Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

In January 2007 I had a resolution to lose weight and I didn’t want to do it through some crash diet like Atkins that I felt wasn’t sustainable for me. Social networking meets online personal health management. You need to monitor what you put into your body and your exercise routine.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Nor is the knowledge loss limited to technical knowledge: It is not simply losing someone’s knowledge if they retire or leave the organization, it is also losing their social network, if you will, in terms of who they seek out for answers to questions in their domain. Internal social networks. The decision-making process.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2014

Back in 2007-08, I remember when not a week went by without Twitter going down. When Bebo, the UK social network went down in 2012, users flocked to Twitter to complain. by Shankar Ganesh, Marketing Analyst at Freshdesk. In fact, sometimes, the fail whale would take ages to load. People grumbled, But those were the dark ages.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2015

Twitter, which originated as an accidental side project of a failing Internet startup, first launched into prominence in 2007 when it landed best start-up in the blog category of the technology portion of annual festival SxSW that year.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

When I first got into the industry it was 2007. Computing will be an order of magnitude more mobile 10 years from now, changing the way applications are delivered and the way we interact with our real social networks. And Social. Yesterday was a Monday. And not a pleasant one. was still a term being bandied about.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 11, 2010

Matomy - provider of alternative payment solutions for social network applications, online and freemium games, MMOs and other players in the online marketplace. One of its platforms, Jivy Inside, will run as the casual games site for TF1 in France. Our games studio has created the first RPG advergame in Israel for Bamba.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2011

It also appears that this is another way for Google to place emphasis on creating and using Profile pages – something that likely plays heavily in their plans for a social network of some sort. Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : 5 Steps to Successful Fac.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Face.com was founded in 2007 by Gil Hirsch (CEO), Yaniv Taigman (CTO), Moti Sneiberg and Eden Shochat (Eden is also one of Face.com’s investors and today serves as a partner in Gensis). The tagging widget uses faces.detect to automatically place tags on people's faces, and allows users to add names.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 21, 2011

Both of these moved signal a renewed focus on making both Profiles and Places pages more important in their ecosystem and perhaps ultimately in a social network of some sort.

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BeyondVC

MAY 15, 2007

When I had dinner with Gary a few months ago we talked about how the next big opportunity for e-commerce was to weave social networking and blogging tools into the existing infrastructure to directly drive transactions (see excerpt below from an earlier post on social shopping ).

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

, but the evidence would suggest that repositioning the company as social enterprise software was a master stroke. Buddy Media builds, promotes and monetizes one of the largest networks of engaging and entertaining social media applications on the web.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Posted by: Serkan | September 10, 2007 4:44 AM Thanks Serkan - the next post will be up soon. Posted by: Matt | September 10, 2007 4:46 AM Good read but. Posted by: Darren Stuart | September 10, 2007 4:53 AM What an excellent article! Posted by: Matt | September 10, 2007 6:28 AM Excellent post! Cant wait for more ;).

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

technologies like social networking, mobile gaming, and interactive advertising, in 2011 new fortunes and legends are being made. social networking hype of 2006-2007. As importantly, because of the rise of global social networking - Facebook now has 300 million non-U.S. Here’s why: 1.

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BeyondVC

MAY 15, 2007

When I had dinner with Gary a few months ago we talked about how the next big opportunity for e-commerce was to weave social networking and blogging tools into the existing infrastructure to directly drive transactions (see excerpt below from an earlier post on social shopping ).

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Posted by: Serkan | October 4, 2007 2:05 AM Sorry Serkan - next one will be faster out of the door! Posted by: Matt | October 4, 2007 2:18 AM Interesting post, Matt. Posted by: Matt | October 4, 2007 6:31 AM Great stuff Matt, cheers for sharing this, appreciated. More of this and faster, please;).

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

When Twitter first became popular with niche crowds in 2007 it seemed to take hold initially with bloggers. I have started blogging again having taken a hiatus since 2007 (actually, I was initially embargoed by Salesforce.com who didn’t want me blogging after they acquired my company). So what gives? Thank you, Twitter.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 2, 2009

On Facebook (and nearly all social networks that preceded it) the relationship was always reciprocal – if I accept your invitation to follow me then I have to follow you. Tags: Social Media social networking startup technology Twitter. Facebook. People write their thoughts knowing that anybody else can see them.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Part of Snaptu’s 17 engineers that comprise the company will be integrated into the giant social-networking firm’s California headquarters as application developers while others will be kept in Israel in what will become its Israeli R&D center.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Launched in 2007 in Los Angeles by Adam Bernhard and Konstantin Glasmacher. Social network app developer and ad network. RockYou (Asia) is primarily focused on the development of social networking apps and games; founded as a joint venture between RockYou, SoftBank and SK Telecom. Total raised: $56.3mm.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In 2007, I left my career to become a stay-at-home mom. 30- Social network for ideas. However, as the business grew and stalled, it became clear to me that we didn’t need another social media platform for sharing ideas. Thanks to Eric Nemeth, Eric PR & Marketing ! #6- 6- To challenge me professionally.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

China has essentially closed its internal search, media and social network software market to foreign companies who wouldn’t play with the government rules on the Great Firewall. The table below from web2asia.com shows the number of users of online social networks as of 2009. VC’s pulled back and only invested $3.7

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dontbesoanalytical.blogspot.com

MAY 13, 2012

Consider how firms today confront Web 2.0 – the combination of blogs, wikis, and social networking technologies sprouting up. ► 2007. (4). Varieties of Social Networking: FaceBook, LinkedIn. social networking. (1). Daddy, What Does a Chief Technology Officer Do? PCI DSS Class Thoughts.

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. The hybrid social network, communication and crowdsourcing platform allows startups to access investors, and has also become a resource for investors looking to boost dealflow and connect with other investors.

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Altgate

JANUARY 17, 2009

I was impressed that FCAT was not just looking into data visualization and manipulation, but also at social networking and communities. The facility is the kind of lab that startups fantasize about. I think FCAT should rent the place out so smaller firms can leverage their investments, but somehow I doubt that will happen.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

By 2015 we see more than 50 million femtocells being shipped annually with WCDMA femtocells making up the bulk of the market,&# Aditya Kaul, of Mobile Networks, ABI Research, said. Wireless communications chip developer Qualcomm Inc. is acquiring iSkoot Technologies Inc., iSkoot is Qualcomm’s first acquisition in Israel.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Overwhelming coverage of Apple’s new release has occurred yearly since they announced the first iPhone in 2007, and now some startups are using the inevitable #NewiPhone trending topic as a platform to launch their own media blitzes. Apple’s press domination comes as no surprise to anyone. Million Visits in a Day.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Overwhelming coverage of Apple’s new release has occurred yearly since they announced the first iPhone in 2007, and now some startups are using the inevitable #NewiPhone trending topic as a platform to launch their own media blitzes. Apple’s press domination comes as no surprise to anyone. Million Visits in a Day.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Overwhelming coverage of Apple’s new release has occurred yearly since they announced the first iPhone in 2007, and now some startups are using the inevitable #NewiPhone trending topic as a platform to launch their own media blitzes. Apple’s press domination comes as no surprise to anyone. Million Visits in a Day.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

I’ve been obsessed with the notion of email as the ultimate social network for a while. I wrote a post in 2007 titled Social Networks In Obvious Places that catalyzed me to thing harder about this as an investor. Tags: Email microsoft social connector.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

Founded 2007 in Boulder, CO. Web service that allows parents to monitor children’s activity on social networks in realtime for about $10/child/month. -Also offers premium ad campaigns to publishers by tracking reader intent, behavior, and demographics. Competitors: Google. Total raised: $18.3mm. Read more: TechCrunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

It was 2007. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. Here they were in what I thought was one of the most sought after jobs and they almost all told me not to do it. I was baffled. It was well past the Internet boom, well into Web 2.0,

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 1, 2011

Not the first social network. While Facebook wasn’t the first social network in the Web 2.0 era, they out-executed everyone else dramatically, and cemented their first mover advantage when they launched the Facebook platform at their first F8 developers conference in 2007. “Google? The list goes on.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 22, 2010

Footbo - a football-centric social network that enables fans to follow leagues & competitions from around the world while easily connecting with fans from all locations. PeerTV’s solution, in actual deployments since 2007, combines Peerstation Internet based Set Top Boxes and MX 3.0

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shelfmade.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

If your idea sounds anything like “A social network for &# you probably need something else. 2 Comments Filed under startups 2 Comments erictheredandblack October 3, 2007 at 9:06 pm “finding a co-founder with hacking skills, specifically when the person asking the question isn’t technical.&# – that’s me!

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VC Cafe

JUNE 8, 2011

This is the 4th acquisition for MyHeritage: In 2007, MyHeritage.com acquired Pearl Street Software, a leader in genealogy software programs based in Colorado, USA. In 2008, MyHeritage.com acquired Kindo.com , a family social networking site from London.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Datanetis’s solutions enable organizations to leverage, for the first time, social networks and social influencers as part of their marketing activities on a large scale. Award Nominations: 3GSM 2007, 2008 Global Mobile Award for Best Mobile Messaging Service.

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