2012 Acquisition Networking Social Network 
socalTECH
MARCH 9, 2012
Monrovia, California-based Green Dot , the prepaid debit card provider headed by Steve Streit, said this morning that it has acquired Silicon Valley mobile social networking firm Loopt. The deal is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2012. Green Dot said it will pay $43.4M READ MORE>>.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 5, 2010
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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socalTECH
JULY 20, 2015
By then, it was obvious that the original thesis behind the acquisition by Scripps was just not there. That was between 2010 and 2012. In 2012, we decided to pivot again, aiming at the same group of consumers, turning into Cheers, a positive social network, kind of the opposite of gripe. So, that didn't scale well.
socalTECH
JULY 20, 2015
By then, it was obvious that the original thesis behind the acquisition by Scripps was just not there. That was between 2010 and 2012. In 2012, we decided to pivot again, aiming at the same group of consumers, turning into Cheers, a positive social network, kind of the opposite of gripe. So, that didn't scale well.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 26, 2016
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. READ MORE>>.
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 18, 2013
He has raised more than $200 million on behalf of his companies and led more than 30 acquisitions. He is also the co-founder of Playsino, ExpressCoin (Bitcoin exchange), GoCoin (Bitcoin payment platform), Five Delta, Evertune, GamesTV, Digital Entertainment Network, KnCMiner.cn (Bitcoin Mining), and Robocoin China (Bitcoin ATM).
Tech Zulu Event
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
Launched in 2012 in Ontario Canada, eQuibbly wants to change the way we resolve disputes by being a quick, easy and free Online Dispute Resolution service across North America and eventually to a city near you. . According to Lance Soskin, founder and president of eQuibbly. According to Lance Soskin, founder and president of eQuibbly.
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