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> Although I do consider Ning to be a "top tech firm" in the valley. Take away Andreessen and it's just another general social network.
by nickb 18y ago
> Although I do consider Ning to be a "top tech firm" in the valley.
Take away Andreessen and it's just another general social network.
- auston 18y agoNing is not a social network. I believe there is value in being able to create your own social network. I mean ning is in use from several 'not-so-large-but-big' brands such as Singer Natasha Bedingfield [http://www.natashabedingfieldusa.com/ http://www.natashabedingfieldusa.com/], Rawkus records [http://my.rawkus.com/ http://my.rawkus.com/] and even Good Charlotte [http://goodcharlotte.com/ http://goodcharlotte.com/] I personally use Ning to spawn my own social networks, and since it is fairly easy to use it's rss feeds as a form of Content Management I see it's value. Also, I recall seeing Gina Bianchini on the cover of Fast Company Magazine [http://www.beashowhosttips.com/ginafc.jpg http://www.beashowhosttips.com/ginafc.jpg], not Marc.
- pchristensen 18y agoI'm inclined to agree, but then you have to say things like "Take Andreessen away from OpsWare and it's just a datacenter company" and "Take Andreessen away from Netscape and it's just a browser company". It's kind of hard to argue with the success he's had - maybe he had something to do with it.