| Website | ning.com |
| Blog | blog.ning.com |
| Category | Web |
| Phone | (650) 289-0606 |
| Employees | 115 |
| Founded | 6/01 |
| Total | $104M |
| Series A, 1/07 Marc Andreessen | |
| Series B, 1/07 Marc Andreessen | |
| Series C, 7/07 Legg Mason | $44M |
| Series D, 4/08 Allen & Company | $60M |
Ning provides an online platform for creating individual social networks on particular topics of a user’s choosing.
Founders Marc Andreessen and Gina Bianchini created the company (formerly known as 24 Hour Laundry / 24H Laundry) in October 2004 and released the latest incarnation “Ning 2.0” in February 2007. As of 8/24/08, there have been over 420,000 social networks created.
Ning offers users the ability to create their very own social network with features that are customizable to meet unique specifications. If users have the time and the programming talent, they can build features on their own using Ning APIs. Ning social networks run on a programmable platform conforming to a common acceptable usage criteria (since it is a shared platform.) For the less technologically sophisticated, basic users can set up a social network with point and click setup options.
Their business model is based on delivering Google ads (their own ad platform in development) as well as selling add-on services to larger, individual social networks (such as hiding Ning ads and serving up their own Google AdSense or hiding ads all together.)
View a chart that TechCrunch compiled in Summer 2007 that compares this company’s social networking product to others.
Gina Bianchini, CEO of Ning, gives a demonstration of Ning’s service to Robert Scoble
Added: 2/8/08Gina Bianchini, gives a run down of Ning.com and its features
Added: 3/1/08This video was originally published on Beet.TV
Added: 9/25/08| Website | ning.com |
| Blog | blog.ning.com |
| Stage | Live |
| Launch Date | October 4, 2007 |
| Tags | white-label-social-networking |
