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The web of connections was mined to suggest “People You May Know”—a feature still in use today that helps build density of networks, thus driving strong network effects. All of these tactics helped amplify growth.
Andrew Chen • The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects
Adam Hardej
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Accel Partners, one of the top brand-name VC firms, invested a small part of its ninth fund to lead the series A round in Facebook. Seven years later, Facebook had an IPO valuing the company at $100 billion, giving the initial investment at least a 300x return.
Ali Tamaseb • Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups
In June 2012, Facebook launched FBX, an ad exchange that allowed advertisers to buy retargeted desktop ads using third-party tools like Criteo and AppNexus. The idea was to revolutionize online marketing and a chance to compete with google , which earns $10 billion from the Americas alone.
Sriram Krishnan • Andrew Bosworth on FB ads
For Platform, the key reason to focus on this is opening up another valuable surface beyond News Feed. This is important not only to expand, but because News Feed and therefore our current platform may actually be getting *less* valuable over time as more behavior moves to more private mediums like messaging.
Mark Zuckerberg • Mark Zuckerberg on Messenger
LinkedIn may be the social app Silicon Valley product people like to grouse about the most, but while many of the complaints are valid, its sizable market cap is testament to the value of its graph. It turns out if you map out the professional graph, not just today but also across long temporal and organizational dimensions, recruiters will pay a l... See more
Eugene Wei • And You Will Know Us by the Company We Keep
"We will have a billion VCs by 2040. Crypto will turn everyone into investors." - @balajis
@SyndicateDAO is simplifying the process for people to form and use DAOs to invest.
Let's see why that's so important 👇
2. Move Fast with Stable Infrastructure. And basically the new bet was we were going to invest disproportionately in building up good infrastructure and abstractions inside our companies.