Comments on: Tribe Gets Acquired, For Real This Time http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:12:21 -0800 hourly 1 By: Drama: Zynga Founder Mark Pincus Gets TRO On Old Tribe.net Colleague | Trinitude Network http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-2/#comment-2916536 Drama: Zynga Founder Mark Pincus Gets TRO On Old Tribe.net Colleague | Trinitude Network Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:57:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-2916536 [...] Something dramatic is going on between Zynga CEO Mark Pincus and one of his old employees at Tribe.net, a company he cofounded in 2003. Pincus has obtained a temporary restraining order on Darren McKeeman, formerly the IT Director at Tribe. Cisco acquired the company in 2007. [...] [...] Something dramatic is going on between Zynga CEO Mark Pincus and one of his old employees at Tribe.net, a company he cofounded in 2003. Pincus has obtained a temporary restraining order on Darren McKeeman, formerly the IT Director at Tribe. Cisco acquired the company in 2007. [...]

]]> By: ArticleSave :: Uncategorized :: Drama: Zynga Founder Mark Pincus Gets TRO On Old Tribe.net Colleague http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-2/#comment-2916457 ArticleSave :: Uncategorized :: Drama: Zynga Founder Mark Pincus Gets TRO On Old Tribe.net Colleague Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:02:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-2916457 [...] Something dramatic is going on between Zynga CEO Mark Pincus and one of his old employees at Tribe.net, a company he cofounded in 2003. Pincus has obtained a temporary restraining order on Darren McKeeman, formerly the IT Director at Tribe. Cisco acquired the company in 2007. [...] [...] Something dramatic is going on between Zynga CEO Mark Pincus and one of his old employees at Tribe.net, a company he cofounded in 2003. Pincus has obtained a temporary restraining order on Darren McKeeman, formerly the IT Director at Tribe. Cisco acquired the company in 2007. [...]

]]> By: Drama: Zynga Founder Mark Pincus Gets TRO On Old Tribe.net Colleague | Techdare http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-2/#comment-2916263 Drama: Zynga Founder Mark Pincus Gets TRO On Old Tribe.net Colleague | Techdare Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:18:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-2916263 [...] Something dramatic is going on between Zynga CEO Mark Pincus and one of his old employees at Tribe.net, a company he cofounded in 2003. Pincus has obtained a temporary restraining order on Darren McKeeman, formerly the IT Director at Tribe. Cisco acquired the company in 2007. [...] [...] Something dramatic is going on between Zynga CEO Mark Pincus and one of his old employees at Tribe.net, a company he cofounded in 2003. Pincus has obtained a temporary restraining order on Darren McKeeman, formerly the IT Director at Tribe. Cisco acquired the company in 2007. [...]

]]> By: Drama: Zynga Founder Mark Pincus Gets TRO On Old Tribe.net Colleague | Cellphone Ultra http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-2/#comment-2915903 Drama: Zynga Founder Mark Pincus Gets TRO On Old Tribe.net Colleague | Cellphone Ultra Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:47:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-2915903 [...] Something dramatic is going on amidst Zynga CEO Mark Pincus and one of his old employees at Tribe.net, a company he cofounded in 2003. Pincus has obtained a temporary restraining order on Darren McKeeman, previously the IT Director at Tribe. Cisco acquired the company in 2007. [...] [...] Something dramatic is going on amidst Zynga CEO Mark Pincus and one of his old employees at Tribe.net, a company he cofounded in 2003. Pincus has obtained a temporary restraining order on Darren McKeeman, previously the IT Director at Tribe. Cisco acquired the company in 2007. [...]

]]> By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Drama: Zynga Founder Mark Pincus Gets TRO On Old Tribe.net Colleague http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-2/#comment-2915696 The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Drama: Zynga Founder Mark Pincus Gets TRO On Old Tribe.net Colleague Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:18:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-2915696 [...] Something dramatic is going on between Zynga CEO Mark Pincus and one of his old employees at Tribe.net, a company he cofounded in 2003. Pincus has obtained a temporary restraining order on Darren McKeeman, formerly the IT Director at Tribe. Cisco acquired the company in 2007. [...] [...] Something dramatic is going on between Zynga CEO Mark Pincus and one of his old employees at Tribe.net, a company he cofounded in 2003. Pincus has obtained a temporary restraining order on Darren McKeeman, formerly the IT Director at Tribe. Cisco acquired the company in 2007. [...]

]]> By: Drama: Zynga Founder Mark Pincus Gets TRO On Old Tribe.net Colleague | Design Website Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-2/#comment-2915651 Drama: Zynga Founder Mark Pincus Gets TRO On Old Tribe.net Colleague | Design Website Blog Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:02:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-2915651 [...] Something dramatic is going on between Zynga CEO Mark Pincus and one of his old employees at Tribe.net, a company he cofounded in 2003. Pincus has obtained a temporary restraining order on Darren McKeeman, formerly the IT Director at Tribe. Cisco acquired the company in 2007. [...] [...] Something dramatic is going on between Zynga CEO Mark Pincus and one of his old employees at Tribe.net, a company he cofounded in 2003. Pincus has obtained a temporary restraining order on Darren McKeeman, formerly the IT Director at Tribe. Cisco acquired the company in 2007. [...]

]]> By: Drama: Zynga Founder Mark Pincus Gets TRO On Old Tribe.net Colleague http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2915547 Drama: Zynga Founder Mark Pincus Gets TRO On Old Tribe.net Colleague Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:29:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-2915547 [...] Something dramatic is going on between Zynga CEO Mark Pincus and one of his old employees at Tribe.net, a company he founded in . Pincus has obtained a temporary restraining order on Darren McKeeman, formerly the IT Director at Tribe. Cisco acquired the company in 2007. [...] [...] Something dramatic is going on between Zynga CEO Mark Pincus and one of his old employees at Tribe.net, a company he founded in . Pincus has obtained a temporary restraining order on Darren McKeeman, formerly the IT Director at Tribe. Cisco acquired the company in 2007. [...]

]]> By: il blog di mytech » Blog Archive » Cisco compra Tribe http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2890071 il blog di mytech » Blog Archive » Cisco compra Tribe Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:45:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-2890071 [...] New York Times ci arriva la notizia, amplificata in rete da Tech Crunch che Cisco avrebbe acquisito il servizio di social networking [...] [...] New York Times ci arriva la notizia, amplificata in rete da Tech Crunch che Cisco avrebbe acquisito il servizio di social networking [...]

]]> By: Build Your Own Social Network, The Buzz Du Jour http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2666454 Build Your Own Social Network, The Buzz Du Jour Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:47:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-2666454 [...] I made a post re the build-your-own-social-network platform Ning below, so this is just a small follow up because I couldn’t resist passing along TechCrunch’s quote of the NYTimes quoting Ning’s founder, Marc Andreesen regarding Cisco’s buyout of social network-building company Tribe. [...] [...] I made a post re the build-your-own-social-network platform Ning below, so this is just a small follow up because I couldn’t resist passing along TechCrunch’s quote of the NYTimes quoting Ning’s founder, Marc Andreesen regarding Cisco’s buyout of social network-building company Tribe. [...]

]]> By: Vern http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2490219 Vern Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:39:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-2490219 It looks to me like Cisco has strategies in place to connect channel partners, clients, students ( as in Cisco Networking Academies ), consumers, and others via several types of social networking capabilities. It'll be interesting to see what evolves! It looks to me like Cisco has strategies in place to connect channel partners, clients, students ( as in Cisco Networking Academies ), consumers, and others via several types of social networking capabilities. It’ll be interesting to see what evolves!

]]> By: Tribe.net mysteriet « Sunnely’s Weblog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2463338 Tribe.net mysteriet « Sunnely’s Weblog Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:20:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-2463338 [...] här är en diskussion av fler oroliga användare - ang snack om uppköp av ev Cisco eller vad det var, jag behöver ta reda på vilka ägarna är bakom detta - ifall de är endel av “Dark Desception/Control”-maskinen… som kör “target” på att köpa upp vissa sajter. Och folk säljer för de är förförda av pengar - jävla horor. Hittade just denna info - måste spara den så jag kan följa upp det här! [...] [...] här är en diskussion av fler oroliga användare – ang snack om uppköp av ev Cisco eller vad det var, jag behöver ta reda på vilka ägarna är bakom detta – ifall de är endel av “Dark Desception/Control”-maskinen… som kör “target” på att köpa upp vissa sajter. Och folk säljer för de är förförda av pengar – jävla horor. Hittade just denna info – måste spara den så jag kan följa upp det här! [...]

]]> By: Complete List of 2007 Web / Technology Acquisitions » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2316210 Complete List of 2007 Web / Technology Acquisitions » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp Wed, 21 May 2008 15:48:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-2316210 [...] site that was founded in 2004 and raised around $2M in venture financing. Press Release | TechCrunch |  GigaOm | Mashable | [...] [...] site that was founded in 2004 and raised around $2M in venture financing. Press Release | TechCrunch |  GigaOm | Mashable | [...]

]]> By: Connection Commons DOT org » Blog Archive » Where my “head is at” - Links I Found of Interest out of ~9000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1658793 Connection Commons DOT org » Blog Archive » Where my “head is at” - Links I Found of Interest out of ~9000 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:47:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-1658793 [...] article states that it was formed by the founders of Tribe.net (which Cisco acquired the assets [...] [...] article states that it was formed by the founders of Tribe.net (which Cisco acquired the assets [...]

]]> By: 360Digest » Lessons from the tribe http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1653541 360Digest » Lessons from the tribe Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:12:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-1653541 [...] I’m not exactly sure what happened but what I can piece together is that tribe’s original investors gave up on the company last year. Talks with NBC failed and they sold their stakes to tribe.net founder Marc Pincus. They didn’t recoup their $6.3 million investment. Then Pincus sold to Cisco Systems. And the price was rumored to be less than $3M. [...] [...] I’m not exactly sure what happened but what I can piece together is that tribe’s original investors gave up on the company last year. Talks with NBC failed and they sold their stakes to tribe.net founder Marc Pincus. They didn’t recoup their $6.3 million investment. Then Pincus sold to Cisco Systems. And the price was rumored to be less than $3M. [...]

]]> By: Steven http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1240124 Steven Sun, 18 Mar 2007 07:47:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-1240124 The site is really slow right now, especially with the player constantly trying to load itself. http://www.artdownload.net The site is really slow right now, especially with the player constantly trying to load itself.
http://www.artdownload.net

]]> By: trevo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1149557 trevo Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:06:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-1149557 @36 Valleywag pegs it at "less than 3M". @36 Valleywag pegs it at “less than 3M”.

]]> By: pureweb20.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1146801 pureweb20.com Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:11:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-1146801 <strong>Tribe Gets Acquired - For Real This Time...</strong> it appears that Tribe has been acquired. Cisco has bought the site and its shaky 2006 issues. Techcrunch weighs in on the recently published NY Times article.... Tribe Gets Acquired – For Real This Time…

it appears that Tribe has been acquired. Cisco has bought the site and its shaky 2006 issues. Techcrunch weighs in on the recently published NY Times article….

]]> By: Michi Knows http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1144864 Michi Knows Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:10:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-1144864 <strong>Cisco Bought Tribe.net! (WTF!)...</strong> You read the title correctly. Cisco Systems bought Tribe.net. Cisco is that company that makes routers and switches. They bought Tribe.net, a not-very-popular social networking site. If Cisco paid any more than $100 million, we’ll call this the d... Cisco Bought Tribe.net! (WTF!)…

You read the title correctly. Cisco Systems bought Tribe.net. Cisco is that company that makes routers and switches. They bought Tribe.net, a not-very-popular social networking site. If Cisco paid any more than $100 million, we’ll call this the d…

]]> By: Alex http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1139706 Alex Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:18:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-1139706 What's the price? What’s the price?

]]> By: danny http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1133894 danny Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:05:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-1133894 Cisco doesn't merit snickers. It knows what it's doing. My full thoughts here: http://www.deluzions.com/20070304/cisco-is-not-dumb Cisco doesn’t merit snickers. It knows what it’s doing. My full thoughts here:
http://www.delu...sco-is-not-dumb

]]> By: five_whys http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1132921 five_whys Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:27:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-1132921 agree with Jeff Crites and Pavel Senko.. I even think this is just a begining, Cisco may acquire lot more smaller companies or one or two big companies this year. agree with Jeff Crites and Pavel Senko.. I even think this is just a begining, Cisco may acquire lot more smaller companies or one or two big companies this year.

]]> By: Thomas Barker http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1132615 Thomas Barker Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:52:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-1132615 Any deal is right at the right price. A dignified exit for Tribe would be pocket change to Cisco. If all Cisco get is top flight team to build a social site for their contractors and supplier, that could be worth $20m to them if it has to be done fast. Having tried to just <em>find</em> s/ware patches on cisco.com, I can certainly say they're in need of some web help! Jeff the important things that IdeaStorm or IdeaCrossing having in common is that I haven't heard about them, and neither has anyone else! (I could be proved wrong later, but ...) DaveM: I completely agree - I did <a href="http://thomasbarker.com/node/4" rel="nofollow">some university work</a> on this back before it was trendy :-) SNS should really be like email - a generic standard that's built into other applications. It's only then that the really interesting applications like <a href="http://ripplepay.com/" rel="nofollow">ripple</a> become possible. Even being able to do things like opening a Flickr album only to people with an OpenID from a certain URIs [e.g. openid.facebook.com/myuni/*] would be a start. We had the man responsible for tribe's no h/core p0rn policy in our office at <a href="//www.zopa.com/ZopaWeb/" rel="nofollow">Zopa</a> last week. He took <a href="http://moderators.tribe.net/thread/4bd9d505-ebcc-4473-80ae-b0238c12cdf8" rel="nofollow">a lot of hate</a> for that. I hope Cisco know that they're getting into ;-) Any deal is right at the right price. A dignified exit for Tribe would be pocket change to Cisco. If all Cisco get is top flight team to build a social site for their contractors and supplier, that could be worth $20m to them if it has to be done fast. Having tried to just find s/ware patches on cisco.com, I can certainly say they’re in need of some web help!

Jeff the important things that IdeaStorm or IdeaCrossing having in common is that I haven’t heard about them, and neither has anyone else! (I could be proved wrong later, but …)

DaveM: I completely agree – I did some university work on this back before it was trendy :-) SNS should really be like email – a generic standard that’s built into other applications. It’s only then that the really interesting applications like ripple become possible. Even being able to do things like opening a Flickr album only to people with an OpenID from a certain URIs [e.g. openid.facebook.com/myuni/*] would be a start.

We had the man responsible for tribe’s no h/core p0rn policy in our office at Zopa last week. He took a lot of hate for that. I hope Cisco know that they’re getting into ;-)

]]> By: tr101 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1125798 tr101 Sun, 04 Mar 2007 09:09:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-1125798 Cisco's "Human Network" ads a sooooooooo annoying. Cisco’s “Human Network” ads a sooooooooo annoying.

]]> By: Jeff Crites http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1124983 Jeff Crites Sun, 04 Mar 2007 07:46:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-1124983 I wouldn't bet against Cisco. Companies are just starting to recognize the value of tapping their customers for creative insight to improve products and services. Cisco will probably use Tribe and Five Across to offer business clients a platform to connect to and interact with consumers. Think Dell's IdeaStorm site (crowdsourcing), or Idea Crossing (crowdcasting). Cisco offers products that enable communication. Instead of backbone hardware ... looks like software this time. They don't have to be trendy or cool to pull it off. Just offer a robust, easy to use community platform that any company can incorporate into its website. I wouldn’t bet against Cisco. Companies are just starting to recognize the value of tapping their customers for creative insight to improve products and services. Cisco will probably use Tribe and Five Across to offer business clients a platform to connect to and interact with consumers. Think Dell’s IdeaStorm site (crowdsourcing), or Idea Crossing (crowdcasting).

Cisco offers products that enable communication. Instead of backbone hardware … looks like software this time. They don’t have to be trendy or cool to pull it off. Just offer a robust, easy to use community platform that any company can incorporate into its website.

]]> By: Pavel Senko http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1124230 Pavel Senko Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:07:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/03/02/tribe-gets-aquired-for-real-this-time/#comment-1124230 That was expected. Cisco is positioning itself as a "Human Network". So, it was not in question. My take is: Cisco approaching into social networking market with Web 3.0 idea of integrating everything: voice, data, entertainment, home video, blogging, personal identity, etc. That was expected. Cisco is positioning itself as a “Human Network”. So, it was not in question.

My take is: Cisco approaching into social networking market with Web 3.0 idea of integrating everything: voice, data, entertainment, home video, blogging, personal identity, etc.

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