100

Early Stage Syndicate Syndication Silicon Valley 100

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JANUARY 27, 2012

January 27, 2012. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets?

Hockey Stick 113

Hockey Stick Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate 113

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? What’s Your Favorite Future?

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 100

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

May 16, 2012. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets?

Seed Stage 124

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

February 9, 2012. Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets?

Seed Stage 100

Seed Stage Framework Silicon Valley Early Stage 100

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OCTOBER 2, 2011

Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? What’s Your Favorite Future?

Business Model 100

Business Model Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate 100

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Coordinates Recent Posts The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] 11 July 2012, 1:57 pm Our Investment in Cloze 25 June 2012, 5:36 pm Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened 12 June 2012, 4:19 pm. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? What’s Your Favorite Future?

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Private Equity Seed Stage Syndicate 100

Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

March 18, 2012. But that data is valuable mainly as a way to better target existing forms of advertising (display and search) or to enable advertisers to increase exposure or better target Twitter’s new types of ad units like sponsored tweets and trends. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets?

Media 113

Media Advertising Silicon Valley Revenue 113