The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Though it’s incredibly valuable to be an early adopter of 2012′s tech trends, it won’t hurt your company to be right on time with everyone else who is just discovering them now. It’s not too late to set up a presence on Pinterest and Instagram, and mobile apps aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.

API 157

API Social Media Mobile Valuation 157

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.) business models.

China 323

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 323

The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 1, 2012

In its quarterly filing yesterday Facebook disclosed that it spent $24m on ‘talent focused acquisitions’ in the first half of 2012. between them, making the aggregate exit value of these acqui-hires 4.2x, which tells us that if the investors on average had a 24% stake they would have broken even on these deals.

San Francisco 110

San Francisco Hiring Liquidation Preference Aggregator 110

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.) business models.

China 215

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. Keep in mind Yipit is an indirect competitor in the daily deals space (essentially a meta aggregator of deals sites), but the analysis is sound IMO.

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

To be fair, the Day 1 categories were primarily infrastructure companies (Enterprise, Cloud and Mobile). Day 2 featured the consumer and social media, which were more interesting for me and much of the audience. Bump.com is a social network based on license plate numbers as the identifier. A check-in aggregation platform.

Technical Review 38

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2012

The story of Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg, or at least Hollywood’s version of it, should be familiar to anyone who’s seen The Social Network or spends more than five minutes each week surfing the Internet. And we’re sure Zuckerberg, who still looks and dresses like a college sophomore, is only just getting started.

Intellectual Property 127

Intellectual Property New York City Pennsylvania Cofounder 127