VC Cafe
JANUARY 24, 2021
Social commerce is a thing – Over 76M people in the US will make a purchase via a social network at least once this year (38.4% of US social network users) according to Falcon.io’s 2021 digital marketing trends. Snap and Tiktok fighting for users (source: eMarketer ). Immersive ar/vr/xr.
Haystack
DECEMBER 29, 2018
More and more angels will be minted as the 2019 IPO class emerges. China’s growth over the past few decades has been remarkable. Influenced by the rapid growth of the bike-sharing craze in China, a savvy Uber employee spun out to create Bird. 1/ Social Network Interference. My goodness, where to begin.
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Steve Blank
APRIL 13, 2013
I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. China Venture Capital. China now has plenty of both.
crowdSPRING Blog
JANUARY 18, 2013
Thanks To Facebook, Strongest Year For IPOs Since 2000 With $21.5 The Dunbar Number, From the Guru of Social Networks | Businessweek - [link]. Social Networking Eats Up 3+ Hours Per Day For The Average American User - [link]. Why You Should Give Yourself Permission to Screw Up - [link].
Steve Blank
JUNE 15, 2011
Today, the signs of the new bubble are the Linked-In initial public offering (IPO), Facebook’s stratospheric valuation and the rapid rise of early-stage startup valuation. In the case of this bubble, it was social networks, consumer and mobile applications, and the cloud. The Linked-in IPO valued the company at $8.9
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. IPO markets had burned an entire cycle of retail stock investors and many institutional investors to boot. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! The Exit Problem.
Steve Blank
APRIL 13, 2013
I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. China Venture Capital. China now has plenty of both.
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