Comments on: Funding: Going.com gets $5 million http://gigaom.com/2007/07/25/funding-goingcom-gets-5-million/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:58:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Will Web 2.0 Marketing Strategies Live up to the Hype? | NEWMEDIA9.com http://gigaom.com/2007/07/25/funding-goingcom-gets-5-million/#comment-176136 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:45:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/25/funding-goingcom-gets-5-million/#comment-176136 [...] the uncertainty of these two relatively unproven tactics, the real spotlight is on VC-backed Going.com. This event driven social networking community boasts 500,000+ users and packs hipsters [...]

]]> By: hey mon http://gigaom.com/2007/07/25/funding-goingcom-gets-5-million/#comment-176135 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:51:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/25/funding-goingcom-gets-5-million/#comment-176135 Was formerly known as Hey Let’s Go! heyletsgo.com. Hard to see it generating 500,000 members on its traffic, though.

]]> By: socialOrb http://gigaom.com/2007/07/25/funding-goingcom-gets-5-million/#comment-176134 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:12:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/25/funding-goingcom-gets-5-million/#comment-176134 Wow… Seems like a cool site. Can it really be considered hyperlocal? I guess I get it, but it seems that it eventual goal is to become the place to go to for all major cities… I never considerd Yahoo’s UpComing hyperlocal but I bet it started out simular to going.com did.

Same thing for ImThere.com

]]> By: Artashes http://gigaom.com/2007/07/25/funding-goingcom-gets-5-million/#comment-176133 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:54:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/25/funding-goingcom-gets-5-million/#comment-176133 50,000 or 500,000?

]]> By: Going.com gets $5 million » The Progress Bar http://gigaom.com/2007/07/25/funding-goingcom-gets-5-million/#comment-176132 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:16:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/25/funding-goingcom-gets-5-million/#comment-176132 [...] an event-driven social networking site (I can’t stand the term hyperlocal), has raised $5 million in funding from General Catalyst and Highland [...]

]]> By: Pilgrim’s Picks for July 25 | Marketing Pilgrim http://gigaom.com/2007/07/25/funding-goingcom-gets-5-million/#comment-176131 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:08:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/07/25/funding-goingcom-gets-5-million/#comment-176131 [...] “local” the smart VC money is going to “hyperlocal” sites such as [...]

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