VC Cafe

MARCH 28, 2011

The Gifts Project is a social ecommerce platform enabling group gifting. Its CEO, Ron Gura, was a mentor at Seedcamp Tel Aviv 2011 , an early-stage micro seed investment and mentoring programme. Ron Gura, co-founder and CEO of The Gifts Project, believes his B2B platform solves this problem. Continue reading →

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Israel Widget eCommerce Early Stage 97

View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

On the heels of our research on HBS entrepreneurs , NextView’s Dimitri Dadiomov (HBS ’15) interviewed several top founders on the early stages of their companies. Matt Prince , Co-Founder and CEO, CloudFlare (Web performance and security to protect and accelerate websites; $72.1

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The Next Web

JANUARY 31, 2014

Yoav Vilner is the CEO and co-founder of Ranky.co , a growth hacking and online marketing team. Fast forward to 2011. 25 percent – Links from social networks and content sharing platforms. If you are one of TNW’s many readers, there’s a good chance you might be a product owner, creator, or the marketer of one.

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CTO Hire Search Web Social Media 138

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Carmen Medina , co-author of the book Rebels at Work , spent 32 years at CIA. Don Burke , digital architect for the Central Intelligence Agency.

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Wiki Entrepreneur Cofounder Government 120

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

As the questions came in, I realized that my 2010 list was great for what I had learned as of 2 years ago, but it also was in desperate need of an update to include what I’ve learned more recently, especially as we’ve pivoted from fabulis to Fab in 2011 and then scaled Fab to more than 7.5 So, here goes. So, we pivoted from fabulis to Fab.?.

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Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

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. As of March 22 2011, approximately 275 startups and 417 investors have raised money and invested via AngelList.

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Term Sheet San Francisco Technical Review Seed Stage 70

YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

The idea for Burpple came about in late 2010 in Silicon Valley, but co-founders Elisha Ong and Dixon Chan would only incorporate the company in Singapore end 2011. Fellow co-founder Dixon Chan believes that the application taps on existing consumer habit of taking a picture of their meal before digging in.

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Singapore Silicon Valley Cofounder Social Network 217

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2012

The founders of local startup company PayWhere believes there’s an opportunity in this gap, and that’s why they’re introducing TackThis. “Social commerce is rapidly becoming the preferred way to do business online,” says Dickson Gregory, CEO and co-founder PayWhere.

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Singapore Small Business Cofounder Social Media 220

YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

The idea for Burpple came about in late 2010 in Silicon Valley, but co-founders Elisha Ong and Dixon Chan would only incorporate the company in Singapore end 2011. Fellow co-founder Dixon Chan believes that the application taps on existing consumer habit of taking a picture of their meal before digging in.

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Singapore Silicon Valley Cofounder Social Network 197

www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

500|5000 Conference Honorees Resources Press Apply 2011 ); Topics > Leadership and Managing > Human Resources > Recruiting and Hiring Employees > How to Attract Talent to Your Start-Up At a start-up, you need employees that are in it for the long haul and fit your unique culture. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Chris McCann is the co-founder of StartupDigest , the members-only guide to the tech startup world. Instead of investors holding onto proprietary connections and introductions for their portfolio companies, these relationships are being displaced by the dominate social networks ( Facebook , Linkedin , Quora ).

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops. On Sushi and VC.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

VC Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2011

Last week I had the pleasure to attend the DLD 2011 (Digital Life Design) conference in Munich, which was co-hosted by Dr Yossi Vardi and Burda Media, a large German media company (for those who don’t know). Overall, DLD 2011 was a great conference. What was so special about it?

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Europe Cofounder Stealth Israel 92

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 15, 2013

by MaryAnn Bekkedahl, co-founder and president of theSwizzle. To give you an example of that noise, brands, social networks and other organizations sent a record number of marketing messages in 2012, up 19% on 2011. MaryAnn Bekkedahl is co-founder & president of theSwizzle and an expert in email organization.

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Email Cofounder Social Network Channel 145

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2012

It’s hard to believe that the genius behind the co-creation of software giant Microsoft never finished college, but it’s clear he didn’t need his diploma to do big things. Sergey Brin is a co-founder of Google and one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world. Sergey Brin.

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Kansas City Entrepreneur Marketing Maryland 173

VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2011

The fund is backed by David Moche, a Florida based real estate investor, and one of the co-founders of About.com. Since their inauguration in February 2011, little has been shared on the VentureGeeks program or its participants – until now. Nogeno – an about.me for artists.

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Israel Incubator Startup Florida 99

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

But now, the defining movie of today’s twentysomethings is “The Social Network”. In 2011, Yale launched Yale-NUS, a sister university based in Singapore. Founder community. Tsai CITY could sponsor an online community of aspiring tech founders within the university so that they could learn from and support each other.

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Affiliate Connecticut Programming Community 60

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

How do you find co-founders who are willing to work for 18 months without getting paid? Also, Irit Dabby from Tel-Aviv, Israel, discussed GoodyTag , a neat concept about tagging photos of products differently than you would tag or 'like' a regular link or photo on social media. How much time do you budget for red ink financing?

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Bootstrapping San Jose Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 124

Ben's Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

This is a guest post by Marc Andreessen, co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz. Today, my company Ning, where I serve as chairman and cofounder, is announcing that it has agreed to merge into Glam Media. Glam is a company founded by longtime entrepreneur and innovator Samir Arora.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Dick Kramlich and Yoram Tietz at E&Y's Journey conference, Israel, Nov 2011. Dick Kramlich is an old school businessman who has been active in venture capital since 1969 with Arthur Rock and Co. Y – Stats show that in Israel, in all exits over $50 million and above, 82% of the time the CEO was the founder.

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Israel China IP Singapore 87

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 28, 2013

To give you an example of that noise, brands, social networks and other organizations sent a record number of marketing messages in 2012, up 19% on 2011. MaryAnn Bekkedahl is Co-Founder & President of theSwizzle and an expert in email organization. The rest is just digital noise.

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Email Michigan Social Network Cofounder 77

Mike Michalowicz

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

CEO and Founder of Likeable Local, Dave Kerpen is the father of 2 beautiful girls, husband to an amazing business partner, and friend to many. Dave has since followed up Likeable Social Media with 2 more books, Likeable Business & Likeable Leadership and is currently working on a 4th now, The Art of People.

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San Francisco Charlotte Social Media Mexico 60

Altgate

MAY 24, 2012

But how well do most other founders do? Even as Facebook prepares to go public, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO, still owns 28% of his company. As a whole, Zuckerberg, his co-founders, and his former and present employees, own about 55% of Facebook. How did they do this? Fear vs. Greed. greed pressures.

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Pre-Money Valuation Cofounder Dilution Equity 43

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Roberts is in the news this week because of his high-profile critique of Angellist , the hot new investment network Robert Scoble has called the new Silicon Valley hype machine. Frankly, I just dont buy the notion that making an investment is akin to throwing a dart in the dark. Worse, I think its a dangerous idea to promote." startupcto

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Silicon Valley Semantic Social Network Cofounder 46

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. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ?

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Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

May 26, 2011. Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Facebook doesn’t exist, even as a walled-garden college social network (Mark Zuckerberg was part way through his freshman year at Harvard).

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

Co-founder and CEO Nicolas Brusson spoke to me about BlaBlaCar’s early ambitions to be a European rather than local country winner and its progression to global player. You then came back to Europe and joined a venture firm before co-founding BlaBlaCar. How did you go from VC to founder? The same is true of investors.

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Global Europe France Cofounder 62

mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

World Featured in US & World Featured: Facebook Year End 2011 Awards. Facebook 2012: What the Future Holds for the Social Media Powerhouse. 6 Important Startup Trends that Defined 2011. December 28, 2011 by Sarah Kessler. These six trends in particular stood out to us in 2011. Trending Stories. dog products ?

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New York City New York Startup Social Media 83

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2014

In 2002, I met Libba and Gifford Pinchot, cofounders of Bainbridge Graduate Institute , at a retreat. My friend Gene Kim, cofounder of Tripwire and author of When IT Fails , suggested I get a handheld gaming device. Enter the Craziness. The two tried to convince me to enroll in their new MBA program focused on sustainable business.

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Technical Review Technical Cofounder Software Review Cofounder 196

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

A fortnight ago, Boris interviewed Reed Hastings on his business lessons and experience, but now I’m shaking it up with a look at a 26-year-old founder who is disrupting the mobile and social networking spaces: Kik CEO and founder Ted Livingston. The native platform.

Entrepreneur 167

Entrepreneur CTO Hire Startup Mobile 167

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. Within a few days, the site received thousands of user signups, according to its founder Mark Davis. To this day, the purpose of the site is still secret.

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Pakistan Social Media Startup Social Network 94

grasshopperherder.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If you’re waiting for a technical co-founder to put up a landing page with signup form, you’re lazy. Show Metrics If you ask me to be a co-founder or even just a consultant, you’re essentially asking me to invest in your company with my time. I just need a co-founder to web enable it!"

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Cofounder NDA Founder Sweat Equity 47

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

Originally founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin Slide.com was known as the largest third-party developer of Facebook applications until Google purchased it to “make Google services socially aware.”. in June 2011 for $400 million. in June 2011 for $400 million. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists.

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San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Technical Review Software Review 40

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. November 1, 2011 by Joshua Baer. Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. Here are some tips… November 1, 2011 16:54:48. Social Media.

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Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Tutorial Day At #RailsConf » Why Trying To Find A Technical Co-Founder Will Almost Always Fail. 13, 2011 13:30 in Startups. Last night, I went to a local “find a co-founder” meetup for RE. What It Takes To Recruit A Technical Co-Founder. Passing On Founder’s Institute.

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Cofounder Technical Review Founder Software Review 40

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Crowdsourcing & Entrepreneurship Advice by crowdSPRING co-Founder @mike_samson- [link]. Social networking is a very important marketing channel at some startups – [link]. Crowdsourcing & Entrepreneurship Advice by crowdSPRING co-Founder @mike_samson – [link]. Ad Networks Next?

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 96