Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally). USA Angel Investment Network. In addition, they serve as a jobs available site for 24,000 startups.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 31, 2014

billion users, spending 700 billion minutes on the network every month. In the United States, 58% of the population use at least one social network, and that number leaps to 98% for those aged 18 to 24 years old. And yet, I still have organizations or consultants tell me, “my customers aren’t really on social media.”.

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Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

Our average delivery times to California are 50% faster than Amazon. Social cues to the rescue. The last couple of months have not been great for social networks. A minority might believe that the whole social media thing is going to die. Community and sharing are core to who we are as humans.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2011

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Roman lives and work in Northridge, California.

Software Review 74

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

In the bayarea, TEDx Bay Area Women organized an event hosted at SAP in Palo Alto, California. Some folks whom I met: Debra Bowen, Secretary of State of California. Debra Bowen, Secretary of State of California - voting machines were pulled bc they weren’t sure if viruses been loaded to a machine.

Technical Review 76

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Anyone in the community can edit posts and frequent users are allowed to vote irrelevant questions off the site. PartnerUp If you have a question that can be expressed in fewer than 140 characters, the PartnerUp community will likely have an answer. Thankfully responses aren’t restricted with a character limit. STOKED!!!!

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Austin Startup

APRIL 26, 2020

Then in 1998 along came a tiny company in Los Gatos, California named Netflix. And don’t get me started on how great of a job Netflix does in creating high switching costs (or “community stickiness”) with all of its great ratings and social networking features. The power of word of mouth cemented their reputation.

Technical Review 62

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Only 3% were online when I started AOL. E-Newsletters.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Although relatively new, AngelList already has featured over 42,000 businesses and provided over 28,000 introductions to potential investors in a format that''s, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and Angels. The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally). New England Investment Network.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 25, 2010

I’ll give you a hint it’s in California and they have a project on our site… Give up? We have a lot of fans on social networking sites and they get a chance to see the caliber of players that walk into our store. Ever wonder where the pros get their guitars?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally). USA Angel Investment Network. In addition, they serve as a jobs available site for 24,000 startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

Although relatively new, they announced early last year that their community had already grown to more than 500 startups, and 2,500 investors. The format is more social networking in nature, and they also will soon provide a recruiting portal for crowdfunding with unaccredited investors, now that the US JOBS Act has been passed.

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Angel Investor North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor 270

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2014

Nevada, Florida, and California have already legalized them, suggesting this may be less of an issue than anticipated. Companies like Chris Anderson’s 3D Robotics have built, along with the open source community, the ArduPilot, a sub-$500 autopilot for unmanned drones. If costs come down, are there other barriers? Litigation.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Slab serif fonts — if they’re unique fonts — are still a viable alternative to been-there-done-that sans serifs in logos, and the web community still enjoys them. San Diego, California) Jobs Comentum is a dynamic and cutting edge company.Be View more jobs » Bill Addison You've pretty much covered everything.

Web 111

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

In the bayarea, TEDx Bay Area Women organized an event hosted at SAP in Palo Alto, California. Some folks whom I met: Debra Bowen, Secretary of State of California. Debra Bowen, Secretary of State of California – voting machines were pulled bc they weren’t sure if viruses been loaded to a machine.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Las Vegas Software Review Bangladesh 40

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. The hybrid social network, communication and crowdsourcing platform allows startups to access investors, and has also become a resource for investors looking to boost dealflow and connect with other investors.

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Term Sheet San Francisco Technical Review Seed Stage 70

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 31, 2010

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. I won a friend. Gracias, Rommel!

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Venezuela Software Review Design Programming 70

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

so I feel I have an unbiased appreciation for BOTH Californias. LA was a leader in lead generation (LowerMyBills), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla), social networking (MySpace … I know, I know – Facebook won – but it was still a big business). Go on, have a bit of fun down memory lane!).

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

While Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to drop out of Harvard and move to Silicon Valley was a plot point in in the movie “The Social Network,” it looked like a watershed event to many in the local technology community.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Pamela Poole is a blogger, translator and tech writer, and founder of Francophilia.com , a social startup for Francophiles. Originally from California, she now lives in Paris, where her involvement in the vibrant startup scene keeps her from spending too much time in the bakeries. GameCreds : Impressive social universe for gamers. (E).

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France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

. “Israel’s durability during and after the financial crisis, proves that Stanley Fischer deserves the honor he receives among the elite of the international financial community,&# – Euromoney magazine. Wireless communications chip developer Qualcomm Inc. YAHOO BUYS ISRAELI WEB ADVERTISING FIRM DAPPER.

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Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

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. Perry and company initially proposed the oxygen concentrator as part of a pitch for a contest sponsored by their school.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 29, 2017

RD: After the 2016 election this is going to sound obvious but: our social network framework has created an easily-manipulatable environment that allows the loudest voices to get the most attention, facts be damned. ” We saw specific verbatim message coordination across networks, including automation—bot and cyborg accounts.

Social Media 82

Social Media Campaign Media Marketing 82

Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

And one startup – Brickstarter – has decided to take it to the another level and design a system that allows communities to build their own sustainable and improvement projects. It was anti-social in nature. Recent growth in digital social networks has served as a reminder on what differentiates our species.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

LinkedIn is the most trusted social network out there, so you should have a name that is cognizant of its professional atmosphere. For instance, I live in Orange County, California, but if I were in charge of a territory that was primarily centered around Los Angeles, I would want to change my location to Los Angeles.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

Throughout the pandemic, the company’s community-based model showed strong resilience while the importance of its culture and values shone through. Today, more than 90 million BlaBlaCar community members travel by carpool of long-distance buses across 22 markets. Very few startups say they’re building products for California or the US.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Tal lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

I’d like to add [link] as a community for founders. Very easy to use and share. I am not associated with the company. Reply Dave Jafari , on April 10, 2011 at 10:11 am said: Great list Steve. Reply Faren , on April 11, 2011 at 1:40 am said: Hi Steve, Thanks for adding my ipod, ipad and web wireframe template post to your list.

Software Review 110

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

During this week's roundtable, we had Inoh Choe from San Jose, California, pitch DemoTunes, a freemium concept. Also, Irit Dabby from Tel-Aviv, Israel, discussed GoodyTag , a neat concept about tagging photos of products differently than you would tag or 'like' a regular link or photo on social media. In principle, this sounds great.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

He has hired engineers from Loyola Marymount University , CalTech, University of Southern California and UCLA , he says. Our vision for the school is to support the local ecosystem and our community, so this is fabulous," he says. Sign up to get: Top viewed stories, photo galleries and community posts of the day. E-Newsletters.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Ning Communities. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. On-line Communities. The Funded : TheFunded.com is an online community of entrepreneurs to research, rate, and review funding sources worldwide. Social Commerce.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

JANUARY 15, 2010

I want to say first that I went to school down in southern California and I still love it down there however for my industry, technology, I love it up here. There is a strong sense of community among technology folks. I suggest that you network with your peers and consider switching companies sometime in your career.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco Southern California San Jose 45

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

HealthTab acquires Avvo Health to double its doctor network. Doctors are in high demand, not just by their patients, but by startups looking to create social networks, marketplaces, and portals around their expertise. Become a PandoMonthly member and support your startup community today. November 29, 2012.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 16, 2009

Reply steveblank , on April 16, 2009 at 10:36 am Said: Jerry, As Domino’s and Amazon found out this week, social networks can quickly disseminate information faster than most traditional marketing organizations can react. Why do you think you were able to avoid this?

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

If you are interested in sponsoring the course, would love to hear from you as being part of a state institution in California provides its own special challenges. I've learned more in the three months working with a real-life entrepreneur on a new venture than in all 5 years of Community College and my BA. ► January. (1).

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 11, 2013

We connect them to hundreds of thousands of potential new customers using email marketing, social networks, and display ad campaigns. Create a new community channel for customer interaction, provide updates, and generate news. Before you start. Take into account that some states have their own sweepstakes rules.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. The scene is the siren song of the innovation community. New York, California different toilet, same s#@t. The scene will kill you.

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