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. ProfessorVC.

Social Network 28

Social Network Networking Software Review San Jose 28

YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2015

This was the experience of Herschel Supply Co., By taking the time to learn about each social platform, the company was far better-positioned to appeal to followers on each. Different social networks attract different audiences,” says Allison Butala, Herschel Supply’s social media manager.

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Social Media Media Asia San Francisco 100

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Imagine this: A startup with a vibrant and successful founder arrives with the vague notion of a good idea. Venture capitalists, knowing the success of this founder, throw a bunch of money at him and his team, even without a tangible product behind it. The startup eventually releases a product that few understand or find useful.

San Francisco 146

San Francisco Cofounder Social Network Venture Capital 146

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Imagine this: A startup with a vibrant and successful founder arrives with the vague notion of a good idea. Venture capitalists, knowing the success of this founder, throw a bunch of money at him and his team, even without a tangible product behind it. The startup eventually releases a product that few understand or find useful.

San Francisco 128

San Francisco Cofounder Social Network Venture Capital 128

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Its founders (Bret Taylor and Kevin Gibbs) have extensive experience with some of the biggest online properties. Taylor was the co-founder of Google Maps, CEO of the ill-fated social network FriendFeed, and former Facebook CTO. Gibbs was the founder of Google’s App Engine. In your email?

Small Business 55

Small Business Product CTO Hire Fractional CTO 55

VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2021

The advancements in infrastructure, including the launch of 5G networks , new Nvidia chips with nearly 100% increase in GPU power, Lidar sensors embedded in consumer smartphones, to cloud gaming becoming widely available with offerings from Google, Amazon, Microsoft, etc. Alban Denoyel , Sketchfab’s co-founder and CEO.

Cofounder 183

Cofounder Mobile Revenue Cloud 183

The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Assume $160 for a Ruby on Rails course plus free Heroku, a cloud platform as a service that allows you to instantly deploy an app. Founder Kevin Systrom launched Instagram with 25,000 beta users on October 6, 2010; two years later, the app continues to see massive growth, recently reporting 150 million active users. 3) Facebook.

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Cost San Francisco New York City Ruby 168

Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

Bob Fabbio was the founder and CEO of eRelevance and he was the man in the arena here?—?and For all of us Austin fans, I’m talking about Cotter Cunningham, the founder and CEO of RetailMeNot. We all know the famous story of Apple, which at one point kicked out its co-founder and CEO, Steve Jobs. But I digress?—?this

B2C 51

B2C Austin Cofounder IPO 51

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Imagine this: A startup with a vibrant and successful founder arrives with the vague notion of a good idea. Venture capitalists, knowing the success of this founder, throw a bunch of money at him and his team, even without a tangible product behind it. The startup eventually releases a product that few understand or find useful.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Cofounder Social Network Venture Capital 60

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

FitzGerald is the co-founder and CEO of Submittable , a cloud-based submission platform used by thousands of publishers for accepting and curating digital content. I was looking for technical feedback on what we'd done so far which was written a social network based around writers and publishers.

Silicon Valley 126

Silicon Valley Montana Curation Seed Stage 126

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

Originally founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin Slide.com was known as the largest third-party developer of Facebook applications until Google purchased it to “make Google services socially aware.”. It provides the cloud computing services and spam filters that Google soon integrated into Gmail. Social Media Lists.

San Francisco 104

San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Poplytics – online surveys and analytics AskYourTargetMarket – market research surveys SurveyMonkey - granddaddy of on-line surveys Amazon Mechanical Turk – you can set up a question and get answers PickFu – A/B testing $5 for 50 opinions Collaboration Dropbox – store, sync, and, share files online.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

Up and Running

JULY 10, 2017

Just think of the resources that attaining 1 billion users might require—the time and effort of your team to support all these users, the cloud space to keep their data. I talked to Adam Hempenstall, founder and CEO at BetterProposals , who has been using freemium for three years for his SaaS product: “Honestly, I think it was a mistake.

Startup 110

Startup Non-Compete Viral Software Review 110

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Brad Feld: Feld is co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). New financial services and healthcare regulation will also create the need for related IT solutions.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

For example, one angel investor reportedly invested in several hundred social networking ventures employing this philosophy. Mark Montgomery Founder Kyield Initium VC September 12, 2009 4:21 AM Mark Montgomery said. Otherwise it's a great idea. You've done an excellent job refining the process and message.

Lean 168

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

We’ve seen some modest progress in people upgrading from Excel to Google Sheets; use of some CRM; and a cloud-based storage service. Relationship Science makes it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. But beyond that, not much. Cobalt helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

.” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. Social networking. Social/Sharing. Aptana Cloud (svn, IDE, php, java, rails etc…). Cloud Infrastructure. Google Ads.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. It required hearing customers say it over and over again for us to take a serious look, and eventually to realize that social networking was core to our business. But the early customers all compared it to MySpace.

San Francisco 131

San Francisco Customer Lean Continuous Deployment 131

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Founder of JackCards.com. Jill Tarter, Director of the Center for SETI Research - new turtle mascot, open source code, cloud services from amazon, telescopes. In any case, the valley is small. I met 2-4 women whom I’ve met at other SV events. Some folks whom I met: Debra Bowen, Secretary of State of California.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Las Vegas Software Review Bangladesh 76

gigaom.com

JUNE 18, 2012

On most publisher sites you see share buttons with the number of shares associated with each of the large social networks. Even worse, social networks do not agree on how to normalize a URL. Diving into social data is incredibly important. Sachin Kamdar is an NYC entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Parse.ly.

Viral 50

Viral Technical Review Social Network SEO 50

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform. At Virgin Mobile USA, Mari led early initiatives in mobile commerce, social networking and advertising. What are some of the unique benefits and constraints from the point of view of a founder? . Mari Holds a B.A.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2009

Some startups fail because the founders cant have this conversation - they either blow up when they try, or they fail to change because they are afraid of conflict. We went through another pivot when we switched again from instant messaging to social networking. Thats why its so essential to have a co-equal problem team.

San Francisco 167

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Agile 167

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Your virtual personality is made up of your status updates, tweets, photos, and comments, and it’s all stored in the cloud. It stays alive because you keep it going, continually updating with your latest activities, but older activities live on as well in the cloud. Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks.

Social Media 193

Social Media Media Egypt Social Network 193

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

by Alon Alroy, co-founder and CMO of Bizzabo . This one-day exclusive event treats attendees to a high-level debate and discourse on top trends and opportunities in the booming digital media and entertainment and on-demand and cloud computing sectors. Hopefully we will see you there!

Las Vegas 165

Las Vegas North America Silicon Valley New York City 165

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

It is not just a messenger like an app rather it has many advanced features which ensure smooth team co-ordination. There is many time you want to share few important documents or file with your co-workers. It is a file backup, sync and sharing solution which uses the cloud as the storage medium. Author Bio.

Open Source 106

Open Source Startup Cofounder Analytics 106

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

I’m the founder of Movylo Shop (www.movyloshop.com), a SaaS mobile commerce solution. Richard Rabins Co-Chairman Alpha Software, Inc. We have merchants all over the world that in less than 15 minutes can create their own mobile store and start selling.

Mobile 90

Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90

Ben's Blog

JUNE 28, 2011

After Mosaic, even Marc and his co-founder Jim Clark originally planned a business for video distribution to run on top of the proprietary Information Super Highway , not the Internet. In 1996, there was no social networking, no video, no search that worked, no RSS, and no Twitter to name a few.

CTO 78

CTO Internet Illinois Cofounder 78

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Chris McCann is the co-founder of StartupDigest , the members-only guide to the tech startup world. Instead of investors holding onto proprietary connections and introductions for their portfolio companies, these relationships are being displaced by the dominate social networks ( Facebook , Linkedin , Quora ).

Technical Review 50

Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor 50

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

“Founders don’t think their problems are due to trends. And in fact, overall trends are a second-order effect for founders.” “The real winners here are going to be the seed funds and early stage VCs that can write a $1 million to $2 million check,” says AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

The Co-Commerce Revolution – Well it isn’t really a revolution, more of a devolution. The co-commerce era is here and defined by the 3 C’s – Collaboration, Conversations and Creativity. It was anti-social in nature. You’ll find it is full of contradictions and juxtapositions. And now it is over.

Uruguay 123

Uruguay Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 123

The Next Web

DECEMBER 6, 2013

So, for example, if you’re reading your favorite newspaper and see an interesting article you’d like to share with someone – or across a social network – you just need to scan the paper with the app and it will launch the digital version for sharing. Consider it as a bit like Shazam for print.

Croatia 147

Croatia Bulgaria Startup Cofounder 147

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Founder of JackCards.com. Jill Tarter, Director of the Center for SETI Research – new turtle mascot, open source code, cloud services from amazon, telescopes. In any case, the valley is small. I met 2-4 women whom I’ve met at other SV events. Some folks whom I met: Debra Bowen, Secretary of State of California.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Las Vegas Software Review Bangladesh 40

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

For startups that are tempted to mimic this behavior, I suggest reading the great account of the early Apple in Founders at Work.) The customer understands experience, and social networks, since they make pervasive p2p economically viable, accentuate customers' ability to mirror each other and articulate customer experience.

San Francisco 166

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 166

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

It will enable the naturally creative but geographically and socially disenfranchised to make money doing what they love – participating. Maybe small amounts of money for what founders reading these pages dream of but life-changing for many. ShayCarl (a Maker Studios co-founder) in particular. billion views.

Video 380

Video Audience Global Distribution 380

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

To be fair, the Day 1 categories were primarily infrastructure companies (Enterprise, Cloud and Mobile). Day 2 featured the consumer and social media, which were more interesting for me and much of the audience. Bump.com is a social network based on license plate numbers as the identifier. ► January. (1).

Technical Review 38

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2016

It follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Nigel and Vaugn Caldon , co-founders of BallStar social network for basketball players. Kerry Frank co-founded Comply365 in 2007 with her husband.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur North America Cofounder Silicon Valley 120