Genuine VC

JANUARY 22, 2013

About a year ago, I wrote a post about how office space is the face of a startup – it communicates both an outward message and provides insight into what’s going on underneath, as the physical environment in which startup employees work inevitably match the company’s story and culture.

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Genuine VC

MAY 1, 2014

Just about fifteen years ago, Josh Schanker and I, along with our co-founders Elliot Shmukler and Tammy O’Neil Bolduc started Sombasa Media together. On the surface, BookBub is an ebook discovery service for consumer readers, featuring acclaimed ebooks in categories matching readers’ interests.

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Genuine VC

JUNE 22, 2011

I think that the key is that the environment in which start-up employees work should match that of the company’s story and culture.” Are they funky and hip, as many media investors’ are, parallel to the domain in which they invest? Quite the contrary. Are they in Class A space with a view?

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Genuine VC

DECEMBER 23, 2009

In a CNBC interview a few weeks ago he explained his vision : “We’re building the world’s largest niche, you know, media business. A metric-driven approach to content generation matches the algorithmic judgment of search engines. And niche meaning at scale. We wanna have a lot of properties with a lotta users on them.

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Genuine VC

DECEMBER 23, 2009

In a CNBC interview a few weeks ago he explained his vision : “We’re building the world’s largest niche, you know, media business. A metric-driven approach to content generation matches the algorithmic judgment of search engines. And niche meaning at scale. We wanna have a lot of properties with a lotta users on them.

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Arkansas Algorithm Advertising Audience 100