Ben's Blog

JUNE 28, 2011

Before my partner Marc Andreessen and his friends at the University of Illinois invented the browser in 1993, most people thought only scientists and researchers would use the Internet. The Internet was thought to be too arcane, insecure and slow to meet real business needs. Rockmelt and the next wave of innovation.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

At Blurb, we’ve built an Internet platform for people to produce their own bookstore-quality books. I started my business namely to help others and to improve upon the aloof customer service being presented in the IT industry. That’s what spawned the idea that I can do better and namely how computer users deserved much better.

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www.foliomag.com

JULY 31, 2012

T ool: Curalate URL: Curalate.com What it does: Monitors and measures traffic from “visual-based platforms”—namely (for now, at least) Pinterest. First Name. Company Name. * Web/Internet/IT/eMedia. Marketing/Communications/PR. Internet/Online Only. Internet/Digital Media. Publishing Technology.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 21, 2019

Jennifer Robbennolt , a Professor of Law and of Psychology at University of Illinois, gauged the reaction of survey respondents when they heard an apology throughout hypothetical injury-settlement cases. ConvertKit faced backlash when they announced a planned name change to “Seva.”

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