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Social Networking Addiction Bears Fruit

Eric Greenspan

I’ve been engaged with social networking for some time now, starting with Myspace and Facebook and just recently (within the last 30 days), Twitter. I responded to his tweet, we chatted on the phone and he asked me to co-host the event on Dec 14th, 2010. Isn’t social networking amazing?

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2010 VC Funding Outlook for Startups – Prepare for Winter (Part 3/3)

Both Sides of the Table

.&# This is a direct result of innovation around the iPhone / mobile computing, Facebook / Social Networks and Twitter (as distinct from Social Networks). It is also a result of pent-up demand. My advice : if you’re raising a $750,000 round and you have demand for $1.2 million – take it.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 3

Both Sides of the Table

So there is likely robust demand from borrowers. Peer-to-peer lending service; started on FaceBook; claim to own 79% of the US peer lending market in March 2010 with a whopping $8,664,750. Increasing this is also migrating to social network messaging but email is still king. The build “implicit social networks.&#

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Digital Health Becoming a Reality

Both Sides of the Table

Yet 2010 is already showing me how connected our lives and our health are starting to become. So as I contemplated the kick off to 2010 I thought again about Weight Watchers. Social networking meets online personal health management. Seemed such a fantasy back in 1992. But wait, there’s more !

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks, with about 125 million users. Reply Hear NoHo Muisc Festival August 25, 2010 at 12:54 pm Yes!

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

Tech Zulu Event

Mr. Csathy previously served as the CEO of social network and online video technology company Sightspeed, Inc., On Demand). Csathy was President and CEO of Sorenson Media, Inc., a highly respected global video company that services virtually all media companies and 70 of the Fortune 100.

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