Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Got around to seeing The Social Network this past weekend. I did a little searching around the web to try and find a truth vs. fiction comparison, but the closest I found was "The 10 Most Glaring Lies In The Social Network" on the Business Insider. ProfessorVC.

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Social Network Networking Software Review San Jose 28

www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Tutorial Day At #RailsConf » Why Trying To Find A Technical Co-Founder Will Almost Always Fail. 13, 2011 13:30 in Startups. Last night, I went to a local “find a co-founder” meetup for RE. What It Takes To Recruit A Technical Co-Founder. Passing On Founder’s Institute. link] Sebastian F.

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Cofounder Technical Review Founder Software Review 40

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. Within a few days, the site received thousands of user signups, according to its founder Mark Davis. To this day, the purpose of the site is still secret.

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Pakistan Social Media Startup Stealth 94

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

May 26, 2011. Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Facebook doesn’t exist, even as a walled-garden college social network (Mark Zuckerberg was part way through his freshman year at Harvard).

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

grasshopperherder.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If you’re waiting for a technical co-founder to put up a landing page with signup form, you’re lazy. Show Metrics If you ask me to be a co-founder or even just a consultant, you’re essentially asking me to invest in your company with my time. I just need a co-founder to web enable it!"

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Sounds like a plan :) May 3, 2011 17:18:41 Reply 0 Flag this comment B Hartsuff Follow Good idea but if you know enough people then you don’t need a startup to help you with this type of arrangement. May 3, 2011 18:24:08 Reply 0 Flag this comment LeoWid Follow Sarah, this is an interesting one. Great share anyways Sarah!

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Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

I’m now in my second founder/CEO role, having raised more than $18.5 September 7, 2011 21:32:43 Reply 3 Flag this comment Sushant Sharma Follow Thats a pickle! ;) September 8, 2011 00:45:35 Reply 0 Flag this comment Walter Nienhuis Follow This article is very true. million in venture financing. Should we go for it?

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Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Jerry Nettuno, founder and CEO of online appointment scheduling service Schedulicity , believes that 2012 will be a year that will see a majority of small businesses harness and leverage the power of technology and online productivity tools to effective manage and grow their business. million media tablets will have shipped in 2011.

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Cloud Small Business Mobile Social Media 213

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

The Next Bubble – Don’t Get Fooled Again The Democratization of Entrepreneurship Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 2 of 2 – Virtual Valley Ventures Why Board Meetings Suck – Part 1 of 2 Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out – The Startup Genome Project Greatest Hits – The Gigaom Interview The Four Steps to the Epiphany is Now (..)

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

With the help social networking tools it has became much easier for start ups to venture in the competitive market. September 14, 2011 00:53:22 Reply 0 Flag this comment Fabrizio Poli Follow If you want to expand your business internationally, this will be useful. September 14, 2011 03:43:05 Reply 0 Flag this comment Ay?e

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France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

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. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information.

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Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

The Next Web

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Color Labs, the photo-and-video-sharing social network that received much criticism over its pre-launch $41 million funding round, is about to be acquired by Apple. From what we know, founder Bill Nguyen has been away from the office for three months, after a period of intense strain between him and the board.

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Los Angeles Silicon Valley Media Startup 161

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

May 23, 2011 by Christina Warren 20 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. May 23, 2011 16:24:51 Reply 0 Flag this comment Joe Ortiz Follow Interesting comparison.

Mobile 90

Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

October 10, 2011 by Erica Swallow. October 10, 2011 14:07:23. October 10, 2011 14:10:15. October 10, 2011 14:18:53. October 10, 2011 14:12:16. October 10, 2011 14:16:25. October 10, 2011 14:15:42. October 10, 2011 14:18:19. October 10, 2011 14:26:48. October 10, 2011 14:34:56.

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PR Startup Social Media Technical Review 103

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

As Pebble evolves from a startup to a legitimate competitor against the likes of Apple or Sony, much of their success will hinge on how attentive the founders are to their enthusiastic early adopters. Fabulis.com was initially intended to to be a social network for gay men. From the looks of it, they’re going to do great.

Customer Development 126

Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 126

VC Cafe

MARCH 28, 2011

The Gifts Project is a social ecommerce platform enabling group gifting. Its CEO, Ron Gura, was a mentor at Seedcamp Tel Aviv 2011 , an early-stage micro seed investment and mentoring programme. Ron Gura, co-founder and CEO of The Gifts Project, believes his B2B platform solves this problem. Continue reading →

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Widget eCommerce Early Stage 97

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

Buddy Media builds, promotes and monetizes one of the largest networks of engaging and entertaining social media applications on the web. The company reaches more than 8 million internet users each month through some of the top applications on Facebook and other social networks. 8/31/2010 – Same thing.

Software 105

Software Media Social Media Advertising 105

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs what fledging tech startups should be looking for in a CTO hire to ensure founders get the right person for the job. As a non-technical founder of an IT company, it’s important to know when to dish responsibilities off. Was debating between two candidates.

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CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

June 5, 2011. Even for those who don’t care to dive into the numbers, it’s worth a quick glance because co-founder/CEO Andrew Mason wrote a letter which forms the preamble of the full document. Filing Date: initial filing June 2, 2011. Run Rate Revenue: $2.6B (Q1 2011 annualized). Groupon, Inc.

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North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. November 1, 2011 by Joshua Baer. 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. Here are some tips… November 1, 2011 16:54:48. November 1, 2011 19:55:36.

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Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Crowdsourcing & Entrepreneurship Advice by crowdSPRING co-Founder @mike_samson- [link]. Social networking is a very important marketing channel at some startups – [link]. Crowdsourcing & Entrepreneurship Advice by crowdSPRING co-Founder @mike_samson – [link]. Ad Networks Next? – [link].

Social Media 96

Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

The first of these discussions was about a new social media marketing platform called Stanzr, from San Francisco-based Voluble, that we are using at 1M/1M. Taariq Lewis, the founder of Voluble, is a 1M/1M premium entrepreneur. The next event will be on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at 8:00 AM (PDT), register to attend here.

Entrepreneur 116

Entrepreneur San Francisco Technical Review New Jersey 116

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

Originally founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin Slide.com was known as the largest third-party developer of Facebook applications until Google purchased it to “make Google services socially aware.”. in June 2011 for $400 million. in June 2011 for $400 million. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists.

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San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. EFactor The authors of business networking book The N Factor venture up the alphabet a little bit to bring you the EFactor.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Social Network 94

VC Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2011

Last week I had the pleasure to attend the DLD 2011 (Digital Life Design) conference in Munich, which was co-hosted by Dr Yossi Vardi and Burda Media, a large German media company (for those who don’t know). Overall, DLD 2011 was a great conference. What was so special about it? I highly recommend attending next year if you can.

Europe 92

Europe Cofounder Stealth 92

YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

The idea for Burpple came about in late 2010 in Silicon Valley, but co-founders Elisha Ong and Dixon Chan would only incorporate the company in Singapore end 2011. Fellow co-founder Dixon Chan believes that the application taps on existing consumer habit of taking a picture of their meal before digging in. Burping An Idea.

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Singapore Silicon Valley Cofounder Social Network 217

mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

August 20, 2011 by Lauren Drell 1 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. instead of having to travel home.

Cofounder 81

Cofounder San Francisco Social Media Startup 81

YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

The idea for Burpple came about in late 2010 in Silicon Valley, but co-founders Elisha Ong and Dixon Chan would only incorporate the company in Singapore end 2011. Fellow co-founder Dixon Chan believes that the application taps on existing consumer habit of taking a picture of their meal before digging in. Burping An Idea.

Singapore 197

Singapore Silicon Valley Cofounder Social Network 197

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. March 25, 2011 at 7:00 am. March 25, 2011 at 12:58 pm. March 25, 2011 at 12:59 pm. March 25, 2011 at 1:04 pm. March 25, 2011 at 1:12 pm. March 25, 2011 at 1:13 pm.

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Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

He’s the founder of four companies, most recently WPEngine , and blogs weekly about startups and geekery. May 12th - 14th, 2011. It *is* important to demonstrate the team can produce product, somehow. Walt Disney World Resort, FL Apply to Attend Speakers Include: Elizabeth Gore Exec. an iPad 2 Killer?

Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Its founders (Bret Taylor and Kevin Gibbs) have extensive experience with some of the biggest online properties. Taylor was the co-founder of Google Maps, CEO of the ill-fated social network FriendFeed, and former Facebook CTO. Gibbs was the founder of Google’s App Engine. Enter RealtimeBoard.

Small Business 55

Small Business Product CTO Hire Fractional CTO 55

Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

Bob Fabbio was the founder and CEO of eRelevance and he was the man in the arena here?—?and For all of us Austin fans, I’m talking about Cotter Cunningham, the founder and CEO of RetailMeNot. billion today as a public company (it went public in 2011). But I digress?—?this and I bet he’ll be back. It is worth $3.4 or break?—?the

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B2C Austin Cofounder IPO 51

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Brandsforce is a plug & play social media marketing platform that generates conversations, engagements and measurable actions on social networks. Our platform extracts the real value from social networks, empowering online businesses to attract, engage and understand users like never before. How do we do this?

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Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The hybrid social network, communication and crowdsourcing platform allows startups to access investors, and has also become a resource for investors looking to boost dealflow and connect with other investors. As of March 22 2011, approximately 275 startups and 417 investors have raised money and invested via AngelList.

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Term Sheet San Francisco Technical Review Seed Stage 70

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2012

The founders of local startup company PayWhere believes there’s an opportunity in this gap, and that’s why they’re introducing TackThis. “Social commerce is rapidly becoming the preferred way to do business online,” says Dickson Gregory, CEO and co-founder PayWhere.

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Singapore Small Business Cofounder Social Media 220

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

When a co-founder walks out of a company — as was the case for me — you’ve already been dealt a heavy blow. So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders. Furthermore, founders become highly emotional about their companies. Company : BricaBox.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops. On Sushi and VC. Why is that?

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88