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		<title>By: Starting a Games Company &#124; Simple Lifeforms</title>
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		<dc:creator>Starting a Games Company &#124; Simple Lifeforms</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] macroeconomic factors affect tech startups, and the big and the wise are raising enough money to weather a 2-3 year drought. Most small startups are not in the position [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] macroeconomic factors affect tech startups, and the big and the wise are raising enough money to weather a 2-3 year drought. Most small startups are not in the position [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Andreessen backs Qik with a &#8220;significant investment&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/04/18/social-network-creator-ning-raising-70m/comment-page-1/#comment-826880</link>
		<dc:creator>Andreessen backs Qik with a &#8220;significant investment&#8221;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] has an impressive track record. He&#8217;s the co-founder and chairman of Ning (valuated at $500 million) and an investor in several startups including big guys like Digg, Plazes, and Twitter. Horowitz [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] has an impressive track record. He&#8217;s the co-founder and chairman of Ning (valuated at $500 million) and an investor in several startups including big guys like Digg, Plazes, and Twitter. Horowitz [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Startup wiki TradeVibes rings the bell on its fantasy stock exchange &#187; VentureBeat</title>
		<link>http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/04/18/social-network-creator-ning-raising-70m/comment-page-1/#comment-826866</link>
		<dc:creator>Startup wiki TradeVibes rings the bell on its fantasy stock exchange &#187; VentureBeat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] site LinkedIn at $864 million, and build-your-own-social-network startup Ning at $570 million. (The Ning valuation is pretty close to the $560 post-money million valuation in its latest funding round, while LinkedIn&#8217;s falls a bit short of its recent $1 billion [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] site LinkedIn at $864 million, and build-your-own-social-network startup Ning at $570 million. (The Ning valuation is pretty close to the $560 post-money million valuation in its latest funding round, while LinkedIn&#8217;s falls a bit short of its recent $1 billion [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Andreessen invests and agrees to advise Qik &#187; VentureBeat</title>
		<link>http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/04/18/social-network-creator-ning-raising-70m/comment-page-1/#comment-826856</link>
		<dc:creator>Andreessen invests and agrees to advise Qik &#187; VentureBeat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] of several companies including Netscape and most recently the social network-creator Ning. (A service which earlier this year got a $560 million valuation.) He also recently accepted a seat on Facebook&#8217;s board of directors. Horowitz was an [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] of several companies including Netscape and most recently the social network-creator Ning. (A service which earlier this year got a $560 million valuation.) He also recently accepted a seat on Facebook&#8217;s board of directors. Horowitz was an [...]</p>
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		<title>By: I have seen the future of social networking, and it looks like David Hasselhoff &#187; VentureBeat</title>
		<link>http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/04/18/social-network-creator-ning-raising-70m/comment-page-1/#comment-826375</link>
		<dc:creator>I have seen the future of social networking, and it looks like David Hasselhoff &#187; VentureBeat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] also dozens of companies that want to help you build your own social network &#8212; most famously Ning, which is supposedly valued at half a billion dollars. Why shouldn&#8217;t shouldn&#8217;t the Hoff get into the act? He already has a fan page on [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] also dozens of companies that want to help you build your own social network &#8212; most famously Ning, which is supposedly valued at half a billion dollars. Why shouldn&#8217;t shouldn&#8217;t the Hoff get into the act? He already has a fan page on [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Webjam tastes pretty good, but can it compete with industrial-sized Ning? &#187; VentureBeat</title>
		<link>http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/04/18/social-network-creator-ning-raising-70m/comment-page-1/#comment-823121</link>
		<dc:creator>Webjam tastes pretty good, but can it compete with industrial-sized Ning? &#187; VentureBeat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] simplifies that process greatly. However, there are plenty of others of those out there like the well-funded Ning and Soceeo. But as Webjam co-founder and chief executive Yann Motte told us, &#8220;people have [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] simplifies that process greatly. However, there are plenty of others of those out there like the well-funded Ning and Soceeo. But as Webjam co-founder and chief executive Yann Motte told us, &#8220;people have [...]</p>
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		<title>By: &#187; Web 2.0 Bubble Ask BINC : The BINC Blog: Ask BINC</title>
		<link>http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/04/18/social-network-creator-ning-raising-70m/comment-page-1/#comment-821909</link>
		<dc:creator>&#187; Web 2.0 Bubble Ask BINC : The BINC Blog: Ask BINC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] I started noticing an interesting trend happening in the software/web marketplace as of the start of this year. Companies would begin announcing major rounds of funding well beyond the average for that given round. Companies who come to mind that received big rounds are ning (44Million), linkedin (53Million), rockyou (35Million), slide(50Million), facebook (300Million) obviously, and several others. I remember when Ning picked up their round, Marc Andressen went on record to say that he doesn&#8217;t need the 50mm nor does he plan to use that money to spurt any sort of abnormal growth - instead he said that ning is proven and here to stay and this money is to ensure we can weather any sort of storm that may hit over the next several years. We raised the money to enable us to keep scaling given our accelerating growth (over 230,000 network... [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] I started noticing an interesting trend happening in the software/web marketplace as of the start of this year. Companies would begin announcing major rounds of funding well beyond the average for that given round. Companies who come to mind that received big rounds are ning (44Million), linkedin (53Million), rockyou (35Million), slide(50Million), facebook (300Million) obviously, and several others. I remember when Ning picked up their round, Marc Andressen went on record to say that he doesn&#8217;t need the 50mm nor does he plan to use that money to spurt any sort of abnormal growth &#8211; instead he said that ning is proven and here to stay and this money is to ensure we can weather any sort of storm that may hit over the next several years. We raised the money to enable us to keep scaling given our accelerating growth (over 230,000 network&#8230; [...]</p>
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		<title>By: &#187; update market news XVI/08&#187; Blog Archive &#187; nugg.ad blog</title>
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		<dc:creator>&#187; update market news XVI/08&#187; Blog Archive &#187; nugg.ad blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] network creator Ning raises $60M at $500M [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] network creator Ning raises $60M at $500M [...]</p>
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		<title>By: On rock stars &#171; On Technology</title>
		<link>http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/04/18/social-network-creator-ning-raising-70m/comment-page-1/#comment-817584</link>
		<dc:creator>On rock stars &#171; On Technology</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] On rock&#160;stars  19 06 2008   LinkedIn recently announced it had raised $53m on a $1bn valuation. This comes on the back of facebook&#8217;s more recent $100m, as well as Slide and RockYou getting $50m and $35m respectively. When Marc Andreessen raised $60m for Ning he said it was to survive the &#8216;nuclear winter&#8217;. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] On rock&nbsp;stars  19 06 2008   LinkedIn recently announced it had raised $53m on a $1bn valuation. This comes on the back of facebook&#8217;s more recent $100m, as well as Slide and RockYou getting $50m and $35m respectively. When Marc Andreessen raised $60m for Ning he said it was to survive the &#8216;nuclear winter&#8217;. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Anny Ortiz</title>
		<link>http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/04/18/social-network-creator-ning-raising-70m/comment-page-1/#comment-814710</link>
		<dc:creator>Anny Ortiz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 19:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First time visitor, great!

Thank you!

Anny</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First time visitor, great!</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Anny</p>
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		<title>By: Anny Ortiz</title>
		<link>http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/04/18/social-network-creator-ning-raising-70m/comment-page-1/#comment-814709</link>
		<dc:creator>Anny Ortiz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 19:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is great, good learnings!

Thank you!

Anny</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is great, good learnings!</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Anny</p>
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		<title>By: Mikey</title>
		<link>http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/04/18/social-network-creator-ning-raising-70m/comment-page-1/#comment-812971</link>
		<dc:creator>Mikey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 19:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>wow</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>wow</p>
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		<title>By: Webjam offers Apple-like simplicity for site building &#124; Blogging</title>
		<link>http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/04/18/social-network-creator-ning-raising-70m/comment-page-1/#comment-812007</link>
		<dc:creator>Webjam offers Apple-like simplicity for site building &#124; Blogging</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 02:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Ning (which picked up $60 million in funding last month), it lets users build pages out of various components without needing to know any [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Ning (which picked up $60 million in funding last month), it lets users build pages out of various components without needing to know any [...]</p>
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		<title>By: What&#8217;s happening at LinkedIn? Is it getting bought? [Update 3: Or getting funded?] &#187; VentureBeat</title>
		<link>http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/04/18/social-network-creator-ning-raising-70m/comment-page-1/#comment-810831</link>
		<dc:creator>What&#8217;s happening at LinkedIn? Is it getting bought? [Update 3: Or getting funded?] &#187; VentureBeat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 23:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] firms have recently done for ad network Federated Media, IM aggregator Meebo, widget maker Slide, DIY social network creator Ning and other web companies. The general rationale behind these companies&#8217; decisions to raise [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] firms have recently done for ad network Federated Media, IM aggregator Meebo, widget maker Slide, DIY social network creator Ning and other web companies. The general rationale behind these companies&#8217; decisions to raise [...]</p>
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