Feb 1, 2010 10:30 AM
Geoff Cook is the CEO of myYearbook, a social network built around meeting new people. He also founded EssayEdge and ResumeEdge and sold them to The Thomson Corporation. You can’t go an entire day without encountering Facebook and Twitter – even if you don’t have an account. Whether you ride…
Posted In: Features, Leading Voices, Social Media, Community, Companies, Facebook, News Corp., MySpace, Twitter, myyearbook
Aug 17, 2009 6:01 AM
While pure-play media sites try to figure out how to offset ad sales declines by charging readers, it seems that social networks—surprisingly—are making faster progress at getting their users to pay up. The latest example is teen-friendly social net myYearbook, which says it’s now profitable because of a subscription and…
Posted In: E-Commerce, Money, Social Media, myyearbook
Jul 29, 2008 11:50 PM
These social network fundings, they keep coming, downturn or not. Teen-focused social network myYearbook, based in New Hope, PA, has received a biggish $13 million in its second round of funding. The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from existing investors, US Venture Partners and First Round…
Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, first round capital, myyearbook, norwest venture partners, us venture partners
Jan 26, 2007 1:25 PM
MyYearbook, a teen social networking site based in New Hope, PA, has received $4.1 million in its first round of funding. The round was led by U.S. Venture Partners and First Round Capital. The site was started in 2005 by 17-year-old Catherine Cook and her brother, 18-year-old Dave, who were…
Posted In: Social Media, first round capital, myyearbook, us venture partners
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