socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

Farhad Mohit: As you know, Bizrate spawned Shopzilla, which took us from 2000 to 2005. Grip was sort of a better social Better Business Bureau, which let people post their complaints and get resolution in public, non-anonymously. Gripe worked well as a social service, but it just didn't work as a business.

Flipagram 100

Flipagram Social Network Networking Blogging 100

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2015

Farhad Mohit: As you know, Bizrate spawned Shopzilla, which took us from 2000 to 2005. Grip was sort of a better social Better Business Bureau, which let people post their complaints and get resolution in public, non-anonymously. Gripe worked well as a social service, but it just didn't work as a business.

Flipagram 100

Flipagram Social Network Networking Blogging 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. Leverage a feedback platform like Get Satisfaction or UserVoice. How did the idea for Meebo version 3, the web-based IM service, come about? In 2005, Meebo started connected users across other websites. We then spoke about startups.

Startup 286

Startup Venture Capital Web Ideas 286

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Laura Brashier is the founder of 2date4love , an online dating service for singles who are unable to have sexual intercourse but still want to find love. Joey Flores is co-founder and CEO of Earbits , an online radio platform that enables bands, labels and concert promoters to acquire fans, market new releases and promote live events.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. Web service architecture that provides a content management platform for the Internet. Folksonomy. Free product. Page 3: Competition.

Venture Capital 274

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. Online radio music service.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

SocialVibe – Social media monetization platform that benefits non-profit organizations and social causes. Invidi – Provider of addressable television advertising and marketing services to cable, satellite and telco-delivered television carriers. OTHER DEALS. Primarily targets SMBs.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

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JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. ” These are people with whom there is a likely match for your product or service. If you’re raising money in Financial Services I’ve never met a more knowledgeable investor than my partner, Brian McLoughlin.

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

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AUGUST 9, 2011

Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. On your tech platforms. Computing will be an order of magnitude more mobile 10 years from now, changing the way applications are delivered and the way we interact with our real social networks. And Social. tl;dr summary. It will impact retail.

Marketing 305

Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

I believe that this is a major new area of growth & innovation for the Internet as Cloud Services start to form deeper & richer layers. I’m not covering the actual layers of the Internet (under the OSI model) but rather the Cloud Services layer. Let me explain. I’m just listed who I perceive as the market leaders.

Startup 343

Startup Technical Review S3 Services 343