Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

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). First and foremost, we believed there would be a “professional” social network.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

5 Google's Secret Social Initiative Delayed Until. View More » Mobile Winamp Is Back With Powerful Android. View More » Social Good Google Gives $250,000 to Tech Educati. 5 Creative Social Good Campaigns for. 2 What Would Facebook and Twitter Sneakers Look L. 6 Free iPad Apps for Planning Your Ne.

Software Developers 79

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

This is a guest post by Alignable CMO Dan Slagen about the missed opportunity the company has identified in social networking, and why they’ve chosen to build the business on the East Coast. Social Has Been a Tale of One Coast. The city I call home, Boston, is not known for its social products. 1 Hacker Way.

Social Media 185

Social Media B2B North America Media 185

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Sign in All Social Media Tech & Gadgets Business & Marketing Video Mobile Dev & Design Media Social Good Startups Classifieds Mashable Infographics Prev Next How Are People Using Twitter? LinkedIn was curious, so the business social network decided to find out. Whom is he or she connected to?

San Francisco 99

San Francisco New York City Social Media Entrepreneur 99

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

On the web, we have many of these channels: SEM, SEO, world of mouth, PR and viral. For example, if any of the mobile ad networks gets major traction, they may become a dominant way that people discover new apps. Acqusition competition is how new apps get new customers. The observation sounds strange. Amazon PostRank

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San Francisco Lean Retention SEM 68

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

On Facebook, viral distribution has proved decisive. Those companies who have learned to build apps that optimize the viral loop dominate in every category where they compete. So far, I dont see any apps that have much in the way of viral distribution. I think it dwarfs all other mobile platforms by an order of magnitude.

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Distribution San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 74