Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

I just cover the companies that were funded that week. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. 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. Others I have not. LendingClub.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2013

It''s a social network for world trade, kind of a combo between Alibaba and LinkedIn. Michael Kleist: We started in 2010. In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. Michael Kleist: We''re seed funded, and have already raised money from twelve investors. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 170

Southern California Startup SoCal CTO Hire 170

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 The Social Web Challenges of 2010: A List What are the challenges with the social Web today?

Web 29

Web Technical Review Web 2.0 Social Media 29

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Especially when he’s surrounded by Danny Rimer (who funded Skype, MySQL, Last.FM Overture never built the destination site to monetize from. So when Google started pushing AdSense (ads for affiliate or 3rd party sites) they had a HUGE cost advantage. PLUS RELATED FUNDING …. Google had huge destination traffic.

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

SoCal CTO

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. When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars - Steve Blank , November 24, 2010 When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

To gain some insight into the area, we spoke with Ian Swanson, one of the founders of Sometrics (www.sometrics.com), which develops software to gather information on social media and optimize advertising. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. What's the idea behind Sometrics?

Social Media 113

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 113

socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

Los Angeles-based MomentFeed (www.momentfeed.com) is looking to sort through that data to help marketers better tap into location based, social networking. I was there from when the company launched until March of 2010, when I left to start MomentFeed. That was in addition to the social media work I'd done.

Social Media 248

Social Media Zumbox Media Startup 248

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

We launched the first publicly available (German) Beta Version of exploreB2B at the end of 2010. Confirmed experts are given more options on the site and achieve higher visibility for themselves and their content. Yet, exploreB2B is an article-based platform for B2B, which is completely unique in the social landscape.

Networking 71

Networking Help Social Media Platform 71

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

To gain some insight into the area, we spoke with Ian Swanson, one of the founders of Sometrics (www.sometrics.com), which develops software to gather information on social media and optimize advertising. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. What's the idea behind Sometrics?

Social Media 100

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. Keiretsu Forum.

Startup 135

Startup Keiretsu Platform Invest 135

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Bootstrapping boostrapping, Funding, lean startup. . Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app. The buzz words of SXSW Interactive 2010: cloud computing, social, on-demand, sharing, collaboration, Entrepreneurism / Monetization Cloud Computing, monetization, Startup. . Bootstrapping a Lean Startup.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” The site features running commentary and visual diagrams on the idiosyncrasies of fatherhood, parenting missteps and his own adjustment to having children.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. Keiretsu Forum.

Angel 96

Angel Keiretsu Invest Networking 96

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding. Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. short answer: very, very rarely. But it does happen.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Competition: Chegg (has raised $144 in debt and equity)—estimated by Steven Carpenter ( TechCrunch ) to be 10x more unique visitors than BookRenter (during peak book renting seasons) with nearly $140mm in revenues for 2010. Total raised: $16.0mm.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. Keiretsu Forum.

Angel 67

Angel Keiretsu Invest Networking 67

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The idea was that if you could put up a consumer site that was seen as the best place to consume content then people wouldn’t go to lower-quality or free sites to get it. The founders felt that having a legitimate site for content would discourage Silicon Valley VC’s from funding entrepreneurs to create the next big TV killer.

Hulu 292

Hulu Technical Review Content Advertising 292