article thumbnail

This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. Helps content publishers and advertisers launch campaigns that develop viral distribution attributes and therefore gain “buzz.”.

Partner 240
article thumbnail

Diverse Startups Can Receive Tech Mentorship And Thrive

ReadWriteStart

Her company, Citizen Made , which makes tools to help companies sell custom products, won a L’Oréal Women in Digital grant , giving it the funding it needed to open a new office in New York City. Finney connected Brooks with dozens of big players in New York City tech circles and crafted introductions for her.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Founders Interview: Digital Marketing Turning Brands into Icons – UKONIK

The Startup Magazine

UKONIK is a New York City-based brand-new and privately-held company entering the digital marketing and advertising industry by supporting businesses’ adaptation to digital reality. One of the big reasons for this rapid growth is the of trackability of the different campaigns.

Founder 144
article thumbnail

Your city doesn’t have a startup community? Start one!

The Next Web

You don’t have to be located in Silicon Valley to take part in a great startup community. If you’re motivated enough to start your own business and create something great from a simple idea, then you’re certainly motivated enough to jumpstart a local startup community. Why worry about a startup community?

Community 153
article thumbnail

9 Startups That Made Life Better In 2014

ReadWriteStart

Based on the buzz it’s created in the developer community this year, we’d say it has followed through on this promise. And the Docker open-source community may be in the midst of a potentially ugly split. Docker has already faced some backlash against early, hyperbolic claims made for it. MyFitnessPal.

API 60
article thumbnail

[INTERVIEW] Eldon Mascoll, Toronto Entrepreneur, Founder Of Freedom Park Media Group

YoungUpstarts

Mascoll’s experience then took him to New York City, where he immersed himself in the advertising world, working on several campaigns with major national clients like Pepsi, Target and Burger King. a nonprofit organization that helps disadvantaged communities learn about and experience culture.

Media 104
article thumbnail

5 Key Ways To Market A Bestselling Book

YoungUpstarts

For the past three years, I’ve overseen book marketing campaigns for a range of titles on topics ranging from health to business to lifestyle and even celebrity memoirs. And when I made the switch from publicity to marketing, I also had to learn about how they differed in the overall scheme of a book campaign. Indie Store Support.

Marketing 100