SoCal CTO

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. in Computer Science.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

So it’s really hard to draw too many conclusions about whether the investment really makes sense because often you learn stuff in the fund raising about the future strategy of the company that might make you much more excited than somebody on the outside might be. The build “implicit social networks.&# Enter Xobni.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I don’t believe that search is the only answer in 2010 as it was in 2000. I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. I won’t belabor this – I have an investment in this space ( ad.ly ) so I’m biased. But I made it for a reason. uh, hello!

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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?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

billion jump in funding over the same quarter of 2010 with a similar number of deals, so it clearly shows a trend to larger deal sizes for fewer startups. In fact, most of the most active investment firms are located there, although NY now has moved solidly into second place (ahead of Boston). Overall, investors put $7.5

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2011

We've done really well since then, were profitable in 2010, and have had some really great clients. I was a co-founder of a company called TagWorld, which was a social networking website we ended up selling to Viacom. We've worked with Microsoft, Live Nation, Variety, and other clients, plus just closed our funding of $2.2M

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SoCal CTO

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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SoCal CTO

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. When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out. in Computer Science.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

We built a Proof of Concept in 2010, went into closed beta in 2011 and opened up to the public in Dec 2012. Rob and Lance made multiple business trips to the USA and UK in order to understand the offerings and strategy of existing payment providers, social networks, banks and financial service providers. The name just stuck!

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

We will also have some of the top companies present that each of the panelist has invested in. Our Panelist Include: Brock Pierce - Starting & Investing in Bitcoin, Games, and Gambling Businesses. Mr. Csathy previously served as the CEO of social network and online video technology company Sightspeed, Inc.,

Startup 111

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

22, 2010. They make it easy to collect investment funds, track ownership, and provide targeted updates to investors. Bring your products to your Customers, their social network and their influencers with DoTogether Hosted Facebook Applications. Event Details: When: Wednesday, Sept 22nd, 2010 - 5:00 p.m.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Venture capital investments are returning to startups. Venture capitalists invested $4.8 billion in 780 deals in the third quarter of 2010, according to National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). Home prices are slowly coming back, and personal savings rates are now as high as levels last seen in the USA in the mid 1990’s.

Pricing 80

Pricing Blogging Venture Capital Entrepreneur 80

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2012

We launched the first publicly available (German) Beta Version of exploreB2B at the end of 2010. As a social platform, exploreB2B is to a small degree, in competition with other social media platforms used for business (Twitter, LinkedIn, Quora). When was it launched and where? Who are its founders? Any funding yet?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

The firm has also received investments from Greycroft Partners and AT&T. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. My partners and I were all involved in the social media space in one fashion or another. We're very interested in the gaming space, and how it ties into social networks.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Fan Appz, a Santa Monica headquartered firm founded in 2010, and a Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) today Tuesday launched its Personalized Marketing Platform, a next-generation social media marketing solution set to help firms convert fans into customers and increase repeat purchases by turning good customers into great ones.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

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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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

The firm has also received investments from Greycroft Partners and AT&T. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. My partners and I were all involved in the social media space in one fashion or another. We're very interested in the gaming space, and how it ties into social networks.

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Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

’ &# His message was that in 2010 great business can be built anywhere if there is a great team and the will to make it work. LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages. I have one message for you, ‘get over it!’ LA investors are more pragmatic.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

This Panel is filled with investing super stars who will be going over must have content for all the startups and entrepreneurs out there. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. 22 @ 5:30pm PT.

Social Media 71

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

Here are some basic principles: Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. Angels like to “touch and feel” their investments, so they are generally only interested in local opportunities. This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) September 4, 2010. A new social pipeline, the quick blogging style, the similarity to texting: all these things were great for Twitter. My agency, VaynerMedia , used it heavily as a community management tool in 2009 and 2010. But I couldn’t justify the investment any more. I remained active.

Platform 40

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

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 ). We had instant success in every country where we launched in 2010: Italy, Poland, France, the UK, Spain and Greece. Any user stats?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers! OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. We’re just an hour from the snow and steps from the beach.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

Here are some basic principles: Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. Angels like to “touch and feel” their investments, so they are generally only interested in local opportunities. This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups.

Angel 96

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Social media. Social networking. Social games. Just this year, Q2 investments in SoCal and New England were virtually the same, with $838 million and $843 million invested respectively, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Report. Streaming media. Streaming video. Smartphones. Windows Phone.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

The buzz words of SXSW Interactive 2010: cloud computing, social, on-demand, sharing, collaboration, Entrepreneurism / Monetization Cloud Computing, monetization, Startup. . The PepsiCo10 program in 2010 saw the company team up with Mashable and Highland Capital Partners to. Startup Survival Guide: Beating the 800lb Gorillas.

Guide 69

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Here are some basic principles: Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. Angels like to “touch and feel” their investments, so they are generally only interested in local opportunities. It powers over 1,000 investment Angel and VC groups in 80+ countries. New England Investment Network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

Here are some basic principles: Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. Angels like to “touch and feel” their investments, so they are generally only interested in local opportunities. This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups.

Angel 67

Angel Keiretsu Invest Networking 67

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. 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.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

Here are some basic principles: Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. Angels like to “touch and feel” their investments, so they are generally only interested in local opportunities. This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups.

Angel 108

Angel Keiretsu Organization Invest 108

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2014

In my Twitter bio is says that I’m “ looking to invest in passionate entrepreneurs ,” which almost sounds like I was just looking for a cliché soundbite to describe myself. We first met five years ago through serendipity as I described in this 2009 blog post and elaborated on again in more detail 2010.

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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. Total raised: $16.0mm.

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We spoke about the changes to an “accredited investor&# proposed by Chris Dodd – This would be bad for angel investing. Following Microsoft’s addressable advertising trials with NBC in June 2009, many suspect that Google’s investment may have some defensive motivations, as well. We spoke briefly about why.

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2010

I just read the Q1 2010 report from CB Insights , which shows some interesting trends. But disappointingly, dollars invested in early-stage deals fell nearly 21%. In fact, nine of the ten most active investment firms are located there (with one in Boston). Create an investment-grade business plan.

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Venture Capital Capital Startup Invest 49

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

When I recently wrote about how excited I was about investing in “ The Digital Living Room ,&# Hulu was only mentioned in the context of how Clicker.com was a much better metaphor for content discovery and search. So what does this have to do with OPEC? Hulu Plus now allows you to get a more extensive “catalog&# for $10 / month.

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