The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

With mobile development agencies and product incubators on the rise and more corporate “labs” spinning out each day, there’s no shortage of talent to help you build the next great Web or mobile app. How much does it really take to build a product like Twitter or Instagram?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Waze’s free mobile application provides a social network where drivers interact, reporting on road conditions. HADASIT LAUNCHES JEWISH-ARAB BIOMED INCUBATOR IN GALILEE. million shekel investment by Hadasit, several million dollars have been pledged to Ways from social organizations as well.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Women and POC are frequently discouraged to apply for supplier credit, loans, auditions, competitions, and incubators. By: David Contreras David is a writer at SputnikATX, Austin’s new incubator / accelerator coming 10.4.17. SOCIAL NETWORKS OF LATINO AND LATINA ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR IMPACT ON VENTURE PERFORMANCE.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

First up, Priyanshu Harshavat, from Evanston, Illinois, presented Socioclean , a service for cleaning up your reputation on social networks. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2017

Incubators and Accelerators. Startups are like a baby that you need to nurture, while incubators and accelerators are there to help you grow your business. In exchange for funding your business, business incubators and accelerators may want a stake in your business depending on agreed terms and conditions.

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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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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Then Nirupama Mallavarupu from Summit, New Jersey, discussed PTA Portals, a platform for building niche social networks for private groups, starting with Parent-Teacher Associations. Nirupama is looking to find a niche where she can penetrate the niche social network platform market.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

We made clear that this class wasn’t an incubator. JointBuy allows buyers to start a new deal on any available product and share the idea with others through existing social networking sites. We tried to weed out those that were unsure why they were there as well as those trying to build yet another fad of the week web site.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

a part of an exciting team, building web applications such as social networking, ecommerce, games, sports, contact management, CMS and more.Re. Nearly all have abandoned hope in the "sure thing" and are stepping into what has traditionally been the Angel role of incubating startups. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

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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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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. From this we have seen a commensurate boom in the number of startup companies. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

When I recently was looking to find people who had experience with using social networks to reach people for what might be considered guerilla marketing efforts, again LinkedIn worked great. When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Nearly all have abandoned hope in the "sure thing" and are stepping into what has traditionally been the Angel role of incubating startups. More and more VCs have deals in their portfolios that have long outlasted their investment value, and more and more VCs are seeking to unload these deals, at a loss, as reverse merger vehicles.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve also presented at a range of industry conferences on how institutional investors can use professional networks for research , origination , market research , and value creation. Circle of Experts Contributed Articles Expert Networks Investment Research Market Research New York NextNY Social Network Analysis'

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2011

First up today was John Boyd with MeetingWave , a social media platform that caters to university alumni associations and addresses the challenge of helping them create walled-garden professional and social networking groups under their own brand, as opposed to groups within Facebook or LinkedIn.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2012

If children are our future and education is an enabler, then the classroom is the incubator that plays a critical role in determining how the future is being nurtured. 29% of teachers use online social networks, while 80% of college professors do so. (Click through for a larger image).

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

Incubated at Plug-in@Blk 71 managed by NUS Enterprise, the startup later received seed funding of S$50,000 through SPRING Singapore ‘s Young Entrepreneurs Scheme ( now known as ACE Startups ). Burping An Idea. “ Burpple bridges food cultures around the world and people enjoy communicating over food.

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View from Seed

APRIL 24, 2019

Considered an “old” technology & channel in the context of the rise of social networking, 2009 was seminal for the email marketing space. (Our NextView portfolio company, Attentive Mobile , provides a tech platform for these retailers to employ these text campaigns.).

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

He currently runs marketing at tech incubator QLabs and previously co-founded travel site Wanderfly. of Web Users Meet Singles on Social Networks [STUDY] Want to Highlight Your New Facebook Pictures? Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Social Good.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 31, 2013

Instead of relying on usual “submit a resume for different positions and wait for an interview call-up” way to land a dream job, a job seeker can instead tap on existing communities such as online social networks and respected thought leaders in their industries to recommend the right roles for them.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The sales helped them raise $30K and the attention of a startup incubator, which offered them training and another $20K in funding. The project was a little unexpected – creating customer cereal boxes called Obama-Os and Cap’n McCains, timely for the 2008 elections.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

Incubated at Plug-in@Blk 71 managed by NUS Enterprise, the startup later received seed funding of S$50,000 through SPRING Singapore ‘s Young Entrepreneurs Scheme ( now known as ACE Startups ). Burping An Idea. “ Burpple bridges food cultures around the world and people enjoy communicating over food.

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Singapore Silicon Valley Cofounder Social Network 197

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

He currently runs marketing at tech incubator QLabs and previously co-founded travel site Wanderfly. You’ve probably already used this trick when a username is taken on one of the big social networking sites. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2012

TackThis ( www.tackthis.com ) allows businesses to set up a full e-commerce solution on any website or social network, and even lets them manage that online retail shop with a centralized inventory and customer management system. TackThis is incubated by NUS Enterprise.

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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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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Movies music myspace ONLINE VIDEO politics pop culture privacy Search small business social good social media social networking social networks software sports tech television trending tv twitter verizon video video games viral video web video Wordpress Yahoo youtube Join More Than 2.8

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Movies music myspace ONLINE VIDEO politics pop culture privacy Search small business social good social media social networking social networks software sports tech television trending tv twitter verizon video video games viral video web video Wordpress Yahoo youtube Join More Than 2.8

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 30, 2019

Crowdify also has its own Start-Up Incubator and is uniquely positioned to advise the next generation of potential UK Unicorns (start-ups which reach a market valuation of $1bn). And that’s what Crowdify is all about,” says James Rix, the 36-year old entrepreneur and CEO of Crowdify.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Social Good. Social Media. social media marketing.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

– SignUp.com is an organizing platform to quickly mobilize and coordinate people in their community, school, religious organization, or other social networks. I’m also incubating a startup, Action Tank , to help other NGOs accomplish their goals using their supporters’ unique expertise.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Los Angeles-based incubator Science is at it again, having launched a brand new company called TopFloor designed to change the way we shop online. ” TopFloor is a video-driven platform where anyone can engage with on their social network. Think of it like a rebooted version of QVC for the social web.

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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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