Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). business models.

China 219

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 219

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

For much of 2014 and 2015, I banged my head against a plane window flying back and forth between Austin and Silicon Valley while trying to raise institutional VC money for Localeur. Are there amazing Silicon Valley VCs out there with whom entrepreneurs should work to partner? but it’s true. Most definitely.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Technical Review Venture Capital San Francisco 48

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits.

Technical Review 165

Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. China has essentially closed its internal search, media and social network software market to foreign companies who wouldn’t play with the government rules on the Great Firewall.

Silicon Valley 164

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 164

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. 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).

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

We are the most active Twitter country in the world (measured by tweets per account) and the third most socially networked. At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. We have 30 procedures to go through when starting a legal business entity – ranking us #5 globally of light bureaucracy when incorporating.

Netherlands 143

Netherlands Technical Review Stock Silicon Valley 143

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. While the networks worked to build platforms to connect the world, they missed how bad actors could exploit them.

Technical Review 58

Technical Review Silicon Valley Texas Austin 58

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2010

Gemassmer We all intuitively believe in maintaining personal and business contacts, but most of us don’t do well in this area, despite the advent of social networking. Today a number of social networks have emerged, all designed to enable us to stay in touch, keep each other updated and maintain a sense of continuity.

Social Network 120

Social Network Networking Silicon Valley California 120

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

First up, Priyanshu Harshavat, from Evanston, Illinois, presented Socioclean , a service for cleaning up your reputation on social networks. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant, she writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy , and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020.

Illinois 114

Illinois Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Chicago 114

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Some of the most creative technology coming out of Silicon Valley is designed to do exactly that. Then Intel began placing customer content on social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, as well as other firms’ websites where its buyers were active. You have to make it easy for them to do so.

Customer 154

Customer Fractional CTO Canada Technical Review 154

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 20, 2020

Even as you’re working on your initial test, there are seven other fires burning, such as the need to recruit talent, finding product market fit, managing market volatility, and of course, a global pandemic. In addition to conducting experiments, another great way to test your thesis is to leverage what I call network intelligence.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Cofounder Social Network Jordan 69

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Well, Steve Hoffman (02:34): First of all, I did three venture funded startups in Silicon valley and two bootstrap startups. So a lot of the basics are the same, but the big difference between what would be, you know, a local business, as opposed to a potentially global international business is growth. It's a lot of work.

San Francisco 95

San Francisco Technical Review Incubator Silicon Valley 95

Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

After rapid international expansion across several continents, as the founding team brought Silicon Valley’s global ambition into Europe, and the extension of its offering to buses and multimodal transportation, BlaBlaCar is preparing for the travel rebound expected as the world reopens. They’re building them for the world.

Global 62

Global Europe France Cofounder 62

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Then Nirupama Mallavarupu from Summit, New Jersey, discussed PTA Portals, a platform for building niche social networks for private groups, starting with Parent-Teacher Associations. Nirupama is looking to find a niche where she can penetrate the niche social network platform market.

Entrepreneur 116

Entrepreneur San Francisco Technical Review New Jersey 116

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2011

First up today was John Boyd with MeetingWave , a social media platform that caters to university alumni associations and addresses the challenge of helping them create walled-garden professional and social networking groups under their own brand, as opposed to groups within Facebook or LinkedIn.

Advertising 116

Advertising SMS Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 116

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2011

The Problem With Silicon Valley Is Itself – [link]. The next five social media trends and their impact on marketing – [link]. Interesting that many small biz owners still not finding much use for social media – [link]. No New Social Network Launched Today – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

Hiring technology talent in Silicon Valley is getting difficult, and the time it takes to drive across Palo Alto has tripled—all signs of the impending apocalypse. In the case of this bubble, it was social networks, consumer and mobile applications, and the cloud. We have just entered the mania phase.

Silicon Valley 330

Silicon Valley Stealth Valuation Mississippi 330

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

As many of your listeners may know, there was an incredible piece published by a gentleman from Founders Fund, discussing Tiger [Global Management] and how they’re focused on the speed and scale business. What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

That option involved trying to get a job at a young Silicon Valley company that had just gone public and would, in a few short years, crash and burn, lay off everyone, and quickly fade into oblivion. Already, thousands of people had started creating their own globally accessible web pages focused on whatever they wanted.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Internet Networking Salary 69

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I spent some time with some startups in San Francisco proper, as opposed to the heart of Silicon Valley (see Note 1). “Silicon Valley” (see Note 2) is hardly alone in this urbanization of startups trend. April 13, 2012. I was back in the SF Bay Area last week for a bit of work and a bit of fun.

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

The idea for Burpple came about in late 2010 in Silicon Valley, but co-founders Elisha Ong and Dixon Chan would only incorporate the company in Singapore end 2011. “These photos that would potentially tell great gastronomical adventures are often left dormant in our smartphones or get drowned out on generic social media.

Singapore 217

Singapore Silicon Valley Cofounder Social Network 217

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

SparkLabs , an accelerator program in South Korea that is bringing a Silicon Valley-like approach to the Asian country’s startup ecosystem, showcased its second batch of startups to investors at Demo Day today. iBabyBox (E-commerce/social network). An example of a targeted social network.

South Korea 166

South Korea Asia Azure Silicon Valley 166

YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

The idea for Burpple came about in late 2010 in Silicon Valley, but co-founders Elisha Ong and Dixon Chan would only incorporate the company in Singapore end 2011. “These photos that would potentially tell great gastronomical adventures are often left dormant in our smartphones or get drowned out on generic social media.

Singapore 197

Singapore Silicon Valley Cofounder Social Network 197

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

GLIIF, LLC is a Hot Silicon Valley Startup designed to disrupt QR Code usage in advertising. I created {s}hareCLOUD — Private social networks for businesses– with Google in mind. It just seems to me that having a great idea without Silicon Valley connections becomes an obstacle. Social Media.

San Francisco 104

San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Social Media Strategies Summit. Global Strategic Management Institute (GSMI) is excited to bring you the latest social event, Social Media Strategies Summit (SMSS), now running for its third successful year in Las Vegas. Venture Summit Silicon Valley.

Las Vegas 165

Las Vegas North America Silicon Valley New York City 165

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

It also puts another chink in the armor of the meme that monster internet companies can only be built in Silicon Valley (LivingSocial, Kayak, Gilt Groupe, CSN Stores, et al doing damage here too). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M. Author howerl.

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

in recent years: accelerate smartphone penetration, increasing consumption of online video and social networking, and boosting mobile ad spending, e-commerce, and more. Give young startups a global experience. The country can potentially follow a similar pattern to what we’ve seen in the U.S. Hold on though, we’re not there yet.

Brazil 149

Brazil Portugal Silicon Valley Mobile 149

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Pohang Iron and Steel Company, Korea’s fifth largest conglomerate also known as Posco, joined Israel’s Global Enterprise R&D Cooperation Framework. The Global Enterprise R&D Cooperation Framework encourages cooperation in industrial R&D between multi-national companies and Israeli start-ups. billion net profit.

Bandwidth 79

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Global audiences of prosumer video producers will create content that is viewed by global audiences in numbers far in excess of traditional TV. TV will enter the era of “participation” which is a much more important trend than “social video” even if it seems less sexy or less fundable. 200 million views.

Video 380

Video Audience Global Distribution 380

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Multiply that by literally a couple thousand, and that’s what 2013 is going to look like in Silicon Valley, and to a lesser degree some other startup ecosystems. “There are so many companies in Silicon Valley that have raised $30 million and done absolutely nothing with it.” November 29, 2012.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Publisher Platform (P3).

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

If you’re a non-technical entrepreneur in Silicon Valley that’s out of college now, it can be tough to find a technical cofounder. Active software engineers probably get two offers a month or more. But it’s not hopeless.

Technical Cofounder 40

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Technical Review Software Review 40

Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Millennials or Generation Y grew through a few global recessions and a pandemic. But what shaped their world was coming of age with the internet, mobiles devices, and social media. It’s still early, but social scientists predict that educational technology, social networks, and streaming services will frame their world.

Artificial Inteligence 82

Artificial Inteligence Italy Generative AI Architecture 82

Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

Do it yourself, Design it yourself, Distribute it yourself, 3D it yourself – in fact we can nearly make anything in home or certainly procure it via global production hubs like alibaba.com We can make anything because all the tools of production have been democratized for ever. A bit like Silicon Valley.

Uruguay 123

Uruguay Technical Review Vertical Las Vegas 123

techcrunch.com

MARCH 8, 2012

The Social Network is a great movie, and for many people quite inspiring as it tells the exciting story of how Mark Zuckerberg built – what is now a massively successful business – that he started at the age of 19 in his Harvard dorm room. Powered by Personforce. Latest on TechCrunch TV.

Technical Cofounder 49

Technical Cofounder Cofounder San Antonio Europe 49

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. Benhamou Global Ventures. BigBand Networks. Global Catalyst Partners. Global Entrepreneurship Week. global giving. Global Security Challenge. Google Groups.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

VC Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

The two companies have collaborated for a long time, with Facebook using Face.com’s technology to help users tag the faces of friends in pictures they upload on the social network with Face.com’s Photo Tagger service. Global sales in 2011 were $2.76 FOUR ISRAELIS CHOSEN FOR “GIRLS IN TECH 100 IN EUROPE”.

Latvia 109

Latvia Lithuania Russia 109