Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. The SimpleGeo API will provide you access to these services.

Partner 240

Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

When it comes to the most famous company that got away, Groupon — which was offered and turned down $6 billion in 2010, and recently fell below that market cap — Lawee refuses to speculate about whether it would have fared better inside the Googleplex.). company Slide.com in August 2010 for $182 million. On2 Technologies.

San Francisco 104

San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Brightkite , the company that pioneered the place checkin, pivoted from checkins to group messaging in late 2010. Birchbox didn’t discover the subscription product model when it launched in 2010, but it did make subscription service sexy. Global Syndication Partners. Birchbox for Everything. December 28, 2011 17:52:01.

New York City 83

New York City New York Startup Social Media 83

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

The idea is that once we move to the new system (or coding standard, or API, or.) Excepting for cosmically co-incidental success stories, the fuzzy requirement stuff never congeals as a holistic engineering exercise. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, then all the problems will be solved.

Software Review 164

Software Review Engineer Management Technical Review 164

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

Apps or Mobile Web: Conversion Rate is Platform Dependent Although comScore’s MobileLens report ending in November 2010 indicates that nearly twice as many smartphone users accessed online retail via a website rather than a native app, that only tells part of the story. Richard Rabins Co-Chairman Alpha Software, Inc.

Mobile 90

Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

Both are building on top of the existing credit card infrastructure because as Swipely Founder/CEO Angus Davis points out, millions of people are walking around with a mobile payment device in their pocket… it’s called a credit card. I’d be happy to co-author with you. Any thoughts? link] leehower. Read More ».

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250