2007 Channel Silicon Valley Viral 
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2010
Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in 2007. Note that I’m not defining who numbers 1,2 are.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 5, 2010
There was a backlash against the Plaxo spamming yet it paved the way for everybody who came after them to get users to drive viral adoption and we’d throw up our arms and say, “oh boy, here goes another social network that my friends are going to spam me about&# mentality that made it acceptable for everybody who came afterward.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Ben's Blog
MAY 15, 2020
Brian : I know it’s like an old Silicon Valley message, talk to your customers, but honestly this is one of those times where you need to be talking to at least a couple customers a couple times a day. Those things all got created in 2007, 2008. How can founders be proactive rather than reactive?
mashable.com
JULY 18, 2012
In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. billion in April 2007. In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. billion in April 2007. Subscribe to the Business channel. Google purchased DoubleClick for $3.1 DoubleClick.
abovethecrowd.com
JUNE 2, 2021
Paypal famously offered customers $5 to invite a friend, who would then also get $5 as part of a highly successful viral marketing campaign (they actually started at $20, and then reduced it to $10 and then ended at $5). Silicon Valley founders and executives routinely say, “well the banker said we have to do this, or we can’t do that.”
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
240 
Let's personalize your content