VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Brandsforce is a plug & play social media marketing platform that generates conversations, engagements and measurable actions on social networks. We believe that opting-out of advertising should be an easy, common and legitimate alternative for ad-intolerant users, provided that the content provider can remain as profitable.

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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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YoungUpstarts

JULY 4, 2011

View an aggregation of customer reviews and online mentions. Respond, re-tweet, take actions or create a new conversation on major social sites. And here’s yet another: American Express OPEN launches YourBuzz , a free tool to help small businesses manage their online presence. View existing business listings. The good news?

Small Business 162

Small Business Management Aggregator Social Network 162

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

At a high level, user experience is the aggregate and subjective experience of using a product such as a website or app. It’s not for beginners, but biometrics research can be very valuable, especially for costly endeavors like new sites or advertisements. Does it feel seamless and fun? Does it work? A/B Testing. Image Source.

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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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Valuation Technical Review Forecast Social Network 48

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. Drew Thomson is a busy, busy man.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Social media Mobile 2.0 Ximdesk – Collaboration and social networking platform for enterprise. GroupSwim – Social collaboration and community tools to bring your employees, customers, and partners together.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

YAHOO BUYS ISRAELI WEB ADVERTISING FIRM DAPPER. Dapper, which was founded in 2006, developed a technology platform that enables advertisers and agencies to create interactive display ads which reach the relevant audience. In 2009 it boasted revenue of $4.49 QUALCOMM BUYS MOBILE WEB COMPANY ISKOOT.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 12, 2010

From the results fo the aggregate behaviours, real time videos and heatmaps you can mend any deficiencies and make it easier for visitors to your site to become buyers. #4 Is it so low because it’s advertising? Targeted advertising, but advertising nonetheless I suppose. #6 Is it so low because it’s advertising?

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 26, 2015

Focused on content curation (ie finding and sharing other people’s content) as opposed to content creation, the book describes a system of planning, calendaring, finding, and sharing of posts on social media. Be promotional – ie pay to advertise if you need to. Be a Mensch – give to others without an agenda.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Focused on content curation (ie finding and sharing other people’s content) as opposed to content creation, the book describes a system of planning, calendaring, finding, and sharing of posts on social media. Be promotional – ie pay to advertise if you need to. Be a Mensch – give to others without an agenda.

Social Media 100

Social Media Media Curation Analytics 100

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.

Media 145

Media Social Network Flash 145

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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Life Beyond Code

APRIL 26, 2015

it is no secret that the revenue engine for google is advertising. It is the ultimate “intent expression engine,” Advertisers love it because they can creatively intercept the users at the point of intent expression and get them to their various offers. The consumer and the advertiser win too in this game. Social Networks.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Word-of-mouth marketing (also called WOM, WOMM, and word of mouth advertising) is the most powerful marketing tool for most businesses. According to a recent “ Global Trust in Advertising ” study by Nielsen, 83% of people polled said they trust the recommendations of friends and family. Is word-of-mouth marketing effective?

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Small Business Social Media Marketing Media 62

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 2, 2013

Visualize industry related data – most popular X on Twitter, aggregate industry related tweets. Facebook advertising content series. Message of the day promote across staff social networks. YourBrandSuggests – Monitor Twitter to make industry related recommendations (great example of this in Youtility).

Marketing 69

Marketing Social Media Aggregator Database 69

Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

Like most politically important information, consumers will eventually get to be in control of their own aggregated data. This execution was actually presented in the board room by executives who thought it was a genuine advertisement by them. It was anti-social in nature. Our desire to collaborate and connect.

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Scott Edward Walker

MARCH 1, 2012

House of Representatives voted 407-17 to pass the “Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act,” a crowdfunding bill which permits startups to offer and sell securities via crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter or social networking sites like Facebook.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

I've been President of my marketing, branding, creative and advertising firm for, yikes, 30 years. I was on the way back to LA from a ski vacation in Switzerland where I decided while sliding down a glacier that if I survived I would start my own advertising agency. Same goes for online business networking. Kudos, I'm in!

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

i-nigma was successfully deployed by hundreds of enterprises, among them operators, advertisers, integrators and solution providers. Leveraging the company’s xRF adaptive beamformingsmart antenna technology, GoNet MBW base stations are optimized to operate in noisy environments alongside 3G networks. Aerotel Medical Systems.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 3, 2013

As this graph showcases, in the beginning, brands focused on growing their social audience as a means of reaching out to more people with traditional marketing messages on nontraditional platforms. Then, marketers went a step further by using various calls-to-action to encourage brand conversation on the social networks themselves.

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Media Social Media Advertising Audience 62

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. Advertising effectiveness. I don’t.

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Advertising Mobile Aggregator Distribution 59

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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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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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Datanetis – People are ten times more likely to react to offers from a friend than to advertising. Datanetis’s solutions enable organizations to leverage, for the first time, social networks and social influencers as part of their marketing activities on a large scale.

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Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

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.

Social Media 78

Social Media Mobile SMS Social Network 78

Venture Chronicles

JUNE 4, 2011

But there also is, on the other hand, the present love affair with social networking companies, which could mark the beginning of another bubble in tech companies. No thanks… why should I pay for content I get for free, but more specifically why would I pay for an app that then delivers advertising? tags: blog VC.

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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. They don’t have to worry. November 29, 2012.

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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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Marketing Social Media Sales Media 72

David Teten

AUGUST 3, 2011

You can’t curate until you aggregate. All in this space of content provision and digital advertising are trying to optimize to create better experiences for people. Furthermore, their advertising is brand-based, they want to create an intimate experience between themselves, their users, and their advertisers.

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Analytics Curation Algorithm Metadata 60

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. advertising. aggregation. contextual advertising. Social Commerce. Social CRM. Social Inbox. Social Leverage. social networks. Social News.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

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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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

of VCs said they had a decreased appetite for risk and that more than half of those polled expect their firms to do between zero and three deals in the next year and you start to get the feeling things are going to get a lot worse for private companies, in aggregate, before they get better. Add to this that 72.7% Building a startup?

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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). But how many sites do you use on a regular basis? If you’re the average Internet user, probably 10-15. More advanced users probably use up to 30 sites regularly. com, qq.com, sina.com.cn).

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Venture Chronicles

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Listening platforms capture in near real time relevant discrete post level items in social networks, social media, and mixed media (e.g. These post level items are aggregated into a dashboard view and measurements of sentiment, trending, and relative status are calculated. branded media mentions).

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Social Media Media Viral Channel 60

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.

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