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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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

@Ischaefer : Deep Focus CEO Ian Schaefer loves to tweet about branding and advertising, especially in social media. skaritt : Social media junkie and CEO of FlockMarketing.com tweets all about marketing through social networking. FuelOnline : Fuel CEO Scott Levy has been working in social media and SEO since 1997.

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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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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. If scooters were not being stolen, reprogrammed, vandalized, thrown into lakes, hung from trees, or pooped on, many city governments felt they were being hustled by these companies in a post-Uber world.

Technical Review 165

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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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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

At your request, we’ve brought in speakers from all kinds of organizations --including young companies, Fortune 500s, mission-driven orgs, and government, and they create websites, apps, games, hardware, consumer goods, social services, media products and more. If you’re a student, you can apply to volunteer.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Start-Up Chile: $40k to Live There and Start a Company - Ben Casnocha: The Blog , August 14, 2010 Governments round the world are trying to stimulate entrepreneurship. The Chilean government recently announced a bold initiative that stands apart from the usual innovation and start-up handwaving. Have convertible notes really won?

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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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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

The then Ahmadians (Non-Muslim) Government of Pakistan joined hands with USA just in revenge of their being declared as Non-Muslims by the late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Basically international businesses looking forward to network and connect with trusted and verifed companies from developing countries. I think this strategy works.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

The Cerro del Aguila power station, located in Tayacaja Province in central Peru, in March signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with Peru’s government-owned electricity company, which will come into effect when the power station is completed in the second half of 2015. Israel Corporation is Israel’s largest holding company.

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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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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). The era of the patriarch is nearing an end.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2015

On the one hand it denied Facebook from enormous amounts of web traffic that Google controlled at the time but in the longer-run due to network effects of social networks it made Facebook significantly more powerful. It is a really big historical decision that Facebook made not to have Google index its pages.

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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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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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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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Austin Startup

AUGUST 18, 2010

Starting in 2005 with 300 attendees from a variety of backgrounds (research, academia and entrepreneurs), this past conference had 1200 attendees from large enterprises, government and a lot more startups and entrepreneurs. The US and UK government publish their data on the web as Linked Data. Jans Aasman – Franz.

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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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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 21, 2010

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]. VCs seek crowdsourcing opportunities in business – [link]. – [link]. Is Groupon the next Google? – [link]. – [link].

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mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

If Hackers Didn’t Exist, Governments Would Have to Invent Them. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Networking. Social Good. Social Media. social networking. Researchers Transmit Electricity Through Solid Concrete. Like Tweet. Like Tweet.

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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. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. but: Something is Still Missing. You're afraid of change. don't know the future. What truth?

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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. Then when you are ready to reach out to the community, leverage your elected officials’ contacts, relationships, and events. But there’s no need to start from scratch.

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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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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. The Next Web and the Next Women) and several government backed initiatives. On both these indicators, the Netherlands ranks second worldwide. In short: a small country that is hyper connected.

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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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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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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.

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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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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 19, 2013

This is a violation of the "give before you take" principle that governs social interactions. That said, there will always be categories of apps — such as social networks or messaging apps — that require a user''s identity in order to deliver value.

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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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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Government Top 5 Mashable Lists Twitter List Directory » 1 @mashable/mashable Followers: 8832 Members: 33 2 @mashable/social-media Followers: 7013 Members: 98 3 @mashable/marketing Followers: 4184 Members: 51 4 @mashable/tech Followers: 3115 Members: 65 5 @mashable/media Followers: 2751 Members: 92 Get Mashable updates on your mobile device!

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Developer Software Review PHP Social Media 73

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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Diego Basch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

The government wants you to build a spaceship to fly to the moon. building a cluster manager for a social network graph). It’s a virus. It seems to be spreading through sexual contact. How long is it going to take you to find a cure? It’s 1907, and you’ve just built the first airplane. How long will it take?

Software Developers 78

Software Developers Software Development Software Developer 78

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.

Social Media 98

Social Media Media Warrant Reputation 98

VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

The Israeli government launched a plan to attract financial services sector firms to Israel in 2010 and is in talks with other international financial services companies that are considering opening financial research centers in Israel.

Israel 79

Israel Java Database Argentina 79

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 Canadian government matched the investment, and the 15-year plan kicked off.

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