social media
Should Social Media Be More Rewarding? Sapien Thinks So
Inspired by an idea, two friends met at Free Speech Movement Cafe, busted out their laptops, and started coding. A Sublime tab was all it took to get started. “At the time, we were just two college kids just frustrated with the state of social networks,” Bhatia said. “We thought to ourselves, you know, there’s…
This blockchain startup raised $12 million in 2 hours. Here’s how
On Jan. 31 two UC Berkeley alumni held a pre-sale for SPN tokens, a type of blockchain token that’s required to access a new social media platform they created. In two hours, people had bought $12 million dollars worth of it. So why did their new social network, Sapien, create such a buzz? One of…
How to build a viral app: TBH founder gives startup advice at UC Berkeley
The night before Nikita Bier launched his app TBH, he was on the phone with his lawyer, asking how to liquidate a business. About three months later, more than 5 million people had downloaded his app and Facebook was acquiring it. At the Newton Lecture Series Tuesday night in the Li-Ka Shing Auditorium, Bier spoke…