The Next Web

DECEMBER 6, 2013

So, for example, if you’re reading your favorite newspaper and see an interesting article you’d like to share with someone – or across a social network – you just need to scan the paper with the app and it will launch the digital version for sharing. It hopes to have a network of 20 million iHelp users in the next five years.

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VC Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

The two companies have collaborated for a long time, with Facebook using Face.com’s technology to help users tag the faces of friends in pictures they upload on the social network with Face.com’s Photo Tagger service. This is Facebook’s second acquisition in Israel, following the acquisition of Snaptu for $70m in March 2011.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Jeff founded StubHub during the dotcom bust and funding for consumer Internet companies was disappearing rapidly. Prior to founding the brewery, Dan spent five years studying beer in Germany and not the way most college students partake in this particular study. He definitely had a lot of people tell him that it couldnt be done.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

Hearpreneur

JULY 22, 2020

Streaming technology continues to improve as well as the internet and digital video become the focal point of our connected society. 83% of people looking for a supplier or wanting to buy a product or service, start on the internet and do not get in touch with the supplier before a pre-decision has been made.

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www.ere.net

JULY 15, 2012

In closing, I’m not saying there isn’t some room for Old-School Management Philosophy that was pertinent after we reduced our Industrialization Era competition to rubble (Germany and Japan), but we live in a different world and a different Global Economy today – let’s keep our eye on the ball. Networking.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

There were no social networks, let alone sharing economy then, so it took a while to take off. The first generation of internet entrepreneurs did well, but they were “single country winners” – they were always “the French or German e-commerce company”, for example. I remember when BlaBlaCar launched in Germany.

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Reid Hoffman

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Network effects occur when increased usage of a good or service leads to an increase in its value, which in turn makes it more attractive and this leads to further increases in usage. Social networks such as Facebook or LinkedIn are a clear example of the power of this long-term advantage, as are two-sided marketplaces such as Airbnb or eBay.

Startup 28

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. Likelihood of Confusion -trademark, copyright and Internet Law. Demo Germany. Internet trends. Internet TV. Social Commerce. Social CRM. Social Inbox.

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Software Review Technical Review Israel Startup 53

David Teten

JUNE 7, 2011

Until recently, most Internet innovation has centered around improvements — big improvements, but incremental ones nonetheless — to existing business models and familiar social structures: Amazon is the ultimate retail destination, Zipcar the ubiquitous rental-car agency; Meetup is a sewing circle on steroids.

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