Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). link] Terence Donnelly.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

Thanks To Facebook, Strongest Year For IPOs Since 2000 With $21.5 Don’t Hire the Perfect Candidate | Lance Haun-Harvard Business Review – [link]. Scaling Your UX Strategy | Robert Fabricant-Harvard Business Review - [link]. The Dunbar Number, From the Guru of Social Networks | Businessweek - [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

Five Tips To Improve Employee Performance Reviews – [link]. Five Tips To Improve Employee Performance Reviews – [link]. Some Thoughts On The IPO Market For Web Companies (by @fredwilson) – [link]. Social network addiction around the world (Israelis are the most addicted) – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

One company with an astonishingly high rake is recently IPOed Shutterstock, a photo-purchasing marketplace where the content owner receives only 30% of gross receipts. These reasons are likely behind the struggles in GroupOn’s core Daily Deals business ( North America Third Party Revenue is down in Q4 both YOY and QOQ ).

Europe 101

Europe Social Network Technical Review IPO 101

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.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Social media. Social networking. Social games. It was fiercely independent, and was, until its HP acquisition, one of the few PC makers still assembling computers in North America. Backup Software. Blog Software. CRM Software. Help Desk Software. Monitoring Software. SEO Software.

Detroit 69

Detroit Incubator Technical Review Venture Capital 69