Growthink Blog
JANUARY 19, 2014
GoDaddy was created in 1997 as Jomax Technologies by Bob Parsons who had recently sold his other company, Parsons Technology Inc., At the time, a company called Network Solutions was essentially the only place from which people could register domain names. The power of this brand has come from its extensive advertising.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 8, 2010
First, wireless voice networks – cell phone networks – had started to emerge. These new cellular phone networks were built around two-way circuit switched technology designed to move voice calls without interruption. At the same time, digital data networks to support “pagers” were also growing rapidly.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2010
This probably wasn’t a fun period of time for a new VC but nonetheless probably made Mike stronger than having started in 1997. Operates a ‘Voice and Visual Mobile Advertising Network’ called MobileAd Xchange that delivers in-call voice advertisements and follow-up visual engagements (SMS, MMS). Total raised: $30mm.
David Teten
JANUARY 10, 2012
Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more. Previously he was CEO of Quigo Technologies, a contextual ad network, which he sold to AOL for a reported $340m+.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. In 1997, the year the Kauffman Report begins its analysis; there were 70 million users online globally. Businesses are also one-click from advertising through Google and now Facebook.
crowdSPRING Blog
MARCH 5, 2013
Not surprisingly, Snapple declined to make a second attempt to break the official record, which had been set in Holland in 1997 by a 21-foot ice pop. Two trains were designated to travel around Texas to advertise the event. The Cartoon Network is known as much for outrageous marketing as it is for outrageous content.
Duct Tape Marketing
DECEMBER 13, 2012
Your brand lives in everyday interactions with your customers, the images you share, the messages you post on your website, the content of your marketing materials, and in your posts on social networks. For example, you can build online communities on Twitter, Facebook, your small business blog, on Instagram, or on other social networks.
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