YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Google reportedly turned down buyout offers from Microsoft shortly before the 2004 IPO. The founders sold the two year old company to eBay in 2005 for $2.6 Just 18 months after this photo sharing program and social network was launched, Facebook offered to purchase Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock. Unprofitable.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 23, 2011

Keep the Wall interesting by mixing content Network It’s kind of ironic how little traditional networking goes on inside many social networks. Commit to making that an active place where people comment and engage and you’ll get more from everything you do on Facebook.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 18, 2011

Trumpia – All in one messaging platform that includes email, text, IM and voice broadcast as well as social network integration. Also makes a great way to share a conversation about a client to help them understand the buzz. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. :

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 17, 2011

Related Posts: Are Small Private Social Networks the Next Layer? Posted by : John Jantsch on Jun 17, 2011 | 9:50 am Categories : Mobile , Social Media , Web Marketing Tags : Cellit , eztexting , GroupMe , mobivity , Poll Everywhere Popular Posts Adding the Facebook Like. I’ve been using GroupMe and think it works well.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 17, 2011

It’s easier to establish these relationships than ever, thanks to social networks. And since social networks are where content sharing happens, it makes sense to begin making those relationships early on. Help to be Helped The key is to follow and be useful to people who are also producing content in your niche.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 18, 2011

Social Media & Networking – 90% of marketers say that social media is important for their business according to the 2011 Social Media Marketing Report. Word of mouth, referrals and buzz on social networks can increase awareness, build trust and influence sales.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. the consumer internet landscape in 2004 vs. today. In 2004, the consumer internet was just beginning to rebound. Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 27, 2012

I have a pretty rough idea of what an upcoming week is going to entail, but I leave room to stumble on an emerging idea, change in some social network or the occasional rant as I consume content. Snap shot of 2004 version 1 of the Duct Tape Marketing Weblog. I don’t plan what I am going to write too far in advance.

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Since the iControl system chronicles all meetings, I was able to find the automatic picture snapped from my first meeting with the founders, Reza Raji and Chris Stevens on April 22, 2004. I took a look back at our original financial model we presented to VCs in 2004. Before the $52M Series D , the $23M Series C , the $15.5M

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2014

Between 1991 and 2005, the capacity that could be bought with $100 went up by a factor of 11. When the first DARPA Grand Challenge, a competition to build an autonomous car to complete a 150-mile route, was held in 2004, the concept seemed audacious and it was. The trend continues through to the present day.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

He founded SKYLIST in 1996 from his college dorm room at Carnegie Mellon, and created UnsubCentral in 2004. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Social Good. Social Media. social media marketing. social networking. Photo Lists.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Back in 2005, I started Cellit, a company focused on helping companies communicate with their customers via text messages. Despite the ongoing recession, I took to my kitchen table in 2013 to launch Digital Air Strike — an award-winning automotive social media and digital engagement company. 4) Used to Reconnect.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

Finaly, a correction: 37signals launched their first product (Basecamp) in 2004, before they had a huge following. In early 2005 37signals stated they had 10,000 unique readers, so that works out to maybe 40,000 monthly. They have something around 20 employees. Do the math: 10k users don’t take a lot of support, done properly.

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David Teten

JUNE 7, 2011

Our session looks at the rise of socially enabled platforms that blend commerce with community, where reputations trump credit ratings, and where hyper-distributed service businesses outgrow traditional monolithic suppliers. In 2004, Roo founded we:nited magazine – a youth politics magazine and website.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. In 2005 our no-longer-startup was bought for $350 Million, making many millionaires of the original employees and investors. They’ve tried everything. Everything, that is, but.NET.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 11, 2011

It’s simply the act of plugging in and listening to what people that are important or potentially important to your business are doing and saying in all of the social networks they participate in. That’s right, you can derive immense benefit through social media tools without actually doing much more than listening.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005). I asked Jonah in my interview how he became this viral guru. Back then there were “email forwards.”

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