Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

BlinkTraffic will empower mobile users in developing markets (Jakarta, Sao Paolo, Delhi, etc.) By aggregating user-generated speed and location data, Blink will provide instantaneously generated traffic-enabled maps, optimal routing, estimated time-to-arrival and predictive itinerary services to personal and corporate users.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

This begs the question: how much time do users spend in Snapchat today compared to other social networks, and how will that number change over time? Had Facebook not purchased Instagram, Facebook’s aggregate numbers likely would have dipped as millennials have largely abandoned Facebook for Instagram and Snapchat.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

The Mobile World Congress , possibly the largest International technology conference and definitely the most important mobile conference of the year is taking place in Barcelona this February 14-17. Mobile Apps and App stores – a new ecosystem was created and it’s here to stay (Check out LogiaGroup, Waze and Cellint).

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

a leading Israeli provider of highly integrated network processors optimized for mobile backhaul, 3G and 4G wireless and wireline broadband networks. By 2015 we see more than 50 million femtocells being shipped annually with WCDMA femtocells making up the bulk of the market,&# Aditya Kaul, of Mobile Networks, ABI Research, said.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Social media Mobile 2.0 Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Social media Mobile 2.0 Ximdesk – Collaboration and social networking platform for enterprise. Soocial – A simple contact management app and address book.

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The Next Web

JUNE 17, 2012

There’s Muchbeta , a nicely named Web applications company that is building a nifty news aggregation app for the iPad called Niiiws. I found out about wine tracking and recommendation platform Adegga , student accommodation portal UniPlaces and digital music streaming service MusicBox.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2012

Prior to starting All The Worlds Entertainment , Thomson was executive chairman of global integrated advertising agency iris Worldwide , where he grew the business from £39 million to £75 million, and established iris in 15 key markets globally along the way. Thomson, bus man that he is, is already back on his mobile.

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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.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 22, 2010

Footbo - a football-centric social network that enables fans to follow leagues & competitions from around the world while easily connecting with fans from all locations. ForNova provides a B2B turnkey solution to enable building aggregation solutions for classifieds eCommerce, travel and many other specific content verticals.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 29, 2012

Network fragmentation. Facebook’s success is largely based on its ability to aggregate the biggest audience on the internet and understand and monetize that audience. Social networks should be incredibly robust because of network effects. Not natively mobile. Advertising effectiveness.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 14, 2013

Employ a combination of free and paid tools such as Google Alerts, Google Reader, HootSuite and SproutSocial to filter, aggregate, follow and monitor your online presence and establish a routine of processing, acting on and sharing this information on a daily basis. Month 9 – Address Social Integration.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy?

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Then, marketers went a step further by using various calls-to-action to encourage brand conversation on the social networks themselves. What used to come across as a blatant advertisement is not just an aggregation of user testimony, or photos, or a participatory experience. Link to Case Study: [link].

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 15, 2013

Google has bet the social farm on Google+ and all signs point to decisions being made on two fronts only: How to continue to make a killing selling advertising and how to make users dependent upon Google+. With a little work you can turn NetVibes into a a full blown listening station for most of your social networking.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). return on investment after 3.5

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Up and Running

MAY 21, 2014

For example, you know blog posts, an events, and even your advertising; I mean, those are typically types of content that you need to think in terms of, certainly for creating awareness, for creating trust - just very specific how-to content. And so I think you can apply that a lot to a large degree to the social networks.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Aggregated, that’s a lot of money. social networks (facebook.com, myspace.com – Twitter.com is at #34 and growing rapidly). Be alert to new platforms and announcements by large companies (the mobile world congress had a few of those) and try to anticipate the trend. com, qq.com, sina.com.cn).

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Green Garage aggregates proven, sustainable, energy saving automotive maintenance/repair related products and delivers them through convenient consumer valet and corporate mobile on-site services. . · Green Garage is a new kind of garage that makes car s gentler on the planet and easier on the wallet. TopSchool, Inc. TopSchool, Inc.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Green Garage aggregates proven, sustainable, energy saving automotive maintenance/repair related products and delivers them through convenient consumer valet and corporate mobile on-site services. . · Green Garage is a new kind of garage that makes car s gentler on the planet and easier on the wallet. TopSchool, Inc. TopSchool, Inc.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 3, 2010

While the amount of social gaming on other social networks, especially the Asian networks, has significantly increased over the course of the year, the vast majority of social gaming still takes place on Facebook. Brand advertising starts to move online, boosting premium display, video and social media.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 13, 2015

You can easily see how this will influence your marketing and advertising strategy – ad content, ad targeting and so much more. And, in this case, if you use Google's display advertising platforms, you can integrate with them and buy ads specifically to target your high value segments. Another hidden gem for this hidden gem.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Social networking. Social/Sharing. We have an iOS SDK as well, for web-web, mobile-mobile, web-mobile video chat and video messaging. Twilio : Need to call/txt get a phone number from your web/mobile application?

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

Like most politically important information, consumers will eventually get to be in control of their own aggregated data. The future will be more about leased living as the friction in doing so is reduced by mobile computing, instant knowledge of availability, and social / digital ratification of participants.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly Asymmetric – Before Twitter most social networks had “symmetric” relationships meaning that when somebody wanted to follow you, you had to follow them back in order for us to be connected. Not so on Twitter. Twitter is inherently viral.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

But the angels who’ve staked their funds on spreading bits of money all over the Valley are increasingly anxious that only 20 percent of their deals — in aggregate — will get the chance to keep going. HealthTab acquires Avvo Health to double its doctor network. Chinese mobile carrier China Telecom Corp.

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