Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2010

What Quora has done is wrap social networking around Q&A with the more clever next-gen UX I’ve seen. I wrote the following update to my original answer to that question: Update: Social networking sites have an additional attribute in that they are communication vehicles as well as UGC sites.

Technical Review 294

Technical Review Distribution Social Network Networking 294

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

If you find the right community it’s a great way to learn, contribute and get to know other people with similar interest. What I notice is that people further the conversation, talk with each other, network, try to get noticed (linking to their websites, etc.). AVC: I’ve always loved Q&A websites and discussion boards.

Silicon Valley 301

Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Software Review 301

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 16, 2011

Be a mensch – the world is small than you think and bad karma will catch up to you “We’re in a very small community. It’s surprising how small the tech community is and the older you get the more you realize how much people from earlier in your life have a way of coming back into it. .

Startup 311

Startup Sales Database Community 311

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Show your visitors some evidence of community involvement and charity efforts. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Create a positive online image.

Internet 294

Internet Web Affiliate Advertising 294

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 12, 2013

In the age of the advertiser supported social network, one person is trying to flip the script and create a paid social network. Dalton Caldwell, founder of App.net spoke at SXSW with a session called “ Is There An Alternative To Ad-Supported Social Networking? by Garrett Heath.

API 199

API Social Network Advertising Cloud 199

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Sales and Social Media. Social networks are a real breakthrough of the 21st century. According to Smart Insights, the number of social media users globally grew from 4.2 In 2022, it has become necessary for both a startup and a large enterprise to increase their visibility on social networks.

Small Business 179

Small Business Software Review Social Media Social Network 179

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2014

Survey results show that 81% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Perceived authorities guide decision making, by investing time, resources, and activity in earning a position of influence, leading to a community of loyalists who follow their recommendations.

Technical Review 252

Technical Review Entrepreneur Social Media Social Network 252

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Everyone needs to realize that whether it’s in the workplace or in the startup community, business is a new world today with new rules. With the Internet and social networks, things you do in your personal life can affect your success in a big way. What other people think you can do is more important than what you have done.

Entrepreneur 274

Entrepreneur Technical Review Social Network Reputation 274

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2013

Survey results show that 81% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Perceived authorities guide decision making, by investing time, resources, and activity in earning a position of influence, leading to a community of loyalists who follow their recommendations.

Customer 251

Customer Technical Review Startup Social Media 251

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 8, 2012

With close to 900 million users and an upcoming IPO , Facebook is ruling the web as the social network of choice. Collectively, these social technologies and platforms rule a disproportionate part of our lives as consumers. Integrate Social Media into the Entire Customer Experience. Don’t Sell!

Social Media 186

Social Media Technical Review Media Social Network 186

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2022

With today’s pervasive Internet and social networks, people can see how you act outside of work, as well as inside. Your career and leadership value can be greatly enhanced, or greatly hampered, by your participation, or lack of it, in industry forums, the local community, and global issues.

Leadership 304

Leadership Technical Review Social Media Global 304

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2013

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Show your visitors some evidence of community involvement and charity efforts. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Highlight personal presence and testimonials. Create a positive online image.

Startup 263

Startup Affiliate Advertising Technical Review 263

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

RIM is dedicated to working with the developer community in taking their feedback, along with other information and prioritize it as the platform and development process is further refined. We have partnered with existing developer communities, including academic communities to offer developer days and workshops. .

Developer 207

Developer Asia Thailand Singapore 207

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2012

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Show your visitors some evidence of community involvement and charity efforts. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Highlight personal presence and testimonials. Create a positive online image.

Entrepreneur 241

Entrepreneur Affiliate Advertising Technical Review 241

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2019

Survey results show that more than 80% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Perceived authorities guide decision making, by investing time, resources, and activity in earning a position of influence, leading to a community of loyalists who follow their recommendations.

Customer 213

Customer Technical Review Social Media Social Network 213

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. Swipely is a social network orientated around users credit card transaction data. This is unintentional and inevitable. We covered the topics discussed on VentureHacks.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Publish a daily blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and write a “white paper” on your technology. Show your visitors some evidence of community involvement and charity efforts. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Highlight personal and product testimonials. Create a positive online image.

Startup 230

Startup Affiliate Advertising Technical Review 230

David Teten

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The user experience in the big, ungated social networks is getting steadily worse: spam, bots, fake news. One result: I think we’ll see people spending more and more time in gated online communities. Particularly in a time of social distancing, when people can’t meet one another in person. Community Findr.

Community 78

Community Finder Software Engineering New York 78

YoungUpstarts

MAY 22, 2016

Probably, the best-known photography community ever. This is a social network for asking and answering sent question – both from anonymous and identified users. Your best helper is CouchSurfing – a social networking and hospitality exchange website. As for 2015, the number of its users reached the 6 million point.

Ruby 124

Ruby Latvia Framework Social Network 124

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. Show your visitors some evidence of community involvement and charity efforts. They will exit quickly. Show evidence of your expertise. Create a positive online image.

Affiliate 221

Affiliate Advertising Technical Review Social Network 221

Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

JointBuy allows buyers to start a new deal on any available product and share the idea with others through existing social networking sites. Real-time conversations and dynamic curation of news stories empowers people to expand their social networks and personal expertise about topics important to them.

Lean 307

Lean Business Model Customer Development Guinea 307

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. There is no sector of the economy that isn’t being transformed by the online community that is now voraciously consuming media, applications, communications and buying global products.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

It’s enough to see the rapid adoption of new social platforms from Signal in messaging to Clubhouse’s $1 billion valuation in less than a year. Read A16Z’s social strikes back series to get a feel of just how much movement is in this space. Snap and Tiktok fighting for users (source: eMarketer ). Immersive ar/vr/xr.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Audio Forecast Social Media 207

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. I know you could argue that YouTube was much broader but it was really popularized in the social networks. Quirky - Platform facilitating collaborative design of consumer products through an online community. uh, hello!

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Affiliate Valuation San Francisco 271

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 25, 2020

If you have a public account you can post rolls on Feed with all your followers and make them accessible from a new location in Explore to the larger community on Instagram. It is a social network based smartphone application in India to replace Chinese applications such as TikTok, Likee, and more.

India 200

India United States Social Media Software Review 200

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 2, 2015

Social listening tools like Radian6, Google Alerts, and Trackur may also help you to learn what’s buzzing on social networks. Use social networks to engage with community. Here are several steps to do so: a) Build Social Communities. b) Content Marketing Strategy. Promote our developed content.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Social Media SEO Curation 100

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 13, 2013

Rather, the challenge is this – how can we transform fans and followers on social networks into actual money paying customers? While Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have found ways to monetise their platforms, many are still figuring out ways to connect the social web with the corporate wallet.

Technical Review 187

Technical Review Software Review Customer Social Media 187

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2014

With recruiters increasingly scrutinizing applicants’ online personas, those on the job hunt must learn to evolve their personal social media presence. While it’s important to maintain active profiles on traditional social media platforms – such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter – it also pays to embrace new networks.

Social Media 189

Social Media Media Social Network Engineer 189

Version One Ventures

JULY 20, 2017

Intrigued, Boris reached out to Mike Murchison and learned that he and his co-founder David Hariri were building a social network to help others solves problems online. . Some might wonder if it’s possible to pivot from a social network to a SaaS company. We led the Volley pre-Seed round. That’s a win for everyone. .

Artificial Inteligence 150

Artificial Inteligence Silicon Valley Stealth Term Sheet 150

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Build a community or group. There are several great ways to build an online community to more effectively interact and engage with your customers. Forums will likely still be around for the foreseeable future, but many companies are now finding it more advantageous to leverage social groups. Host a webinar.

Customer 150

Customer Social Network Channel Technical Review 150

VC Cafe

MARCH 21, 2022

There will be people, especially from the crypto community, that disagree with us on this one. Crypto projects like BAYC have successfully created a new social network, transportable to any other social platform, yet exclusive with real-life benefits. Community driven Economies. Picture: nftculture.com.

Startup 187

Startup Community Social Network Portfolio 187

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2014

One really great experience was a discussion I had with the camera rolling with my good friend Dmitry Shapiro who founded the major YouTube competitor of its time (Veoh) that was sued into oblivion by Universal and who also founded a social network designed to promote pseudonymity. I’m not crying in my beer.

Technical Review 329

Technical Review Reputation Naming Internet 329

VC Cafe

MARCH 16, 2025

Below are a few characteristics that we look for when evaluating consumer tech investments at Remagine Ventures: Strong Team with focus on execution: The consumer space is highly competitive, demanding excellence in all aspects, including design, marketing, community building, PR, and growth. Speed is also critical.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review B2C Generative AI IPO 78

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 3, 2019

For every programming language, there’s a community surrounding it, making certain languages better suited for certain industries. Ruby is generally adopted by small companies, owing to its experimental and exploratory community. Many are able to pick up a new language relatively quickly and are happy to add to their skills.

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Programming Ruby Java Open Source 101

VC Cafe

MAY 4, 2021

The early buzz of Clubhouse (despite being invite-only and iOS having a total reach of about 2 million users) along with the rising popularity of podcasts has shown that consumers crave social audio interactions and that there’s plenty of room for innovation in the space. Similar to Saga , a family-focused audio social network.

Audio 139

Audio Software Review Open Source Social Network 139

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

People have always gathered to talk about business, life and community events. Social media is about doing that online. Create an interactive, regularly updated site or blog , or by build informative yet informal profiles on social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter. Not all exposure is online. Be visible!

Small Business 167

Small Business Marketing PR Social Media 167

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2017

Survey results show that more than 80% of consumers now receive advice through social networking sites prior to a product purchase. Perceived authorities guide decision making, by investing time, resources, and activity in earning a position of influence, leading to a community of loyalists who follow their recommendations.

Technical Review 137

Technical Review Technology Social Media Social Network 137