Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2009

A patent is a government granted monopoly to prevent others from making, using or selling your invention – even if the other parties infringement was innocent or accidental. social network start up – trademark and copyright are more likely. You have whatever protection is defined in the contract (e.g.,

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. business models.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. cities flocking to these machines, downloading apps for each network, and paying just a few bucks to get from Point A to B. 1/ Social Network Interference. That will take a long time to settle.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 26, 2018

Simultaneously, governments around the world have spent zillions of dollars building surveillance systems since the beginning of – well – humans. Or at least since the beginning of governments. It knows far, far more about you than the most intrusive government has ever known about its citizens.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 26, 2014

Since its founding in 2006, online social network and microblogging service Twitter has pretty much become a permanent part of the Internet as we know it.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Most of the informed people I know are telling me that the sharp sell-off has more to do with European national debt (PIGS as it is called: Portugal, Italy, Greece & Spain) than the current US dilemma of a S&P downgrade of the US government debt. And Social. I’m long on payment technologies. I’m long Mobile.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

COMMUNICATIONS GIANT ARRIS GROUP BUYS ISRAEL’S BIGBAND NETWORKS FOR $158 MLN. is acquiring digital-video networking company BigBand Networks Inc. Waze’s free mobile application provides a social network where drivers interact, reporting on road conditions. Communications-equipment maker Arris Group Inc.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year.

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Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2014

The Nissan Leaf battery pack alone costs about $18,000 (though government incentives bring down the overall vehicle cost to the customer). More efficient use of roads will save governments money in reduced infrastructure costs. Simply put, the money is with the forces for autonomous vehicles.

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Artificial Inteligence Government Nevada Cost 185

The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

We are the most active Twitter country in the world (measured by tweets per account) and the third most socially networked. We need deeper networks of talent and experience coming together on the basis of trusting each other’s competence and skills, without resenting the inevitable force of reciprocity. Serious talent.

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Netherlands Technical Review Stock Silicon Valley 143

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 21, 2010

Dish Network Looking to the Crowd (about crowdSPRING & Dish Network) – by Stuart Elliott, NYT – [link]. Excellent post by Seth Godin on the challenges of dealing w/ email, social networks, etc. Government releases open source code – [link]. The Imitation Economy – [link]. – [link].

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

This is a philosophy that governs my daily life as well as my entrepreneurial activities. For example, one angel investor reportedly invested in several hundred social networking ventures employing this philosophy. September 11, 2008 2:06 PM Editor said. Less is more.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

If your company already has general policies about the disclosure of information assets, make sure they become part of the official set of rules that govern employees’ use of social media. Social networking has become a fixture of modern personal and professional life, so embrace its many benefits.

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Start Up Blog

AUGUST 1, 2019

This can be done through products, services, methods, processes, business models or governance. . The two things that matter above for this post are; ‘ unarticulated market needs ‘ and ‘ Governance ‘ Both of which will be the most important facets of innovation in the coming decade.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

How else can you explain this headline matching a story about a professional social network still trying to explore revenues raising $17mm on an $80mm valuation? We're seeing, for the first time, investment and some disruption in huge areas like education, food, healthcare, government and even hardware based startups.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Finally, there’s a growing social network for Israelis in the UK: The Israeli tech parliament , is a regular meetup for Israelis in tech offering “Firgun time” and the ability tap into the community with what you’re looking for. Monthly events (via meetup group ) and active FB community.

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Founder Israel Technical Review Early Stage 137

Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Every startup lawyer is familiar with variations on this theme and can recite cautionary war stories, but the Winklevoss brothers’ dispute with Facebook, made famous in the movie The Social Network , has become the iconic example. We’ll get into these in more detail next week.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Identify existing paper-based processes A quick spin through any social network can reveal complaints about almost any city process, form, or policy. She had the familiarity with city systems, the expertise, and most importantly, a network of existing relationships with city colleagues. But there’s no need to start from scratch.

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View from Seed

APRIL 21, 2015

Prince (CloudFlare): In order for CloudFlare to work, we had to build a network, so we didn’t have customers until late spring 2010 [about 9 months after launch], but we had a bunch of people we knew were potential customers. Clark: Competing through Social Networks. That’s invaluable. Prince: Business History.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Change agents inside a corporation or government agency know how to build consensus and be a rebel at work. She began the CIA’s Lessons Learned program and led the Agency’s first effort to address the challenges posed by social networks, digital ubiquity, and the emerging culture of collaboration. Anyone can just edit?”

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Wiki Entrepreneur Cofounder Government 120

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Top Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video Google Buzz Social media Mobile 2.0 I designed it to be a 2-3 minute drop-in to any given php project, with one-line testing for simple A/B cases. 3 12 Tech Toys for a Geeked-Out Wedding 4 Mark Zuckerberg: The iPad Isn't Mobile 5 iPhone Versus Android: Nielsen Delivers the Num.

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Developer Software Review PHP Social Media 73

VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, is acquiring Provigent, an Israeli company which develops system-on-a-chip products that enable wireless system vendors to deliver broadband wireless backhaul systems to network operators. DELL INAUGURATES ISRAELI R&D CENTER, DOUBLES WORKERS.

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Israel Java Database Argentina 79

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2021

In startup business plans, a bubble is too many entrepreneurs and too many investors chasing the latest “next big thing,” like Google search engine, Facebook social network, or Amazon e-commerce site. Government actions sometimes meddle with normal supply and demand equilibriums, or money allocations. Policy-driven distortions.

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Demand Government Venture Capital Valuation 362

Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2011

Their firm, Andreessen/Horowtiz , has been prescient enough to invest in social networks, consumer and mobile applications and the cloud long before others. While most of the social networks, cloud computing, web and mobile app companies we see today will fail, a few will literally remake our lives.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2024

However, several key challenges hinder wider adoption, including concerns around data management, risk mitigation, governance, and value measurement. Organizations feel less prepared to address these challenges, with only 23% rating themselves as highly prepared for risk and governance aspects.

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Generative AI Technical Review Vertical Government 78

The Next Web

AUGUST 19, 2013

There were no sales people in the USSR – the government just decided what to produce and in which quantities, – so I pretty much have an anti-­sales­-and­-marketing background. You can be the sales guy or gal with all the tools you need at your fingertips ­ email, phone, social networks, etc. Product virality is an art.

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Belarus Viral Channel Startup 137

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Get Satisfaction has developed a private label social network platform for businesses to use to communicate with their customers, and to help customers communicate with each other. It allows prospects or customers to automatically schedule meeting times with you, governed by rules that you set.

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Azure Venture Capital Software Review Syndicate 74

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 31, 2015

Prerna began her startup journey after leaving a job as a management consultant, and launched Yaari, a youth-oriented social network in India. The United States Digital Service, a federal government agency, is building a ‘stealth startup.’ She wants to disrupt Hollywood with the Lean Startup method. Want more of these stories?

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Lean United States Fractional CTO Startup 60

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Couple this with technologies that are incompatible with each other, “Experts” who preach analytics without wide practical experience, analysts who are learning on the job, a lack of data standards or governance & vendors who don’t don’t take the time to understand how you use their tools, and it all becomes a real mess.

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VC Cafe

MAY 12, 2016

NSO – Offensive cyber espionage tools for governments (Raised $130M) – 60% of the company is owned by PE fund Francisco Partners. Plarium – Multi player games for social networks (Raised Unknown). Kenshoo – Programmatic advertising in search engines and social networks (Raised $65M).

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Israel Software Review Analytics eCommerce 60

Board Effect

JULY 28, 2021

A nonprofit social media policy template, nonprofit social media policy examples, and a board management software system will smooth the path for your committee’s work. A social media policy template typically begins with a statement that recognizes the right of employees to use social networks.

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Social Media Media Warrant Reputation 98

ConversionXL

JANUARY 8, 2020

The competitions were typically sponsored by large companies, governments, and research institutes. Similar to a social network, Kaggle shows you how the community has interacted with each piece of work, which can help you spot ideas and analyses that stand out. What is Kaggle? Kaggle launched in 2010. Kaggle has 3.5

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Analytics Artificial Inteligence Software Review Technical Review 94

Start Up Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Since its launch in 2004, Facebook was the clear winner of social networking with 3.6 But now, it is starting to wane as TikTok encroaches and people turn away from its social networking apps. Facebook / Meta wants to own what it thinks will be the future of social interaction. Both in terms of revenue and profit.

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Social Network Government Valuation Advertising 48

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2022

As I’ve said before, everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of new business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with more features, another smartphone app for marketing, or one more platform for faster e-commerce. Real innovation in the business world is still rare.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 30, 2020

Therefore, it would help to increase your visibility through various social networking sites. This platform promotes networking, engagement, and content creation. Offline networking is equally essential. You’ll meet hundreds of firms and professionals, which makes events an ideal networking platform.

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Ben's Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

20 years ago, the technology adoption curve generally conformed to the following order: Government —specifically Defense and Intelligence organizations. If the organization purchases, for example, social networking software it must attempt to take these needs into account. The Order of Adoption Has Changed.

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