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Report: Snapchat Looking To Raise $4 Billion In IPO

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The report cites "people familiar with the matter" for the information. The latest IPO big tech IPO of that size was for Facebook, which raised $16 billion in its IPO back in 2012. Snapchat is in the midst of an IPO effort being led by Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group. Snapchat recently changed its corporate name to Snap, Inc.

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

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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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Flipagram: Using Photos And Music To Create A Viral Machine, with Farhad Mohit

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By then, it was obvious that the original thesis behind the acquisition by Scripps was just not there. DotSpots was organized around distributed objects, and organizing ths thoughts of people all over the world, in all the newspapers, and organizing the semantic blocks of information around those thoughts. It was too head of its time.

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Flipagram: Using Photos And Music's To Create A Viral Machine, with Farhad Mohit

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By then, it was obvious that the original thesis behind the acquisition by Scripps was just not there. DotSpots was organized around distributed objects, and organizing ths thoughts of people all over the world, in all the newspapers, and organizing the semantic blocks of information around those thoughts. It was too head of its time.

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Source13 Gathers the Biggest Names in Mobile

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We interact with the world through our mobile devices, and they are quickly becoming our main vehicles for accessing and sharing information. In her interview, Eisnor discusses the nature of user acquisition, and the growing connection between cars and mobile apps. Mobile first is becoming an important part of our daily lives.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. 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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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). Idea Mensch. where entrepreneurs share their stories. Subscribe to RSS. Subscribe to RSS.