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OCTOBER 29, 2009

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly People mistook the fact that these text advertisements worked in Google to say they would work in social networks. So PPC (pay-per-click) advertising on social networks has performed poorly to date.

Technical Review 286

Technical Review Advertising Early Stage Internet 286

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MARCH 7, 2011

Commenting on topical blogs is a form of topical social networking in the same way that Quora is. Many of the people who post use real names, real pictures and have links back to a website. I see their faces all the time and their names. TechCrunch switched from Disqus to Facebook. Disqus communities are highly engaged.

Social Network 287

Social Network Reputation IP Audience 287

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AUGUST 10, 2009

One of the obvious ways is to click on “Find People&# on Twitter and search for your name. But one of the oversights for many people is that they list their Twitter handle as their name making them very hard to find in Twitter [.]. Tags: Social Media social networking Twitter.

Social Network 225

Social Network Social Media Naming Networking 225

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

million for a social networking site 18 months ago. One of the people who came to see me was named Nick. . - You have a “strategic investor&# who wants to invest in your B round as long as a financial investor will lead. Your A round investors are not stepping up. - You raised $1.5 Today you have 2,000 users. -

Venture Capital 264

Venture Capital Due Diligence Flash Strategic Investors 264

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JULY 29, 2010

<< we then discussed the need to do trademarks on your company and your key brand names. In the era of social networking if you can’t figure out how to get intro’d to me you probably aren’t cut out to be an entrepreneur. Minutes 11-16 in the video. << Tough, but true.

Venture Capital 282

Venture Capital Term Sheet Valuation Stock Options 282

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Their name alone is enough to get meetings set up. 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. They know that the money they invest may be lost. They know all the VCs for intros.

Silicon Valley 291

Silicon Valley Ireland Technical Review Valuation 291

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. It became a huge kerfuffle with many VC partners writing to thank me for the post, which exposed those that gave their industry a bad name. The managing partner of the firm called me the next day.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

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AUGUST 23, 2010

Obviously it is build on a social network “follow people&# model that is asymmetric like Twitter. You definitely notice the people who are engaged with your content and you can’t help but click on the link of their name to see just who they are. So in a way it has built in game mechanics. Engagement. Game mechanics.

Silicon Valley 301

Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Software Review 301

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AUGUST 10, 2009

One of the obvious ways is to click on “Find People&# on Twitter and search for your name. . But one of the oversights for many people is that they list their Twitter handle as their name making them very hard to find in Twitter Search. (e.g. if I listed msuster as my name rather than Mark Suster). Anything.

Social Network 216

Social Network Social Media Search Naming 216

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JANUARY 16, 2010

I got responses back for DailyBurn, The Daily Plate and LoseIt (quick aside: on Twitter Bryce Roberts had send me the link to LoseIt but I couldn’t remember the name so I searched Twitter. Social networking meets online personal health management. So I sent out a Tweet to ask what people in the Twittersphere used.

Technical Review 278

Technical Review Software Review Alabama Silicon Valley 278

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AUGUST 4, 2009

This is important … If you send somebody a message and you START it with an @name then the only people who will see your message are people who follow you and people who follow the person you replied to. Tags: Social Media social networking technology Twitter. More advanced: 1. Did I miss any idiosyncracies?

Social Network 291

Social Network Social Media Valuation Naming 291

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NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Meanwhile while social networking was white hot 3 years ago it is now persona non grata unless your user numbers are insane. Rob, Nick & Tim must know the International flight attendants by name. eCommerce was battered this year. Some Ad Tech has skyrockets some has suffered.

Valuation 288

Valuation eCommerce Revenue Social Network 288

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

This Saturday morning I’ll be giving the keynote presentation on “ The Future of Social Networking.&# (unfortunately they didn’t give this event it’s own URL so this link should only work until the day of the event.)

Baltimore 222

Baltimore DC Social Network Aggregator 222

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AUGUST 2, 2009

On Facebook (and nearly all social networks that preceded it) the relationship was always reciprocal – if I accept your invitation to follow me then I have to follow you. Tags: Social Media social networking startup technology Twitter. Facebook. The currency of the real-time web is, for now, your Twitter address.

Conversion 235

Conversion Management Social Network Philadelphia 235

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

For those who still don’t know the origins, the Harlem Shake started as a small skit from a YouTuber named Filthy Frank (10 million views as of this writing) on January 30, 2013. easy sharing (through social networks or platforms like YouTube). ” So WoW in a way is his son’s social network.

Video 380

Video Audience Global Distribution 380

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MARCH 14, 2015

If they authorize you to use this number and give you access to your contact list (aka name & address book) then you have the ability to auto-match other users who sign up. And I have my social network in Twitter to thank for the public debate and my being able to clarify my thinking. The best mobile companies do this.

SMS 150

SMS Networking Mobile Audience 150

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AUGUST 3, 2009

The late night didn’t make for a productive start to the morning but by the time Sean Percival got on stage to host the panel with Chris Brogan, Micah Baldwin (who started #FollowFriday) and Ben Huh (ICanHazCheeseburger) there was a great discussion on what it takes to be an Uber-blogger and social networker.

Silicon Valley 228

Silicon Valley Cofounder Hawaii Semantic 228

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MARCH 17, 2010

They not only have gotten bigger but they have an amazing track record of funding the biggest names in the sector: Cisco, Apple, Google, Facebook. Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

Silicon Valley 290

Silicon Valley Technology Los Angeles Southern California 290

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JANUARY 31, 2011

Every one of these events (with names changed) has happened to companies I’ve worked at or closely with. Imagine how Flurry felt when Steve Jobs called them out by name. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. If anything it’s the tame version.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 384

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. This is a post I’ve been dying to write for 18 months. I know this because you’re not a young teenager. Sorry, moms.

Later Stage 310

Later Stage South America Mobile Silicon Valley 310

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

I am too often in the situation at an event where I see a face I immediately recognize but seeing the person out of context I can’t quite place who they are, what their name is or what they do. With one visual trigger I can usually remember minute details about our discussion. How to approach somebody after a panel discussion.

Email 322

Email Hosting Boston Partner 322

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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. When you order an Amazon Kindle it comes pre-configured with your user name already configured into the device so that you can click a single button and buy shit. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

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JANUARY 22, 2011

Every one of these events (with names changed) has happened to companies I’ve worked at or closely with. Imagine how Flurry felt when Steve Jobs called them out by name. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. If anything it’s the tame version.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 176

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MAY 18, 2014

We’ve gotten to the point where after the film The Social Network and now with our own ironic HBO drama “Silicon Valley,” (makes it sound like writing a algorithm can easily net you $10 million without trying) one might think starting a company is a bit like the gold rush where riches flow to you with ease.

Silicon Valley 419

Silicon Valley Startup Algorithm eCommerce 419

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AUGUST 17, 2010

Technological change is astounding and I think none more than the impact that social networks has had on our lives. If you haven’t read it I think it’s a pretty interesting piece on change in the era of Twitter (as distinct from previous social networks). As you can see it tackles a lot.

Social Network 320

Social Network Washington Networking New York 320

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MAY 10, 2015

I funded a US company that bought a URL and a brand name and filed for a trademark. This is only an educated hypothesis but I’ll bet it’s pretty close to grounded in reality: Everybody saw “The Social Network” and everybody has a belief that suing will net them millions whether they’re in the right or the wrong.

Vesting 150

Vesting Cofounder IP Stock Options 150

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

You had no idea how important that brand name was until you left it behind. It just so happened that there was a conference coming up run by a guy named Ismael Ghalimi, a very well respected software executive who also was keeping a blog at the time for companies in the space. Excite, Ask Jeeves and Lycos? Yeah, right.

Entrepreneur 338

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Florida 338

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JANUARY 18, 2011

I said as much in my post about The Future of Social Networking. ones were enhanced because they coincided with hardware that allowed us to capture more content instantly – namely images and video – otherwide Web 2.0 “And importantly Web 2.0 ushered in the era of “participation” – we all know that.

Term Sheet 303

Term Sheet Mobile Cofounder Early Stage 303

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AUGUST 9, 2011

I can’t say his name yet because he hasn’t announced funding. Computing will be an order of magnitude more mobile 10 years from now, changing the way applications are delivered and the way we interact with our real social networks. And Social. I told him (verbatim), “close your round by August 2nd.

Stock 305

Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

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FEBRUARY 12, 2017

I began asking around who the smartest people in the online media industry were and two names came up again and again — Jonah Peretti (social & viral content) and Ze Frank (social video). I asked Jonah in my interview how he became this viral guru.

Media 210

Media Los Angeles Russia Viral 210