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Website: http://www.ning.com/

Blog: http://blog.ning.com/

Ning offers the latest social networking features, all infinitely customizable to meet your unique needs. The Ning Platform makes this possible. As a platform, you don't have to appeal to Ning for the features you want. If you have the time and the inclination, you can build them yourself. It's the software equivalent of Home Depot.

Address: 735 Emerson Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Map it »

Phone: 650-289-0606

Founded: 10/2004

Employees: 80

Industry: Consumer Internet

Sub-Industry: Social Network

Ownership: Private

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Marc Andreessen [x]

Date	Type	Capital Amount	Post-Money Valuation	Investors
01/2007	Series A	Unknown	Unknown	Marc Andreessen
01/2007	Series B	Unknown	Unknown	Marc Andreessen
07/2007	Series C	44M	214M	Legg Mason
04/2008	Series D	60M	560M

Name:	Ning
Product URL:	http://ning.com/
Description:	Create your own social network for anything
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Bullish Opinions (21)	Author/Date	Do you agree?
Posted in wrong section, we are very excited about our networks growth and happy with NING! Add Comment	tvfanspace.com 07/05/2009		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
I think is a great offer i hope to sell it in Spain ;- 1 comment Add Comment	smedialab 02/11/2009		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
the entrylevel cost of ning vs a proyect based on sharepoint is a key advantage to sell it to some corporate deparment ,,,,	smedialab	02/11/2009
i am seeing ning websites everywhere - they seem to have good SEO.... Add Comment	businesstv 11/10/2008		100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
Come on, maybe the social networks are declining, but then I made my own in 3 minutes. Amazing. Add Comment	deemeetree 10/02/2008		50% 2 votes 1 50% 1
first mover advantage; cashed up Add Comment	troyspur 09/30/2008		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
Diverse online communities I belong to are set up on Ning platform. Diversity is good. Add Comment	devans00 09/23/2008		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
Very interesting Add Comment	ipluck 09/19/2008		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
Lots of money invested Add Comment	bbrunelle 08/12/2008		100% 3 votes 3 0% 0
Sparse on features, but a very fitting product for the industry. Add Comment	kevburnsjr 08/10/2008		100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
Easy to use but still really slow to interact with Add Comment	tommyb 08/08/2008		100% 4 votes 4 0% 0
A very Intelligent Concept with easily customised Social Network page. Add Comment	gordonng 05/19/2008		100% 6 votes 6 0% 0
They had a great cover story in Fast Company in May 2008 Add Comment	robinrath 04/24/2008		71% 7 votes 5 29% 2
Very user friendly Add Comment	agmachine 04/23/2008		100% 9 votes 9 0% 0
great service Add Comment	lwang 04/23/2008		80% 10 votes 8 20% 2
Ning is the infrastructure and platform (PaaS) for this space Add Comment	rmowery 04/20/2008		67% 9 votes 6 33% 3
They just raised another $60mm! Add Comment	applekid 04/19/2008		100% 12 votes 12 0% 0
They report over 200,000 social networks on its platform as of 3/08 Add Comment	danl 03/21/2008		93% 14 votes 13 7% 1
Their page views have been growing steadily over time Add Comment	dave 02/28/2008		100% 15 votes 15 0% 0
Ning has been the innovator in this space so has the strongest brand Add Comment	dave 02/28/2008		79% 19 votes 15 21% 4
Marc Andreessen is involved Add Comment	danl 02/05/2008		90% 20 votes 18 10% 2
Social networks are popular and growing Add Comment	danl 02/05/2008		90% 21 votes 19 10% 2

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Bearish Opinions (5)	Author/Date	Do you agree?
This company is on the move! service is GREAT! TvFanSpace.com The TV Social Network Add Comment	tvfanspace.com 07/05/2009		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
bringing the downsides of the network effect to every interest group near you... Add Comment	steelblade 09/05/2008		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
Users will soon get tired of all of the different social networks they get invited to 1 comment Add Comment	steve 03/27/2008		85% 20 votes 17 15% 3
Not when you derive value from social networks	ryean	07/25/2008
There is growing competition in this space 3 comments Add Comment	dave 02/05/2008		100% 20 votes 20 0% 0
Yes it's true, but these smart guys allow people create their own social network space with versatility and it's great.	gordonng	05/18/2008
what is base ?	lijipei	05/22/2008
Ning has good network effect by this point. I see a lot popping up, some may do a better job but Ning has the community. Also, the customization is still quite unique.	ryean	07/25/2008
Silly ex-Netscapers, people don't want platforms, they want other users! 1 comment Add Comment	ywong137 04/22/2008		57% 7 votes 4 43% 3
The fact that there are more than 200K social networks built on Ning proves you wrong	john	05/20/2008