startups - AllFacebook http://allfacebook.com The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News, Facebook Marketing, Facebook Business, and More! Copyright 2013 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:58:54 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Why Facebook Rejects Startups Insiders know that getting close to Facebook product teams is the best the way to take your business to the next level. Pitching Facebook as a startup is hard, though. New Facebook features create a virtual gold rush for platform developers. New Facebook application-programming-interface features enable new ways to monetize virtual goods in social games, for example. New Facebook ads features create new ways to target advertising to specific users — audience segments like “everyone who has purchased virtual goods on Facebook” — creating huge opportunities for those who move to monetize first.

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]]> Will M http://allfacebook.com/why-facebook-rejects-startups_b108769#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/why-facebook-rejects-startups_b108769 http://allfacebook.com/?p=108769 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:45:41 +0000 Microsoft Engineer Mark Zuckerberg? It Could Have Happened Reporting for work at Microsoft: Mark Zuckerberg? Facebook’s co-founder and CEO said it could very well have happened if the social network hadn’t taken off, and his conversation with Y Combinator Co-Founder Paul Graham at Stanford University’s Memorial Hall Saturday touched on several other topics, including the future of sharing, MySpace, and advice for startups.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/mark-zuckerberg-paul-graham-y-combinator_b102730#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/mark-zuckerberg-paul-graham-y-combinator_b102730 http://allfacebook.com/?p=102730 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:40:10 +0000 Did Facebook IPO Ruin Fundraising For Startups? A missive posted by Paul Graham, founder of investment firm Y Combinator, warned that there may be funding hurdles for startups in the future as a result of Facebook’s less-than-dynamic initial public offering performance.

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]]> Julie D. Andrews http://allfacebook.com/paul-graham-ipo-startups_b90932#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/paul-graham-ipo-startups_b90932 http://allfacebook.com/?p=90932 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:00:00 +0000 Facebook Continues To Spur Startup Creation There’s that elusive Facebook effect, ramping things up again. This time, it’s the economy. It’s unwittingly urging new startups to sprout, just by existing, and by being very well liked by the masses. Geez, we may soon be calling ourselves the innovation nation.

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]]> Julie D. Andrews http://allfacebook.com/startup-creation_b88382#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/startup-creation_b88382 http://allfacebook.com/?p=88382 Wed, 09 May 2012 15:21:26 +0000 POLL: Is Facebook Still A Startup? Some people are still calling Facebook a startup. Do you agree with that label?
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]]> Jackie Cohen http://allfacebook.com/poll-is-facebook-still-a-startup_b40365#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/poll-is-facebook-still-a-startup_b40365 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=40365 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:35:34 +0000 Learn How To Create A Business Plan For Your Startup Learn how to launch your own startup in Mediabistro’s Entrepreneurial Journalism Boot Camp, taking place online from July 12 through August 30.
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]]> Guest Blogger http://allfacebook.com/learn-how-to-create-a-business-plan-for-your-startup_b39081#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/learn-how-to-create-a-business-plan-for-your-startup_b39081 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=39081 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:03:57 +0000 Facebook And Seedcamp Sow European Social Startups Facebook wants to see more social applications coming from Europe and has partnered with Seedcamp to make that happen.
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]]> Jackie Cohen http://allfacebook.com/facebook-and-seedcamp-ow-european-social-startups_b36765#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/facebook-and-seedcamp-ow-european-social-startups_b36765 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=36765 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:43:13 +0000 Can Barter Cash In On Facebook Commerce? Shopping on Facebook has barely caught on yet, but a startup called WhoWish hopes that barter might be better suited to social media.
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]]> Gregory Pleshaw http://allfacebook.com/can-barter-cash-in-on-facebook-commerce_b35643#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/can-barter-cash-in-on-facebook-commerce_b35643 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=35643 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:00:48 +0000 Facebook Hires Pursuit's Founders Facebook confirmed it has hired two of the three founders of the recruitment focused startup Pursuit: Louis Eisenberg and Russ Heddleston.

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]]> Jackie Cohen http://allfacebook.com/facebook-hires-pursuits-three-founders_b33800#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/facebook-hires-pursuits-three-founders_b33800 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=33800 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:50:26 +0000 Can Eduardo Saverin's New Investment Help Facebook Beat Google? One of the original co-founders of Facebook, Eduardo Saverin, led the $8 million in venture financing of Qwiki. Calling this startup a maker of web query software oversimplifies the curated multimedia presentations that the Internet search tool produces. But because it seems like an obvious improvement over Google, we wonder how this innovation might benefit the leading social network.
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]]> Jackie Cohen http://allfacebook.com/can-eduardo-saverins-new-investment-help-facebook-beat-google_b29926#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/can-eduardo-saverins-new-investment-help-facebook-beat-google_b29926 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=29926 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:34:47 +0000 Did Facebook Fraudulently Obtain A Trademark? A long-distance calling company called Talkbook has filed a legal challenge against Facebook for alleged fraud in the way the social network trademarked its own name.
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]]> Jackie Cohen http://allfacebook.com/did-facebook-fraudulently-obtain-a-trademark_b29017#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/did-facebook-fraudulently-obtain-a-trademark_b29017 http://www.allfacebook.com/?p=29017 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:49:41 +0000 Payvment Gets $6 Million in Venture Funding The company that lets people set up free retail storefronts on Facebook is expanding. Startup Payvment has gotten $6 million in funding, a transaction led by Sierra Ventures and with participation by BlueRun Ventures.
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