Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Some observations from Bipul Sinha about the internet and media industry in 2011. Year of Social Utilities. With over half a billion users and open graph integration, Facebook is the Internet with social graph at its core. Display Advertising Enters a Golden Era. The New Year will create tons of opportunities. Are you ready? *A

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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. Year End 2011. dog products ?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

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. By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

For example, if you are working on a great social networking idea to replace Facebook, and need funding, you probably won’t find any interested and focused VCs or Angel investors in Phoenix, Arizona, where I live. Entrepreneurs cite family roots, a sense of neighborhood responsibility, existing professional networks, and more.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Instead, buyers are checking out product and service information in their own way, often through the Internet, their social network, or just plain word-of-mouth or customer reviews. It’s a myth that social networks and their technologies are creating new approaches to marketing. One is known as ‘Mr.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2014

After you claim your identity with placeholder domain names, accounts in social networks, and common blogging platforms, your next challenge is to create enough positive content as a “Google wall” to keep negative info out of the top Google search results.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 12, 2016

Kishore was the CEO of Pari Networks recently, which was acquired by Cisco Systems in 2011. Currently Kishore is Founder at Nuviso Networks and Infore. Kishore Kumar is a serial entrepreneur focusing on applications, cloud, mobile health, analytics and virtualization markets.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2011

One of the companies that will feature at the upcoming web and mobile technology startup conference Echelon 2011 is Fetch Plus , a social media and mobile application development company. You can catch Carmen Benitez and Fetch Plus at the upcoming Echelon 2011. Young Upstarts is a media partner of e27 and Echelon 2011.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

When seeking breakout companies to back, here are four mega-trends for 2011: 1. Well, in 2011 look for “end of email” company movements to gain steam and social currency, and to – blasphemy of blasphemies – for articles to proliferate re social networking mainstays Facebook and Twitter having “jumped the shark.”

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SMS Software Review Social Network Equity 69

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

According to the “ Small Business Marketing Forecast 2012 ” from Ad-ology, Social media for small business marketing has reached its tipping point. Just ten percent say they will not use social media in 2012, down from 24 percent for 2011 and 39 percent for 2010. small businesses.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

BlackBerry DevCon Asia 2011 will be held in Bangkok, Thailand this year. Top five categories over the last two years: 1) Games; 2) Utilities; 3) Themes; 4) Entertainment; 5) IM & Social Networking. We have partnered with existing developer communities, including academic communities to offer developer days and workshops.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

2011 proved a watershed year for recognition of the power of Mom Marketing. Moms’ overwhelming embrace of social media and the profound impact of the recommendation culture on their consumer purchasing behavior. With a stagnate economy and lingering concerns about a recovery, Moms shifted long-held consumer habits in 2011.

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Social Media Marketing Technical Review Social Network 150

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

May 4, 2011 18:47:11 Reply 1 Flag this comment John Roescher Follow I went through the whole process! May 4, 2011 20:33:03 Reply 1 Flag this comment Harshal Kharod Follow Hey Sumaya, nice lending page. May 4, 2011 20:33:03 Reply 1 Flag this comment Harshal Kharod Follow Hey Sumaya, nice lending page. quiet interesting.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Here are his small business predictions for 2012: 2011 was the “Year of the Daily Deal”; 2012 will be the “ Year of the Empowered Merchant ”. million media tablets will have shipped in 2011. Social media isn’t just for early adopters anymore.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

2011 was a splendid year for mobile commerce in Singapore , and 2012 promises to be an even better year as more and more Singaporeans turn to their mobile devices to shop on-the-go. Mobile Commerce On The Rise.

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Gust

MARCH 23, 2014

After you claim your identity with placeholder domain names, accounts in social networks, and common blogging platforms, your next challenge is to create enough positive content as a “Google wall” to keep negative info out of the top Google search results.

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mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

May 23, 2011 by Christina Warren 20 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. May 23, 2011 16:24:51 Reply 0 Flag this comment Joe Ortiz Follow Interesting comparison.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

See the March 2011 edition after the jump. 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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Israel Java Database Argentina 79

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

The image above is taken in Takotna, Alaska during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 9, 2011. More phenomenal photos from 2011 are in the Other section below. The State of Social Marketing 2011 – 2012 – [link]. Social network addiction around the world (Israelis are the most addicted) – [link].

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Sounds like a plan :) May 3, 2011 17:18:41 Reply 0 Flag this comment B Hartsuff Follow Good idea but if you know enough people then you don’t need a startup to help you with this type of arrangement. May 3, 2011 18:24:08 Reply 0 Flag this comment LeoWid Follow Sarah, this is an interesting one. Great share anyways Sarah!

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Color Labs, the photo-and-video-sharing social network that received much criticism over its pre-launch $41 million funding round, is about to be acquired by Apple. Pham left the startup in June 2011 over unknown reasons and went to work at Los Angeles incubator Science.

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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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uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

November 8th, 2011. For instance, with a social network, a user would fill out a registration form to inform the organization that they would like to join. November 8th, 2011. November 8th, 2011. November 8th, 2011. November 8th, 2011. November 8th, 2011. November 8th, 2011. JavaScript.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

September 7, 2011 21:32:43 Reply 3 Flag this comment Sushant Sharma Follow Thats a pickle! ;) September 8, 2011 00:45:35 Reply 0 Flag this comment Walter Nienhuis Follow This article is very true. September 8, 2011 04:08:17 Reply 0 Flag this comment Youreferme Follow Great article Dave, that resonated with my experience so far.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

. • Turn your social media efforts into profit, rather than just another expense. According to the “Small Business Marketing Forecast 2011” from Ad-ology, social media will be the biggest budget gainer among small businesses in 2011, with 39.4% of respondents saying they will spend more. small businesses.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 29, 2014

When Bebo, the UK social network went down in 2012, users flocked to Twitter to complain. In what is arguably the most massive security breach in history, hackers stole credit card and personal information from 77 million PlayStation users in mid-April 2011. Bebo – Use a banner ad to let everyone know. A banner ad.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2018

The report also tracked maliciously registered domains and reported 22,831 — by far the most since the first half of 2011 (14,650). Social networking and email — 16.8%. The number of targeted institutions totaled 681, second only to the first half of this year (720). Sites affected included those for: Banks — 32.9%.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Fabulis.com was initially intended to to be a social network for gay men. Problem was, Facebook, Yelp and Groupon were gay enough where a dedicated social network wasn’t entirely necessary. The Premature Death Of Private Event Based Social Networks.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

With the help social networking tools it has became much easier for start ups to venture in the competitive market. September 14, 2011 00:53:22 Reply 0 Flag this comment Fabrizio Poli Follow If you want to expand your business internationally, this will be useful. September 14, 2011 03:43:05 Reply 0 Flag this comment Ay?e

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Brandsforce is a plug & play social media marketing platform that generates conversations, engagements and measurable actions on social networks. Our platform extracts the real value from social networks, empowering online businesses to attract, engage and understand users like never before. How do we do this?

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Israel Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Social networking is a very important marketing channel at some startups – [link]. Nearly 50% of surveyed retail shoppers use social networks – [link]. Ad Networks Next? Best of the 2011 – [link]. What It’s Like To Be An Entrepreneur – crowdSPRING – [link]. – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 96

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

May 7, 2011 03:05:36 Reply 0 Flag this comment jpp123 Follow A CTO needs to have vision of their own, not just share the company vision. May 7, 2011 03:24:52 Reply 0 Flag this comment LarryN1 Follow A good profile for most if not all hires. Was debating between two candidates. This article made my decision for me.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. EFactor The authors of business networking book The N Factor venture up the alphabet a little bit to bring you the EFactor.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. There are also tons of tools for creating your own microsites, Facebook apps, social networks, blogs and more. Office for Mac 2011 Delivers the Good.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

Buddy Media builds, promotes and monetizes one of the largest networks of engaging and entertaining social media applications on the web. The company reaches more than 8 million internet users each month through some of the top applications on Facebook and other social networks. 8/31/2010 – Same thing.

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Software Media Social Media Advertising 107

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. An organizer can invite the gift-giving participants either through social networks or email invitations.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

November 1, 2011 by Joshua Baer. Here are some tips… November 1, 2011 16:54:48. November 1, 2011 19:55:36. November 1, 2011 22:26:46. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Social Good. Social Media. social media marketing.

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