Geotags.org > European Startup Plazes Raises €2.7 million

[TechCrunch] I know of several VC-funded start-ups that have been better funded than Plazes but have gone tits-up after a couple of years.

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[TechCrunch] Nokia To Acquire UK Startup Dopplr: Plazes users and Dopplr users seem to fit together nicely, I wonder if some of the other location services like Rummble, Whrrl, Loopt, etc. could also be targets?

[Scobleizer] Best growing newish services of 2008 (is Louis Gray right?): Everything (except for YouTube, Flickr, SU and Digg”¦the “old” stuff). I went from Blogger to WP in January, had special words for .

[TechCrunch] Modeling The Real Market Value Of Social Networks: Though with such high valuations, I still believe majority of us / the general public is kept in the dark on how these Social Networks can hugely monetize and deliver the ROI desired in return for these hefty valuations. Perhaps you could also do a separate blog post on that too and provide readers a much needed perspective on how we can make sense of these valuations

[InventorSpot - Comments] Can You Bank On Location-Based Social Networks,The Next $hiny Thing?: As you can see a lot of the major online players who have already distinguished themselves in the social media space are using their previous successful ventures to invest in operations that they feel are the new trendsetters of the future. And while location-based social networks may come to the point of consolidation or perhaps be absorbed by larger entities such as Twitter, Facebook or Google, you can rest assured that the wise investors who banked on them way back in the first decade of the new century are going to be more than pleased with their return on investment in the years to come.

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[SignalFive Blog] SignalFive Conversations #3 : Henrik Berggren / @henrikberggren: T: It’s funny because the way I think about it..It’s fun to think about the connections..I try to think about what determines the success or failure of a project..SoundCloud started in Stockholm but now it’s in Berlin and when I first got a hold of it via an invite back a year-and-a-half ago I thought to myself ‘Wow, this is really a site or application for the Berlin music scene’ because it’s a core community and it grew from there..that was the impression I got..Maybe you can describe the strategy of who it was made for, was there an audience in mind and how did you get it to grow?

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