Friendster Inc.


How to Kill a Great Idea!

Jonathan Abrams created the first online social network and enlisted Silicon Valley's best and brightest to run it. Yet Friendster flamed out spectacularly. What went wrong?

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Recent Articles about Friendster Inc.

New Boom in Silicon Valley

The office space market soars. Plus, a plan to make more female angel investors, and the rest of the day's news for entrepreneurs.  Read more

Friendster Sells for $100 million

The long, painful start-up saga that was Friendster ended today, with a reported $100 million sale to a Malaysian finance company. The news was announced ...  Read more

Mail

Friendster's Footsteps The rise and fall of Friendster is a great reminder of why we're entrepreneurs ["Read more

Friendster’s Patient Zero

This month's cover story looks at Friendster, a great idea, back...  Read more

Internet Icebreakers

Friendster-like sites help small companies get a foot in the sales door.  Read more

Economy Puts Chill On New Tax Law Benefits

Small business start-ups may reap some benefit from last summer's new tax laws, but unless the economy improves dramatically, observers note, the climate ...  Read more

Family-Friendly Blackberry Use for the Holidays

10 Mistakes That Will Kill Your Ability to Scale. Wondering how much impact the inability to scale can have on a startup? Just compare the recent s...  Read more

Five Ideas to Watch

Online dating without the date, mobile TV, GPS for golfers, an all new pooper scooper, and more.  Read more

Five Ideas to Watch

Online dating without the date, mobile TV, GPS for golfers, an all new pooper scooper, and more.  Read more

MySpace Going the Way of Friendster

The once-mighty social network is laying off half its staff. How could such a promising business turn sour so quickly?  Read more

Contributors

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Five Ideas to Watch

...including sunscreen wipes and a new way to say "I love you!"  Read more

Five Ideas to Watch

...including sunscreen wipes and a new way to say "I love you!"  Read more

AARP for GenY

Smallplanet.net , a newcomer to the social networking scene online, hopes to make money by letting marketers promo...  Read more

How to Handle Employee Blogging

There is some hesitation about employee blogs because an employee may disclose confidential information, talk negatively of other employees or of the company.  Read more

The Six Types of Twitter Users

Which Twitter type are you? The American Ex...  Read more

Google’s Brain Drain; Small Banks Fail Stress Tests

The end goal of Google's newest algorithm? To find out which employees are most likely to quit. Brain drain doesn't only affect countries. Google i...  Read more

An Online Networking Sampler

Web sites Friendster, Sunnyvale, Calif.: Popular free site is primarily for social, rather than ...  Read more

Entrepreneurs in the News

The latest news on Bob and Charlee Moore, Marcus Samuelsson, and Jane Wurwand  Read more

ID the Creep

Teenage girls should be aware of the dangers of posting personal information on social networking sites. Or so posits "Think Before You Post," the newest ...  Read more

Great Partnerships, A MySpace Shakeup, and Free Tech Help

How to build great partnerships. The Washington Post has a fascinating series o...  Read more

The Upside of a Housing Crisis and Google Goes Tweeting

From bust to boom. In the wake of the ongoing foreclosure crisis, South Florida has emerged as one of the regions hardest hit. But some local busin...  Read more

Cheap Gifts and Craig Newmark Takes the Stand

Great electronic gifts for thrifty shoppers. Tech entrepreneur Anil Dash got the idea for Last Year's ModelRead more

Using Social Networking for Business

Friendster-like social networking sites can help small companies attract more customers and get a foot in the sales door.  Read more

Need a Little Money?

If you need a little cash to get your business off the ground, maybe you should tap Prosper.com . The start-up, "offer...  Read more

The Smartest Products of the Decade

These products revolutionized the way we spend our time -- technologically, culturally, and beyond. A look back at the decade that brought us the iPod, Netfl...  Read more

The Smartest Products of the Decade

These products revolutionized the way we spend our time -- technologically, culturally, and beyond. A look back at the decade that brought us the iPod, Netfl...  View slideshow

A Guide to Social Media Tools and their Uses

As I mentioned in The Weakest Link - Your Social Media Marketing "Kil...  Read more

The Marketing Skills You Can Learn from Obama

I've been fascinated by the analysis of the Obama campaign. In many ways, Obama's campaign and its success is a big, bright, "LCD sign" of the times. New ...  Read more

9 Reasons Why It Pays to Imitate

Rather than get stuck trying to come up with the next great innovation, consider these nine reasons why you might be better off imitating and improving upon ...  Read more

Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week: Tagged

It isn't the next Facebook or Myspace, but this social network is giving users some of the Internet candy they crave: games, new connections, and even a hot ...  Read more

Bank Finds Loophole In Interest Rates

Hunting for loopholes in interest rate regulations seems to be a popular new sport among bankers trying to attract small business deposits. Last November...  Read more

The Entrepreneur's New Clothes

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: ...  Read more

Somebody's Watching You

Googled yourself lately? Then you know it's nearly impossible to keep anything hidden anymore.  Read more

Somebody's Watching You

Googled yourself lately? Then you know it's nearly impossible to keep anything hidden anymore.  Read more

Turn Social Networks into Your Recruiter

If corporate recruiters can mine Facebook and LinkedIn for job candidates, small businesses can too. Social networks can level the playing field, and can be ...  Read more

How to Use Social Networking Sites to Drive Business

Advice for small businesses on using social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn, and how to integrate these tools into the marketing and recruiting e...  Read more

Anything Could Happen

Evan Williams's first little idea shifted the culture. (You can thank him for the ubiquity of blogging.) His new business, called Twitter, will be entering y...  Read more