crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 18, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Thanks To Facebook, Strongest Year For IPOs Since 2000 With $21.5 5 Predictions For Online Advertising | Fast Company – [link]. Billion Raised | TechCrunch - [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 5, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Radio Still Good Advertising Option for Small Business – [link]. My advice to startups pitching the media – [link]. 45 Creative Alcohol Advertisements – [link].

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Twitter’s IPO has garnered a ton of attention in the tech and popular press. So their revenue figures, pre IPO financing and ownership, and other info is all widely available. Twitter Is A Media Business. Despite it’s long-standing protestations, Twitter is indeed a media company.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 21, 2013

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Mark Cuban Says Dead IPO Market for Small Firms Hurts Competition – [link]. Social Media ROI for Business: Facebook versus LinkedIn | by Daniel Burrus – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Facebook Handled their IPO Exactly Right – [link]. Mobile Advertising: Twitter Sales Are Double That Of Facebook In A Google-Ruled, $2.6B – [link]. – [link].

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

The other day I wrote a post about the lack of Enterprise Software disruption coming out of NYC —and a lot of people responded that I wasn’t citing Buddy Media. Our current focus is on creating sticky, super viral applications that help users get more out of Facebook and other social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Then there is the pressure to go public ( IPO ), and open your investment to thousands, maybe millions, of small investors. Working with the media is required, both social as well as the press, through public relations and internal channels. Increase communication, both internally and externally.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Inside the IPO pipeline: It’s all B2B, all of the time | GeekWire – [link]. Six Social Media Trends for 2012 David Armano |Harvard Business Review – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 24, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Groupon’s Andrew Mason Talking About Daily Deals Site’s Stock Smack, Future Plans and IPO Regrets (Or Lack Thereof) – [link]. The Facebook distribution dilemma – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

When I started investing the US advertising market was $300 billion with only 10% of it ($30 billion) of it being online and measurable. One recession later and the US advertising market is about $245 billion – but still only 10-12% is online and measurable. And it turns out that we click a lot.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 31, 2012

Mobile advertising is a hot market right now. Evidenced most recently by the IPO of mobile advertising network Millennial and Singtel’s $321m acquisition of Amobee. Mary Meeker just released her annual 100+ page slide deck of internet trends, and three of those show why everyone is so excited about mobile advertising.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. In the former case many people scoffed at paying up for Google at IPO. It offers Internet radio targeted advertising and is growing really well. money off the table) given the dearth of IPO’s and M&A over the past few years? -

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Gregory Wehmeyer True, Ben, once upon a time, Angel Investors provided the launching pad for Venture Capital Firms to propel any startup on two legs toward a successful IPO.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Gregory Wehmeyer True, Ben, once upon a time, Angel Investors provided the launching pad for Venture Capital Firms to propel any startup on two legs toward a successful IPO.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade. Here’s my first look at Facebook viewed through the lens of their IPO filing. How They Make Money : Facebook’s primary revenue stream is of course selling advertising on Facebook.com, which in total accounts for 85% of revenue. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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Seeing Both Sides

JUNE 27, 2013

Today''s IPO by Tremor Video is seen by many as a harbinger for the adtech community (full disclosure: Tremor Video is a Flybridge portfolio company). Tremor is the first public offering of an adtech company since Millenial Media''s IPO in April 2012. So, the lesson that may get loss in the Tremor IPO hoopla? Rightly so.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

If you like this kind of advice, check out my coverage of a talk by Paul Palmieri, Co-Founder and CEO of mobile advertising service Millennial Media, titled " Investing in Your Influencers. ". Kedrosky: "In the 90's I was an analyst through all this [tech investment and IPO] madness. You want to build your own IPO and exit.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Advertising was one of those extensions that we visioned in the first business plan for Bazaarvoice. Now at Bazaarvoice we have acquired Longboard Media, which in a way concludes our original vision in our first business plan. And even if somehow you avoid it until your IPO, remember that an IPO is a fundraising event itself.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Foundry Group is an advertising start-up "bull" it would appear. We think of these investments as part of our “Glue” theme – meaning that they’re all essentially connective technologies that help increase the velocity, accuracy, transparency and availability of online advertising. Do you see a window developing?

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Up and Running

JULY 10, 2019

Meanwhile, Soulcycle, the spinning obsession of every trendy New Yorker, filed for IPO in 2018 only to withdraw at the last minute. Doing the right kind of advertising and marketing. A friend’s recommendation can be so much more useful than a social media ad or flashy special offer. Why is boutique fitness booming?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 23, 2016

Remember, your brand followers will be your strongest advocates, so when someone needs a recommendation for the kind of product or service you provide, they’ll be the ones out there providing you with “free” advertising. A good way to gauge how strongly your customers feel about your brand is through a customer survey.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

Digital Media was an obvious theme because it’s one in which LA (where I’m based) and NY (where I spend a lot of time) have strong assets, companies and management teams. While the media industry is driven by a combination of subscriptions and advertising – it’s clear that the latter plays a unique role in media.

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www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Money Money Home Financing Taxes Accounting Basics Personal Finance Money Management Payments & Collections IPOs and DPOs Will Crazy Market Moves Kill IPOs and Slash VC Investment? More Personal Finance Headlines from FoxBusiness.com » Featured Advertiser Links. Financing Some Jobs Act Proposals Make Headway.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Getting educated about advertising, agencies, and media buyers I see lots of startups whose business plans revolve around selling high-value ad space to brand advertisers. Big-time media buying is a complex ecosystem that includes many entrenched players.

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BeyondVC

JULY 31, 2008

They understand the media and online world, are well connected, and work diligently to get the job done. IPO vs. M&A)? (My This technology enables the company to go beyond keywords to understand page meaning and sentiment, to deliver the most effective display and text advertising to end-users. Exit Strategy.

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Steve Blank

MAY 21, 2012

Facebook and Social Media. This intersection of a customer base of billions of people with applications that are used/needed 24/7 never existed before.The potential revenue and profits from these users (or advertisers who want to reach them) and the speed of scale of the winning companies can be breathtaking. And who can blame them.

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Seeing Both Sides

JUNE 1, 2012

Facebook's IPO brought their "hack" culture to the forefront of the world's conscience. Well it turns out, technologists are hacking everything - from advertising to media, from retail to health care, from education to banking. Ah, banking. This has not been a good few weeks for the banking industry.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 22, 2012

Although Facebook’s stock price has fallen well below its IPO price of $38 per share, many people agree that the stock is still significantly overpriced. Alarmingly, even the lead underwriter in the IPO, Morgan Stanley, recognized these trends and cut Facebook estimates just before the IPO. It’s not.

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thebarefootvc

MAY 20, 2013

Tumblr, a next generation content site that epitomizes media creation, consumption and usage of the 21st century and of the net-native generation, has been acquired by a staid, late 20th century, Web 1.0 media brand, Yahoo (I can’t bring myself to add the exclamation point that was such a part of the brand in its heyday).

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Agile VC

AUGUST 1, 2012

About 6-12 months ago you could hardly throw a rock in the startup ecosystem without hitting a VC expressing their enthusiasm for “mobile” Now the frenzy about mobile has extended into the mass media and public equity markets, though with trepidation as often as excitement. That leaves advertising based consumer models.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 18, 2016

Every introduction of new social media platforms chip away at current banner holders like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Marketers are frustrated by the lack of organic and advertising engagement. Thanks to Nick Brennan, Watch Social Media. #12 Share Twitter has had its shares of ups and downs over the last few years.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 28, 2012

So many things today in business involve design, whether it’s a Web page, advertising or a social media presence on Facebook or Twitter. Business owners realize their identity will be publically displayed across many different media, and they need to get it right.”. Blue Is the Color of Money.

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Agile VC

MAY 22, 2014

In fact JD.com, which priced it’s IPO yesterday, is a direct seller (e.g. Also other Tmall merchants can advertise on Tmall in both CPC keyword and CPM display formats, but small sellers from Taobao or Juhuasuan are not permitted. There are no commissions on closed sales (other than Taobaoke) or placement fees on Taobao.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

He then worked in consulting which gave him a broad base of business experience working with the newspaper, cable, and advertising industries. In the late 90’s he saw the internet boom and helped start IronPlanet.com, a construction equipment marketplace that is nearing an IPO. 5:00 – 5:55). Startup after Iron Planet? (6:00

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Seeing Both Sides

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Yesterday, I analyzed the Massachusetts IPO ecosystem. That said, when you analyze the pipeline of IPO candidates, you begin to see a very different picture. Vibrant Media. Tremor Media. Gawker Media. Today, I look at NY. . FreshDirect. SecondMarket. Huffington Post. Undertone Networks. The best is yet to come.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

They’ve had a total of 12 deals that have IPO’d. It’s clear that many companies are going to need to understand “authority&# in the social media era. We also discussed the fact that an IPO often doesn’t mean the founders or investors can take too much money off the table. Read more: TechCrunch.

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Scott Edward Walker

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Through the process of building a team — and also building a developer community, advertising market and investor base — I’ve developed a deep appreciation for how building a strong company with a strong economic engine and strong growth can be the best way to align many people to solve important problems.

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