Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 18, 2020

His clients include Google, Apple, Facebook and YouTube. Although the project has received around 200k organic views on social media, it is being suppressed on Facebook because there are political figures in the piece. Eitan Chitayat (pictured at left, top) is the founder and creative director of the Natie Branding Agency.

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The Seraf Compass

MAY 28, 2025

Think Facebook, Google or Amazon.Should a typical angel investor apply the swing for the fences approach to their personal investing? In the sport of Major League Baseball, the greatest hitters are those who get a hit just one out of every three times at bat and a home run 5 or 6 times out of 100 at bats.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

As somebody who has to rub shoulders with big tech companies often I can tell you that there is much blood spilled in the competitive trenches of Apple, Twitter, Facebook, Google and so on. Facebook was there once. Or when Facebook Beacon was publishing what you had purchased to others? But let’s put this into perspective.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 31, 2019

1/ The emergence of the big four web/mobile monopolies; Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook. A decade ago, Google dominated search, Apple had a mega hit on their hand with the iPhone, Amazon was way ahead of everyone in e-commerce, and Facebook was emerging as the dominant social media platform.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Over the last five years ago, a disproportionate amount of venture capital funded paid acquisition on Facebook. Having 90% of your marketing dollars go not only to one channel, but to use just one company’s platform is always a risky strategy—but now, in particular, it feels like Facebook is at a serious crossroads.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 16, 2021

We’ve assembled some of the best tips and tricks from our YLAI Network alumni and experts to show how they are effectively using Facebook, YouTube, and more to establish a unique online presence. Through Facebook Live, we are able to connect with individuals worldwide and have greater visibility. Creating a community.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 2, 2015

Look how much Twitter and Facebook raised before exit. Yet, as cash friendly as Slack could be--where it could easily have Kickstarter or Craigslist-like cashflow to cap table like ratios, it is still raising hundreds of millions of dollars. So does it really matter if it's being spent on developers or factories. Dollars are still dollars.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 10, 2020

In the wake of the news yesterday that the FTC plus 46 states and a few other locales sued Facebook for being a monopoly, I want to, yet again, argue for a different, more modern, and more powerful regulatory approach to tech monopolies. I first posted this a year and a half ago , and have reposted it at least once since.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

If you are a super young, well-connected, Stanford CS or EE, worked at Facebook early, have a bit o’ dosh and have VCs chasing you … you are exempt. ” Case in point: Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, SnapChat. I have said so for years. Or anybody who remotely resembles you. But that’s not what happens to most of you.

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Source Link

APRIL 1, 2022

Many are reading the newsletter and engaging with us on socials with the two preferred channels being LinkedIn and Facebook.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

But I’m willing to bet (and certainly from the profiles I’ve read) that he was pretty obsessive and all in at Facebook for many years (if not still) to drive their success. It isn’t as if there weren’t other people trying to dethrone Facebook all along.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

Think about Facebook had it stayed in Boston. But I’ll bet the Boston community would take 50% of the success of Facebook built locally. But wouldn’t it want to be great PLUS have Facebook? It’s the thousands of jobs that weren’t created but you don’t even know it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2014

They had a viral promotional technique that encouraged your friends to download their app to watch a video they posted and a channel (Facebook) that was trying to grow its video audience. Look at Viddy & SocialCast. It’s just like my book example.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 6, 2020

She recently attended a Facebook Live stream hosted by Warren Rustand , co-founder of EO’s Leadership Academy in Washington, D.C., In a recent Q&A with EO members on Facebook Live, Rustand recommends compassion, both for ourselves and for others. where he addressed the global pandemic.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

We review the old tried and true strategies from the days of Hotmail putting a tagline with a link at the bottom of every email to the more modern cases of Airbnb driving traffic through Craigslist, Zynga through Facebook and DropBox through incentivizing referral marketing behaviors. But I still believe Sean Ellis was right.

peer-to-peer 384

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 18, 2019

Libra has been incubated by Facebook. It is worth noting that Facebook will be just one equal member of the Association, which was an important factor in our decision to join. We appreciate that Facebook invited USV to be an initial founding member of the Libra Association and we take our role in that seriously.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2014

Facebook went through many early executives. One story I enjoyed was the self-deprecating tale of Noah Kagan who says he lost $100 million by being fired from Facebook. Look at many of the high profile companies you know and you can trace some press coverage of high-profile blow-ups in team members.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

In order to have the great companies we now know today: Uber, DropBox, Airbnb, SnapChat, Twitter, Facebook and so forth we first needed the “Internet rails” beneath us. We have our emerging tentpole companies like SnapChat, Oculus, TrueCar and large investments and teams from Google, Facebook & Microsoft.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 20, 2022

Mid-tier influencers can be found on Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest as well as Instagram. Finding and working with a micro influencer: Facebook, Instagram and YouTube are the best places to seek micro-influencers. Finding and working with a nano influencer: Start with Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook to find nano influencers.

media 289

media mix-use strategy creativity 289

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

It’s time to make your recruiting process look a little less like the code competition scene in Facebook. The most experienced startup professionals are at an age where they’re either having families or thinking about it. These people are more focused, can multi-task better, and generally have a top tier sense of empathy.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

or Tesla, Facebook, or Apple for that matter… ever reading a journalist saying they were tired of covering the company. When covering a story of a mishandled altercation between members of The Wing that involved issues of race, Jezebel referred to The Wing as “a glossy women’s coworking space we keep having to write about.”

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 27, 2020

When businesses want to reach an online customer most effectively, they basically have Facebook and Google to choose from to spend money on, creating a scenario where these platform companies have all the data necessary to pick and choose category winners. Amazon can use purchase data to create new Whole Foods brands and Amazon labels.

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education sustainability opportunity transportation 300

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 14, 2021

In recognition of International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9, 2020, YLAI Network members joined a conversation with nine YLAI Fellowship alumni from a variety of countries and specialties on the YLAI Network Facebook page to discuss what leadership and integrity means to them. What makes a good leader? What are your core values?

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The Seraf Compass

MAY 11, 2022

Think Facebook, Google or Amazon. In the sport of Major League Baseball, the greatest hitters are those who get a hit just one out of every three times at bat and a home run 5 or 6 times out of 100 at bats. Should a typical angel investor apply the “swing for the fences” approach to their personal investing?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

And given that Facebook and Twitter currently pay you zero for content marketing and Google SEM charges you for customer acquisition – what exactly are you b g about? If you think of it as a “YouTube business” you’re doing it wrong. YouTube is a distribution and marketing channel like any other. Startup Lessons'

media 357

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 30, 2015

All of the sudden, Facebook ad pricing would become reasonable enough again for startups to start using it. Retention, referral and growth hacking experts would be in high demand, asked to squeeze blood from a stone in order to grow a userbase without paid acquisition.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

I have checked Twitter at least 10 times during the writing of this post so far and Facebook 3 times. If you read every word of this post from start to finish with no interruptions and haven’t checked Twitter or Facebook or Email once – my guess is you don’t have ADD but you never know. Email twice.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2015

I face Facebook. Like many of you I dragged my mobile phone into my bedroom at night and would occasionally check email or Twitter or Facebook before bed. I have forgotten what that feels like it was difficult to connect when friends formed clicks. now it’s even more difficult to connect. now that cliques form friends. 420 spaces.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 27, 2021

Last year before the pandemic, I created a Facebook group for business owners to come together to come up with solutions to help them. If you’re interested in learning more about LinkUp, you can follow them on Facebook ! We want an interactive brand, to have people come on and say, “we want to be a part of this!”. government.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 28, 2013

That party was a bet that the best future opportunities would come from an insider network of people already connected to the establishment--that getting the next Google or Facebook meant connecting to the people "in here". I''m certain, however, that the more interesting stuff is going on "out there".

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 24, 2022

When it means shifting power away from the center and pushing it out to the users of applications that’s a very good way not wind up with more Facebooks, Googles and Apples controlling everything. All of this makes the promise of Web3 super exciting. Take the Dot Com Bubble.

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StartupNation

MAY 23, 2025

8 Ways to Make Money on Social Media Arm yourself with a toolset (free!)

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

While there are some stories of success among business partners and friends, there are many tales of friendships falling apart in the process (just look at Mark Zuckerberg and the creation of Facebook). Identify the obstacles and move cautiously forward if you’re will to take the risk.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 5, 2015

He later took a similar risk by joining Facebook when it was just a year old or so. What I learned was that Chamath''s career path was the product of three things: First, being really good at what you do, obviously. Second, was taking risks. He didn''t aim to become the head of AIM. He joined a startup that wound up getting bought by AOL.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The YLAI Network hosted Michael Goldberg , a professor of entrepreneurship and an expert in international business development, for a Facebook chat in November for Global Entrepreneurship Week. Michael answered questions from network members requesting advice for their entrepreneurial endeavors.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 26, 2018

Social media has become an integral part of people's daily routines, we are addicted to it logging in and checking our feeds and getting likes on social platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube. Facebook Ads are the quickest way to drive sales to any business and you will see results immediately.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 3, 2019

There have been many calls to break up the large Internet monopolies; Amazon, Google, Facebook, Apple, etc. Imagine if Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc were protocols, not applications, and there were many high-quality clients to participate in these networks.

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