VC Cafe

MARCH 16, 2025

These factors collectively pave the way for a new wave of AI-native consumer products and experiences in areas like services (copilots for life administration, travel planning, financial advice, and more), Next-gen marketplaces, Social experiences & generative gaming and content creation & productivity tools for consumers.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

But it’s a very challenging question to answer because what it would cost to build is a small number while operational costs are enormous.”. With Vine, you’re building a backend system that stores video and a front-end that is a simple viewer and an easy way to share content out to social networks,” says Thadd Selden, Worry Free’s CTO.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2012

These websites are great for highlighting new positions, locating candidates, and perhaps most interesting of all, screening candidates based on their social activities. So many small restaurants struggle to maintain a functional website, but many have adopted social media channels to share, promote, and get feedback on their restaurants.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 30, 2016

This is a guest post by Alignable CMO Dan Slagen about the missed opportunity the company has identified in social networking, and why they’ve chosen to build the business on the East Coast. What’s the ARPU of a business on a social network? Next-Gen Networking. 2029 Stierlin Court. 1 Hacker Way.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

It became a theme in my keynote at Caltech on the future of social networking. Seth raised $100k in angel funding to fuel operations. Meebo gained traction because there’s was viral component when users wanted to tell their friend. We then captured this conversation again on camera. We then spoke about startups.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Topics are divided into IT, marketing, sales, finance, customer service, operations and human resources sections, which makes it easy to search for the latest discussions on your interest area. EFactor The authors of business networking book The N Factor venture up the alphabet a little bit to bring you the EFactor.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Incorporate on any other day and you’ll be looking at filling out two business income tax returns for that year (one for the months when you were operating as a sole proprietor, and the second for those months after your incorporation became effective). What will you find here?

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Incorporate on any other day and you’ll be looking at filling out two business income tax returns for that year (one for the months when you were operating as a sole proprietor, and the second for those months after your incorporation became effective). What will you find here?

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mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Twitter search operators can help you filter out links (search “ -filter:links “) and find tweeted questions (search “ ? Check out this article on advanced social media search as well as this list for more search terms. Social Media Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Media. Social Good.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you’re a startup entrepreneur, you risk facing a competitive disadvantage if you wait too long to expand your operations. Managing employees and tasks remotely can be a recipe for disaster when you’re building a nascent operation. On the other hand, it’s important to consider the realities of today’s business environment.

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BeyondVC

OCTOBER 6, 2006

I must admit that I have seen way too many social networking related plays that want to be the next MySpace of some niche market. In addition, who wants to sign up for multiple social networking platforms like MySpace, Facebook, and niche sites for politics, sports, etc.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

Our current focus is on creating sticky, super viral applications that help users get more out of Facebook and other social media. 6/15/2008 – Application network of its own apps plus agency business plus ad network. Buddy Media can build an application and drive 1 million users in just a few months.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

We also soon decided that we wanted to outsource as much of our operations to hosted services as we possibly could. Join the conversation by adding Mashables Pete Cashmore to your Circles on Google+ Close Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started!

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Gordon is also operating director of Zynga and director at Amazon, both sFund partners. The group seeks out technologies that are complementary to the company’s core operations, including applications, software and infrastructure startups.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

It has been awesome, flattering, and humbling to see that post went viral and has been seen by so many thousands of people — mainly aspiring entrepreneurs — and has been translated into many languages. Before there was Fab there was fabulis, a social network meets places guide targeted to the gay community.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Ximdesk – Collaboration and social networking platform for enterprise. GroupSwim – Social collaboration and community tools to bring your employees, customers, and partners together. Xing XING – A global networking and contact management site for business professionals.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

With a viral approach to marketing and customer-friendly pricing, Hawkers today is sold primarily online and in 50 countries. Betancourt Lopez put together a group of investors, including Félix Ruiz and Hugo Arévalo, who were the founders of Tuenti, a social networking app. million sunglasses units. Growing Hawkers.

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BeyondVC

OCTOBER 6, 2006

I must admit that I have seen way too many social networking related plays that want to be the next MySpace of some niche market. In addition, who wants to sign up for multiple social networking platforms like MySpace, Facebook, and niche sites for politics, sports, etc.

Social Network 60

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Costs of product on YouTube content is literally 99% cheaper than traditional TV and; Distribution of content can now go viral and can predictably distributed via social networks. Eventually other networks will emerge. Watch out for an investment announcement from me here soon. They have to. Hello, Yahoo!?! (I

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

They have completely changed the social network space, managing to innovate new ways to monetize creativity while competing against popular social media platforms. Papers give all entrepreneurial businesses the chance to build the exact business and operations they desire without being constrained by existing software.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

There was no repeatable methodology, startups and their VC’s still operated like startups were simply a smaller version of a large company. This next wave of web startups; Social Networks and Mobile Applications, now reached 100’s of millions of customers. The world of building profitable startups ended in 1995. Wide Adoption.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 24, 2025

OpenAI has operator baked into chat GPT. There's one prompt that I fell in love with and it went like super viral on LinkedIn. It's like my most viral post to date was a deep research prompt and it's really useful. And LinkedIn at LinkedIn.com slash ian slash digital marketing Dan is my most active social network.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. We are also seeing technology evaluation as an increasingly important part of LP operational due diligence. To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. .

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

With a viral approach to marketing and customer-friendly pricing, Hawkers today is sold primarily online and in 50 countries. Betancourt Lopez put together a group of investors, including Félix Ruiz and Hugo Arévalo, who were the founders of Tuenti, a social networking app. million sunglasses units. Growing Hawkers.

Viral 78

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

Most want to work for themselves and operate a business that will provide them and their families a good standard of living. They simply operate the business, focusing on day to day activities, without establishing what they hope to accomplish within a certain amount of time. build a community on each social network.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 20, 2012

No doubt you’re knee-deep in social media marketing these days, spending a good chunk of time engaging with customers within social networks and creating compelling content that attracts followers. Then allow them to share these videos socially. For many marketers who hope to go viral, funny is the way to do it.

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View from Seed

MARCH 8, 2016

If you’re building a product that can grow virally—a social network, for example—brand is almost certainly less important at launch than product. Can you still operate in some kind of lean or scrappy way and launch a brand that resonates with the market? And try to listen to the people you’re hiring as experts.

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Venture Chronicles

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Social Media Monitoring evolved out of the explosion of non-traditional media channels developed in the last decade combined with the increased velocity of information flow as a consequence of viral information sharing. In its most pure form social media monitoring is both listening and responding to social channels.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 29, 2017

Hunter Walk : You went from Wall St Trader to VC at OATV to operating side now at Haven , a logistics startup. And I love being on the operating side. I think it’s directly related to what I’ve described above, a system designed to engineer virality, which is basically a rage machine at this point. Look for yourself.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 11, 2013

We connect them to hundreds of thousands of potential new customers using email marketing, social networks, and display ad campaigns. Viral aspect of the campaign: The more sharing, the more points, and the greater the chances of winning in both the weekly and main prize (luxury all-inclusive weekend in Vihula Manor) draws.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. Making user adoption incredibly simple and shortening the time to a light going off in the user’s head that they see the value is critical in driving viral adoption. Page 2: What’s unique about Koral.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 7, 2019

By creating BuzzFeed, Jonah Peretti entered history as the man who set up the first successful media in the era of social networks. BuzzFeed was conceived as a kind of viral laboratory that deals with digital media. Thanks to Dr. Bryan Laskin, Operability ! #6- Rather it was on the things they liked to share.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Referral Marketing – This includes intentional word of mouth activities, viral tactics, and intentional referral generation (should be a must for any business). Online Advertising – This includes the use of pay-per-click platforms, social networks, display ads and retargeting. What marketing channels work best for your business?

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OnlyOnce

JANUARY 27, 2016

Friendster and MySpace were similarly viral in adoption at the beginning. By the time Facebook came around, the world was ready to mass adopt a social network. Facebook isn’t necessarily a better service, better marketed.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 1, 2016

Referral Marketing – This includes intentional word of mouth activities, viral tactics as well as intentional referral generation. Online Advertising – This includes the use of pay-per-click platforms, social networks, display ads and retargeting. Steps in the system. Create a list of 20-30 potential referral sources.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Knowing why this is, how to operate in a world where you are not alone and there are conflicting motivations, is absolutely critical, both for your own happiness and for global evolution. Your belief, especially when attempting to operate with concepts that have no physical proof, is the key ingredient necessary to carry you forward.

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Venture Chronicles

MARCH 5, 2013

Marketing can no longer exist as a siloed function, isolated from product, engineering and operations, and more significantly there is a substantial skills gap that marketing professionals will need to fill to respond to a complete shift to digital.

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