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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

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It conjures up a range of emotions anytime I’ve privately expressed my opinion to thought leaders in our industry that I believe it is one of the most innovative companies in digital media. Some, of course, agree with me that BuzzFeed has been and continues to be the gold standard innovator in digital media to emulate.

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What Startups Can Learn About PR and Crisis Management

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During the 2004 election he was accused of having made up material facts from his service in the Vietnam War in an election against somebody who didn’t serve in a war. Find other media outlets to tell your story. Trust me, these advisors will prove invaluable if you don’t have a lot of media experience.

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

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o Their strong skill was online media buying and optimization – they rarely would do CPA deals – mostly buying CPM. As internet crashed media became cheaper so they bought more and their tracking and analysis became really good so they did better. Later they became big business in Financial services lead-gen.

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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

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Silicon Valley and the media industry that surrounds it values youth. This “overnight success” was first financed in 2004. innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero. This is true in consumer but it’s also true in enterprise software. The second “exit”?—?Adly?—?innovated

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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

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Mike passed up an offer from Ross Levinsohn of Fox Interactive Media ( around $175 Million ). They sold in December 2007, but he started selling Quigo in 2004. His time at Quigo was a very difficult 5.5 years that left him thoroughly exhausted. In fact, he almost didn’t get Quigo past the finish line.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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It had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users, which actually was slightly smaller in December 2007 then MySpace was. Products like awe.sm (I’m an investor) will help you manage the efficacy of your social media marketing campaigns. Enter Facebook. Facebook was everything that MySpace wasn’t.

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

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If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice). Founded by Matt Rutledge in 2004 and based in Dallas. Clients include Skype, Equifax, T-Mobile, Fox Internactive Media.

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