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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

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). We three partners are working hard. Thanks from switzerland, Nice story!

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Austinites represent at SXSW 2018

Austin Startup

SXSW and Edelman have partnered to launch a special report of the Trust Barometer?—?Edelman’s Indigo Room Featured Speaker: Whitney Wolfe Herd As Founder and CEO of Bumble, Whitney Wolfe Herd helms one of the fastest-growing social networks in the world. March 10, 2018 9:30AM?—?11:30AM 11:30AM Fairmont?—?Indigo Time: 2:00PM?—?3:00PM

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses.

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Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouhi

SoCal CTO

I was on the way back to LA from a ski vacation in Switzerland where I decided while sliding down a glacier that if I survived I would start my own advertising agency. The firm used to be called Fotouhi Alonso and were one of LA's top mid-sized agencies for 20 years, working with clients like Honda, Epson, the LA DWP, and the FX Network.

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DEMO Report: Startup Creativity Through Variety

ReadWriteStart

The player can conduct transactions even when embedded in a social network or third-party website. "If Another cloud service panelists found impressive was Switzerland-based Koemei , which transcribes online video and audio. I was blown away by that one.". The accuracy was really high," Dillon noted.

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The 12 Strangest Celebrity Businesses

YoungUpstarts

Shue and a partner created CafeMom, a social networking site for moms to share worries, tips, and stories. proof beverage, called Mansinthe, is produced in Switzerland and can be bought online by anyone wanting to experience the green fairy. It was banned in the U.S. Donald Trump’s cologne.