YoungUpstarts
FEBRUARY 12, 2017
It offered independence from financial establishments, which in the wake of 2008 were universally considered unreliable, and mere convenience. That was basically the message of most advertising campaigns of FinTech companies back then. Why stand in line and sign a plethora of papers in the bank, if you can pay/send money/etc.,
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2010
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. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee. Note that these are “gross” revenue numbers. Total raised: $29.5mm.
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This is going to be BIG.
JUNE 19, 2012
I decided to go back through the Wayback Machine to figure out what Buddy has called itself over the years: 7/27/2007 – Application Developer: Buddy Media is the leading developer of applications for the emerging new media platforms, including Facebook, MySpace and other social media sites. ” to.
Ben's Blog
APRIL 27, 2011
If you start out building automobiles, you won’t likely pivot over to become an online advertising network. Impatient and shortsighted shareholders forced Alfred to sell BEA to Oracle in January of 2008 for $8.5B. Over time, every existing application will be rewritten to take advantage of the cloud and these benefits.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. This world of local meets retail meets digital advertising portends to technology disruption and with it VC opportunities. Businesses are also one-click from advertising through Google and now Facebook.
Seeing Both Sides
APRIL 2, 2009
On the positive side, 2008 saw 1 trillion text messages (up 3x from previous year) and double-digit growth in revenue and subscribers. Content and applications are exploding as everyone is trying to follow iPhone’s pioneering moves and (finally) smart phones and the mobile Internet are becoming mainstream in the US.
VC Cafe
FEBRUARY 14, 2010
Datanetis – People are ten times more likely to react to offers from a friend than to advertising. Mobixell sells Multimedia enabling solutions in three areas: Mobile Multimedia messaging, Mobile TV/Video and Mobile Advertising. Award Nominations: 3GSM 2007, 2008 Global Mobile Award for Best Mobile Messaging Service.
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