Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. 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.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

If you're an application developer, sending emails through your application can be a chore. Sendgrid (www.sendgrid.com) has stepped into that void, providing application programming interfaces (APIs) and all the infrastructure required to handle that email delivery. Jim Franklin: Sendgrid is a cloud-based email service.

Email 157

Email Startup IP Newsletter 157

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

That was probably around 2008 and 2009, and Intuit had lots of data centers. I am a big fan of not getting locked in, looking at what services and vendors are there, and going multi-cloud when you can. I also spend a chunk of my career in software development, working on enterprise applications.

Cloud Computing 133

Cloud Computing Resource Startup Software 133

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

In 2009, I got my green card and decided to move back here. So you're making multiple applications? If you look at services like Twitter, there are a lot of users who don't post, but read a lot. I then went back to Europe to create a company called Fruugo, which was a big startup back in the day, in 2006 in Europe.

Mobile 233

Mobile Southern California Startup Outsource Development 233

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

The majority of them are social application developers, who have social applications on Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, Bebo, and Hi5, either using the Facebook API or OpenSocial. How do you make money in providing these services? So who is using your software? Ian Swanson: We have 1500 publishers using our products.

Social Media 113

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

The majority of them are social application developers, who have social applications on Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, Bebo, and Hi5, either using the Facebook API or OpenSocial. How do you make money in providing these services? So who is using your software? Ian Swanson: We have 1500 publishers using our products.

Social Media 100

Social Media Advertising Social Network Userplane 100