Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Get Satisfaction has developed a private label social network platform for businesses to use to communicate with their customers, and to help customers communicate with each other. It enables merchants to sell their products anywhere by syndicating goods to multiple marketplaces. Ixtens ( [link] ) raised $4.6

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 23, 2014

In an effort to experiment with a different approach, we recently led an AngelList syndicated investment in one potential search challenger, a Kansas City based startup called Leap.it who is taking a different approach based on the belief that machine-based algorithms can only get you so far. When you first visit Leap.it Perspectives.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 23, 2014

In an effort to experiment with a different approach, we recently led an AngelList syndicated investment in one potential search challenger, a Kansas City based startup called Leap.it who is taking a different approach based on the belief that machine-based algorithms can only get you so far. When you first visit Leap.it Perspectives.

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Genuine VC

MAY 1, 2014

Back in those Web 1.0 In the intervening years while I pursued a career investing in startups rather than creating them, Josh continued as an entrepreneur starting a handful of companies including early social networking site Sconex, successfully sold to Alloy Media.

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Venture Chronicles

DECEMBER 5, 2012

And it is certainly possible for a technology to provide benefit across multiple strategies–CEM and CRM–particularly technologies that are being transformed by the new consumer power afforded by social media. The big shift in web content is how user generated content is being captured and re-used.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Not every social network is a Facebook or Instagram. Retail or end user web sites do not even receive limited notice without being discovered through a real marketing program, aimed at finding the flywheel effect (the moment. Dave’s syndicated cable show: The Berkus Report. It doesn’t happen by accident.

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Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

Twitter isn’t really a social network. But Twitter isn’t really a social network. Dick Costolo rightly boasts that Twitter is one of the largest referrers of traffic on the web. In the private markets Twitter commands a higher revenue multiple all the other high profile Web 2.0

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 29, 2010

I’m sure at some point, the best of these deals will be syndicated to Homerun , Groupon, Buywithme, etc., These plays still have the “last mile” problem of getting new venues onto the platform when the average retailer barely knows how to use the web and generally sucks at online marketing. Community is one solution I had in mind.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I’ll focus for now on the business itself, there’s plenty of other info on the web if you care to understand the equity ownership or financing history of Facebook and frankly this has been fairly well known for awhile. ==. who derive a meaningful chunk of their revenue from operating ad networks. Facebook, Inc.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

With more than 40 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the most prolific news site reporting breaking web news, providing analysis of trends, reviewing new Web sites and services, and offering social media resources and guides.

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Venture Chronicles

APRIL 28, 2011

I predict that within this decade we will see a wholesale movement toward in memory architectures for network storage and disk drives will predominately serve archival and backup needs. The web is shifting from pages to streams and these streams are incredibly expansive as each iteration adds more content and even more metadata.

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mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

What follows are five ecommerce trends that illustrate the direction that online shopping is headed, as well as some insight and strategies that will allow businesses and consumers to better navigate the uncertain seas of web-based retail. Mobile devices are fast becoming the preferred method of accessing the web. Web Video Roundup.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

When inspiration strikes, it’s all too tempting to start envisioning your company logo, web design, signage, business cards, etc. The name I chose is scovry and the website ( [link] ) that it goes to is a social media based search engine that displays results in a “spy” type format. Social Networks etc.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

Additionally, closing a business the ‘right way’ ensures the network, reputation, goodwill and momentum you’ve built with the first company can be gracefully transitioned to future projects. Your strength as an entrepreneur and business leader depends heavily on the caliber of your network. Latest Social Media News. 5 Comments.

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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? startupcto

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mashable.com

JANUARY 13, 2012

Now the question is how to implement social technologies correctly — merely adding technologies like social login, sharing, commenting and game mechanics is not enough. Unfortunately, the web is ripe with sites that offer social implementations that miss the mark. Which Social Login Provider Should I Choose?

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

With the help social networking tools it has became much easier for start ups to venture in the competitive market. 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).

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

According to Nielsen, YouTube reaches more US adults ages 18-34 than any cable network as of mid-2013. Some use the display advertising options on YouTube, but are not sure what value those ads deliver (and how to think of them in context of web display ads or even TV). It is a social network (like Facebook).

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mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

We’re increasingly comfortable overlapping our online and real lives, and web services that figure out how to make our real lives easier will do well. Meanwhile, some of the web’s best-known companies increased their presence in New York City — likely bringing investor money and capable engineers with them.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

“There’s simply no budget for [an office], as I bootstrap the company,&# says Paul Molluzzo, founder of Baby Goes Mobile , a web app that lets parents create a private baby book they can view and update from their mobile phones. “But that seems more of a luxury than a necessity.&#

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mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms. As the mobile application space continues to explode, developers are increasingly using HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3 to aid in the creation of web apps and native mobile apps. Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Also, most leads will have their own network of co-investors with whom they can share the deal, but make sure to ask that they share on AngelList too. Latest Social Media News. Web Video Roundup. The Social Good Brief. Programming and Web Development Lists. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

If you are a totally new site with zero web presence what can you do to even get people there? But Socially sharing through the multitude of networks is another way of getting to the customers to sign up for your launch. We have a beta page for a new social networking site. I think this strategy works.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

That’s why i haven chosen to start working in Network marketing and MLM. Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. Starting a business can be very expensive. All Rights Reserved. Publisher Platform (P3).

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

” If you can’t think of a compelling format, go with something like, “I noticed you’ve covered location-based networks quite a bit at Publication X, and I think you’d be interested in learning about how my startup is changing that space by [fill in blank].” Latest Social Media News. Social Media.

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mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

5 Essential Spreadsheets for Social Media Analytics. Ann Smarty is a search marketer and full-time web entrepreneur. Ann blogs on search and social media tools. This tool also includes basic social network analysis (building friend/follower information, twitter profiles etc]. Latest Social Media News.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

While VC firms have been easy to find from the old school days of Pratts Guide to Venture Capital , to the early web presence of the 1990s and the current web sites, blogs, twitter feeds, facebook fan pages and sites such as The Funded , angels are still a bit harder to track down. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal.

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Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

Cloze is helping outbound professionals understand and utilize their professional network more comprehensively than ever before. We amass all of this information in our emails, social networks, smartphone address books, and other software tools (e.g. I first met co-founder/CEO Dan Foody a little over six months ago.

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms. Marketing firm Performics reported that 49% of “heavy mobile web users&# have made a purchase using a mobile device. Follow Sourcebits on Twitter for recent news and updates.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

routes to customers which are more under your control and more likely to stand out from the background noise on the web. Though it’s a tiresome cliché, having viral/social/sharing as an inherent, required behavior of the system is one of those routes. And no, putting retweet buttons on web pages doesn’t count.)

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mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

Penguin : Released April 2012, this algorithm put tighter guidelines on website optimization and adjusted a number of web spam factors, including keyword stuffing, cloaking, unnatural links and content spinning. Google just wants to make the web a better place, and it does that by rewarding people who do things right. Register here.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

Google bought web 2.0 Originally founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin Slide.com was known as the largest third-party developer of Facebook applications until Google purchased it to “make Google services socially aware.”. In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. ITA Software.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Be careful with misspelled words, though, as they may feel too “web 2.0” While.com is still the gold standard on the web, a clever use of other domain extensions can still lead to a great name. You’ve probably already used this trick when a username is taken on one of the big social networking sites. Web Video Roundup.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 11, 2010

Jivy specializes in web development for the gaming and trading industries. Matomy - provider of alternative payment solutions for social network applications, online and freemium games, MMOs and other players in the online marketplace. Fribiz , a syndicated virtual currency platform launched this week.

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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.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Graphs - Chris Dixon , July 22, 2010 It has become customary to use “ graph &# to refer to the underlying data structures at social networks like Facebook. Computer scientists call the study of graphs “ network theory ,&# but on the web the word “network&# is used to refer to the websites themselves).

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mashable.com

JUNE 30, 2012

How Web APIs Unlock Value in the Cloud. That is where a web API comes in. Just as the power of crowds has populated the social content repositories of Web 2.0 — YouTube videos, Facebook updates, tweets, and more — the web API enables designers and developers to re-purpose the body of knowledge that is the cloud.

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