Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

More and more angels will be minted as the 2019 IPO class emerges. 1/ Social Network Interference. In 2017, we learned about how social media feeds were used to surface biased or planted information. Russia has evolved in a different direction, with tight information controls and state-run media.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Pinterest is going to be the website to watch, along with other image-based social networking, search and sales websites. Look out for more products that aggregate and organize existing accounts and automatically scrub your inboxes, feeds and social media connections. Niche-Based Social Networks.

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API Social Media Mobile Valuation 157

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

In the early days of LinkedIn we jointly acquired an issued patent of the defunct SixDegrees.com which directly pertains to social networking as well as acquiring a nascent startup in part for its in-process patent filings. And at PayPal we were hit with a couple patent disputes while in the midst of our IPO process.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. I know you could argue that YouTube was much broader but it was really popularized in the social networks. In the former case many people scoffed at paying up for Google at IPO. This is a CDN (Content Delivery Network).

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Venture Capital Affiliate Valuation San Francisco 271

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! a part of an exciting team, building web applications such as social networking, ecommerce, games, sports, contact management, CMS and more.Re. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Gregory Wehmeyer True, Ben, once upon a time, Angel Investors provided the launching pad for Venture Capital Firms to propel any startup on two legs toward a successful IPO.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

The future of social media and 3D interaction is the biggest priority to Facebook. billion as of August 1st 2022, a drop from it’s IPO at approximately $38 billion but relatively steady since Dec. There are now 2.8B monthly active end-users who are engaging with content created or operated by Unity solutions in 2020.

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IP Cofounder Valuation Acquisition 206

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Eventually, Reddit became wildly popular and was bought by Condé Nast, the owner of 20 other brands and media like Vanity Fair, Vogue, and The New Yorker. One of the top five largest IPOs in the world was done by the reformed General Motors in 2010, and the company generated a profit. Thanks to Raven Cobb, Clearstep, Inc ! #6-

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Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 12, 2016

So when an investment thesis becomes popular, when a new technology becomes available, when a new media consumption platform becomes dominant, if we believe in the trend, we have to “seed” an investment within the first three years and hope to “harvest” 5–10 years later. Out of hundreds of social networks launched, only one changed the world.

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Harvest Vertical IPO Early Stage 60

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade. Here’s my first look at Facebook viewed through the lens of their IPO filing. Facebook admits as much that the ad business, which again accounts for the vast majority of revenues (85%), has seasonality in line with the media industry generally with a strong Q4 and weak Q1.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

They have an expectation that the IPO will be in 3 years and they were in at the ground floor. Social Network s / Search / Blogs – Obvious, huh? I’m surprised at the number of people who aren’t good at tracking down relationships in social networks.

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Silicon Valley Ireland Technical Review Valuation 291

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Startups here are primarily in what they call the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) segment. About 1/3 of all China’s Venture Capital investment is made in Beijing and the majority of those investments are in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sector I’ll describe shortly. Closed for You, Open For Us.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

HomeAway is another one of our five tech IPOs in the last five years. Cotter bucks the flavor-of-the-day entrepreneurial stereotype: the college dropout popularized by both our own Michael Dell and recently Mark Zuckerberg and the great movie The Social Network. As of today, RetailMeNot is worth $1.33 It is worth $3.4

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 18, 2016

Every introduction of new social media platforms chip away at current banner holders like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. For me, Twitter is still the #1 social network because it is (or can be) *truly social*. Or really, the fact that it isn’t the trendiest social network any longer.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

IPOs and M&A have returned – and with them the investment bankers have staged a rebound. There have been a number of high profile tech IPO s in the recent months including companies such as OpenTable and more recently LogMeIn. – IPO-able in any normal market. Notice that I didn’t say “social networking.”

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IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Marketing 255

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

Startups here are primarily in what they call the TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) segment. About 1/3 of all China’s Venture Capital investment is made in Beijing and the majority of those investments are in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sector I’ll describe shortly. Closed for You, Open For Us.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 22, 2012

Although Facebook’s stock price has fallen well below its IPO price of $38 per share, many people agree that the stock is still significantly overpriced. For example, there are five major markets where Facebook is not the top social network : China, Russia, South Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.

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Up and Running

JUNE 11, 2012

Amidst all the hype and media coverage of Facebook’s recent IPO and the rise of Pinterest, there is one powerful social network that you are probably a member of and not even using it to its full extent – LinkedIn. Social network image courtesy of Shutterstock.

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The Equity Kicker

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Facebook has mostly moved via bold acquisitions, starting with $1bn for Instagram six weeks before their IPO, moving the through $24bn for WhatsApp, before paying $2bn for Oculus. That’s four of the six largest social media properties on the planet, and they’re all still growing.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I believe that many social networks confused this idea. They had previously all worked together at a very successful company in the “telecoms meets Internet&# space, CallWave, which IPO’d 5 years ago or so. Social networks continue to drive conversion of marketers. Perfect.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 17, 2011

Smart Money are prescient angel investors and Venture Capitalists who started investing in social networks, consumer and mobile applications and the cloud 3, 4 or 5 years ago. But they don’t support his justification of the bubble valuations we are seeing for companies filing for IPO’s (Pandora Media just priced its IPO at $2.6

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Investment Bankers Stock Valuation Venture Capital 310

entrepreMusings

FEBRUARY 25, 2012

Congratulations to the Bazaarvoice team! They are the latest Austin technology company to go public. It happened yesterday. I have friends who work there and I’m very happy for them. It takes a lot to go from zero to public and for Austin’s sake, I hope they continue their growth trend and create value.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 25, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! The Inside Story Of What Happened On The Facebook IPO – [link]. Facebook IPO, and How to Build a Social Network for $389 – [link]. – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. TechCoast Angels backed GreenDot should be a major IPO this year. Los Angeles. People either love it our hate it. All the stereotypes and caricatures are overblown.

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Silicon Valley Technology Los Angeles Southern California 290

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

One company with an astonishingly high rake is recently IPOed Shutterstock, a photo-purchasing marketplace where the content owner receives only 30% of gross receipts. Given Facebook’s position as the leading global social network with high barriers to entry, there was no need to maximize revenue on day one.

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adamac.blogspot.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Adam MacBeth Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10 Startup Red Flags Ive worked on a number of startups: from seed-stage through IPO, as a founder, employee, advisor, and consultant, as well as evaluating a bunch from the outside, so Ive seen my share of screw-ups. Adamac Attack!

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Campus Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 23, 2010

The firm offers email subscribers a deal-of-the-day coupon at a local business, then encourages them to share it with their social networks. In 2007, they started Mediabank, a business-to-business media-buying technology firm whose platform powers over 40 percent of North American media spend across all media types.

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Cofounder Chicago Founder IPO 61

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Michael was the lead research analyst for the IPOs of Internet companies like UUNET, Yahoo!,

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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.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Jeff Hilimire

JUNE 14, 2012

PRWeek ran this article I wrote last week, but if you missed it… Facebook has been making loads of press lately – with the billion-dollar purchase of Instagram and an IPO that many are calling a failure. NASDAQ is widely expected to start compensating brokers). Amid all this chaos, the company released Facebook Camera. Wait, what?

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mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

My company’s CEO, Patrick Salyer, explains why multiple online personas make it imperative that companies offer social logins beyond Facebook Connect.). Sure, Facebook will almost always be the dominant player in share-of-logins, but we’ve seen the other players account for up to a combined 60% share of social logins.

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Technical Review Social Media Social Network RSS 78

venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Streaming media. Social media. Social networking. Social games. Acquisition. Venture capital. Developers. Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. Infographics. Management. Electric cars. Hybrid cars. Renewable energy. Streaming video. Smartphones. Windows Phone. Google Plus. July 12, 2012 12:01 PM. Dylan Tweney.

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Detroit Incubator Technical Review Venture Capital 69

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

Customers and prospects are overwhelmed by the number of media and companies clamoring for their attention. If the rating in the App Store is based on usage, I am sure those popular social networking applications are sure to be in the top and the hot seat always. On the App Store, the same dynamic is in play.

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San Francisco Lean Retention SEM 68

VC Cafe

JULY 9, 2010

SupersonicAds – a dominant leader in virtual currency monetization for online games, virtual worlds and social networks. Legolas Media – Currently in stealth mode, The Legolas Media team is focused on innovating digital display media. Miscellaneous. Investment Rounds.

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Media Stealth Venture Capital 109

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

We used social media to get alpha users as outlined here during Feburary. Launching is about creating circles within circles (groups of people that connect) and social networking, word of mouth, and real-world advertising are all contributing factors. Eric, thanks for this post very helpful. Thats how to "launch".

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San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

It continues to worm its way into innumerable agency and media company presentations. Additionally, the study did not note whether the small businesses that didn’t have a website had an active social media presence (e.g., a Facebook page), which could be considered a replacement. Slack didn’t exist, and Zoom was just a year old.

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Marketing Retention Email Video 113

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Our online media company is small, we have 6 employees, great proven leaders, great talent, great cashflow. My responsibility at the time I joined the company was to develop a product that is to be deployed on a social network (hint hint, FB). Long story short, I am the only go to guy for every technical problem in the company.

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Software Review Technical Review Part-Time VPE San Francisco 94