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

Agile VC

AUGUST 22, 2011

Simply having an API doesn’t make your company a platform. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Microsoft has two massive platforms in Windows and Xbox, and has been thrashing about for a decade trying to build one in mobile. Google of course has Android. Read More ».

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Startup Syndicate 113

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

The idea is that once we move to the new system (or coding standard, or API, or.) It is as if the staffing and management of projects is run by international syndicates more interested in controlling job territories than in assembling vital, dynamic teams who are empowered to succeed. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

Software Review 164

Software Review Engineer Management Technical Review 164

semanticuniverse.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Web technologies are no different; the syndication formats RSS and Atom were the subject of a bitter format war starting around the year 2000. and RDFa [link] SPIN API: [link] TopQuadrant Training Program [link] Login or register to post comments business applications semantic applications TopQuadrant Google Yahoo!

Semantic 40

Semantic Web Technology HTML 40

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

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

It is acceptable for the banks to sign up for Dwolla’s APIs because they haven’t been planning on monetizing money transfer anyways, and it looks cool from a credit union’s perspective to say that they can do mobile payments. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Read More ».

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

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