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JULY 19, 2012

Microsoft in late June announced to have acquired social network for enterprises Yammer at $ 1.2 They set out to give companies social media use as an upper hand for business success. Yammer was launched in 2008 and raised $142 million then. billion.But the deal has been fully completed today.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

Jobscience early today acquired Atomkeep in a move the company says was to help job seekers validate their social image over the various social networks to avoid mistaken identities from would be employers. ” Atomkeep was launched in 2008 and syncs users information on their social networks with online job boards.

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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. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking? in Computer Science.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

Sometimes, Ill use LinkedIn to contact my network, but mostly I still just go to their profile and email them. When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. in Computer Science.

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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. event I did last fall. The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. How do you use LinkedIn?

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MAY 10, 2013

Apple’s App Store launched in 2008 and is already closing in on 50 billion downloads. As fast as life moves, technology moves even faster. It only took Facebook eight years to land a billion users. Twitter hit the five hundred million mark in just six years. Government, in contrast, does not move quickly.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2009

ZexSports and PacSun are putting an amazing panel together to discuss the value of key social influencer's, where they are on your social network, and how targeting these potential brand evangelists will have a positive influence on your social media network and ROI. This Panel has gotten extreme and sold out!

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JUNE 30, 2010

It ran in April of 2008. Tom Grasty: There are, as I like to say, no shortage of online video editing platforms, online video editors, or social networking sites, even though there are fewer online editors now than eighteen months ago. We got lots of traction on the web, and the story was picked up in many places.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks, with about 125 million users. What are the best startup events in LA? It’s been my experience that the more focused and intimate events far ‘out-perform’ (however you’d like to characterize it) the mega-conferences. Mediacode was sold to Yahoo.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

When the Mars Phoenix found water on Mars in June 2008, they announced it on Twitter. And maybe most significantly, it showed that it could be a place to go for real time updates on major news; tragic events like the Boston Marathon bombing and world news like Arab Spring had their first breaking moments on 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. The service can be accessed by computer, mobile phone ( iPhone , Android ) or social network ( Facebook ). When was it launched? In 2009, after their first round of investment, they launched internationally.

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MAY 6, 2012

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. Capsule is an event planning and group sharing platform built to help anyone who is planning, attending, or organizing a trip, party, or event.

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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. Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date.

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MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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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. Usually only an “ exogenous event ” that causes a shift in the amount of supply or demand. Remember the RIP Good Times by 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. Third, startups are social. In 2008, we couldn’t find a technical co-founder for Yipit. but: Something is Still Missing. What truth?

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JANUARY 16, 2012

In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. Our 2008 fund looks spectacular. Do they invest in funds that are $200-300 million versus $50 million or $500 million.”

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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. It was many events that led to the crash but perhaps this was the pin that pricked the market. The following is a 2-week graph of the end-of-week price of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) in Autumn 2008.

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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. Find avenues to network with these folks. So, what Ive ended up doing is planning our own events (wine tasting) and just inviting people who I know are interesting. Weve done one so far, and its great.

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