ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

When you first start a company, the corporate brand hasn't yet developed a reputation or any customer momentum, so most early-stage companies leverage the brands of the individuals involved for credibility. Representation is a large part of any social network, but some more than others.". Four key strategies.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Bump.com is a social network based on license plate numbers as the identifier. A check-in aggregation platform. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bump - These guys got my vote for the Peoples Choice. TuneUp - iTunes plug-in that cleans up your music library.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. Swipely is a social network orientated around users credit card transaction data. I think this episode is worth watching ( video is here ) but as always I’ll try to summarize for anybody short on time.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). return on investment after 3.5

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda. The Pocket Negotiator is very early-stage attempt to aid in the negotiating process itself.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Are you refering to the various early stage platforms that are popping up? My skeptical side assumes that the intermediaries are the only ones that will make money in aggregate on these deals. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Like earlyshares.com or cfofferings.com?

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2013

For a long time, they were basically the only game in town for seed and early stage funding in NYC. Not only has the NYC ecosystem changed, but the whole ecosystem around early and seed investing has innovated. Meeting in person is no longer the only way an angel investor can get looped in a network of other investors.

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VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2011

We wrote about the VentureGeeks incubator on VC Cafe a few months ago, and its plans to set up a $2 million early stage fund making pre-seed investments. They plan to scale by using ecommerce aggregators as affiliates. Sleeve - a cross platform application that turns tablets and PCs into sophisticated social learning devices. .

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

The conference will also feature a Technology Showcase, an inaugural demonstration of five very early stage technology companies that is designed to feature the next generation of innovation from the region and further VCIR’s legacy of entrepreneurial mentorship.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

The conference will also feature a Technology Showcase, an inaugural demonstration of five very early stage technology companies that is designed to feature the next generation of innovation from the region and further VCIR’s legacy of entrepreneurial mentorship.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

of VCs said they had a decreased appetite for risk and that more than half of those polled expect their firms to do between zero and three deals in the next year and you start to get the feeling things are going to get a lot worse for private companies, in aggregate, before they get better. Add to this that 72.7%

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

We’re co-leading the $6 million investment with Roger Ehrenberg at IA Ventures in NY and one of the most respected early-stage investors in the country in “big data&# companies. They know this because Twitter is social, open & asymmetric. Not so on Twitter. People can follow me and I don’t have to follow them back.

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Scott Edward Walker

JANUARY 13, 2012

House of Representatives overwhelming passed the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act , a crowdfunding bill which permits startups to offer and sell securities via crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter or social networking sites like Facebook.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Graphs - Chris Dixon , July 22, 2010 It has become customary to use “ graph &# to refer to the underlying data structures at social networks like Facebook. Computer scientists call the study of graphs “ network theory ,&# but on the web the word “network&# is used to refer to the websites themselves).

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. aggregation. Social Commerce. Social CRM. Social Inbox. Social Leverage.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

This time around, there has been an explosion at the early stages, and the very late pre-IPO growth stages. But the angels who’ve staked their funds on spreading bits of money all over the Valley are increasingly anxious that only 20 percent of their deals — in aggregate — will get the chance to keep going.

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