1. By Joe O’Reilly

2. What’s StumbleUpon?
Helps web goers to easily
access new and interesting
websites
By the click of a button, you
can explore your own
personalized interests.
All you need to do is create an
account!
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3. Where it was Est.
 StumbleUpon’s name was created
by Garrett Camp in Calgary, Canada
 He and his three friends started
this , “personal tour of the
internet”, and all became co-
founders
Wall St. Journal
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4. How it works
http://youtu.be/wVcNJL8dhLY
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5. Strengths
Recently reached over 20
million users
Surpassed Facebook as the
number one used social
media network
Encourages new hobbies
and activities
Meteorsolutions.com
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6. Weaknesses
May lead to procrastination
Time consuming
Can effect your sleep
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7. Opportunities
Increased traffic for website
Promoting brand name
Driven by the people for the
people
Learn about (+) and (-)’s
Found on Elistimania.com
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8. Threats
Continuous traffic can effect
web-site effectiveness
Possible competitors threat to
steal idea
Google now introducing
similar functionality with Dice
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9. Competitors
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10. Works Cited
 Camp, Garrett. "THE BOSS; The Start-Up Advantage." The New York
Times. The New York Times, 23 Oct. 2011. Web. 05 May 2012.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/jobs/23boss.html>.
 Straley, Ben. "Meteor - Activate Sharing." Blog. Meteor, 01 May
2012. Web. 05 May 2012. <http://www.meteorsolutions.com/blog/>.
 Arrington, Michael. "Google Rains On StumbleUpon Parade:
Launches Direct Competitor." TechCrunch. 18 Apr. 2007. Web. 05
May 2012. <http://techcrunch.com/2007/04/18/google-rains-on-
stumbleupon-parade-launches-direct-competitor/>.
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