The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

With mobile development agencies and product incubators on the rise and more corporate “labs” spinning out each day, there’s no shortage of talent to help you build the next great Web or mobile app. How much does it really take to build a product like Twitter or Instagram?

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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

JULY 25, 2011

The event featured 6 newly-minted FinTech Innovation grads (selected out of 90) showcasing their progress after 3 months of incubation. The opportunity in NY is clearly heating up, both literally and figuratively, as investors turned out in 100+ degree weather to hear about emerging technologies in the financial sector.

Software Review 114

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Waze’s free mobile application provides a social network where drivers interact, reporting on road conditions. HADASIT LAUNCHES JEWISH-ARAB BIOMED INCUBATOR IN GALILEE. million shekel investment by Hadasit, several million dollars have been pledged to Ways from social organizations as well.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

First up, Priyanshu Harshavat, from Evanston, Illinois, presented Socioclean , a service for cleaning up your reputation on social networks. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

For example, one angel investor reportedly invested in several hundred social networking ventures employing this philosophy. That being said, I do see problems with the conventional wisdom especially in the valley with your technical vision, which then creates economic problems.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Then Nirupama Mallavarupu from Summit, New Jersey, discussed PTA Portals, a platform for building niche social networks for private groups, starting with Parent-Teacher Associations. Nirupama is looking to find a niche where she can penetrate the niche social network platform market.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

a part of an exciting team, building web applications such as social networking, ecommerce, games, sports, contact management, CMS and more.Re. Nearly all have abandoned hope in the "sure thing" and are stepping into what has traditionally been the Angel role of incubating startups. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Nearly all have abandoned hope in the "sure thing" and are stepping into what has traditionally been the Angel role of incubating startups. More and more VCs have deals in their portfolios that have long outlasted their investment value, and more and more VCs are seeking to unload these deals, at a loss, as reverse merger vehicles.

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

The Bing Fund, Microsoft’s newest incubator, to be headed by VoodooPC founder Rahul Sood. Social media. Social networking. Social games. After playing coy and dropping hints for weeks, Microsoft has finally announced its newest incubator, the Bing Fund. 3 days ago. 3 days ago. 4 days ago. From $1.5B

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2011

First up today was John Boyd with MeetingWave , a social media platform that caters to university alumni associations and addresses the challenge of helping them create walled-garden professional and social networking groups under their own brand, as opposed to groups within Facebook or LinkedIn.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Movies music myspace ONLINE VIDEO politics pop culture privacy Search small business social good social media social networking social networks software sports tech television trending tv twitter verizon video video games viral video web video Wordpress Yahoo youtube Join More Than 2.8

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Movies music myspace ONLINE VIDEO politics pop culture privacy Search small business social good social media social networking social networks software sports tech television trending tv twitter verizon video video games viral video web video Wordpress Yahoo youtube Join More Than 2.8

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve also presented at a range of industry conferences on how institutional investors can use professional networks for research , origination , market research , and value creation. Circle of Experts Contributed Articles Expert Networks Investment Research Market Research New York NextNY Social Network Analysis'

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Roberts talks of social networks as mediums that may very well help your product or name attract VC attention. Vaynerchuk also recommends self-funding the incubation process, unless the industry you’re in is about to explode. Don’t be forced down, insulted or negotiated into a crappy investment ever.&#

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mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

Movies music myspace ONLINE VIDEO politics pop culture privacy Search small business social good social media social networking social networks software sports tech television trending tv twitter verizon video video games viral video web video Wordpress Yahoo youtube Join More Than 2.8

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

Incubated at Plug-in@Blk 71 managed by NUS Enterprise, the startup later received seed funding of S$50,000 through SPRING Singapore ‘s Young Entrepreneurs Scheme ( now known as ACE Startups ). Burping An Idea. “ Burpple bridges food cultures around the world and people enjoy communicating over food.

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Singapore Silicon Valley Cofounder Social Network 217

YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2012

If children are our future and education is an enabler, then the classroom is the incubator that plays a critical role in determining how the future is being nurtured. 29% of teachers use online social networks, while 80% of college professors do so. (Click through for a larger image).

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2012

Incubated at Plug-in@Blk 71 managed by NUS Enterprise, the startup later received seed funding of S$50,000 through SPRING Singapore ‘s Young Entrepreneurs Scheme ( now known as ACE Startups ). Burping An Idea. “ Burpple bridges food cultures around the world and people enjoy communicating over food.

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Singapore Silicon Valley Cofounder Social Network 197

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 19, 2012

TackThis ( www.tackthis.com ) allows businesses to set up a full e-commerce solution on any website or social network, and even lets them manage that online retail shop with a centralized inventory and customer management system. TackThis is incubated by NUS Enterprise.

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Singapore Small Business Cofounder Social Media 220

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The sales helped them raise $30K and the attention of a startup incubator, which offered them training and another $20K in funding. The project was a little unexpected – creating customer cereal boxes called Obama-Os and Cap’n McCains, timely for the 2008 elections.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Women and POC are frequently discouraged to apply for supplier credit, loans, auditions, competitions, and incubators. By: David Contreras David is a writer at SputnikATX, Austin’s new incubator / accelerator coming 10.4.17. SOCIAL NETWORKS OF LATINO AND LATINA ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR IMPACT ON VENTURE PERFORMANCE.

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Venture Capital Oakland Elevator Pitch Technical Review 48

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you.

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Portfolio Accredited Investor Liquidity Event SEC 228

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you.

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Accredited Investor Liquidity Event SEC Stock 219

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2017

Incubators and Accelerators. Startups are like a baby that you need to nurture, while incubators and accelerators are there to help you grow your business. In exchange for funding your business, business incubators and accelerators may want a stake in your business depending on agreed terms and conditions.

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Private Equity Startup Incubator Social Network 159

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 31, 2013

Instead of relying on usual “submit a resume for different positions and wait for an interview call-up” way to land a dream job, a job seeker can instead tap on existing communities such as online social networks and respected thought leaders in their industries to recommend the right roles for them.

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Singapore Malaysia Incubator Angel Investor 147

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Instead of investors holding onto proprietary connections and introductions for their portfolio companies, these relationships are being displaced by the dominate social networks ( Facebook , Linkedin , Quora ). startupcto

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Incubators are a great place to learn about potentially great startups, and participating as a mentor helps you learn which ones are a good fit for you.

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Liquidity Event SEC Accredited Investor Angel Investor 184

The Next Web

JANUARY 26, 2014

He mentors young startups at Singapore Management University and True Incube Thailand , a 500 Startups Partner. Back when Facebook was still just for schools, some schools already had their own social networks. Instead of trying to market directly to students at those schools (“but we already have a social network!”)

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Thailand Social Network PPC Singapore 167

The Next Web

JUNE 17, 2012

I learned about initiatives like government-funded business incubator Startup Lisboa , Beta-i and the Lisbon Startup Pirates.

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Portugal San Francisco Aggregator Startup 167

View from Seed

APRIL 24, 2019

Considered an “old” technology & channel in the context of the rise of social networking, 2009 was seminal for the email marketing space. (Our NextView portfolio company, Attentive Mobile , provides a tech platform for these retailers to employ these text campaigns.).

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Our mobile app buzzed in your pocket when friends were near and ushered in a new wave of “ Ambient Social Networking ” companies. Finally – Sonar Media was born in an incubator. He says: the most detrimental aspect of the incubator … was … its facility as a crutch.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Los Angeles-based incubator Science is at it again, having launched a brand new company called TopFloor designed to change the way we shop online. ” TopFloor is a video-driven platform where anyone can engage with on their social network. Think of it like a rebooted version of QVC for the social web.

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Los Angeles Incubator Social Network Affiliate 118

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

But now, the defining movie of today’s twentysomethings is “The Social Network”. Or Yale could develop a legaltech incubation program and to help improve lawyers’ productivity, a profession whose primary tech tool is Microsoft Word. Incubate non-Yalies. Everyone wanted to work in finance.

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VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2011

We wrote about the VentureGeeks incubator on VC Cafe a few months ago, and its plans to set up a $2 million early stage fund making pre-seed investments. Sleeve - a cross platform application that turns tablets and PCs into sophisticated social learning devices. .

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Israel Incubator Startup Florida 99

VC Cafe

JUNE 20, 2011

More and more incubators are popping up, students are participating in business plan competitions, and actively look to get involved with startups. 4) The concept of networking is new here. There’s an opportunity for incubators/micro seed funds to support the market. But that is now changing.

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