Business Model Networking Social Network Syndication 
mashable.com
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. It’s critical to establish this component of your business before thinking seriously about growth. in place before you expand.
David Teten
DECEMBER 3, 2019
But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . But in business, you want a lot of partners. This is a great example of why data businesses have substantial moats. That’s why 40 million Americans use online dating sites.
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 10, 2011
Twitter as a company has encouraged this by granting DataSift “re-syndication rights,” which means that the company can ingest the full Twitter fire hose and resell subsets of it to other parties who want to consume a smaller stream, which is more cost effective in data licenses and in IT resources needed to consume the data.
Agile VC
APRIL 13, 2012
I describe this in part as the “Social Network” effect… not just the movie itself but the example of Mark Zuckerberg and many other high profile young founders as role models ( who can forget this image? Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. What’s Your Favorite Future?
Professor VC
APRIL 1, 2010
This will both reduce the number of angel investors and make it more difficult to syndicate across stage lines. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ▼ 2010. (7). ► October. (2).
Professor VC
JANUARY 17, 2008
One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?
Professor VC
JUNE 20, 2011
had mixed emotions when I read the the press release on the recent funding of iControl Networks. I took a look back at our original financial model we presented to VCs in 2004. But of course, the model had us requiring only $10M equity to breakeven and to achieve $185M in revenues in 2008 (the magic Year 5 in all business plans).
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