YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2016

By Dan Bochichio, co-founder of Bocain Designs. It’s 2016, and just about everyone either does business online or uses the internet as a tool to discover, rate and engage with businesses they rely upon. The Network Effect. Investing your time in expanding your network online can be smart too. Cover Yourself.

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Web Design Technical Review Cofounder 100

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Boris wrote about the latest opportunities in enterprise SaaS , while Max outlined some of his current investment themes , from the Open Internet to climate change. Interest 1: The next generation of patient social networks. Today’s online communities for those with chronic illnesses are quite outdated.

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Social Network Vertical Cofounder Software Improvement 102

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

A positive reputation also contributes to business goals (such as growth, leveraging social proof , and network development). Focus on finding a network of diehard fans, and cater your content to their needs. Focus on finding a network of diehard fans, and cater your content to their needs. Image source. This isn’t true.

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Reputation Audience Management Social Media 134

VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

think about the entrepreneurs that started in the early days of the Internet, mobile, crypto, VR and yes… now Metaverse. Tim Sweeney, the founder and CEO of Epic is a long term visionary of our online future and the Metaverse. Tim Sweeney, Epic Games’ founder and CEO. Here we go! Epic Games. but still lost $2.8

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Starting out, you can’t hit every network and outlet full-force. Initially, your staff (even if that’s just you and a co-founder) will be your greatest asset in locating and connecting with your audience. Before you can afford staff dedicated to social media, spread the duties around. Prioritize social networks.

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Social Media Media Viral Startup 158

Software By Rob

MAY 24, 2010

Late Stage Co-Founder Wanted – [Filled] I’ve been contacted by a colleague who has been working on a SaaS application in a fairly large market. No obligation; the current founder will not know who you are unless you decide to contact him. It’d make a great “social&# network site.

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Cofounder Founder Software Review Ruby 39

www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Tutorial Day At #RailsConf » Why Trying To Find A Technical Co-Founder Will Almost Always Fail. Last night, I went to a local “find a co-founder” meetup for RE. It can be hard to sort the wheat from the chaff when you’re talking to a marketing person (‘Ah, you do internet marketing?

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 26, 2014

Since its founding in 2006, online social network and microblogging service Twitter has pretty much become a permanent part of the Internet as we know it.

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Technical Review United States Cofounder Social Network 160

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Your business has a high viral co-efficient (or perhaps even a network effect) that lets you amass users cheaply without worrying too much about the monetization per user or spending money on paid acquisition. Even more interesting are businesses that create network effects like marketplaces or social networks.

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Churn Rate Viral Acquisition Cofounder 168

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2016

by Aytekin Tank, founder & CEO of JotForm. In the realm of software and internet companies, 2006 was a whole different landscape, and it was the year that I founded JotForm. At the time, most users accessed the web through Internet Explorer. Myspace was the largest social networking website in the world.

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Bootstrapping San Francisco New York City Software Developers 100

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). is the leading consumer internet company with Terry Semel as CEO. Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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Open Source Business Model Technical Cofounder Southern California 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

He’s considering making me the permanent co-host so if you enjoy any of this episode or want to see me on the show on a more regular basis please Tweet @jason and let him know (he asked for direct feedback). I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. uh, hello!

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Venture Capital Affiliate Valuation San Francisco 271

View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

On the heels of our research on HBS entrepreneurs , NextView’s Dimitri Dadiomov (HBS ’15) interviewed several top founders on the early stages of their companies. Matt Prince , Co-Founder and CEO, CloudFlare (Web performance and security to protect and accelerate websites; $72.1

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. Weve also found that other social networks such as FaceBook and MySpace to have almost no results when it comes to recruitment.

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Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Such was my recent meeting with Seth Sternberg, founder & CEO of Meebo. Before we filmed the segment we had the chance to chat over lunch over the direction of the Internet and how social was changing the fabric of the web. It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking.

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Connecticut Cofounder Silicon Valley Web 286

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Sometimes, Ill use LinkedIn to contact my network, but mostly I still just go to their profile and email them. When I recently was looking to find people who had experience with using social networks to reach people for what might be considered guerilla marketing efforts, again LinkedIn worked great.

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Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The other day, I noticed an eye-catching headline: "Internet Funding Boom Ends as Fast as It Began". How else can you explain this headline matching a story about a professional social network still trying to explore revenues raising $17mm on an $80mm valuation? Did I mention it only took the founder a month?

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Venture Capital Marketing Term Sheet Software Review 114

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Carmen Medina , co-author of the book Rebels at Work , spent 32 years at CIA. Don Burke , digital architect for the Central Intelligence Agency.

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Wiki Entrepreneur Cofounder Government 120

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. Find free office space at Loosecubes. Thats real money."

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San Francisco Technical Review Zimbabwe New York City 105

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

I turned around and there was StockTwits founder (and my favorite Tweeter) Howard Lindzon. Or how about the inventor of the Internet? And we’re here with Dan Martell , who like any great startup founder is wearing his company t-shirt for Flowtown. Wendy Tan White, the founder of Moonfruit. He was there, too.

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Technical Cofounder Austin Hosting Cofounder 294

SoCal CTO

MARCH 30, 2010

People seem to be missing the really big picture of the value of social media and really the Internet for that matter. They look at how current social networking sites work and how online and offline relationships currently work and make the assumption that this represents the value proposition.

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Social Media Matching Media Cofounder 179

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2023

Use the idea to kick-start your relationships with co-founders, investors, customers and business partners. Entrepreneurs need leadership, teamwork, listening, and coaching skills, which you can learn from advisors and networking with peers. You are going to need a lot of skills you don’t have right now.

Technical Review 292

Technical Review Social Network Reputation Cofounder 292

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year.

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Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

The Internet can be a tremendous resource in finding the right people to build your team. Cons: People advertising services, looking for advice, seeking investment capital, and looking for cofounders are all dumping their comments into the same place, which can make it hard to browse.

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Coder Technical Review Social Media Technical Cofounder 60

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Shy Rosenweig is the co-founder and COO of Meetey , bringing social networking to your neighborhood. Internet people have zero patience to guess your intentions. You’ll find tips and tricks everywhere online and some of them are actually very good. The problem many people have is TMI (too much information).

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Internet Audience Social Media Cofounder 167

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

JULY 18, 2011

The funny part is that I didn’t realize Eventbrite had male cofounders since Women 2.0 always spotlighted Julie Hartz, cofounder and wife of Kevin. Kevin’s bio on EventBrite.com: Kevin Hartz is Co-Founder & CEO of Eventbrite, a company changing the way events come together online, and happen offline.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Silicon Valley San Francisco 49

Campus Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 23, 2010

but I don’t recall courses on internet strategy. Booth has announced a course called Building Interet Strartups: Risk, Reward, and Failure and it is being taught by two of Groupon’s co-founders. That is a great opportunity for Booth students. If enough people sign up for it, the offer is good.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2012

The founders of local startup company PayWhere believes there’s an opportunity in this gap, and that’s why they’re introducing TackThis. A new social sharing feature called ‘Share Promotion’ even allows – even giving incentives to – users to share their purchases on Facebook. .

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Singapore Small Business Cofounder Social Media 220

Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

Un-Social Networking: Martin Lindstrom of Brand Sense says we are suffering a little from digital emptiness. People are doing small scale, networked and highly responsive activities. There are 5 senses, and we still can’t experience 3 of them on the internet – so we must complete the connection / transaction off line….

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Ben's Blog

JUNE 28, 2011

Before my partner Marc Andreessen and his friends at the University of Illinois invented the browser in 1993, most people thought only scientists and researchers would use the Internet. The Internet was thought to be too arcane, insecure and slow to meet real business needs. The implications of the propriety vision were not good.

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CTO Internet Illinois Cofounder 78

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

For example, one angel investor reportedly invested in several hundred social networking ventures employing this philosophy. Mark Montgomery Founder Kyield Initium VC September 12, 2009 4:21 AM Mark Montgomery said. Otherwise it's a great idea. You've done an excellent job refining the process and message.

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Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Other VCs use Klout * to identify relevant influencers who can evangelize their ideas and Contently * or Social Native (HOF Capital company) to create relevant content. Meyler Capital is taking the analytical rigor of modern internet marketing and applying it to fund marketing. 2) Raise capital. Pitchbot.vc 3) Originate investments.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

thenetsetter.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Even less-obvious founders like the internet media personality and Digg founder Kevin Rose actually began in computer science. In the cases of all the founders I just mentioned the answer was yes. Thanks to years of internet progress there are existing technologies that virtually anyone can piggy back off.

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Web Technical Review Developer Cofounder 40

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

This was 2004, and we had never even heard of MySpace, let alone had any understanding of social networking. It required hearing customers say it over and over again for us to take a serious look, and eventually to realize that social networking was core to our business. But the early customers all compared it to MySpace.

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San Francisco Customer Lean Continuous Deployment 131

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

We also make sure they have a reliable internet connection for skype conferences. MapQuest Founder on the Past, Present. View More » Social Good Google Gives $250,000 to Tech Educati. 5 Creative Social Good Campaigns for. View More » Startups Facebook Co-Founder Launches Social N.

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2020

Use the idea to kick-start your relationships with co-founders, investors, customers and business partners. Entrepreneurs need leadership, teamwork, listening, and coaching skills, which you can learn from advisors and networking with peers. You are going to need a lot of skills you don’t have right now.

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Startup Technical Review Social Network Reputation 331