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David Lee at Startup School NY 2014

Y Combinator

A company that SV Angel has invested in.

Scott Belsky — How to Conquer the Messy Middle | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

A social media platform mentioned as a company Scott Belsky was involved with as an early investor/advisor.

Ron Conway at Startup School 2013

Y Combinator

A social media platform where Ron Conway invested. Ben Silberman, the founder, demonstrated persistence and iterative product development, with SV Angel's team and Shaanan Fisher identifying its potential.

Hiroshi Mikitani at Startup School 2012

Y Combinator

A social network company in which Rakuten invested, noted for its graphical nature, appeal to interests, and influence on buying behavior, making it ideal for an e-commerce company.

Ben Silbermann at Startup School 2012

Y Combinator

A visual discovery engine for finding ideas like recipes, home and style inspiration, and more.

Why Smart People Are Abandoning Social Media | Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Fireside Chat #3: Style and fashion, defining moments, and food questions

Stronger By Science

A social media platform where 'crepe cakes' are a popular trend, used as an analogy for lasagna.

Morgan Spurlock Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

A platform mentioned as a comparison for collect.com's visual marketplace for collectibles.

The Person I Call Most for Startup Advice — Naval Ravikant

Tim Ferriss

An investment Naval passed on, despite his then-fiancée obsessively using it.

SEO Advice from SurveyMonkey Director of SEO and Growth, Eli Schwartz

Y Combinator

A platform that has effectively utilized SEO for images, often appearing in Google search results for visual queries.

How Smartphones & Social Media Impact Mental Health & the Realistic Solutions | Dr. Jonathan Haidt

Andrew Huberman

Social media platform that girls gravitated towards in the early 2010s for visual content.

Andrew Chen — Growth Secrets from Uber, Exploring the Metaverse, Startup Investing, and More

Tim Ferriss

A social image sharing service, mentioned as an example of a company with network effects, and later for its move from Palo Alto to San Francisco.

Hiring and Culture with Patrick and John Collison and Ben Silbermann (HtSaS 2014: 11)

Y Combinator

Platform for discovering and sharing visual content; co-founded by Ben Silbermann.

Ron Conway at Startup School SV 2014

Y Combinator

A social media platform co-founded by Ben Silverman, mentioned as an example of a company with a unique founding vision that evolved into a successful product.

Kevin Systrom: Instagram | Lex Fridman Podcast #243

Lex Fridman

A visual discovery engine, mentioned hypothetically by Kevin Systrom as a company Elon Musk might not care to acquire, highlighting Musk's focus on larger, more transformative projects.

Female Founders Conference 2017

Y Combinator

Cited as an example of a successful company where the majority of investors were men, despite the product potentially appealing more to women, illustrating how investors can fund products beyond their personal user experience.

Ron Conway at Startup School 2012

Y Combinator

Cited as a future e-commerce powerhouse, with its monetization potential being significantly higher than Twitter's.

An inside look at Figma’s unique GTM motion | Claire Butler (first GTM hire)

Lenny's Podcast

A platform Claire Butler uses to gather ideas for home renovation before transferring them to FigJam for mood boarding.

how I gained 950,000 Instagram followers (copy this system)

Matt Gray

A visual discovery engine used for saving inspiration and curating references to create content formats.