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Marc Andreessen's New Gamble
BusinessWeek, May 16, 2008
“In this excerpt from BW columnist Sarah Lacy's book, the founder of Netscape backs a social-networking site named Ning…”
Ning Worth Half a Billion Dollars
TechCrunch, April 18, 2008
“‘We raised the money to enable us to keep scaling given our accelerating growth (over 230,000 networks on Ning now, growing at over 1,000 per day) and to make sure we have plenty of firepower to survive the oncoming nuclear winter.’”
Ning’s Infinite Ambition
Fast Company, April 17, 2008
“Ning has been growing automagically from the moment it launched its Social Networks for Everything … in February of last year. By June, there were 60,000 Ning nets and by August, 80,000. At year’s end, there were 150,000, and today, more than 230,000.”
Is Ning the Next Facebook or MySpace?
CMSWire, April 14, 2008
“Ning seems geared to give the big boys a run for their money.”
In California, a Second Internet Gold Rush
Washington Post, October 19, 2007
“Because of the increased speed and the growth in the number of things we do using the Internet, the intensity of use is increasing exponentially. Given that potential demand, [Andreessen] says, the industry has only begun to tap the Internet’s potential.”
Scaling the Social Web
BusinessWeek, September 24, 2007
“Companies looking to foster user engagement and loyalty are turning to resources like Ning, a startup that helps Web publishers create social networks around their content. … The sites range from a network of five family members sharing content and photos to large networks such as Playboy’s site, rapper 50 Cent’s Thisis50.com, and indiepublic, a social network for independent designers and artists.”
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