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JULY 23, 2014

When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more and hasn’t abated.

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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. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. You could just outspend. You could use brute force to get the word out. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

So, we refocused in late 2008 and early 2009, and launched Island Paradise in August of that year. Since then, we've seen lots of changes in the social gaming market, including lots of new players, lots of growth, and also lots of interest from traditional gaming studios. Why the interest in that area?

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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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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking? Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

In 2009, when the platform was just under three years old, Nielsen put out a report stating that Twitter had grown 1,382% year-over-year. When the Mars Phoenix found water on Mars in June 2008, they announced it on Twitter. My agency, VaynerMedia , used it heavily as a community management tool in 2009 and 2010.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Dave Waldman: We started quite a while ago, back in almost September of 2008. We raised funding in September of 2009, about six months ago, raising $500,000 from private angel investors. We thought about where else we could apply it to, and thought about the various social networking services, and specifically, Twitter.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

That said, the founders only committed to the project fulltime in 2008, when traffic hit over 1 million visit a month. In 2009, after their first round of investment, they launched internationally. The service can be accessed by computer, mobile phone ( iPhone , Android ) or social network ( Facebook ). Any user stats?

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JUNE 12, 2010

Mo was graduated from Wharton, worked in investment banking, spent 6 years at IAC (including in an operational role for Connected Ventures which includes College Humor, Busted T’s and Vimeo) before joining Spark Capital in 2008. Founded in 2008 by Mehdi Maghsoodnia. Social network app developer and ad network.

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MAY 6, 2012

He was Director of Online Marketing for Mota Motors, a BusinessWeek Top 50 Most Promising Startup of 2009 and TechCrunch50 finalist. Otis Chandler built Goodreads in 2006 because he believed in social networking and wanted to see what his friends were reading. Sizhao “Zao” Yang – COO and Co-founder at BetterWorks.

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MAY 15, 2010

Following Microsoft’s addressable advertising trials with NBC in June 2009, many suspect that Google’s investment may have some defensive motivations, as well. Swipely – Blippy competitor founded by TellMe founder, Angus Davis, in Fall 2009. Swipely is a social network orientated around users credit card transaction data.

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JULY 7, 2008

In fiscal year 2009 (FY09) the proposed effort will amount to a roughly 15% increase of $12 billion. Doubling basic research in the physical sciences is largely an NSF, Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, and Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) matter.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2016

That was written in September 2008. Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. As you can see below, investments have skyrocketed – up 300% since 2009. That’s the beauty of markets and of capitalism. Even Sequoia.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. 17, 2009 and before Jan. Third, startups are social. In 2008, we couldn’t find a technical co-founder for Yipit. What truth?

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AUGUST 9, 2011

By 2008 I had gotten more serious about championing companies through our investment process. It was September 2008. The following is a 2-week graph of the end-of-week price of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) in Autumn 2008. The people left standing had a compelling vision to build companies and we backed many in 2009.

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MARCH 16, 2007

And in fact all our globally-connecting-social-networking tools are making face-to-face more, not less desirable. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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