The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Our mobile app buzzed in your pocket when friends were near and ushered in a new wave of “ Ambient Social Networking ” companies. Finally – Sonar Media was born in an incubator. He says: the most detrimental aspect of the incubator … was … its facility as a crutch.

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Incubator Venture Capital Early Stage New York 116

The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

He mentors young startups at Singapore Management University and True Incube Thailand , a 500 Startups Partner. Back when Facebook was still just for schools, some schools already had their own social networks. Instead of trying to market directly to students at those schools (“but we already have a social network!”)

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Thailand Social Network PPC Singapore 167

Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

My partner in Menlo Incubator , Gary Kremen , and I had a recent debate on which one of us hates convertible debt more. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Thursday, April 7, 2011. Why I Hate Convertible Debt.Let Me Count the Ways.

Technical Review 36

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Valuation 36

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. 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. We have lower costs to create companies – leading to more early stage innovation.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I'm doing a new academic experiment now - an incubator at Menlo College where we are bringing the start-ups to campus and giving the students an opportunity to see how they develop and work as interns. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Ludi, Thanks for sharing your experience.

San Jose 43

San Jose Silicon Valley Las Vegas Venture Capital 43

venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

The Bing Fund, Microsoft’s newest incubator, to be headed by VoodooPC founder Rahul Sood. Social media. Social networking. Social games. After playing coy and dropping hints for weeks, Microsoft has finally announced its newest incubator, the Bing Fund. 3 days ago. 3 days ago. 4 days ago. From $1.5B

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Detroit Incubator Technical Review Venture Capital 69

Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Peter and Jonathan discuss startup incubators, and our guest Caroline talks to us about the “F” word and 10 reasons why startups fail. Startup Incubators – (2:13). Read also: Q&A with Business Incubator Co-founder Joe Maruschak. Peter: Joe talks a little bit about this idea of incubators.

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Incubator Email Startup Oregon 60

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

I first contacted my friend, Manu Kumar, who incubated the company, coming up with the idea and finding the founders to build the product. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Seemed like a good time for ProfessorVC to do a little digging to see if there was more than met the eye.

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Acquisition San Jose Angel Investor IPO 31

Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

In addition to the first prize, he was also given office space at the Plug and Play incubator for the summer and get to spend his days with other entrepreneurs and investors. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1).

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San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley Bootstrapping 28

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. Sleeve - a cross platform application that turns tablets and PCs into sophisticated social learning devices. .

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Incubator Startup Florida 99

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

When it comes to early stage investing – it’s all gut. As founders invest massive amounts of time into their start-up, how critical is it for them to come out of their “hermit caves” and network? 2) Do you recommend joining an incubator for first time entrepreneurs who know exactly what they want? (3)

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

VC Cafe

JUNE 24, 2011

AT&T set up new R&D and incubation center in Israel in collaboration with Amdocs – welcome AT&T Foundry. Cotendo raises $17 million in Series D from its current investors: Benchmark Capital , Sequoia Capital and Tenaya Capital as well as two CVCs: Juniper Networks and Citrix Systems.

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United Kingdom Venture Capital Taiwan 107

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Here’s an overview: Mitch Kapor: Kapor is founding partner of Kapor Capital , a firm that invests in seed and early stage startups. 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.

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Angel Investor San Francisco Startup Social Media 80

mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Thinking of applying to one (or all) of the summer accelerator/incubator/angel/mentoring programs like TechStars , Joystick Labs , or any of those found on this comprehensive list ? He’s the founder of four companies, most recently WPEngine , and blogs weekly about startups and geekery. an iPad 2 Killer?

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Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86

sharkseo.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

While those initial links will be very useful in sending traffic your way in the early stage, they can be massive useful later by allowing search engines to find your site and gain authority and link value. Leverage your network of contacts at launch to help draw attention, links and traffic to the site.

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Bootstrapping SEO Startup Widget 49

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

sites from scratch - Experienced with the majority of the social api’s (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Meebo, PayPal, Flickr) - Experience managing offshore dev teams - Most recently a Director of Product Development at an early stage funded startup [link] meeblog » Blog Archive » starting up: finding your co-founders [.]

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Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley Technical Cofounder 66

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

He currently runs marketing at tech incubator QLabs and previously co-founded travel site Wanderfly. Naming can be one of the most difficult challenges in the early stages of a startup. of Web Users Meet Singles on Social Networks [STUDY] Want to Highlight Your New Facebook Pictures? Social Media Lists.

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Naming Startup Social Media RSS 84

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. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. Incubator List/ Local Startup Resources/ Startup Q&A. Google Forms.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. Those numbers are likely conservative.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93