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Ning Is Being Shopped Around at $100M-Plus Price Tag - Kara Swisher - Social - AllThingsD - 1 views

shared by Claude Almansi on 29 Sep 11 - No Cached

Claude Almansi on 29 Sep 11

"Kara Swisher August 2, 2011 at 11:08 am PT According to multiple sources close to the situation, Ning has been talking recently to a large pool of companies about selling itself, including Google and Groupon, as well as to a number of private equity companies. Interest has been both incoming to and outgoing from Ning. The talks around the fate of the high-profile social networking platform - co-founded by Silicon Valley icon and investor Marc Andreessen - are still early and might not result in a sale, although a number of sources said the company was being valued at up to $150 million. That price is well below previous loftier valuations for Ning and would mean only a break-even for investors, who have put close to $120 million into Ning since it was founded in 2004."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Kara Swisher August 2, 2011 at 11:08 am PT According to multiple sources close to the situation, Ning has been talking recently to a large pool of companies about selling itself, including Google and Groupon, as well as to a number of private equity companies. Interest has been both incoming to and outgoing from Ning. The talks around the fate of the high-profile social networking platform - co-founded by Silicon Valley icon and investor Marc Andreessen - are still early and might not result in a sale, although a number of sources said the company was being valued at up to $150 million. That price is well below previous loftier valuations for Ning and would mean only a break-even for investors, who have put close to $120 million into Ning since it was founded in 2004."</div>

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Social Networks in Education » home - 0 views

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From the Annointed Few to the Collective Many - 0 views

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- Vicki Davis on 24 Apr 08
  
  How sad!
  
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the Internet has morphed from a presentation medium to an interactive platform in just a few years
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a leading web analysis site
- Vicki Davis on 24 Apr 08
  
  I find this description of Technorati almost amusing.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I find this description of Technorati almost amusing.</div>
  
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more than 50 percent of Americans aged 20-30 years old use Facebook
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among Americans under the age of 35, social networking and user-generated content sites have overtaken TV as a primary media.
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“Visitors to MySpace.com and Friendster.com generally skew older, with people age 25 and older comprising 68 and 71 percent of their user bases, respectively.”
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We’re in the midst of a paradigm shift where individuals are indeed connecting “in ways and at levels that [they] haven’t done before”
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Workplace communities
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orkplace communities are designed to solve workplace-related challenges
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talent management is about finding, developing, and retaining key talent within the organization
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Ernst & Young, for instance, has a significant presence on Facebook in support of its recruiting efforts
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Google, Home Depot, Enterprise Rent a Car, and Deloitte also are recruiting using Web 2.0 tools through YouTube videos and even alumni social networks
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“If companies keep social networks out, they will be doing a significant disservice to their bottom lines
- Vicki Davis on 24 Apr 08
  
  Understanding networks is important to students. Knowing how to be professional and what is appropriate for different spaces is vital.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Understanding networks is important to students. Knowing how to be professional and what is appropriate for different spaces is vital.</div>
  
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Between 2000 and 2020, 75 million Boomers will reach retirement age.
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The only content service with mass adoption (greater than 50 percent) was Social Networking, and this was only among respondents under the age of 35.”
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In addition, Millennials are the first generation to spend more hours online per week than watching TV (16.7 vs 13.6).
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some of the characteristics of Millenials, which included a desire to work in  “[open] and flat organizations” as “part of a tribe.”
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“heavy use of technology (messaging, collaboration, online learning) as a daily part of their work lives.”
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robust and active communities will have an easier time recruiting talented Millennials
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they have opportunities to meaningfully connect to their peers and supervisors.
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A retiring Boomer who is an expert in a particular field could be an excellent community manager, blogger, or wiki contributor.
- Vicki Davis on 24 Apr 08
  
  Blogging might be the answer for retiring boomers?
  
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Vicki Davis on 24 Apr 08

Business people and management should read this article about the transformation of business by using workplace communities. "Workplace communities are designed to solve workplace-related challenges" -- they focus on tasks. I would find it interesting to see a business REALLY use technology to change things. Having the business in a business network (OK a NING) and let people tag their posts with the business related PROBLEMS they are having and blog, video, or photograph it-- the tag cloud would tell the business IMMEDIATELY what the problems are in the company. The problem with this model is that there are few corporate executives who REALLY want to know the problems within their organizations. They don't want to be problem solvers, just opportunity creators. However, when managers open their eyes (and I'm a former General Manager myself) and see that two things give business opportunity: problem solving and innovation. And they are directly related. True innovation solves problems. Read this article and think about how you may solve problems using the networks you may now create. If you don't want everyone to know, keep it private and only allow people in your company in.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Business people and management should read this article about the transformation of business by using workplace communities. "Workplace communities are designed to solve workplace-related challenges" -- they focus on tasks. I would find it interesting to see a business REALLY use technology to change things. Having the business in a business network (OK a NING) and let people tag their posts with the business related PROBLEMS they are having and blog, video, or photograph it-- the tag cloud would tell the business IMMEDIATELY what the problems are in the company. The problem with this model is that there are few corporate executives who REALLY want to know the problems within their organizations. They don't want to be problem solvers, just opportunity creators. However, when managers open their eyes (and I'm a former General Manager myself) and see that two things give business opportunity: problem solving and innovation. And they are directly related. True innovation solves problems. Read this article and think about how you may solve problems using the networks you may now create. If you don't want everyone to know, keep it private and only allow people in your company in.</div>

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