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JANUARY 14, 2014

The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. People don’t want to speak to customer service reps. I don’t want to speak to customer service reps!! The reduction in screen size has made the economic model of Internet advertising totally inefficient. There are 2.9

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

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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.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

Stribe offers a plug and play service for instantly creating a social network on any Web site. Zoomorama was a finalist at the Microsoft BizSpark event at South by Southwest Interactive 2009. Scan & Target - a SaaS solution for real-time text mining and analysis of User Generated Content.

Incubator 40

Incubator Develop Development Social Network 40

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AUGUST 21, 2011

My background was 8 years of telecoms & mobile and 8 years of cloud computing & SaaS – so these two themes were a given. Financial services is an interesting case: 63% of all consumers looking to buy financial services now research online but only 33% actually buy online. (3) 1) eMarketer. (2) 4) eMarketer.

Mobile 329

Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329