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- [OpenAI opens initiative for students innovating with AI, Qualified Health raises $125M, the FTC launches Healthcare Task Force](https://vator.tv/openai-opens-initiative-for-students-innovating-with-ai-qualified-health-raises-125m-the-ftc-launches-healthcare-task-force/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #43: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-43-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Penguin Solutions, an AI factory platform company, partnered with Deepgram and Dell Technologies to architect and deploy a fully optimized, production-ready infrastructure aligned to Deepgram’s demanding enterprise voice AI
- [Verily raises $300M, WELL Health buys two medical billing startups, judge blocks HHS' vaccine changes](https://vator.tv/verily-raises-300m-well-health-buys-two-medical-billing-startups-judge-blocks-hhs-vaccine-changes/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [AI is ushering in the modern Renaissance man](https://vator.tv/ai-is-ushering-in-the-modern-renaissance-man/) - I’m already not driving my son to school (in my Tesla self-driving mode). Now Tesla has introduced cars sans steering wheels, and with that wheel literally gone so goes the small but meaningful bit of responsibility for the archetypal parent chauffeur. What’s a golf mom to do if my driving services aren’t needed? This existential
- [Top AI news of the week #42: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-42-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Experian unveiled the next evolution of the Experian Virtual Assistant, EVA, to provide near real-time spending analysis, tailored recommendations, and relevant financial offers based on available account data Hilton
- [Amazon Connect Health launches, Universal Health Services buys Talkspace, court terminates SAVE plan for student borrowers](https://vator.tv/amazon-connect-health-launches-universal-health-services-buys-talkspace-court-terminates-save-plan-for-student-borrowers/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #41: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-41-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI CVS Health and Google Cloud partnered to launch Health100, a health technology services subsidiary, that will deliver an integrated health care engagement platform for consumers, regardless of which pharmacy,
- [CVS Health launches Health100, Cognito Therapeutics raises $105M, GLP-1 meds might help curb addiction](https://vator.tv/cvs-health-launches-health100-cognito-therapeutics-raises-105m-glp-1-meds-might-help-curb-addiction/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #40: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-40-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Google launched Nano Banana 2, updating its AI image generator with advanced world knowledge, production-ready specs, and subject consistency Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announced a new statewide partnership with
- [States sue over vaccine recommendations, ISTE+ASCD and Google partner on AI literacy, digital learning startup Subject raises $28M](https://vator.tv/states-sue-over-vaccine-recommendations-isteascd-and-google-partner-on-ai-literacy-digital-learning-startup-subject-raises-28m/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #39: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-39-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI The Peace Corps announced Tech Corps, a new initiative to recruit, train and deploy skilled Americans to support the adoption of artificial intelligence in Peace Corps host countries participating
- [Frist Cressey Ventures closes a $425M fund, Microsoft launches Elevate for Educators in India, Department of Labor gives $65M to community colleges](https://vator.tv/frist-cressey-ventures-closes-a-425m-fund-microsoft-launches-elevate-for-educators-in-india-department-of-labor-gives-65m-to-community-college/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #38: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-38-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Goldman Sachs launched a new custom basket that goes long on companies whose businesses are seen as difficult for AI to displace, while shorting firms whose workflows AI could
- [Study shows screens cause mental health problems in children, Talkiatry raises $210M, Quizlet buys Coconote](https://vator.tv/study-shows-screens-cause-mental-health-problems-in-children-talkiatry-raises-210m-quizlet-buys-coconote/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #37: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-37-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Epic released AI Charting, a built-in feature that listens during patient visits, drafts the clinician’s note, and queues up orders based on the conversation, while allowing clinicians to personalize
- [Midi Health raises $100M, Santé Ventures raises $330M healthtech fund, Carnegie Mellon launches AI learning tool](https://vator.tv/midi-health-raises-100m-sante-ventures-raises-330m-healthtech-fund-carnegie-mellon-launches-ai-learning-tool/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #36: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-36-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Salesforce was awarded a 10-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract by the U.S. Army which will be executed through Computable Insights, a wholly owned subsidiary dedicated to Salesforce’s national
- [Sword Health acquires Kaia Health, Bertelsmann launches $200M healthtech fund, California joins the WHO](https://vator.tv/sword-health-acquires-kaia-health-bertelsmann-launches-200m-healthtech-fund-california-joins-the-who/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #35: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-35-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI e&, a global technology and investment group, and IBM partnered to advance towards an enterprise-grade agentic AI foundation at e&, starting with policy, risk, and compliance Anthropic partnered with
- [Preply raised $150M, Healthier Capital closed $220 Fund I, congress reached bipartisan healthcare agreement](https://vator.tv/preply-raised-150m-healthier-capital-closed-220-fund-i-congress-reached-bipartisan-healthcare-agreement/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #34: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-34-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced a new research and development funding opportunity aimed at developing
- [Trump unveils new healthcare plan, digital health sees $14.2B in 2025 investments, OpenAI acquires Torch](https://vator.tv/trump-unveils-new-healthcare-plan-digital-health-saw-14-2b-in-2025-investments-openai-acquired-torch/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #33: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-33-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI NVIDIA launched the NVIDIA Rubin platform, comprising six new chips, the NVIDIA Vera CPU, NVIDIA Rubin GPU, NVIDIA NVLink 6 Switch, NVIDIA ConnectX-9 SuperNIC, NVIDIA BlueField-4 DPU and NVIDIA
- [IntelyCare buys CareRev, Parabilis Medicines raises $305M, Eir Partners raises $1B healthtech fund](https://vator.tv/intelycare-buys-carerev-parabilis-medicines-raises-305m-eir-partners-raises-1b-healthtech-fund/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #32: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-32-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Avaya, a provider of enterprise software solutions, adopted Gemini Enterprise as its core advanced agentic platform, and Google Workspace as its primary collaboration and productivity suite Qualcomm Technologies and
- [Top AI news of the week #31: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-31-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI xAI, an artificial intelligence startup that develops AI solutions and tools to enhance reasoning and search capabilities, was selected by the US Department of War to power Enterprise AI
- [Top AI news of the week #30: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-30-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Microsoft and Spanish energy company Iberdrola partnered to deepen their work together on energy and artificial intelligence projects, expanding the use of Microsoft's Azure computing and cloud platform, the
- [Tebra raises $250 million, Udemy merges with Coursera, Brainworks Ventures launches $50M fund](https://vator.tv/tebra-raises-250-million-udemy-merges-with-coursera-brainworks-ventures-launches-50m-fund/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #29: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-29-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office selected Google Cloud's Gemini for Government to serve as the first enterprise AI deployed on the U.S. Department of War's GenAI.mil to
- [Top AI news of the week #28: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-28-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI HSBC and Mistral AI, an AI platform that provides large language models and AI services tailored to diverse enterprise applications, partnered to enhance and accelerate the use of generative
- [Top AI news of the week #27: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-27-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI NVIDIA partnered with RIKEN, Japan’s national research institute, to integrate NVIDIA GB200 NVL4 systems with two new supercomputers in Japan — one built for AI for science and the
- [Lightbeam Health Solutions acquires Syntax Health, Artera.io raises $65M, the FTC settles with Illuminate Education](https://vator.tv/lightbeam-health-solutions-acquires-syntax-health-artera-io-raises-65m-the-ftc-settles-with-illuminate-education/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Northwell Health partners with K Health, Function raised $298M, Sofinnova Partners launches new biotech fund](https://vator.tv/northwell-health-partners-with-k-health-function-raised-298m-sofinnova-partners-launches-new-biotech-fund/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Transforming the Bay Area amid a Christian Revival](https://vator.tv/transforming-the-bay-area-amid-a-christian-revival/) - On the Culture, Religion, Technology podcast, Bambi Francisco speaks to Paul Taylor, Chief Unify Officer at Transforming the Bay with Christ, where he connects pastors and churches across the Bay Area. Most recently he served as a Pastor at Peninsula Bible Church in Palo Alto. Topics include: growth of the church post-Covid as a new
- [Top AI news of the week #26: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-26-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Maryland Governor Wes Moore partnered with Anthropic, an AI safety and research company, and Percepta, which uses proprietary AI technology to analyze existing security camera feeds, and alerts employees
- [Visby Medical partners with Google Cloud, ChatGPT is coming to UCSF, Cornerstone Robotics raises $200M](https://vator.tv/visby-medical-partners-with-google-cloud-chatgpt-is-coming-to-ucsf-cornerstone-robotics-raises-200m/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [How God transformed the life of Pray.com CTO Ryan Beck](https://vator.tv/how-god-transformed-the-life-of-pray-com-cto-ryan-beck/) - On the Culture, Religion, Technology podcast, Bambi Francisco talks with Ryan Beck, the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Pray.com, the world’s #1 app for daily prayer and faith-based audio content. Pray.com is driven by a mission to grow faith, cultivate community, and leave a legacy of helping others. Beck brings expertise in computer science, software
- [Top AI news of the week #25: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-25-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI ServiceNow, an AI platform for business transformation, and NTT DATA, a provider of AI, digital business, and technology services, expanded their partnership to accelerate AI‑led transformation for enterprises Lockheed
- [Hippocratic AI raises $126M, Hack The Box partners with LinkedIn Learning, BillionToOne goes public](https://vator.tv/hippocratic-ai-raises-126m-hack-the-box-partners-with-linkedin-learning-billiontoone-went-public/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Culture, Religion & Technology, take III (CRT 2025) at Mar-a-Lago - It's a wrap!](https://vator.tv/culture-religion-technology-take-iii-crt-2025-at-mar-a-lago-its-a-wrap/) - It’s a wrap! The latest Culture, Religion & Technology (CRT 2025) event was held this past Wednesday, October 22, at Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach. The event attracted nearly 300 attendees but it could have been much more. We sold out in under 10 days. The event was hosted by myself, Paul Martino, Hamlet Yousef
- [Top AI news of the week #24: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-24-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Dataiku, which operates as an enterprise artificial intelligence and machine-learning platform, partnered with NVIDIA to launch the Dataiku AI Factory Accelerator as a way of helping enterprises worldwide move
- [Chegg cuts 45% of its workforce, Medline files for an IPO, Global Healthcare Opportunities raises over €2.5B](https://vator.tv/chegg-cuts-45-of-its-workforce-medline-files-for-an-ipo-global-healthcare-opportunities-raises-over-e2-5b/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #23: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-23-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Lumen Technologies and Palantir Technologies partnered to help enterprises across every industry deploy AI faster and more securely in complex, multi-cloud environments by pairing Palantir’s Foundry and Artificial Intelligence
- [Hologic acquired for $18.3B, Electra Therapeutics raises $183M, and Calm/Storm Ventures launches a new €30M fund](https://vator.tv/hologic-was-acquired-for-18-3b-electra-therapeutics-raised-183m-and-calm-storm-ventures-launched-a-new-e30m-fund/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #22: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-22-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI IBM and Groq partnered to give clients immediate access to Groq's inference technology, GroqCloud, on watsonx Orchestrate, while Groq and IBM plan to integrate and enhance RedHat open source
- [1000-Likes.com Celebrates 15 Years of Helping Creators Grow Organically](https://vator.tv/1000-likes-com-celebrates-15-years-of-helping-creators-grow-organically/) - 1000-Likes.com celebrates 15 years of helping creators and brands grow with real, non-drop likes, followers, views, and reviews across major social platforms.
- [Cairns Health buys Together by Renee, ŌURA raises over $900M, Town Hall Ventures launches $400M fund](https://vator.tv/cairns-health-buys-together-by-renee-oura-raises-over-900m-town-hall-ventures-launches-400m-fund/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #21: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-21-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Salesforce launched Agentforce 360, a platform designed to connect humans and AI agents in one system LSEG partnered with Microsoft so agents built in Microsoft Copilot Studio and deployed
- [Can AI be conscious and therefore have moral standing?](https://vator.tv/can-ai-be-conscious-and-therefore-have-moral-standing/) - On the Culture, Religion, Technology podcast, Bambi Francisco speaks with John Pittard, an Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Yale Divinity School (with a secondary appointment in Yale's philosophy department), who works primarily in epistemology and philosophy of religion. A major focus of his work has been questions concerning the epistemic significance of disagreement
- [America’s Amputation Crisis (Part 4 of 4): The Path Forward to Save Limbs and Lives](https://vator.tv/americas-amputation-crisis-part-4-of-4-the-path-forward-to-save-limbs-and-lives/) - This is the final article in a four-part series examining America’s preventable amputation crisis. Read Part 1 here: The perfect storm threatening millions of limbs ….and Part 2 here: The evident double standard costing patients their limbs ...and [Part 3: Following the money behind the amputation epidemic. “They approved the amputation immediately, but denied the
- [Culture, Religion & Technology, take III w/ Devin Nunes, CEO of Trump Media](https://vator.tv/83204-2/) - Please join us on October 22, 2025 for our third Culture, Religion & Technology event. Charlie Kirk was originally scheduled to keynote. To that end, we are hosting this event in honor of Charlie. Keynoting our event is Devin Nunes, CEO of Trump Media and Technology, parent company of Truth Social, and Chair of the
- [Qualtrics acquires Press Ganey Forsta, Century Health partners with Balboa Nephrology, Nilo Therapeutics raises $101M](https://vator.tv/qualtrics-acquires-press-ganey-forsta-century-health-partners-with-balboa-nephrology-nilo-therapeutics-raises-101m/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [The AI era forces us to ask: What is human nature and God's role?](https://vator.tv/the-ai-era-forces-us-to-ask-what-is-human-nature-and-gods-role/) - On the Culture, Religion, Technology podcast, Bambi Francisco speaks with Thomas Arnold - research associate at the Human-Robot Interaction Lab at Tufts University. He’s the Programs lead for AI and Faith. His focus is on how to build AI systems through the lens of a broad array of religious beliefs. He has taught in both
- [Top AI news of the week #20: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-20-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Nokia announced new software tools and AI-models to improve operational efficiencies and enhance network reliability. The new digital features, part of Nokia’s Altiplano platform, will enable operators to
- [America’s amputation crisis (Part 3 of 4): Following the money behind the amputation epidemic](https://vator.tv/americas-amputation-crisis-part-3-of-4-following-the-money-behind-the-amputation-epidemic/) - This is the third article in a four-part series examining America’s preventable amputation crisis. Read Part 1 here: The perfect storm threatening millions of limbs ….and Part 2 here: The evident double standard costing patients their limbs The Disturbing Economics Behind America’s Amputation Epidemic In my years as a patient advocate, I’ve had countless conversations
- [Waystar buys Iodine Software, McGraw Hill launches Sharpen Advantage, and Star Therapeutics raises $125M](https://vator.tv/waystar-buys-iodine-software-mcgraw-hill-launches-sharpen-advantage-and-star-therapeutics-raises-125m/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Parth Mehrotra, President and COO at Privia Health, on VatorNews podcast](https://vator.tv/2022-05-03-parth-mehrotra-president-and-coo-at-privia-health-on-vatornews-podcast/) - Vator · Interview with Parth Mehrotra, President and Chief Operating Officer at Privia Health Steven Loeb speaks with Parth Mehrotra, President and Chief Operating Officer at Privia Health, a company that empowers physicians by giving them tools, technology, and talent. Our overall goal is to understand how technology is radically changing healthcare: the way we
- [Top AI news of the week #19: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-19-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Nokia and Nscale partnered to accelerate the build-out of AI infrastructure. Nokia will be a preferred partner for advanced networking technologies for Nscale AI-ready data center deployments globally
- [America’s amputation crisis (Part 2 of 4): The evident double standard costing patients their limbs](https://vator.tv/americas-amputation-crisis-part-2-of-4-the-evident-double-standard-costing-patients-their-limbs/) - This is the second article in a four-part series examining America’s preventable amputation crisis. Read part 1 HERE. “We’re sorry, but we cannot approve this procedure. There is insufficient evidence to support its use in your case.” For Thomas from Louisiana, these words—delivered via a cold form letter—weren’t just a bureaucratic decision. They were effectively
- [Corporate innovator: Parth Mehrotra, President and COO at Privia Health](https://vator.tv/2022-08-17-corporate-innovator-parth-mehrotra-president-and-coo-at-privia-health/) - While most entrepreneurs want to be the one to discover the next Amazon or Twitter, oftentimes major technological shifts are coming from the big companies, the players that have been on the scene for years, if not decades. Those companies have survived because they know how to pivot. They're the ones who either seed new
- [UnitedHealthcare launches new online store, Judi Health raises $400M, and Innovaccer acquires Story Health](https://vator.tv/unitedhealthcare-launches-new-online-store-judi-health-raises-400m-and-innovaccer-acquires-story-health/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [America’s amputation crisis (Part 1 of 4): The perfect storm threatening millions of limbs](https://vator.tv/americas-amputation-crisis-part-1-of-4-the-perfect-storm-threatening-millions-of-limbs/) - When Derek from Indiana first noticed problems with his toes, he followed his doctor’s advice without question - amputation. Diabetes, they told him, was the culprit. One by one, his toes were amputated. Then half his other foot. Each procedure was presented as inevitable—a necessary sacrifice to a disease with no other options. It wasn’t
- [Top AI news of the week #18: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-18-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Scale AI and the DoD’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office partnered to provide warfighters and mission operators with AI tools to maintain a decisive advantage Google and
- [How AI is helping assimilation happen faster for immigrant families](https://vator.tv/how-ai-is-helping-assimilation-happen-faster-for-immigrant-families/) - The United States has always been a melting pot of immigrants from around the world seeking the American dream. The seismic shift in demographics has ignited a sad ripple effect as current infrastructure fails to efficiently assimilate these newcomers into schools, cities, and across multiple industries. But artificial intelligence is not only making significant inroads
- [Google Gemini partners with California Community Colleges; Lingokids raises $120M; T.Rx Capital launches to fund early stage healthcare](https://vator.tv/google-gemini-partners-with-california-community-colleges-lingokids-raises-120m-t-rx-capital-launches-to-fund-early-stage-healthcare/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #17: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-17-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Eli Lilly and Company launched Lilly TuneLab, an artificial intelligence and machine learning platform that provides biotech companies access to drug discovery models trained on years of Lilly’s
- [Trump targets pharma ads; Medtronic partners with the NIH; Oracle Health launches an AI Center of Excellence for Healthcare](https://vator.tv/trump-targets-pharma-ads-medtronic-partners-with-the-nih-and-oracle-health-launches-an-ai-center-of-excellence-for-healthcare/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #16: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-16-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Intelliflex USA, a provider of modular AI data centers, partnered with Supermicro, a provider of enterprise computing, storage, networking, and green computing technology Pony AI, an autonomous mobility company,
- [Scientists can't ignore the power of prayer](https://vator.tv/scientists-cant-ignore-the-power-of-prayer/) - On the Culture, Religion, Technology podcast, Bambi Francisco talks to Robert Klitzman, M.D., a professor of psychiatry at the College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Joseph Mailman School of Public Health, and the Program Director of the Master of Science in Bioethics at Columbia University. He co-founded and for five years co-directed the Columbia
- [West coast states unite against CDC, HealthEdge merges with UST HealthProof, and Shields Health Solutions raises $3.5B](https://vator.tv/west-coast-states-unite-against-cdc-healthedge-merges-with-ust-healthproof-and-shields-health-solutions-raises-3-5b/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #15: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-15-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Citi Wealth launched two AI-powered tools: Advisor Insights, providing Citi Wealth bankers and advisors with a tailored dashboard featuring messages about market turns, portfolios and current events, and
- [Upheaval at the CDC, the White House launches AI Challenge for students, and Tempus AI acquired Paige](https://vator.tv/upheaval-at-the-cdc-the-white-house-launches-ai-challenge-for-students-and-tempus-ai-acquired-paige/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #14: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-14-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Telehouse Canada, a global data center service provider under KDDI Group, and Vertical Data, a provider of enterprise AI infrastructure solutions, partnered to deliver AI infrastructure to power
- [SC lets Trump revoke health grants, English language learning center Monkey Tree files to go public, and Eight Sleep raises $100M](https://vator.tv/sc-lets-trump-revoke-health-grants-english-language-learning-center-monkey-tree-files-to-go-public-and-eight-sleep-raises-100m/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Why are we creating AI in our own image?](https://vator.tv/why-are-we-creating-ai-in-our-own-image/) - On the Culture, Religion, Technology podcast, Bambi Francisco talks to Dr. Noreen Herzfeld, Director of Benedictine Spirituality and the Environment at St. John’s School of Theology and Seminary. She’s the author of “The Artifice of Intelligence: Divine and Human Relationship in a Robotic Age.” It’s a fascinating exploration of questions at the heart of the
- [Top AI news of the week #13: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-13-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Equinix, a provider of data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations, partnered with nuclear providers Oklo, Radiant, ULC-Energy, Stellaria, and fuel cell provider Bloom Energy to power
- [Judge stops HHS from giving Medicaid data to ICE, The Mark Cuban Foundation partners with Turbo AI, and SetPoint Medical raises $140M](https://vator.tv/judge-stops-hhs-from-giving-medicaid-data-to-ice-the-mark-cuban-foundation-partners-with-turbo-ai-and-setpoint-medical-raises-140m/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Why this Democrat healthcare CEO supports HHS Secretary RFK Jr.](https://vator.tv/why-this-democrat-healthcare-ceo-supports-hhs-secretary-rfk-jr/) - On the CRT (Culture, Religion and Technology) podcast, produced by our partners WeOverMe and Voz Media, Bambi Francisco talks to Robert Andrews is, CEO and head of The Health Transformation Alliance. He’s a former member of congress and is considered “an original author of the Affordable Care Act”. He’s a Democrat who is supportive of
- [Top AI news of the week #12: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-12-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Global energy technology company SLB and AIQ, the Abu Dhabi-based AI champion for the energy sector, partnered to advance AIQ’s continued development and deployment of its ENERGYai agentic
- [Granger Smith on AI, religion and his journey from country music star to pastor](https://vator.tv/granger-smith-on-ai-religion-and-his-journey-from-country-music-star-to-pastor/) - On the CRT (Culture, Religion and Technology) podcast, produced by our partners WeOverMe and Voz Media, Bambi Francisco talks to Granger Smith about AI, religion and his journey from country music star to pastor. Granger Smith is a Southern Baptist minister, radio show host and podcaster. He was an award-winning, platinum-selling country music singer, a
- [RFK cancels $500M in vaccine contracts, W Health unveils fund for Indian healthtech startups, and Apreo Health raises $130M](https://vator.tv/rfk-cancels-500m-in-vaccine-contracts-w-health-unveils-fund-for-indian-healthtech-startups-and-apreo-health-raises-130m/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [DOE issues AI guidlines, UnitedHealth is being investigated for Medicare fraud, and Aidoc raised $150M](https://vator.tv/doe-issues-ai-guidlines-unitedhealth-is-being-investigated-for-medicare-fraud-and-aidoc-raised-150m/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [AI returns pastors to their therapist role](https://vator.tv/ai-returns-pastors-to-their-therapist-role/) - The American Psychological Association was founded in 1892, partly as academic disciplines, such as psychology began to emerge, and culture embraced scientific methods to address social problems, as part of the progressive movement in American politics. This gave rise to the modern day psychotherapeutic industry, which accelerated after WWII. Prior to this ascendance, society dealt with mental
- [Top AI news of the week #11: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-11-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Meta partnered with Amazon Web Services, on program that will provide six months of technical support from both companies’ engineers and $200,000 in AWS cloud computing credits each to
- [TandemAI merges with Perpetual Medicines, OpenEvidence raises $210M, and Carlsmed and Heartflow file to go public](https://vator.tv/tandemai-merges-with-perpetual-medicines-openevidence-raises-210m-and-carlsmed-and-heartflow-file-to-go-public/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Prompt Health, acquired PredictionHealth, McGraw Hill is going public, and Tandem Health raised $50M](https://vator.tv/healthtech-and-edtech-weekly-roundup-4/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Cedars-Sinai Technology Ventures launches new fund, Commure raises $200M, and Novo Nordisk breaks from Hims](https://vator.tv/healthtech-and-edtech-weekly-roundup-3/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Amazon restructures its health business, Pearson expands in India, and Ellipsis Health raises $45M](https://vator.tv/healthtech-and-edtech-weekly-roundup-2/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Neuralink raised $650M, McGraw Hill partnered with Pearson, and Omada Health went public](https://vator.tv/healthtech-and-edtech-weekly-roundup-1/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [How to stay grounded in God amidst the rise of AI](https://vator.tv/how-to-stay-grounded-in-god-amidst-the-rise-of-ai/) - Phil Eubank is the lead pastor at Menlo Church, one of the largest churches in Silicon Valley. As one can imagine, Pastor Phil has quite a flock of skeptical intellectuals and scientists in his midst. California ranks the 15th least religious state, according to Pew Research while the San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most irreligious
- [Top AI news of the week #10: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-10-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI HL7, a global community focused on the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information, launched an AI Office to establish foundational standards for safe, trustworthy AI
- [Why Gen Z Is Leaving Google for TikTok: What This Means for Brands in 2025](https://vator.tv/why-gen-z-is-leaving-google-for-tiktok-what-this-means-for-brands-in-2025/) - In 2025, Gen Z prefers TikTok over Google for search. Learn why, what it means for brands, and how to adapt your SEO strategy for this shift.
- [Clapper Introduces Smart Discovery Feed to Help Creators Reach the Right Audience Faster](https://vator.tv/clapper-introduces-smart-discovery-feed-to-help-creators-reach-the-right-audience-faster/) - Clapper unveils Smart Discovery Feed to help creators grow faster by matching content with the right audience using AI. A game-changer for micro-influencers.
- [HealthTech and EdTech weekly roundup #5](https://vator.tv/healthtech-and-edtech-weekly-roundup-5/) - Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030. Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors. Top News
- [Top AI news of the week #9: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-9-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Debenhams Group, the parent of online fashion retailers including Boohoo, Debenhams, PrettyLittleThing, and Karen Millen, expanded its partnership with AWS. The retailer already uses serverless AWS cloud services on
- [Engagerush.com Launches Safe and Affordable Instagram Likes Service to Help Creators Build Trust and Visibility](https://vator.tv/engagerush-com-launches-safe-and-affordable-instagram-likes-service-to-help-creators-build-trust-and-visibility/) - Boost Instagram credibility safely with Engagerush.com offering affordable, high-retention likes to help creators grow visibility in 2025.
- [Focus On The Little Things](https://vator.tv/2017-11-24-focus-on-the-little-things/) - Since Facebook’s Trending headlines section is here to stay, there’s no escaping the latest Trump flub on the political world stage, news about another gun massacre in the States, or the ravages of Hurricane Maria. By comparison, the fake news of click bait is now a welcome relief! Unless you’re reading about a Millennial
- [Top AI news of the week #8: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-8-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Dine Brands, the company behind Applebee’s and IHOP, is adding AI-infused tech support for all of its franchisees, as well as an AI-powered “personalization engine” that helps restaurants
- [1000-likes.com Launches Affordable YouTube Views for Content Creators in 2025](https://vator.tv/1000-likes-com-launches-affordable-youtube-views-for-content-creators-in-2025/) - New York, NY — In a bold move set to redefine how content creators scale their presence on YouTube, 1000-likes.com has officially announced the launch of its newest offering: Affordable YouTube Views tailored specifically for creators, entrepreneurs, and digital marketers in 2025. As a recognized leader in the social media engagement industry since 2009, 1000-likes.com
- [How will AI affect the future of authorship and our democracy?](https://vator.tv/how-will-ai-affect-the-future-of-authorship-and-our-democracy/) - Mark Coeckelbergh is a Professor of Philosophy of Media and Technology at the University of Vienna. He is co-author of “Communicative AI: A critical introduction to large language models” as well as the author of “Why AI Undermines Our Democracy: and what to do about it.” This is an interview for the CRT (Culture, Religion
- [Top AI news of the week #7: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-7-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Aidoc announced the release of BRIDGE, a new open-source framework developed to help healthcare organizations deploy AI safely, effectively and at scale. Developed by Aidoc in collaboration with
- [How to have a civil conversation with a tech CEO on the other side of the political divide](https://vator.tv/how-to-have-a-civil-conversation-with-a-tech-ceo-on-the-other-side-of-the-political-divide/) - It’s not a secret that many tech influencers voted for Trump. “One of the big differences between the first term, in the first time everybody was fighting me,” Trump told reporters at a news conference. “In this term, everybody wants to be my friend.” Many big tech names shifted right, from Elon Musk to Mark
- [Tech leaders are embracing Christianity, thanks to Acts 17 Collective](https://vator.tv/tech-leaders-are-embracing-christianity-thanks-to-acts-17-collective/) - In Silicon Valley, a group of successful tech entrepreneurs began holding events to bring tech influencers to Christ. Acts 17 Collective was founded by Michelle Stephens, a healthcare entrepreneur who is also a nurse with a PhD in pediatric stress physiology. Along with her husband, Trae Stephens - also a devout Christian and a venture
- [Top AI news of the week #6: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-6-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Wiz partnered with NVIDIA to be a part of the NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory. Wiz is now included in the NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory validated design, integrating with NVIDIA
- [Future of healthcare insurance - week 3](https://vator.tv/2019-10-08-future-of-healthcare-insurance-week-3/) - This is my weekly roundup of news around the topic we'll be focusing on at our upcoming Invent Health salon in November, hosted by Vator, HP and UCSF Health Hub. At the salon, we'll take a deep dive into one topic and look at it from a 360 degree view. This
- [Top AI news of the week #5: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-5-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Pony AI announced a strategic partnership with Xihu Group, the city's largest taxi operator, to jointly deploy a fleet of more than 1,000 Pony.ai’s seventh-generation Robotaxis in Shenzhen in
- [H1 acquires Veda to build outs its health plan solution](https://vator.tv/h1-acquires-veda/) - H1 is a company that uses artificial intelligence to aggregate healthcare data, allowing patients, insurance companies, healthcare organizations, and pharmaceutical and biotech companies to identify and connect with the most relevant healthcare professionals. Recently, the company has been putting a greater focus on its solutions for health plans; in January, it acquired Ribbon Health, a
- [Talkspace partners with Amazon Pharmacy to increase access to medication](https://vator.tv/talkspace-partners-with-amazon-pharmacy-to-increase-access-to-medication/) - There are numerous challenges associated with accessing mental health medication, including the cost, insurance limitations, and lack of available providers. It's estimated that over 50% of adults with mental illness, totaling 28 million people, don't receive treatment, including medication. Even for those who do get access to medication, adherence rates range between 45% and 55%
- [Top AI news of the week #4: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-4-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Dynatrace, an AI-powered observability platform, announced that it is integrating its full-stack, AI and LLM Observability solution into the NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory validated design enabling enterprises using NVIDIA’s
- [Dr. William Morris, CMO at Ambience Healthcare, talks partnership with Houston Methodist](https://vator.tv/dr-william-morris-cmo-at-ambience-healthcare-talks-partnership-with-houston-methodist/) - In April, Ambience Healthcare, a provider of ambient AI technology, announced that it was expanding its testing of ambient AI in two high-acuity care settings: emergency (ED) and inpatient care. And to do so it would be partnering with Houston Methodist, a health system and academic medical center that employs more than 34,000 people and
- [Top AI news of the week #3: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-3-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI G42, an artificial intelligence and cloud computing company, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Cisco to advance artificial intelligence innovation and infrastructure development across public and private sectors AMD,
- [K Health expands Mayo Clinic partnership to include AI Physician Mode](https://vator.tv/k-health-mayo-clinic/) - K Health is a company that uses AI and machine learning to take some of the burden off of primary care physicians by allowing users to look up their symptoms, and then see how doctors diagnose and treat similar people with similar symptoms, for free on its app. Over the past year alone, the company
- [Top AI news of the week #2: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-1-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Nutanix announced the general availability of the latest version of the Nutanix Enterprise AI solution, adding deeper integration with NVIDIA AI Enterprise, including NVIDIA NIM microservices and the NVIDIA
- [Top AI news of the week #1: Advsr AI Spotlight](https://vator.tv/top-ai-news-of-the-week-advsr-ai-spotlight/) - Advsr AI Spotlight Highlighting notable AI moves at the intersection of strategic operating companies and emerging startups. Big ideas in the works. Strategic Deployments of AI Incentives and rewards company Giftify, the owner and operator of CardCash.com and Restaurant.com, announced the strategic expansion of AI tools across its operations to streamline internal processes, minimize manual
- [Jake Brukhman, founder and CEO of CoinFund, on the VatorNews podcast](https://vator.tv/jake-brukhman-founder-and-ceo-of-coinfund-on-the-vatornews-podcast/) - Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning verification platform called World debuted in the US. Altman is known as the founder of OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. What does this new biometric tool mean for US consumers? Joining us to talk about this announcement is Jake Brukhman, a Managing Partner, Founder & CEO of CoinFund, an investor in World
- [Function Health acquires cancer screening platform Ezra, launches Full Body MRI powered by FDA-cleared AI](https://vator.tv/function-health-acquires-cancer-screening-platform-ezra-launches-ai-powered-full-body-mri-scan/) - Function Health is a platform that provides patients with access to over 160 lab tests at a single cost of $499 per year. These tests helps people at every life stage understand their current health, discover how it’s changing, and take immediate action. Now the company is expanding into a new area: imaging. And to do so it
- [CareCloud launches AI CoE to develop artificial intelligence models for healthcare](https://vator.tv/carecloud-launches-ai-coe-to-develop-artificial-intelligence-models-for-healthcare/) - The global AI market is projected to reach $1.81 trillion by 2030 and there’s no industry that isn’t being rapidly changed by artificial intelligence, be it healthcare, which is projected to reach a market size of $490.96 billion by 2032, fintech ($53.30 billion by 2030), or edtech ($92.09 billion by 2033). This has led to
- [Employee mental health provider Lyra Health launches new AI platform and features](https://vator.tv/employee-mental-health-provider-lyra-health-launches-new-ai-platform-and-features/) - During the pandemic there were many companies in the mental health space that made a heap of money, including Lyra Health, which helps companies improve access to effective mental health care for their employees. That included a $75 million in March 2020; $110 million in August 2020; $187 million in January 2021; and $200 million in June 2021. While not all
- [As religion comes to Silicon Valley, startups are developing AI tools for the faith-based community](https://vator.tv/as-religion-comes-to-silicon-valley-startups-are-developing-ai-tools-for-the-faith-based-community/) - The 2024 election might be seen as a turning point for Silicon Valley, as leaders swung to the right this past election, with Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and, most notably, Elon Musk became vocal Trump supporters, with Musk taking an active role in his administration with his DOGE agency. Alongside that shift, there was also
- [Assort Health raises $26 million to automate patient phone calls](https://vator.tv/assort-health-raises-26-million-to-automate-patient-phone-calls/) - While patients are taking a larger and larger part of their health into their own hands, thanks to wearables and at-home devices, but that is not the case for one key area: appointment scheduling. Despite being able to make their own appointments via an online portal, only 2.4% actually taking advantage of this, while about
- [Sharp HealthCare partners with generative AI platform Abridge](https://vator.tv/sharp-healthcare-partners-with-generative-ai-platform-abridge/) - Abridge is company that uses AI to help patients better understand the details of the appointments, while also making it easier for doctors to review and understand what’s happening with their patients. Its generative AI solution records and highlights the most important part of doctor appointments for patients, while also automatically creating a draft note
- [Q1 digital health funding reaches $3B, up 11% from 2024](https://vator.tv/q1-digital-health-funding-reaches-3b-up-11-from-2024/) - A lot has changed in digital health since the highs of the pandemic, as the amount of funding, and the number of deals, has dropped from the year prior since 2021. In a few years it has gone from over $29 billion being poured in to around $10 billion by 2024. However, there was some
- [Suki unveils feature to generate prescription orders via voice AI](https://vator.tv/suki-unveils-feature-to-generate-prescription-orders-via-voice-ai/) - Voice AI company Suki helps reduce the burden of documentation on the clinician, and alleviates burnout, by allowing them to focus on patient care. The company's offerings include Suki Assistant, which helps clinicians save time on administrative tasks by generating notes ambiently, by taking dictation and commands, simplifying coding, and answering clinical questions by retrieving
- [Layer Health CEO talks new funding and how AI is revolutionizing chart review](https://vator.tv/layer-health-ceo-talks-new-funding-and-how-ai-is-revolutionizing-chart-review/) - Chart review has mostly been a manual process, has been prone to error, and is an area where extracting actionable insights from medical records has been difficult due to fragmentation. To solve this, Layer Health is using AI. leveraging advanced large language models (LLMs), trained on patient data, so that health systems can automatically review
- [Taxo raises $5M to build out its AI for healthcare data extraction](https://vator.tv/taxo-raises-5m-to-build-out-its-ai-for-healthcare-data-extraction/) - Healthcare professionals are often overwhelmed by administrative tasks, spending more time on paperwork than on patient care. This inefficiency stems from manual workflows and unstructured data, leading to errors and increased costs. That's what led Dr. Ahmed Kerwan to found Taxo, a data extraction and reasoning engine for healthcare administration. "As a practicing physician, I
- [AI-powered primary care platform Navina raises $55M](https://vator.tv/ai-powered-primary-care-platform-navina-raises-55m/) - Navina is an AI-powered primary care platform that turns patient data, which is fragmented and complex, into actionable insights at the point of care. Now the company will be expanding its AI capabilities as it announced the completion of a $55 million Series C funding round on Tuesday led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs
- [Cylinder Health acquires Dieta to add AI-driven insights to its gut health platform](https://vator.tv/cylinder-health-acquired-dieta-to-add-ai-driven-insights-to-its-gut-health-platform/) - Gastrointestinal (GI) issues affect 40 percent of people every day. Not only that, but GI-related issues account for 8.3 million ER visits annually, making them the number one reason for visiting the emergency room, and they cost the U.S. healthcare system $136 billion annually. Cylinder, a virtual digestive health provider, was founded in 2021 with
- [Millennials and Gen Z are most likely to adopt digital health tools, but least likely to trust their providers](https://vator.tv/millennials-and-gen-z-are-most-likely-to-adopt-digital-health-tools-but-least-likely-to-trust-their-providers/) - We are now in a post-COVID world, one where telehealth has become more common: approximately 70% of patients in the United State used telehealth services at least once in 2023, up from 15% in 2019. It's also one where consumers are taking more control of their own healthcare, with 53% owning at least one wearable,
- [Bullpen Capital partner and conservative political activist Paul Martino on "Bucks County, USA" humanizing both sides and venture capital in today's political climate](https://vator.tv/bullpen-capital-partner-and-conservative-political-activist-paul-martino-on-bucks-county-usa-humanizing-both-sides-and-venture-capital-in-todays-political-climate/) -  Here’s an interview with Paul Martino, one of the founding partners of Bullpen Capital, the venture firm that essentially pioneered post-seed investing. The interview was part of the new show CRT (no not critical race theory, but rather Culture, Religion & Technology). This show/podcast was borne out of the event Culture, Religion & Technology,
- [Founders Fund VC Delian Asporohouv on his political shift right](https://vator.tv/founders-fund-vc-delian-asporohouv-on-his-political-shift-right/) - Founders Fund VC Delian Asporohouv on his political shift right Delian Asporohouv is a Partner at Founders Fund and President and co-founder of Varda Space Industries, a space manufacturing company. This is his interview on CRT (Culture, Religion & Tech). In 2016, Delian was a liberal who voted for Hillary Clinton. In 2020, Delian shifted right and voted for Donald Trump. His journey and shift
- [Palantir partners with R1 on new RCM AI lab, R37](https://vator.tv/palantir-partners-with-r1-on-new-rcm-ai-lab-r37/) - Administrative costs currently make up more than 40% of U.S. hospital expenses, with over $160 billion spent on Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) alone every single year, which assists healthcare providers with billing patients, tracking payments, and collecting money. Like many facets of the healthcare space, RCM is being aided by artificial intelligence, which can automate
- [AI-powered pathology lab elea raises €4 million](https://vator.tv/ai-powered-pathology-lab-elea-raises-e4-million/) - Pathology labs analyze tissues, fluids, and cells to diagnose and monitor diseases, providing information for healthcare professionals to make informed decisions about patient care. Yet, they face numerous inefficiencies, including manual processes, delayed reporting, communication gaps, and high operational costs, leading to errors that can impact patient care. To solve these issues, elea is providing
- [ModMed launches dermatology focused AI scribe](https://vator.tv/modmed-launches-dermatology-focused-ai-scribe/) - 84.5 million Americans, or one in four, are affected by skin disease, which costs the US health care system $75 billion in medical, preventative, and prescription and non-prescription drug costs. Meanwhile, nearly 50% of dermatologists have reported burnout. To help alleviate this, ModMed, a company on a mission to place doctors and patients at the
- [Microsoft launches new AI healthcare assistant Dragon Copilot](https://vator.tv/microsoft-launches-new-ai-healthcare-assistant-dragon-copilot/) - Physicians are increasingly getting used to AI tools, with 66% of physicians currently use artificial intelligence in their practice, nearly doubling the 38% who said the same in 2023. When it comes to voice technology, 44% of healthcare organizations are already using it, with 65% of physicians saying voice AI can improve their workflow efficiency,
- [Brainomix partners with Medtronic to expand its AI-powered stroke solution](https://vator.tv/brainomix-partners-with-medtronic-to-expand-its-ai-powered-stroke-solution/) - In the United States alone, more than 795,000 people experience a stroke each year, which is about one in every 40 seconds, causing 1 in 6 deaths from cardiovascular disease. Globally, stroke is a leading cause of disability and death: in 2021, there were 11.9 million new strokes and 93.8 million people living with stroke.
- [Primary care physicians are already using AI outside of work, and now they're ready to use it professionally](https://vator.tv/primary-care-physicians-are-already-using-ai-outside-of-work-and-now-theyre-ready-to-use-it-professionally/) - Physicians in general are adopting artificial intelligence at a pretty fast rate, even if they don't entirely trust it yet. But what about primary care specifically? They are not only the front lines of healthcare for the majority of patients, but they deal with a wide range of issues and illnesses, making AI even more
- [Royal Philips and Mass General Brigham partner to use AI to improve care](https://vator.tv/royal-philips-and-mass-general-brigham-partner-to-use-ai-to-improve-care/) - While there's more data flowing into healthcare than ever before, to the point where the healthcare industry generates approximately 30% of the world's data volume, that data is siloed, meaning providers still have to rely on disparate data sources, such as Electronic Medical Records clinical notes, and device alarms. It's inefficient and leads to poorer
- [The top women's health funding rounds since 2023](https://vator.tv/the-top-womens-health-funding-rounds-since-2023/) - Women's health, of femtech, is a large space, encompassing everything from to period tracking and fertility monitoring to mental health to maternal health to menopause. And while it's aimed at over 50% of the population, it has traditionally been underfunded. Until recently. In 2024, femtech companies raised $1.19 billion across 111 deals, a slightly decrease
- [AMA: physicians using AI nearly doubled in 2024, but enthusiasm is still low](https://vator.tv/ama-ai-artificial-intelligence/) - Healthcare executives and health plans are feeling confident going into 2025, in particular because of technologies like generative artificial intelligence, with nearly 60% in a recent survey listing AI and automation as an emerging trend. Doctors, however, seem to be a bit more apprehensive about the technology, according to a new survey by the American
- [The top mental health funding rounds since 2023](https://vator.tv/the-top-mental-health-funding-rounds-since-2023/) - Statistics from the World Health Organization show a 13% increase in reported mental health disorders over the past 10 years. As such, mental health has consistently been the highest funded clinical indication by venture capitalists: at the height of the pandemic in particular the space was seeing an enormous infusion of cash, raking in over
- [Health systems are benefitting from generative AI but still think more regulations are needed](https://vator.tv/health-systems-are-benefitting-from-generative-ai-but-still-think-more-regulations-are-needed/) - Artificial intelligence is already having a huge effect on the healthcare sector, and it's only getting bigger: global market size for AI in healthcare, which was valued at $10.31 billion in 2023, is forecasted to reach $14.92 billion in 2024 and $164.16 billion by 2030, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 49.1%. In 2024, funding for AI-enabled digital
- [Dr. Ivan Rusilko says Trump's changes to healthcare leadership will boost lifestyle medicine](https://vator.tv/dr-ivan-rusilko-says-trumps-changes-to-healthcare-leadership-will-boost-lifestyle-medicine/) - https://soundcloud.com/vator-tv/dr-ivan-rusilko-on-the-vatornews-podcast In 2025, we may see radical top-down changes to our healthcare system as new heads of the NIH - National Institutes of Health, HHS - Health and Human Services; the CDC - Center for Disease Control and Prevention. And the FDA - Food and Drug Administration. How will the heads of these government agencies
- [Dr. Robert Pearl and Bambi Francisco Roizen debate how to reduce healthcare costs amid a Trump administration](https://vator.tv/dr-robert-pearl-and-bambi-francisco-roizen-debate-how-to-reduce-healthcare-costs-amid-a-trump-administration/) - https://soundcloud.com/vator-tv/bambi-francisco-roizen-and-dr-pearl-debate-how-to-reduce-healthcare-costs-amid-a-trump-administration In 2025, we may see radical top-down changes to our healthcare system as new heads of the NIH – National Institutes of Health, HHS – Health and Human Services; the CDC – Center for Disease Control and Prevention. And the FDA – Food and Drug Administration as well as CMS – Center for Medicare
- [Ritankar Das, co-founder and CEO	of Forta, on VatorNews podcast](https://vator.tv/ritankar-das-co-founder-and-ceoof-forta-on-vatornews-podcast/) - https://soundcloud.com/vator-tv/ritankar-das-founder-and-ceo-of-forta-health-on-the-vatornews-podcast In 2025, we may see radical top-down changes to our healthcare system as new heads of the NIH - National Institutes of Health, HHS - Health and Human Services; the CDC - Center for Disease Control and Prevention. And the FDA - Food and Drug Administration. How will the heads of these government
- [Vatican unveils ethical guidelines for the use of AI in healthcare](https://vator.tv/vatican-unveils-ethical-guidelines-for-the-use-of-ai-in-healthcare/) - Pope Francis has been vocal about what he sees as the benefits, and the risks, when it comes to artificial intelligence: in the past he has stressed that AI "is, and must remain a tool" in human hands, while calling it an epochal change with the hope that it “can make a better world possible
- [Trump rescinds Biden executive order on artificial intelligence](https://vator.tv/trump-rescinds-biden-executive-order-on-artificial-intelligence/) - The EO set AI safety and security standards and called for a report on AI's impact on labor Among the first actions taken by Donald Trump when he took office on Monday was to rescind nearly 80 executive orders (EOs) instituted by Joe Biden over the last four years. That included the EO on the Safe, Secure, and
- [Pitchbook survey: VCs see AI as high growth but also overinvested](https://vator.tv/2024-12-26-pitchbook-survey-vcs-see-ai-as-high-growth-but-also-overinvested/) - Generative AI entered the consciousness in 2023 with tools like ChatGPT changing the game for individuals and organizations alike, but it was in 2024 that organizations really began to adopt, and subsequently get value out of, this technology, making it a high target area for venture capitalists. AI startups raised $11.4 billion in investment across 566 deals in
- [Joe Wisniewski, AVP of Channel Sales at Turquoise Health, on the VatorNews podcast](https://vator.tv/joe-wisniewski-avp-of-channel-sales-at-turquoise-health-on-the-vatornews-podcast/) - Turquoise Health is a healthcare pricing platform that has raised over $55 million Vator · Joe Wisniewski, AVP of Channel Sales at Turquoise Health, on the VatorNews podcast In 2025, we may see radical top-down changes to our healthcare system as new heads of the NIH - National Institutes of Health, HHS - Health and Human Services;
- [DUOS expands AI capabilities to help seniors apply for assistance programs](https://vator.tv/2024-12-20-duos-expands-ai-capabilities-to-help-seniors-apply-for-assistance-programs/) - America is aging pretty rapidly: the number of people aged 65 and over grew from 2010 to 2020 at the fastest rate since 1880 to 1890 and reached 55.8 million, a 38.6% increase in just 10 years. It's predicted that the proportion of the world’s population over 60 will reach 22% by 2050. DUOS is on
- [Digital health funding declines for the third year in a row](https://vator.tv/2025-01-13-digital-health-funding-declines-for-the-third-year-in-a-row/) - Digital health has seen itself on a downward trajectory since the highs of the pandemic: in every single year since 2021, the amount of funding, and the number of deals, has dropped from the year prior. 2024 saw $10.1 billion invested across 497 deals, according to a report out from Rock Health on Monday. That's
- [Oxford Cancer Analytics raises $11M to detect lung cancer via a blood test](https://vator.tv/2025-01-09-oxford-cancer-analytics-raises-11m-to-detect-lung-cancer-via-a-blood-test/) - Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, and early detection is key: there is a 12-fold increase in five-year survivorship between those detected at stage one versus stage four. Yet, over 70% of cases being diagnosed at a late stage. A big part of the cause of that is due to the fact that
- [The FDA outlines draft guidance on AI for medical devices](https://vator.tv/2025-01-06-the-fda-outlines-draft-guidance-on-ai-for-medical-devices/) - AI is touching every industry, and healthcare is no exception: the global market size for healthcare AI, which was valued at $10.31 billion in 2023, is forecasted to reach $14.92 billion in 2024 and then $164.16 billion by 2030, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 49.1%. Both President Biden, and incoming President Trump, have made AI a top priority, and
- [Pandora shares suffer on word of Apple's radio service](https://vator.tv/2012-09-07-pandora-shares-suffer-on-word-of-apples-radio-service/) - Pandora’s weekend is not off to a good start. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that sources have hinted that Apple is in negotiations with music labels to create a Pandora-like service of its own. The streaming mobile radio service would work across Apple’s family of devices, but not on Android’s devices, according to the
- [Vator Reports: The online video explosion](https://vator.tv/2007-05-23-vator-reports-the-online-video-explosion/) - This episode of the Vator Reports is all about online video. Bambi Francisco and Peter Thiel discuss current developments in this growing market. The show features founders of video-related sites we found on Vator.tv, including TasteTV, Dadlabs, Spotzer, Vidavee, as well as the encryption-technology company Mercurio Technologies, the winners of the Vator.tv 'Pitch Tim Draper'
- [Vator Reports: The Web goes social](https://vator.tv/2007-06-18-vator-reports-the-web-goes-social/) - We are all social animals – offline as well as online. In this episode of the Vator Reports Bambi Francisco and Peter Thiel look back at the beginnings of online social networks and highlight some of the recent trends. The show features founders of social networking sites we found on Vator.tv, including Dadlabs, Piczo, BigJock,
- [Being social](https://vator.tv/2007-06-20-being-social/) - Facebook, which appears to have a great shot at usurping MySpace’s position as the most popular social network, could be generating north of $150 million in sales this year. Not bad for a community, or to use the au courant term “social network,” site that started in 2004. After all, during the first wave
- [Parent of Ancestor.com reportedly sells majority interest for $300 mln](https://vator.tv/2007-10-17-parent-of-ancestorcom-reportedly-sells-majority-interest-for-300-mln/) - If TechCrunch has got it right, and they usually do, then the geneology slice of the Web 2.0 market has become a rich one, indeed. The Generations Network, the parent company of Ancestry.com and MyFamily.com, has reportedly raised a $300 million round that gives a group led by Spectrum Equity Investments a majority interest
- [What Would Simon Cowell Say?](https://vator.tv/2008-02-11-what-would-simon-cowell-say/) - Entrepreneurs might learn a lot from watching “American Idol.†At an Elevator Pitch Roundtable put on by VC Taskforce recently in Palo Alto, about a dozen entrepreneurs got 90 seconds to pitch their idea to a panel of top Silicon Valley venture capitalists. They were asked to perform much like they would on the Fox
- [Venture-backed IPO and M&A deals tank in Q1](https://vator.tv/2008-04-02-venture-backed-ipo-and-m-a-deals-tank-in-q1/) - Turmoil in the public financial markets spilled over into the world of private investments in the first quarter, as the value of U.S. venture-backed IPOs plunged by two-thirds from a year ago. What's more, liquidity generated by mergers, acquisitions and initial public offerings of venture-backed companies in the U.S. fell to $8.2 billion, the lowest
- [Microsoft buying Yahoo makes less sense than ever](https://vator.tv/2008-04-25-microsoft-buying-yahoo-makes-less-sense-than-ever/) - Now that we've seen the quarterly results and forecast from both Yahoo and Microsoft, Steve Ballmer's $43 billion offer for Yahoo makes less sense than ever. Yes, Microsoft needs something besides shrink-wrapped software to generate the kind of revenue growth that will excite his shareholders and employees.Vista has been a disappointment, so much so that
- [Jeremy Liew: online ad spending is slowing](https://vator.tv/2008-05-29-jeremy-liew-online-ad-spending-is-slowing/) - Bill Morrison, the internet analyst for investment bank ThinkPanmure put out an interesting report today that is worth reading for people in the online media space. He concludes: 1Q08 was, in our opinion, one of the worst fundamental quarters for publicly-traded online media companies in several years. Roughly 66% of the companies we cover missed
- [Latest on latest iPhone - coming to China](https://vator.tv/2008-05-29-latest-on-latest-iphone-coming-to-china/) - The iPhone will be coming to Macau and Hong Kong, reports VentureBeat, but negotiations on bringing the device to mainland China are proceeding in an uncomfortable way. Here's the top of the Venture Beat story:Apple has been signing deals at a breakneck speed to get its iPhone in markets around the world, but the one country everyone
- [Jeremy Liew on "just for fun" apps](https://vator.tv/2008-06-03-jeremy-liew-on-just-for-fun-apps/) - Fred Wilson says that convenience beats quality. In his post he is talking about video and photography. The amazing story of the limited featured Flip Camera, which captured 13% share of the video camera market in its first year on sale, bears testimony to this truism. I think this maxim, that convenience beats quality, is
- [ABC News not alone in Web video struggles](https://vator.tv/2008-06-11-abc-news-not-alone-in-web-video-struggles/) - If you saw our interview last week with Revision3 CEO Jim Louderback, the news today that ABC.com is going to scrap the current format for its World News Webcast wouldn't have been a big surprise.As Jim astutely pointed out, what works on TV doesn't work on the Web, for the simple fact that the two
- [Web video still short attention span theater](https://vator.tv/2008-06-17-web-video-still-short-attention-span-theater/) - The latest numbers from comScore show that YouTube is still dominating the Web video market, with 38% of the 11 billion videos viewed online in April through the Google-owned site. The rest of the market is so fragmented that no other Web media property has double-digit market share. Fox Interactive had 5%, while Yahoo sites
- [Does Web 2.0 = Bubble 2.0?](https://vator.tv/2008-06-25-does-web-20-bubble-20/) - All booms eventually go bust Web 2.0 will too, but, as I wrote last year, this time it will be different. The boom companies aren't publicly traded stocks like they were in 1999, they are VC backed companies. VCs are very experienced at handling risk and failure. No one is going to lose their college
- [What Microsoft should pay for Yahoo](https://vator.tv/2008-07-07-what-microsoft-should-pay-for-yahoo/) - Now that Microsoft and dissident Yahoo shareholder Carl Icahn have said they'd be interested in a deal if shareholders oust the current Yahoo board, it's worth checking out how much buying Yahoo might boost Microsoft's revenue.The following is back of the envelope calculations on how much Yahoo might add to the Microsoft top line two
- [Microsoft paints Yahoo-Google deal as evil](https://vator.tv/2008-07-10-microsoft-paints-yahoo-google-deal-as-evil/) - false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Hintze's comments were an advance effort by Microsoft, which plans to testify at hearings next week dedicated to the proposed Google-Yahoo deal. Acting the role of a small player asking the government for help isn’t a role that Microsoft has played much in its 30-year history, and it's
- [People like to have fun](https://vator.tv/2008-07-18-people-like-to-have-fun/) - There has been much handwringing about how silly facebook apps are, and how it would be so much better if they were more useful. But Facebook users have voted with their mouse buttons, as the O’Reilly report in May showed: According to a Medialets survey, it seems that iPhone users have voted in exactly the
- [Why iPod must ditch all of its accessories!](https://vator.tv/2008-07-21-why-ipod-must-ditch-all-of-its-accessories/) - Being an iPod owner myself for about two years now I just cannot appreciate the finer tastes that Apple has bought upon the iPod/iPhone generation, the docks, headphones, stands and speakers that line all the electronic store shelves it's just ridiculous to see how extreme the docks for example can get it never seizes to
- [Yahoo + Microsoft still can't stop Google](https://vator.tv/2008-07-22-yahoo-microsoft-still-cant-stop-google/) - Here's something neither Carl Icahn nor Microsoft is going to change anytime soon: Google's momentum. Yahoo's earnings report today, combined with the numbers posted last week by Microsoft and Google, is the latest chapter of what's become a familiar story. Google is eating both company' lunch in the online ad market. A quick look at
- [Cuil off to a rough start as Google killer](https://vator.tv/2008-07-28-cuil-off-to-a-rough-start-as-google-killer/) - Being Cuil wasn't very cool today.The upstart search engine with the management team of ex-Google engineers and other Silicon Valley veterans lived every startup's nightmare when its servers repeatedly crashed on the company's launch day.For example, when I typed in a search query for "Senate hearings on Yahoo Google search pact," the algorithm that crawls
- [Is social media a business?](https://vator.tv/2008-07-30-is-social-media-a-business/) - I am a fan and subscriber to the paper version of Technology Review, but was disappointed in their cover story in the current edition, where Bryant Urstadt looks at the current state of the social network sector and concludes that social networking is not a business (free registration required). The article essentially looks at CPMs
- [Internet privacy law should be opt in](https://vator.tv/2008-08-12-internet-privacy-law-should-be-opt-in/) - News that a key member of the U.S. Congress intends to introduce legislation designed to rein in behavioral targeting suggests that 2009 will be the year that defines advertising practices on the Web.Comments by Ed Markey that any such legislation should require an opt-in provision means the fight that occurred over Facebook's Beacon program will
- [Daily usage headed down as Apps Store grows](https://vator.tv/2008-08-15-daily-usage-headed-down-as-apps-store-grows/) - No doubt people are downloading more apps than ever from the iPhone store.But as the number of downloads soars past 60 million, the percentage of those that are used daily continues to slide.That's according to Greg Yardley, CEO of PinchMedia, a New York startup which provides ad softawe and analytics tools for iPhone developers. Whereas
- [Qik is Ready for Prime Time, Public Beta Open](https://vator.tv/2008-08-22-qik-is-ready-for-prime-time-public-beta-open/) - July 21, 2008: Today Qik, the popular mobile streaming solution, officially entered public beta. Now anyone with a data plan and the right type supported cell phone can sign up and join the fun. Go to http://qik.com/sign_up to get more information on the supported handsets. On the Qik blog, Co-founder Bhaskar Roy says, "Can't express
- [Facebook dramatically increases digital goods](https://vator.tv/2008-09-02-facebook-dramatically-increases-digital-goods/) - In January of this year, we estimated that Facebook was selling digital gifts worth $15m per year. We based this estimate on an analysis of the number of each gift available each week over a 7 week period. Facebook creates a certain fixed number of each type of gift. When the number remaining for any
- [Wall Street crisis crimps display ad spending](https://vator.tv/2008-09-18-wall-street-crisis-crimps-display-ad-spending/) - false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Table 1: Top 10 Industries Ranked by Online Image-Based Advertising Estimated Spending for January - June 2008 (U.S.) Industry Estimated Spend Q2 2007 Estimated Spend Q2 2008 % Change Financial Services $1,513,499,500 $1,107,215,800 -27% Web Media $903,731,700 $ 895,871,500 -1% Retail Goods & Services $657,760,600
- [Texting generation](https://vator.tv/2008-09-30-texting-generation/) - Neilsen Mobile recently reported on US 2008 Q2 mobile phone usage. They find that the number of calls made per month averages 204 across all users but does not vary all that much with age between 13-54: On the other hand, as stereotypes would suggest, teens drive by far the highest number of text messages
- [Mark Zuckerberg appears to shine at FOWA!](https://vator.tv/2008-10-10-mark-zuckerberg-appears-to-shine-at-fowa/) - Well, everyone was very eager to pass comment on Zuckerberg back at South By Southwest back in March of this year, but it seemed he earned himself a huge reprieve today at the FOWA Conference in London, with this visit being heralded as Zuckerberg's first visit to London in 10 years,here is a quick snap
- [VC gloom means entrepreneur and angel boon](https://vator.tv/2008-10-12-vc-gloom-means-entrepreneur-and-angel-boon/) - There has been a lot of very sagacious advice offered by Venture Capitalists and investors to their portfolio companies in the last week. I’ve read them all 3x. Dogster, Inc. is not VC-funded, and we have a negative burn rate (aka are profitable) by, I would credit, putting as much focus on multiple revenue streams
- [Glam's online video publishing strategies](https://vator.tv/2008-10-15-online-video-publishing-strategies/) - In preparation for moderating the Streaming Media West panel session, Online Video Publishing and Marketing Strategies, I spoke with Christina Cece, Sr. Product Manager, Glam Media to discuss Glam Media's online video distribution, publishing and marketing strategies. Christina was one of the speakers who participated in the panel discussion last month and the video is
- [The power of branded entertainment](https://vator.tv/2008-10-28-the-power-of-branded-entertainment/) - I recently spoke with Paul Kontonis CEO and Co-Founder of the New York-based online media studio For Your Imagination about the funding they secured from OmniReliant Holdings, Inc. in a bridge capital round two weeks ago. The amount of the funding was undisclosed but it gives OmniReliant an equity stake in FYI and helps fund
- [How robust are communities?](https://vator.tv/2008-11-05-how-robust-are-communities/) - Wired has an article in its November issue about Urban Baby and You Be Mom. Urban Baby is an anonymous forum for Moms. Like 4chan, its anonymity makes for a mix of candid discussions, raw honesty and trolling, but with a mommy bent (think cheating, divorce and public schools). Says Wired: Then in May, UrbanBaby,
- [Benioff mocks Ellison, pooh-poohs Microsoft](https://vator.tv/2008-11-07-benioff-mocks-ellison-pooh-poohs-microsoft/) - When Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff was reminded that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison continues to play down the importance of cloud computing, he assessed Ellison's position by quoting from ancient Chinese philosoper Sun Tzu. "When weak, feign strength," Benioff said, while on a panel at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco.He later referred to Oracle's
- [Founders be ready for the long haul](https://vator.tv/2008-11-12-founders-be-ready-for-the-long-haul/) - The chart below shows the average time in years between a startup’s first equity investment (usually Series A) and its sale, for companies sold in each year from 1997 to 2007. (Source is Dow Jones Venture One/E&Y study) As you can see, companies sold in 2007 had seen almost seven years pass since their first
- [Hulu goosing Fox's online numbers, CEO says](https://vator.tv/2008-11-13-hulu-goosing-foxs-online-numbers-ceo-says/) - The CEO of Hulu says the online video service is making a big impact on the Internet business of Fox and other networks that supply it content. "Fox's overall online business has more than tripled since Hulu launched" on March 12, CEO Jason Kilar told an audience at the NewTeeVee Live conference in San Francisco.
- [VC Funding of online video startups](https://vator.tv/2008-11-23-vc-funding-of-online-video-startups/) - Dan Beldy participated in the VC Panel entitled "Online Video Investment Trends" on November 13th at NewTeeVee Live 2008. Dan succinctly articulates his views about how online video entrepreneurs need to process the funding conundrum when they conceptualize and develop services in this vertical. Mr. Beldy places the highest priority criteria for funding an online
- [James Slavet on funding online video ventures](https://vator.tv/2008-11-25-james-slavet-on-funding-online-video-ventures/) - Speaking about Funding Online Video Ventures at NewTeeVee Live 2008's VC Panel entitled "Online Video Investment Trends" James Slavet (partner at Greylock) explains their valuation framework for investments, whose foundations stand on three pillars: Identify teams which have strong product leadership and instinctive comprehension of the markets that the pursue. Pursue market components/segments that are
- [Google search ads, feeling the pinch?](https://vator.tv/2008-12-05-google-revenues-declining-more-ads-or-less/) - John Wanamaker, considered the father of modern advertising, once said, "Half the money I spend is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half." These days, marketers can't afford to not know where their money is being spent, making search-engine marketing an ideal and preferred advertising channel. Yet, a look at how many sponsored ads Google
- [Digital price tags save energy and costs](https://vator.tv/2008-12-08-digital-price-tags-saves-energy-and-costs/) - Altierre Digital Retail is out to change the infrastructure of every supermarket. Our local supermarkets are littered with price tags - little pieces of paper, which indicate what’s on sale, or, admittedly, what the price of my dinner is going to be for the night. Actually, I’ve never thought about all the energy and
- [New Year's Resolutions from startup CEOs](https://vator.tv/2009-01-18-new-years-resolutions-from-startup-ceos/) - I asked my CEOs what their New Years Resolutions were. Here is what they resolved: Jonathan Kibera of specialty ecommerce company Mercantila was alliterative in his focus on revenue:Simplicity: Reduce the # of components necessary to generate revenue. Stability: Be consistently excellent at each of these components. Scale: Drive as much business as possible.Lance Tokuda
- [iGoogle to be first big Google flop of 2009?](https://vator.tv/2009-01-19-igoogle-to-be-first-big-google-flop-of-2009/) - For those of you involved in keeping up with the latest iGoogle developments may be interested to know exactly what I think the “iGoogle Gadgets getting social smarts†and how in turn they are losing overall value to the end user. You see this concept currently in trial within the confines of Google according to Techcrunch.com not only
- [Twitter first to report Hudson crash landing](https://vator.tv/2009-01-21-twitter-first-to-report-on-hudson-plane-crash/) - At this point, I’m sure we’ve all heard about the US Airways flight that plummeted into the Hudson River last Thursday after it encountered a flock of birds that virtually collided with its twin engines. Fortunately nobody was injured on the plane and passengers were quickly boarded on rescue boats and taken to safety.I think
- [Next-generation Ooyala player coming soon](https://vator.tv/2009-02-09-next-generation-ooyala-player-coming-soon/) - Ooyala has been busy rebuilding their video player from the ground up with speed and innovative publishing tools in mind. During my visit to Ooyala this past week I learned about their next generation video player which they had expected to be released the following day. I had lunch with Ooyala's software engineers who discussed
- [Facebook cracks Top 10 in Web site visitors](https://vator.tv/2009-02-19-facebook-cracks-top-10-in-web-site-visitors/) - Before Facebook got into another hornets' nest over privacy this past week, it continued to show strong growth in its number of unique visitors.Based on comScore's latest numbers, for the month of January, Facebook climbed one spot from last month and was the tenth-most popular Web site, with 57.2 million visitors. That total was more
- [Joost Taps Ooyala](https://vator.tv/2009-02-20-joost-taps-ooyala/) - Online video provider, Ooyala, confirmed it is providing video technology services for Joost. The Mountain View, CA based company deferred further details to an official announcement, scheduled for later this month. NewTeeVee's Liz Gaines, first reported the Joost-Ooyala relationship, after Ooyala issued a press release announcing the addition of two industry heavyweights Steven Abraham, Global
- [App-vertising](https://vator.tv/2009-02-24-app-vertising/) - Mike Lazerow, CEO of Buddy Media, introduces his practice of leveraging social media with applications that help brands to engage customers by giving them something fun, valuable, or self-expressive. His strategy is echoed by many successful voices. Two examples come to mind: Angela Courtin, SVP of Marketing, Entertainment, and Content at MySpace in her
- [The Joost-Ooyala hookup](https://vator.tv/2009-02-25-the-joost-ooyala-hookup/) - Joost, a popular online web video site, is betting that back-end technology developed by Ooyala, a video platform provider, will enable the company to focus on offering a better viewing experience for its audience. As part of this strategy, Joost will leverage Ooyala for uploading, transcoding, content management services, and analytics. These services will be
- [Long-term future still bright for online ads](https://vator.tv/2009-03-09-long-term-future-still-bright-for-online-ads/) - James Mitchell, lead internet analyst for Goldman Sachs, presented to a group of around 100 internet and mobile media company CEOs that Lightspeed pulled together last week. There is clearly near term gloom. Goldman is projecting internet advertising revenue to be flat in 2009 in the US, and to see just 4% growth world wide.
- [Small is beautiful](https://vator.tv/2009-03-10-small-is-beautiful/) - Hanging out on Facebook today is social like going to a party or reunion with 300 people you went to school with is social.Sure it can be fun. You run into a lot of folks you know or used to know. Some you may be happy to see. Others you say a polite hello to,
- [Graspr sees learning as a social process](https://vator.tv/2009-03-13-graspr-sees-learning-as-a-social-process/) - In part two of this two-part interview Graspr founder and CEO Teresa Phillips discusses how Graspr differentiates itself from other How-to sites and their recent Glam Media syndication deal. Graspr joined as a video content provider for their 700+ Sites in the Glam Media Publisher Network. Graspr is the first instructional video site to launch a
- [Social media is here to stay... Now what?](https://vator.tv/2009-03-16-social-media-is-here-to-stay-now-what/) - Social media is not new. Media has been leveraged for sociable purposes since the caveman's walls. Even in the realm of the Internet, some of the first applications were framed around communication and sharing. For decades, we've watched the development of new genres of social media - MUDs/MOOs, instant messaging, chatrooms, bulletin boards, etc. Social
- [Knewton, scores high and raises cash](https://vator.tv/2009-04-07-knewton-scores-high-and-raises-cash/) - The rise of Internet classes has opened the doors for providers of other Online educational tools. Just a few weeks ago, I wrote up that Flat World Knowledge, raised $8 million for its open source educational textbooks. Knewton, a startup that provides Online test preparation tools, has raised $6 million in Series B funding today.
- [Digital Media Veteran To Lead Sorenson Media](https://vator.tv/2009-04-21-digital-media-veteran-to-lead-sorenson-media/) - Last month, Peter D. Csathy was named President & CEO of Sorenson Media, Inc., the global leader for encoding and compression applications which launched in 1995. A 20-year digital media/technology industry veteran, Csathy has an extensive resume with an unbroken track record of company successes that began following his graduation from Harvard Law School. But
- [Watunes  is more then the "local club"](https://vator.tv/2009-04-25-watunes-is-more-then-the-local-club/) - Meliza Solan, star of the hit Vator.tv news podcast "What Am I Missy" released an episode talking all about Watunes.com, against the ever talked about (on Vator at least) Myspace Music, and how these two companies compare. Although Watunes is small, not new (founded in 2006), here is their first blog post on how Watunes
- [Apple app stores make no more than $40 mln?](https://vator.tv/2009-05-14-apple-app-stores-make-no-more-than-40-mln/) - About a month ago Apple announced that one billion iphone apps have been downloaded in the first nine months. That’s an amazing number. I wondered how much money Apple was making from the app store. Although it’s hard to come by the definitive ratio of free to paid apps, talking to industry participants I got
- [Using popularity lists to influence behavior](https://vator.tv/2009-05-27-using-popularity-lists-to-influence-behavior/) - Two years ago I asked if crowds generated wisdom, or simply crowdiness. Today’s WSJ has a really interesting article on the same topic, concluding that popularity is self fulfilling and that arbitrary top 10 lists can meaningfully increase the popularity of the items on that list: A more-recent study demonstrates that popularity in the music
- [Palm Pre may outdo Apple iPhone](https://vator.tv/2009-06-10-palm-pre-may-outdo-apple-iphone/) - The new Palm Pre, released June 6 quietly amid anxious anticipation of the June 8 WWDC announcement of the new Apple iPhone 3G S, might turn out to be the winning smartphone when it comes down to overall features and pricing.With a close look at tech specs, one might have trouble distinguishing the two. Both
- [Former Apple executive made Palm CEO](https://vator.tv/2009-06-11-former-apple-executive-made-palm-ceo/) - Palm announced this week that former Apple executive Jon Rubinstein, one of the key figures in the development of the iPod, will be replacing Ed Colligan as Chairman and CEO. After 16 years of leading one of the most innovative companies in handheld technology, Ed Colligan will be joining Elevation Partners, a private equity firm
- [Trent Reznor quits social media](https://vator.tv/2009-06-12-trent-reznor-quits-social-media/) - UPDATE: A few days after leaving some regular posts on Twitter, on June 19 Trent Reznor wrote the following: "And **** you, trolls. I'll tweet if I feel like it." Apparently, you can't the social media lover out of this musician after all. END UPDATE. In an online post yesterday on the Nine Inch Nails
- [Twitter exploited for easy advertising](https://vator.tv/2009-06-24-twitter-exploited-for-easy-advertising/) - Despite the fact that the rising tide of social media is changing the way news works, these new services cannot be without flaws.While ordinary journalists were increasingly silenced over the past two weeks in Iran, Twitter was recently held on a pedestal as a fundamental source of breaking information. The popular stream of tweets swirling
- [Making Sense of all the Noise](https://vator.tv/2009-07-04-making-sense-of-all-the-noise/) - The last two days have been full of sobering news about the demise of Maven Networks and restructuring of Joost. While many have seen the writing on the wall for Joost who seemed to struggle to get a solid footing in the online video landscape as it changed its business model over the last few
- [Trent Reznor pushes social media on musicians](https://vator.tv/2009-07-10-trent-reznor-pushes-social-media-on-musicians/) - Let’s start with a little history.In October 2007, free of label contract obligations, English band Radiohead rocked headlines by offering their last album, In Rainbows, as a digital download under a pay-what-you-want distribution model. A few months later, in March 2008, Nine Inch Nails, taking the same route, offered the album Ghosts I-IV online under
- [Seven startups compete in MobileBeat contest](https://vator.tv/2009-07-16-seven-startups-compete-in-mobilebeat-contest/) - VentureBeat held an interesting startups contest at its 2009 MobileBeat Conference this morning, where two “Tesla†awards were granted to the two winning startups.Seven startups no older than three years sent their representatives up stage, one at a time, to deliver their two-minute long pitches to a panel of judges. The judges: Stephan Noll of
- [Bing brings jingle contest to YouTube](https://vator.tv/2009-07-21-bing-brings-jingle-contest-to-youtube/) - Do you have some Bing love to share with the world? You could be $500 richer in a couple weeks!The Microsoft Bing blog, probably in hopes of garnering some quick and easy attention across social media networks, announced the “Bing Jingle Contest†yesterday.According to the blog post, the best YouTube entry for the catchiest “Bingleâ€
- [Dachis Framework on social business design](https://vator.tv/2009-07-15-dachis-framework-on-social-business-design/) - Does your organization approach using social media in its business as something to fear or as something to evangelize? Several recent observers note that incorporating social media into business involves changing the culture underlying communication patterns and decision-making in many large organizations.Amber Naslund, for instance, tells us that adopting social media means changing the mindset
- [The principles of product-development flow](https://vator.tv/2009-07-28-the-principles-of-product-development-flow/) - If you've ever wondered why agile or lean development techniques work, The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development by Donald G. Reinertsen is the book for you. It's quite simply the most advanced product development book you can buy.For those who hunger for a rigorous approach to managing product development, Donald
- [Smart startups should dive into Washington](https://vator.tv/2009-07-30-smart-startups-should-dive-into-washington/) - In reply to the question, “Why go to D.C.,†DBL Investors Managing Partner Nancy Pfund retorted, “Why not?" Such was the consensus today between a panel of venture capitalists and tech-government relations experts, in a conversation covering the relevance of government policy to private company ecosystems. Goodwin Procter Partner Elise Zoli moderated the panel this
- [An alternative way to make iPhone ringtone](https://vator.tv/2009-08-04-an-alternative-way-to-make-iphone-ringtone/) - Having ringtones on your iPhone is definitely a great way to personalize your stuff. However, finding the right sounds that you need for your iPhone may sometimes cost you time and money. You may want to try an alternative way of making ringtones, that is, to create your own iPhone ringtone. Bigasoft Corporation, the
- [Most active Twitter users are bots](https://vator.tv/2009-08-07-most-active-twitter-users-are-bots/) - After taking “An In-Depth Look Inside the Twitter World†last June, Sysomos Inc. has returned with a report called “An In-Depth Look at the 5% of Most Active Users.â€In its original report, Sysomos crunched the numbers on pretty much every possible statistic related to Twitter: join dates, post frequencies, posters per city, and so on.
- [Facebook buys FriendFeed to fight Twitter](https://vator.tv/2009-08-11-facebook-buys-friendfeed-to-fight-twitter/) - As the Internet exploded yesterday with news of Facebook’s purchase of social-sharing aggregation site FriendFeed, we can safely say that Facebook’s war on Twitter rages on.Ever since the explosive growth of Twitter in the early months of 2009, Facebook has been doing all it can to assure itself that it will maintain its spot as
- ["Coffee to Go" OR Free Wi-Fi in Coffee Shops?](https://vator.tv/2009-08-15-coffee-to-go-or-free-wi-fi-in-coffee-shops/) - We are becoming mobile nomads, people who traverse from point to point, rarely staying in one place (home, work, social) for a long period of time. More and more online solutions such as LogMeIn (software to connect to your PC desktop remotely) and Youtube allow us to consume, communicate and work to the same standard
- [Syndiant picks up $10.7M for pico-projectors](https://vator.tv/2009-08-20-syndiant-picks-up-107m-for-pico-projectors/) - My phone can make calls, play music, surf the Web, take photos and videos, record audio, and so much more. Why shouldn’t it be taken to the next level and be able to serve as a high-quality image projector?Syndiant is aiming to answer that very question with its chips specifically tailored to make video projectors
- [Game company Blizzard wants you to socialize](https://vator.tv/2009-08-24-game-company-blizzard-wants-you-to-socialize/) - We’re a decade into the 21st century and your company doesn’t make all its products work seamlessly with social networking sites? Who do you think you are?Perhaps a bit bashful about the fact that its most social service isn’t really social at all considering the times, Blizzard Entertainment says that it will be massively overhauling
- [Google Translate now supporting 51 languages](https://vator.tv/2009-09-01-google-translate-now-supporting-51-languages/) - Afrikaans, Belarusian, Icelandic, Irish, Macedonian, Malay, Swahili, Welsh and Yiddish.Those are the nine new languages available for translating to and from in Google Translate, bringing the tool’s total number of available languages up to 51. The upgrade further expands Google’s translation tool to such a breadth to make it highly competitive against other translation applications
- [Facebook inches for Twitter with friend tags](https://vator.tv/2009-09-15-facebook-inches-for-twitter-with-friend-tags/) - While Twitter busies away making itself look prettier, Facebook rolls out another update replicating one of Twitter’s most basic tools. Facebook users can now tag their friends in status updates and other posts, according to Facebook.This was a feature that was originally supposed to be rolled out to everyone “over the course of the next
- [Web marketing holiday prep, Part 1](https://vator.tv/2009-09-15-web-marketing-holiday-prep-part-1/) - I know, I know: every day it seems you hear news about the dismal sales climate in the US. And it’s true: consumers are sitting on their wallets. However, with a little strategic planning and creative thinking, you can help ensure that you finish the year with a bang. In this three-part series about prepping
- [Google acquires reCAPTCHA for book scans](https://vator.tv/2009-09-16-google-acquires-recaptcha-for-book-scans-0/) - Google has acquired reCAPTCHA, the company known by most users as a provider of those (slightly annoying) tests where you have to type out the squiggly, morphed words displayed to sign in to a site. The idea is to prevent bots from buying all the tickets for a show in the first 10 seconds of
- [Web marketing holiday prep, Part 2](https://vator.tv/2009-09-15-web-marketing-holiday-prep-part-2/) - Rather than spend money in these tough times, consumers are saving it (savings accounts are the new black). Instead of resigning yourself to a red holiday season (in the bottom line sense of the word), now is the time to gear up and make the most of the holiday season. And you can – with
- [Facebook trying to avoid regional conflicts](https://vator.tv/2009-09-21-facebook-trying-to-avoid-regional-conflicts/) - Having registered over 300 million users, 120 million of which who log in daily, Facebook is indisputably the most popular social networking site in the world. It comes with no surprise then when we discover that in those cities of the world where regional disputes still affect people daily, Facebook will also be pulled into
- [Microsoft allegedly luring Apple retail staff](https://vator.tv/2009-09-22-microsoft-allegedly-luring-apple-retail-staff/) - Microsoft is reportedly bribing Apple employees to leave their positions for a new position at Microsoft retail stores opening soon, according to the Loop. After previous news that Microsoft was modeling its new stores after the Apple Store, this new development comes as little surprise.“People that have spoken to The Loop on condition of anonymity
- [Web marketing holiday prep, Part 3](https://vator.tv/2009-09-22-web-marketing-holiday-prep-part-3/) - If you haven’t already begun planning for the holiday buying rush, then it’s time to get moving. In this Part Three of Prepping for Holidays, I’ll show some of the things you can do to ensure online buyers find your products and services. (In Part One I talked about aligning your online and offline strategies,
- [Palm Pre to launch in UK in October](https://vator.tv/2009-09-24-palm-pre-to-launch-in-uk-in-october/) - O2 UK announced today that, as promised, they will be carrying the Palm Pre in time for the winter holidays. The device will be launching exclusively on the O2 network in the UK on October 16. This is the first we’ve heard about Palm’s migration to Europe since it was confirmed in July that O2 and
- [Significant shifts in consumer behavior seen](https://vator.tv/2009-09-25-significant-shifts-in-consumer-behavior-seen/) - Every business around the world, whether big or small, knows exactly what happened in the Great Recession: consumers became (understandably) spooked by the global collapse of once-solid financial institutions and stopped spending. A new report by WPP, the world’s largest communications services group, concludes that, despite widespread hardship over the last 18 months, the sky
- [Newegg files for $175 million IPO](https://vator.tv/2009-09-28-newegg-files-for-175-million-ipo/) - Electronics seller Newegg, Inc is going public with an initial public offering estimated to raise $175 million for the company, according to a regulatory filing. A venture capital-funded online retailer of computer components and other consumer electronics, Newegg is seeking to take advantage of growth in the stock market to raise new capital.Since its founding
- [Google scours forums for search results](https://vator.tv/2009-10-01-google-scours-forums-for-search-results/) - Sometimes, as odd as it might seem, the answer to the question we've asked just doesn't have its own dedicated page on the Internet. These are the searches that are too specific for Wikipedia pages or, perhaps, too personalized to warrant one single answer.In these cases, when talking to someone with actual experience in the
- [Culture in Social Business Design](https://vator.tv/2009-10-01-culture-in-social-business-design/) - My last post discussed the Open/Closed culture fallacy in social business design. I made the point that leaders of large corporations are typically unable to answer the key strategic questions posed by David Armano of the Dachis Group in a recent important post, Re-designing Your Business Culture. Among other questions, David asked: Do we want
- [For Ad Agencies, a Call to Act as Consigliere](https://vator.tv/2009-10-05-for-ad-agencies-a-call-to-act-as-consigliere/) - In an August post written for the Small Agency Diary blog, Tom Martin talks about how ad agencies have neglected to act in their clients’ best interests. Writes Martin: We’ve slacked off. We don’t invest nearly enough in our people and resources to ensure we are actually ahead of our clients and in a position
- [Communications becoming more public 3.0](https://vator.tv/2009-10-08-communications-becoming-more-public-30/) - This is the third year that I’ve tracked my birthday greetings as they have moved from private channels to public channels, primarily facebook. As I noted previously, in 2007 and 2008; Social networks have changed the dynamic – it isn’t enough to wish someone a happy birthday, but it is also important to be SEEN
- [Taxi Driver: YouTube screens another classic](https://vator.tv/2009-10-09-taxi-driver-youtube-screens-another-classic/) - Nearly two months ago, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the release of the popular 1984 sci-fi film Ghostbusters, YouTube partnered with Sony to screen the blockbuster on YouTube's site via Sony's Crackle player.The two are teaming up once again, sharing another timeless classic--Taxi Driver-- on YouTube: Widely considered one of the greatest films
- [Increase your agency’s productivity](https://vator.tv/2009-10-12-increase-your-agency-s-productivity/) - Though Joni Mitchell’s famous song “Clouds†may lead you to conclude that the whole “cloud computing†phenomenon is just some airy concept (â€I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now / from win and lose / and still somehow / it’s clouds illusions I recall / I really don’t know clouds at allâ€), the fact
- [Twitter's not working... again](https://vator.tv/2009-10-12-twitters-not-working-again/) - About a half hour ago, Twitter acknowledged that many people are having trouble tweeting this afternoon due to an internal server error:We’re looking into the cause of the 500 errors that are being seen by users on twitter.com. We’re also working on the posting problems that many people are running into when trying to create
- [AudioMicro adds 13,000 record label tracks](https://vator.tv/2009-10-13-audiomicro-adds-13000-record-label-tracks/) - Stock audio community AudioMicro has announced that, starting today, users can now download more than 13,000 record label-produced music tracks from its online library. Called "The Premium Collection," this new stash of sounds has previously only been available for major television networks and feature film producers."The Premium Collection is a big step forward for us,"
- [Web 2.0: PayPal opening up its platform](https://vator.tv/2009-10-21-web-20-paypal-opening-up-its-platform/) - Set to spur a flurry of innovation, PayPal will be opening its platform up to third-party developers so that anyone can tweak the e-commerce business' software for their own payment app ideas."In just two weeks, PayPal will be the first global online payment service to open its platform to everyone," said PayPal president Scott Thompson
- [Yahoo to launch new news blog](https://vator.tv/2009-10-22-yahoo-to-launch-new-news-blog/) - Like Google and many other search engines, Yahoo has been in the news aggregating business for sometime now. But, until now, it has never been the creator of its own news content.Following in the steps of massive media company AOL, Yahoo will be launching a new news blog with a full-time team of writers and
- [Use Google Voice, keep your old phone number](https://vator.tv/2009-10-27-use-google-voice-keep-your-old-phone-number/) - Google announced Monday night that Google Voice users can now decide whether to switch to a new phone number ("a Google number") or to retain their old phone number.Those who opt for a Google number will be rewarded with the complete set of features offered by Google Voice, including call recording, call screening, and receiving
- [LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman now a VC](https://vator.tv/2009-11-02-linkedins-reid-hoffman-now-a-vc/) - In spite of shrinkage in the venture capital industry, one Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Greylock Partners, announced a boost Monday, having set up a new $575 million fund, one of the biggest of the year.In addition to the new fund, Greylock Partners also happily announced the recruitment of Reid Hoffman, the founder and chairman
- [Sorenson Media releases Squeeze 6](https://vator.tv/2009-11-03-sorenson-releases-squeeze-6/) - When producing professional video, one of the most important elements consumers seem to forget about, is the long process of compressing and uploading videos to the Web. It's tedious, time-consuming, and at times very complicated (getting the best settings and file formats for a particular publisher, etc.) Sorenson Media, has for a while sold a
- [Google creates Commerce Search for Web retail](https://vator.tv/2009-11-05-google-creates-commerce-search-for-web-retail/) - The holiday season is brewing and, poor economy or not, it'll soon be about time to start some serious shopping.With online vendors in mind this winter season, Google introduced a new enterprise product Wednesday night called Google Commerce Search, a powerful search solution aimed specifically at Web commercial retailers.Citing a statistic from MarketingSherpa that says
- [EA acquires Playfish for at least $275M](https://vator.tv/2009-11-09-ea-acquires-playfish-for-at-least-275m/) - Electronic Arts, one of the world's largest third-party game publishers, announced today the acquisition of social gaming startup Playfish for at least $275 million in cash and $25 million in equity retention arrangements. Additionally, if Playfish reaches certain performance milestones by the end of 2011, Playfish's former owners could nab up to $100 million in
- [Social gaming, post-Playfish acquisition](https://vator.tv/2009-11-10-social-gaming-post-playfish-acquisition/) - After the tech world nearly imploded Monday morning with news that EA had acquired social gaming startup Playfish for no less than $275 million in cash, we decided to speak with Chris Cunningham, founder and CEO of appssavvy, about the future of this hugely blooming social gaming business.Because appssavvy works with Zynga and Playdom, as
- [Google exec: Microsoft Office is overkill](https://vator.tv/2009-11-13-google-exec-microsoft-office-is-overkill/) - If you're a business trying to sell a product, I suppose making the claim that your 800-pound competitor won't have a leg to stand on in a year might be an efficient strategy.In an interview with ZDNet Asia, Google's President of Enterprise Dave Girouard, in an effort to push Google Docs on the masses, said
- [Local business center listings](https://vator.tv/2009-11-16-local-business-center-listings/) - In August we ran a post about getting your site listed in Google’s 10-pack. This post has been our number one read post to date, so I thought you might appreciate additional tips on tweaking your local business center listings across Google, Yahoo, and Bing. 1. Submit complete forms. All three local search centers include
- [Twitter's new question: What's happening?](https://vator.tv/2009-11-19-twitters-new-question-whats-happening/) - From the beginning, Twitter has asked its users one simple question: "What are you doing?" The original idea assumed the network would be a place for people to keep in touch with each other and the occurrences in their day-to-day lives.But, as co-founder Biz Stone acknowledges in a Twitter Blog post today, that question has
- [News Corp/Microsoft's threat to Google: thin](https://vator.tv/2009-11-24-news-corp-microsofts-threat-to-google-thin/) - After a year of complaining about Google and how it's murdering the old-fashioned news business, News Corps chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch is finally initiating what looks like an early stage attack on the search behemoth.And he's doing it by talking to Google's least biggest fan: Microsoft.The tech news world was in a flurry Monday,
- [Google testing out tons of new ad formats](https://vator.tv/2009-11-24-google-testing-out-tons-of-new-ad-formats/) - Did you think Google still functioned solely on text ads?Just a day after it announced plans to acquire Teracent, an online display advertising company, Google on Tuesday morning provided a glimpse on its blog of the current and still developing many forms of advertising we can expect to see in its search results.One basic upgrade
- [Hulu getting huge, YouTube flat-lines](https://vator.tv/2009-11-25-hulu-getting-huge-youtube-flat-lines/) - Looking for video? Online is where it's at.The latest ComScore report on online video viewing shows that more and more consumers are flocking to the Web to watch videos to their hearts' content. With nearly 28 billion videos watched during the month, October 2009 set a record high for online video viewing. The number of
- [Silverlight to stream video to the iPhone](https://vator.tv/2009-11-27-silverlight-to-stream-video-to-the-iphone/) - Microsoft would have to be everyone's least likely guess for the company that would deliver any significant technology, let alone streaming video, to Apple's precious iPhone.And yet, reports have been floating around this week that Microsoft has already begun demonstrating Silverlight video streaming, one of the most essential desktop browser functions, on the iPhone.Microsoft Silverlight,
- [A check list for starting a PPC campaign](https://vator.tv/2009-12-03-a-check-list-for-starting-a-ppc-campaign/) - Many people think starting a PPC campaign is as easy as opening up a Google, Yahoo!, and Bing ad center account, writing some quick ads and then watching the clicks and dollars roll in. Were it only so simple. Although PPC campaigns do give you results faster than a SEO campaign, starting a PPC campaign
- [Google goes after "Google Money" scammers](https://vator.tv/2009-12-08-google-goes-after-google-money-scammers/) - In the poor economic climate of 2009, more and more of the cash-strapped jobless can, unfortunately, fall prey to even the most far-fetched offers for quick and easy money. Enticing job-hungry eyes with irresistible hooks like "Use Google to Make 1000s of Dollars!" or "Easy Cash with Google: You Could be Making up to $978
- [Evaluating Your 2009 Marketing Efforts](https://vator.tv/2009-12-08-evaluating-your-2009-marketing-efforts/) - Now that 2009 is coming to a close in just a few short weeks, it’s time to develop marketing plans and budgets for the coming year. Before making any plans however, it pays to assess your 2009 marketing efforts – what worked, what didn’t, and what did you want to implement but never had the
- [Google unveils a host of new features](https://vator.tv/2009-12-08-google-unveils-a-host-of-new-features/) - At Google's Search Event in Mountain View, earlier this week, the company unveiled a number of impressive innovations — further evidence, if any was needed, that Google is not content to rest on its laurels. In the “gee-whiz†category is the all-new “Google Goggles†feature, available via its Android operating platform for mobile devices. Google
- [Google Suggest now delivers instant results](https://vator.tv/2009-12-11-google-suggest-now-delivers-instant-results/) - Google announced Friday afternoon two cool new search features that should make searching a whole lot easier.The first is the implementation of universal search features into Google Suggest. Universal search draws from various sources--maps, business information, weather forecasts--so that a user may see the exact information he or she was searching for without even having
- [Top 10 biggest social media stories of 2009](https://vator.tv/2009-12-14-top-ten-biggest-social-media-stories-of-2009/) - Since Friendster's founding in 2002, social networking sites have changed quite a bit. Through the rise and development of more and more networks--MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, and beyond--we have seen time and time again that social media is a constantly evolving entity, one that's difficult to pin down easily. 2009 was no different. From the enormous
- [Facebook and Google launch URL shorteners](https://vator.tv/2009-12-14-facebook-and-google-launch-url-shorteners/) - Google announced Monday afternoon that updated versions of the Google Toolbar and FeedBurner will now feature a Google URL shortening service. Like any other URL shortener, the Google URL shortener will take a lengthy URL and reduce it to a size fit for tweeting, starting with the characters goo.gl.Stability, security, and speed will be very
- [Measuring the effectiveness of your marketing](https://vator.tv/2009-12-16-measuring-the-effectiveness-of-your-marketing/) - In my last post, I talked about how to get your team involved in evaluating your 2009 Web marketing efforts. In part two of this series of preparing your marketing plans for 2010, I cover how to evaluate “reach†and “engagement.†“Reach†is the new word for “awareness.†Others call it your “sphere of influenceâ€
- [2009 CEO interview highlights](https://vator.tv/2009-12-23-2009-ceo-interview-highlights/) - VatorNews conducted more than 200 interviews in 2009, from some of the leading movers and shakers in the startup world. Here's a sample of the interviews we conducted. They were chosen because the companies were in the spotlight this year or the interview received a significant number of views from our audience. We hope you
- [Achieve your 2010 Web marketing goals](https://vator.tv/2009-12-22-achieve-your-2010-web-marketing-goals/) - Now that you’ve solicited ideas from your co-workers and you’ve evaluated your 2009 marketing efforts, it’s time to roll this data into a Web marketing plan for 2010. Follow this basic plan for setting up a credible plan before moving into the new year. Establish Objectives To be effective, your Web marketing plan should tie
- [WePay picks up $1.65 million](https://vator.tv/2009-12-23-wepay-picks-up-165-million/) - WePay, an online payment tool targeted specifically at organizations, just raised $1.65 million in first-round funding, according to an SEC filing. Menlo Park-based August Capital and several angel investors, including former Intuit CTO Eric Dunn, contributed to the round.Having recently moved the company to Silicon Valley, company founders Bill Clerico and Rich Aberman hail from
- [DDoS attack strikes major online retailers](https://vator.tv/2009-12-24-ddos-attack-strikes-major-online-retailers/) - While walking around downtown San Francisco yesterday doing some last-minute holiday shopping, my friends and I passed a line of shops closed down for the day. Apparently a fire that sparked up the day before in a next-door restaurant had caused all the nearby retailers to remain closed while clearing out the smoke. What a
- [Terrorist plot may inhibit flight laptop use](https://vator.tv/2009-12-28-terrorist-plot-may-inhibit-flight-laptop-use/) - In spite of the fact that the failed Christmas Day terrorist attack last week has no wider terrorist implications, according to Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano, tech lovers in this country may yet have something to fear: tighter restrictions and regulations on the use of electronics in the skies.Having hidden various chemicals in his underwear,
- [NYT: it REALLY makes sense to charge you](https://vator.tv/2009-12-28-nyt-it-really-makes-sense-to-charge-you/) - The New York Times explained Sunday why sooo many media companies will soon be forced to charge for content. The trend piece offers no new revelations, and instead constructs a thinly veiled advanced apology to readers for making them pay. “We’re stuck, Murdoch is right, we might die soon,†the Times essentially says. We’re stuck
- [Appeals court rejects iPod volume lawsuit](https://vator.tv/2009-12-31-appeals-court-rejects-ipod-volume-lawsuit/) - Since 2001, Apple has sold over 220 million iPods, so it's more than a little expected that somebody would try to squeeze some cash out of the Cupertino company's massive success.In 2006, two men filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple, accusing the iPod maker of manufacturing a defective MP3 player, one that, with the ability
- [Another startup, another browser game](https://vator.tv/2010-01-04-another-startup-another-browser-game/) - In 2009, we saw its rise. In 2010, we may very well see its utter explosion. I'm talking about virtual goods gaming, of course.GoldFire Studios announced today the launch of a new free browser-based game, BC Wars, which demonstrates yet again how much money young startups see in the quickly growing online gaming industry, especially
- [Tech predictions for 2010](https://vator.tv/2010-01-04-tech-predictions-for-2010/) - With each new year, prognosticators the world over engage in the age-old sport of predicting the next big trends. While some have a better record than others, it’s always fun to see what might happen and how it will impact both business and consumers. So, just for the fun of it, here’s a small round-up
- [Wal-Mart... the Welcome Wagon of Wine](https://vator.tv/2010-01-12-wal-mart-the-welcome-wagon-of-wine/) - Wal-Mart and wine; ok, it didn't roll off my tongue at first either; Kind of like 7-11 and wine. But, It’s here. And they”re big. Walk past the tomatoes, past the craftsmen power saws and there it is; the Welcome Wagon of wine Wal-Mart style! Hometown super-duper wine selection right in your neighborhood! Drinking and
- [Google withdrawal from China imminent](https://vator.tv/2010-01-13-google-withdrawal-from-china-imminent/) - Google on Tuesday afternoon announced that it was no longer willing to cooperate with China in the censorship of search results on Google.cn, the company's Chinese Web portal. Recognizing that such a move could result in the closure of Google.cn and shutting down of offices in China, Google says it wishes to renegotiate a deal
- [Sunlight launches real-time Congress app](https://vator.tv/2010-01-13-sunlight-launches-real-time-congress-app/) - The Sunlight Foundation, furthering its cause to increase transparency in the United Congress, launched an iPhone app on Wednesday that delivers updates from Congress in real-time.Real Time Congress, as it is aptly called, presents an elegant and efficient interface on the iPhone for tracking actions, meetings and documents taking place in the legislative branch of
- [appssavvy promotes film via Zynga Mafia Wars](https://vator.tv/2010-01-14-appssavvy-promotes-film-via-zynga-mafia-wars/) - What do you get when you bring Universal Studios Home Entertainment, social gaming startup Zynga, and social media sales team appssavvy together? Some very well-thought out home video advertising.In order to promote the December 2009 DVD and Blu-Ray release of last year's big crime film, Public Enemies, appssavvy tapped into a strong community of customers
- [AudioMicro now features 200K tracks](https://vator.tv/2010-01-19-audiomicro-now-features-200k-tracks/) - AudioMicro, stock music and sound effects provider, just announced that it has added 20,000 new music tracks to its online library. The tracks, which have been dubbed the "Platinum Collection," span a variety of genres and styles, which strengthen AudioMicro's database in more ways than one: the company says it now offers its users over
- [Zynga raises $1.5M for Haiti relief effort](https://vator.tv/2010-01-20-zynga-raises-15m-for-haiti-relief-effort/) - Facebook users playing Zynga games have donated more than $1.5 million over just the past five days to aid the Haitian relief effort. About 300,00 users from 47 countries have purchased enough limited edition virtual goods via Zynga's top four games on Facebook--FarmVille, FishVille, Mafia Wars and Zynga Poker--to make this massive contribution to the
- [Clinton: Unrestricted Web access is a right](https://vator.tv/2010-01-21-clinton-unrestricted-web-access-is-a-right/) - In response to Google's recent threat to withdraw from China over security and privacy concerns, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has spoken bold words in the name of unrestricted Internet access today, demanding basic rights for Internet users in a time where governments have become increasingly strict with information:"Countries that restrict free access to information
- [Twitter tweaks suggested users lists](https://vator.tv/2010-01-22-twitter-tweaks-suggested-users-lists/) - Twitter announced changes to its site on Thursday afternoon that will update the way Suggested Users List (SUL) work.The SUL is now organized by categories, including Music, Sports, Technology, and many others. Clicking on any these topics generates 20 Twitter users within that category who the new algorithms think you should follow."We've created a number
- [Baby Steps to Social Media Marketing](https://vator.tv/2010-01-25-baby-steps-to-social-media-marketing/) - Lots of folks are all aflutter about leveraging social media. When you run a business, you will frequently get lots of comments from everyone you talk with (friends, family, neighbors, new acquaintances, employees, partners) about how you should really be using social marketing. Social media advice has become akin to parenting advice – lots of
- [Synonyms, search and SEO](https://vator.tv/2010-01-25-synonyms-search-and-seo/) - In the Official Google Blog today, Steve Baker gives some (frankly unusual) insight into how it is Google’s algorithms deal with semantics, specifically synonyms. As he points out in his post, it’s kind of funny and amazing what computers are good at, and what they’re not: An irony of computer science is that tasks humans
- [No more texting for truckers and bus drivers](https://vator.tv/2010-01-26-no-more-texting-for-truckers-and-bus-drivers/) - The U.S. Department of Transportation instated new rules on Tuesday, effective immediately, that prohibit commercial truck and bus drivers from sending and receiving text messages while behind the wheel.Truckers and bus drivers in violation of the new rules could face civil or criminal fines up to $2,750.While mobile phone usage has continued to ascend in
- [Smaato on serving a global mobile ad network](https://vator.tv/2010-01-26-harald-neidhardt-of-smaato-mobile-visionary/) - In May, 2009, Harald Neidhardt, CMO of Smaato, a world-class mobile ad network, appeared in a podcast interview on IM-Mobile, one of two main blogs I write, to discuss his vision of mobile advertising. Smaato, a network of 20 advertising networks, works on behalf of a mobile publisher to find the right advertisement in a
- [Google Social Search graduates from Labs](https://vator.tv/2010-01-28-google-social-search-graduates-from-labs/) - Social Search, a Google Labs experiment first introduced at the Web 2.0 conference back in October, has graduated from Labs and is now available to all users. Though launching in beta (Google is never ready to claim that its products are final and complete, there's always something more to add), Social Search integrates results from
- [Twitter: Have a different password per site](https://vator.tv/2010-02-03-twitter-have-different-a-password-per-site/) - On Tuesday night, after a long day of dealing with recent phishing attacks, Twitter posted a long message on the Twitter Status Blog explaining a possible source of the attacks and detailing how users can defend themselves against such vulnerabilities.The idea is simple.Somebody created some torrent sites a few years ago that require a login
- [Blogging not so big with teenagers anymore](https://vator.tv/2010-02-04-blogging-not-so-big-with-teenagers-anymore/) - I guess blogs just aren't cool anymore.According to a Pew Internet Project report released Wednesday, teens and young adults are blogging less than they used to, while older adults are blogging more.In 2006, 28% of online teens were blogging, but now that number has been halved to just 14%. Young adults (18-29 year olds) also
- [Social media marketing, Part 3](https://vator.tv/2010-02-09-social-media-marketing-part-3/) - In our first post in this series, we discussed the underlying basics of social media marketing. And in the second post, we covered the avenues you should use when executing a social media marketing strategy. In this, our third and final post in this series, let’s go through a couple of examples to help spark
- [Preparing for Google caffeine](https://vator.tv/2010-02-12-preparing-for-google-caffeine/) - In 2010, Google’s search results are becoming more focused on results that are fast, fresh and visual. Now is your chance to get your Website ready to make sure you are part of Google’s first page crowd in 2010. 1) Are You Fast? Google is going to judge you based on how fast your web
- [Aardvark, an awesome wave and a good buzz](https://vator.tv/2010-02-15-aardvark-an-awesome-wave-and-a-good-buzz/) - Last week’s announcement of Google’s (relatively small) acquisition of Aardvark, the real-time social Q&A start-up, received a fair amount of buzz. This was on top of the abundant buzz generated by Google’s release of Google Buzz. Which, of course, follows last year’s buzz about Google Wave. Though Wave, a social collaboration tool, is kind of
- [Social media usage won't hurt your grades](https://vator.tv/2010-02-19-social-media-usage-wont-hurt-your-grades/) - Rising social media usage has no effect on lower grades, according to a study conducted by the University of New Hampshire. While there have been reports that claim the exact opposite, this is the latest investigation into the relationship between academic output and social networking.The most important finding of the study is that 63% of
- [New York Times coming to coffee shop screens](https://vator.tv/2010-03-01-new-york-times-coming-to-coffee-shop-screens/) - About 850 video screens in the main business districts of San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Boston will start showing New York Times content, as part of a new deal between the newspaper company and RMG Networks, which operates tens of thousands of these out-of-home screens.Running on 14-minute loops, the presentation will consist
- [Blogging platform Posterous pulls in $4.4M](https://vator.tv/2010-03-05-blogging-platform-posterous-pulls-in-44m/) - Blogging platform Posterous has raised a $4.4 million Series A round of funding from Redpoint Ventures, Trinity Ventures, and a few angel investors: SV Angel, Founder Collective, Lowercase Capital, Brian Pokorny, Aydin Senkut, XG Ventures. Satish Dharmaraj, a partner at Redpoint, led the round and joins the company's board of directors.A Y Combinator company founded
- [Facebook, Google sued for patent infringement](https://vator.tv/2010-03-10-facebook-google-sued-for-patent-infringement/) - Winksite, a little known social mobile Web site builder, is suing Facebook and Google and seeking financial reparations over a technology patent related to building social communities for mobile usage.Wireless Ink Corp., which oversees the Winksite service, filed the complaint in a Manhattan federal court yesterday, claiming that Facebook Mobile and Google Buzz infringe on
- [Twitter turns on location-aware tweeting](https://vator.tv/2010-03-11-twitter-turns-on-location-aware-tweeting/) - Users logging into Twitter today are seeing little notices before sending out a tweet, asking whether the user would like to turn on location-aware tweeting.Twitter first made geolocation features available through its API back in mid-November, but this is the first time that the company has actually implemented them directly into the main Twitter site.Turning
- [Ethics in the search marketing world](https://vator.tv/2010-03-15-ethics-in-the-search-marketing-world/) - The search marketing world creates interesting situations where ethical lines can get stretched quite a bit. For instance, in the search marketing world information is public. Yet unscrupulous actions can be taken anonymously — a scenario too tempting for many a desperate competitor. We run into many clients who have been unethically pursued by a
- [When your conversion rate plummets](https://vator.tv/2010-03-17-when-your-conversion-rate-plummets/) - We frequently get inquiries from businesses that were getting a healthy amount of leads and conversions, but then suddenly their conversion rate takes a nose dive. When the phone stops ringing in today’s economy, panic ensues. Many businesses aren’t even aware of all the different factors which can cause a negative change like this to
- [Building a great PPC keyword list](https://vator.tv/2010-03-11-building-a-great-ppc-keyword-list/) - A great pay-per-click (PPC) keyword strategy is central to any campaign’s success, so getting your list right is absolutely critical. Once your campaign is live, the Yield Web Marketing Suite works every day to make recommendations to you about new keywords you might consider together with negative keyword recommendations. This guide, then, will help you
- [China swiftly blocks certain Google searches](https://vator.tv/2010-03-23-china-swiftly-blocks-certain-google-searches/) - As expected, China is not reacting favorably to Google's bold and staunch refusal to no longer self-censor results on its Chinese search portals.Google on Monday made good on its decision to stop censoring Google.cn search results, a move catalyzed by company findings in January that cyber attacks on Chinese activists in the United States had
- [Instapaper for iPad to launch on day one](https://vator.tv/2010-03-24-instapaper-for-ipad-to-launch-on-day-one/) - Instapaper, an iPhone app that lets users download Web pages with a network for later reading, may very will be landing on Apple's iPad on launch day.Useful especially for those who know they won't have 3G, EDGE, or Wi-Fi access for awhile, Instapaper saves Web pages as text-only and presents the file in an elegant
- [Choosing the right search engine for your PPC](https://vator.tv/2010-03-23-choosing-the-right-search-engine-for-your-ppc/) - At our company, we often get questions from customers about which search engines would be best to run their search ads on. What search engines, they often ask, present the road most likely to get them to advertising success? While in most instances the answer is “optimize across all three major search engines to get
- [To trap or not to trap, that is the question](https://vator.tv/2010-03-26-to-trap-or-not-to-trap-that-is-the-question/) - Many landing page best practices dictate that you trap your visitors inside your landing page and not allow navigation to other pages within your Website. The logic here is that you are after a conversion, so keep the visitor focused on converting rather than letting them wander around and forget to provide you with their
- [Limited by your AdWords budget?](https://vator.tv/2010-04-01-limited-by-your-adwords-budget/) - In a world where keyword recommendations are readily available, many advertisers have had the experience of logging into Google’s AdWords and seeing a message next to their campaign budget that says: “Limited by budget.†I don’t know about you, but I don’t like to be limited by anything… especially by my budget! Here are some
- [Facebook now publishes pokes to the news feed](https://vator.tv/2010-04-01-facebook-now-publishes-pokes-to-the-news-feed/) - In an increasing effort to make its site more open and to encourage its users to share their news with the world, Facebook will now be publishing all pokes, small gestures of interaction between two users, to the public news feed.Pokes, little nudges that carry little real meaning, have until now remained private actions that
- [Seeking a summer Intern? See Startup Roots](https://vator.tv/2010-04-05-seeking-a-summer-intern-see-startup-roots/) - Summer is coming, and that means college students are starting to look for internships. Startups could always use an extra hand, especially a hungry young 19-year-old with a lot to prove. Enter Startup Roots, a summer Fellowship program that matches startups with a college student intern. Startup Roots is a non-profit with a simple goal:
- [Is stalking part of your marketing mix?](https://vator.tv/2010-04-09-is-stalking-part-of-your-marketing-mix/) - Every marketer knows there are a number of ways to deliver a message, and most employ a good mix to achieve a campaign’s objectives. Do you interrupt? You know: the old traditional advertising form that says, “Excuse me? I said HEY YOU! Have you checked out my amazing offering?†This includes traditional forms such as
- [Over 100 million people use Opera browsers](https://vator.tv/2010-04-12-over-100-million-people-use-opera-browsers/) - Opera is now the browser of choice for over 100 million users, according to the company's own data.Over 50 million use Opera as their desktop client (available on Linux, Mac, or Windows) and 50 million use Opera Mini on various mobile devices, including Windows Mobile phones, Google Android, and the Nintendo DS. Many people also
- [Shazam for iPad turns to TV tagging](https://vator.tv/2010-04-12-shazam-for-ipad-turns-to-tv-tagging/) - Shazam, a music identification service for mobile phones, has accumulated over 15 million users on the iPhone and iPod Touch since launching in the summer of 2008. Naturally, with the launch of the Apple iPad, the UK-based company is looking to expand its usability to new avenues.“We’re going beyond the tag,†said CEO Andrew Fisher.
- [Twitter bets on search ads for monetization](https://vator.tv/2010-04-13-twitter-bets-on-search-ads-for-monetization/) - Twitter on Tuesday revealed its first-ever plan for monetizing microblogging, a service called Promoted Tweets that delivers paid ads in the form of tweets at the top of Twitter.com search results pages.Aiming for a model that "puts users first, amplifies existing value, and generates profit," Twitter will display these advertising tweets at the top of
- [Twitter donates tweets to Library of Congress](https://vator.tv/2010-04-14-twitter-donates-tweets-to-library-of-congress/) - Twitter announced on Wednesday that it will be donating its entire archive of public tweets on the microblogging site to the Library of Congress, the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States and the largest library in the world.The Library of Congress houses millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps, manuscripts, and, now, tweets.Tweets have
- [What developers must know in post-iPad world](https://vator.tv/2010-04-16-what-developers-must-know-in-post-ipad-world/) - Google CEO Eric Schmidt spoke at his company's Atmosphere cloud computing event for CIOs in Mountain View earlier this week, answering questions about China, cloud computing in general, and the future of Google. There was one answer he gave in particular, in response to an inquiry about a Chrome OS tablet, that Web developers should
- [Twitter's big week](https://vator.tv/2010-04-14-twitters-big-week/) - Twitter is suddenly more all over the news than usual. So what’s all buzz? Turns out, lot’s of things. First, let’s start with the big event: today was the first day of Twitter’s inaugural developers’ conference called Chirp. This is a gathering of just under 100 geeks at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts who
- [When search marketing speaks to you](https://vator.tv/2010-04-22-when-search-marketing-speaks-to-you/) - Search marketing is the fastest, most affordable way to stay on top of market trends. In order to make the most out of every search marketing dollar that you spend, we’ve outlined some important data you should review regularly to inform other, parallel marketing efforts and to insure optimal performance across all your marketing channels. Data
- [Knewton's plan to kill oldschool school](https://vator.tv/2010-04-23-knewtons-plan-to-kill-oldschool-school/) - The Internet has taken out several entire distribution industries--think record labels, mainstream news, and book publishers--but one of the most resilient forms of media has been K-12 education, where entrenched bureaucracy tends to slow down innovation. Online education is picking up steam, though, and has already proven more effective on the whole than traditional classrooms,
- [Ad:Tech, Facebook and earnings](https://vator.tv/2010-04-22-ad-tech-facebook-and-earnings/) - It’s been another big week in Silicon Valley. The annual Ad:Tech San Francisco Conference is wrapping up today after playing host to 12,000 visitors and a huge range of exhibitors anxious to show off the ways in which they’re innovating across traditional, online, search and mobile advertising.At the same time, Facebook kicked off its Developers’
- [States look to legalize/tax online gambling](https://vator.tv/2010-04-26-states-look-to-legalize-tax-online-gambling/) - The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, passed in 2006 and going into effect June 1, will prohibit financial institutions from transferring funds to any illegal Internet gambling site (this does not include fantasy sports, online lotteries, and horse/harness racing sites).A group of House leaders, however, led by representatives Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Jim McDermott (D-Wash.),
- [A critique of Facebook's approach to privacy](https://vator.tv/2010-05-04-a-critique-of-facebooks-approach-to-privacy/) - (Editor's note: Danah recently gave the opening keynote at the WWW Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina.) My talk was about methodological and ethical issues involved in the study of Big Data, focusing heavily on privacy issues in light of public data. The first third focuses on four important arguments: 1) Bigger Data are Not Always
- [Fantasy SEM](https://vator.tv/2010-05-06-fantasy-sem/) - Fantasy sports continue to attract more interest each year. The concept of assembling a dream team of elite players, watching them outperform and raking in the profits is very appealing and addictive to many. Since there are never enough sport analogies in the business world, let’s apply these fantasy team concepts to SEM. If you
- [Delivering Tony Hsieh](https://vator.tv/2010-05-07-delivering-tony-hsieh/) - You might want to try some of this koolaid. As a blogger, I get offered koolaid many times a day. It's the job of PR folks to foment excitement about every new company launched, feature released and milestone reached. There are hordes of startups in the global Silicon Valley, each with a battalion of communications
- [We estimate Zynga revenue at $270m in 2009](https://vator.tv/2010-05-10-we-estimate-zynga-revenue-at-240m-in-2009/) - There has been a lot of speculation about Zynga’s revenue. Last week Business insider said: Zynga, the social gamesmaker behind Farmville, has a revenue run-rate around $600 million, a source close to the company tells us. Another source confirms that Zynga is doing well over $1 million in revenue a day. Businessweek says: More than
- [Link-worthy content](https://vator.tv/2010-05-20-link-worthy-content/) - One of the common objections we hear from people regarding writing a blog regularly, producing content for marketing purposes, is that they are likely to just waste hours of time with no real results. However, one of the keys to finding online success is great content — without it, any real success is unlikely. Some
- [Official Twitter for iPhone quietly launches](https://vator.tv/2010-05-20-offical-twitter-for-iphone-quietly-launches/) - Sometime on Wednesday a new contender for best iPhone Twitter client silently made its way into the App Store. This time, however, it was official.It's been about a month since Twitter acquired Atebits, the company responsible for one of the most popular Twitter clients for iPhone, Tweetie. Now Twitter has finally tweaked the app a
- [Y Combinator closes $8.25 million fund](https://vator.tv/2010-05-21-y-combinator-closes-825-million-fund/) - Y Combinator has just closed a new $8.25 million fund led once again by Sequoia Ventures and backed up once again by a collective of prominent angels, including Ron Conway, Paul Buchheit, Aydin Senkut, XG Ventures, and Geoff Ralston. Back in March 2009, Y Combinator raised a $2 million fund led by Sequoia and backed
- [Zuckerberg promises simpler privacy settings](https://vator.tv/2010-05-24-zuckerberg-promises-simpler-privacy-settings/) - Founder and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg posted a column late Sunday night directly addressing the latest attacks against the social network and promising that, in the coming weeks, privacy controls will be greatly simplified from the current system.Zuckerberg opens his post with a broad look into the ultimate vision of Facebook:Six years ago, we
- [HTML5, Google TV and search marketing](https://vator.tv/2010-05-25-html5-google-tv-and-search-marketing/) - As I look back over the last few months and consider the developers’ conferences for Twitter, Facebook and Google, when taken together with Apple’s iPad / iAd introductions, the first half of this year has been nothing short of breathtaking. At the I|O Conference last week, Google made it abundantly clear it’s going after Apple
- [Google Chrome for Mac, Linux goes stable](https://vator.tv/2010-05-25-google-chrome-for-mac-linux-goes-stable/) - Chrome for Mac and Linux is finally out of beta and is rapidly approaching the speed and stability offered by the Windows version of Google's browser.Besides launching as stable iterations for the very first time, Google Chrome for Mac and Linux now comes packaged with a bunch of new features.Users can now synchronize browser preferences
- [Get on page one of Google search results](https://vator.tv/2010-05-27-get-on-page-one-of-google-search-results/) - Google “Everything†(also referred to as “blended search resultsâ€, or “universal searchâ€) provides companies with several opportunities to appear on the first page of natural search results. The days of search results pages (SRPs) being limited to text links are ancient history. SRPs now includes a variety of results, from tweets to images and videos.
- [Google Buzz now mobile on more devices](https://vator.tv/2010-05-27-google-buzz-now-mobile-on-more-devices/) - Google announced Thursday morning that Google Buzz is now available on even more mobile devices, including those running Android pre-2.0, Blackberry, Nokia S60, and Windows Mobile.The mobile Google Buzz site can be found at buzz.google.com (when accessed via a mobile phone browser) and lets users carry out all the essential actions one can do on
- [Sirius XM for Android now available](https://vator.tv/2010-05-28-sirius-xm-for-android-now-available/) - Sirius XM Radio announced on Friday the availability of its new app for Android-powered smartphones.Joining existing apps for BlackBerry and iPhone, the new Android app delivers 120 channels of commercial-free music in addition to sports and talk shows, news, and entertainment.Thanks to Android's built-in multitasking capability, users can tune into XM radio while surfing the
- [Save the date: Next Vator Splash - Sept. 30](https://vator.tv/2010-05-31-save-the-date-next-vator-splash-sept-30/) - Our second Splash event, held in May, was another solid gathering, with a lot of positive feedback about our keynote speakers, Zappos Tony Hsieh (who gave a standing-ovation speech) as well as gWallet CEO Gurbaksh Chahal - two men who built and sold companies for several hundred million by the time they were 25-years-old.
- [IE6 bowing out, IE8 going strong](https://vator.tv/2010-06-01-ie6-bowing-out-ie8-going-strong/) - Web developers everywhere should be celebrating over today's new statistics.Internet Explorer 6, the Microsoft browser initially launched in 2001, now has a hold on about 4.7% of the US market, down from 11.5% a year ago, according to Web analytics company StatCounter.The browser was notorious for giving developers headaches because it is not a standard-compliant
- [Is your landing page overweight?](https://vator.tv/2010-06-03-is-your-landing-page-overweight/) - Spring is here, and the pools are open. Time for some bikini boot camp for your landing pages to make sure they’re in tip-top shape as your business dives into summer. Landing pages on your website are those places where your customers land after clicking on a PPC ad or a display on they've seen
- [Apple officially unveils iPhone 4 at WWDC](https://vator.tv/2010-06-07-apple-officially-unveils-iphone-4-at-wwdc/) - Apple CEO Steve Jobs officially took the wraps off the upcoming iPhone 4 at WWDC on Monday morning, and he did not disappoint. The updated smartphone has not only been redesigned, but features fascinating pixel density for clearer screen resolution, a longer-lasting battery, a gyroscope, a front-facing camera for video conferencing, and a 5-megapixel camera
- [Twitter Places enhances location services](https://vator.tv/2010-06-15-twitter-places-enhances-location-services/) - Three months after turning on location-aware tweeting site-wide (and over half a year since that same service launched in its API), Twitter is now rolling out Twitter Places.Launching simultaneously on both twitter.com and mobile.twitter.com, Twitter Places lets users attach locations to their tweets as they have been able to before, but now with more detail.
- [How to look big on a small budget](https://vator.tv/2010-06-29-how-to-look-big-on-a-small-budget/) - 1) Natural Search Get the benefits of “page one” without actually being there! Many small companies don’t have the expertise or time in order to get and maintain a page-one ranking on Google for the most popular short keyword phrases. If being on page one isn’t feasible, then make sure you are only just one
- [Crossing over to PPC or SEO](https://vator.tv/2010-06-30-crossing-over-to-ppc-or-seo/) - A big blocker to an integrated search engine marketing approach is simply lack of knowledge about the different areas. Commonly, pay-per-click (PPC) advertising guys don’t really “get” search engine optimization (SEO), while SEO guys are kind of put off by PPC campaign work. But rich rewards await those who stretch beyond their comfort zones and
- [What's the definition of startup?](https://vator.tv/2010-07-12-definition-of-a-start-up/) - When a start-up launches, especially a start-up built for start-ups, it tries to anticipate the most common questions – and answer them in a FAQ. At YouTern, it seems we missed one. The most common question we receive from companies posting internships is: “How do you define a startup?" Over the past few days, I’ve
- [Attracting in-bound links to your Web site](https://vator.tv/2010-07-12-attracting-in-bound-links-to-your-website/) - One of the best ways to ensure your Web site ranks well for your most important keywords in natural search results is through in-bound links to your site. But how do you attract them (short of begging other website owners to link to you)? We’ve got some tips and tricks below that will help you
- [Online brand spend will create new winners](https://vator.tv/2010-07-16-online-brand-spend-will-create-new-winners/) - One of Lightspeed’s consumer internet predictions for 2010 is that brand advertising dollars are going to start to flow online at scale. Two thirds of all ad spending in the US is for brand advertising, yet three quarters of online ad spending is direct response. The recession of the last couple of years has provided
- [Flipboard turns Facebook into the gossip rag](https://vator.tv/2010-07-21-flipboard-transforms-facebook-into-gossip-rag/) - Years ago, after Facebook released its news feed, I said that Facebook would soon become everyone's favorite gossip rag - only the subjects stimulating our curiosity would be ourselves. Now, with Flipboard, that prognistication has become a reality as friends' photos and posts are laid out with white space and formatting that makes the experience
- [Yahoo! Search Begins Display of Bing Results](https://vator.tv/2010-07-29-yahoo-search-begins-display-of-bing-results/) - In a recent post on the Yahoo! Search Blog, they announced that they’ve begun a test incorporating Microsoft’s Bing search results in their pages. They are displaying both natural and paid search results, but only in about 25 percent of Yahoo’s search results pages. Here’s what you can expect to see: Further, Yahoo! says their
- [Summer reading (and year-round blogs)](https://vator.tv/2010-08-02-summer-reading-and-year-round-blogs/) - It’s summer and I understand everywhere else in the United States, it’s hot. In San Francisco, we’ve endured day after day of thick fog (during my run through Golden Gate Park the other day, I swear it was snowing) so I can only imagine what it’s like to lay in a backyard hammock reading great
- [Expecting to go all the way](https://vator.tv/2010-08-02-expecting-to-go-all-the-way/) - Let’s face it: it’s typically not recommended! Though it may happen once in awhile, for most people it just doesn’t — usually for good reason. And yet many businesses treat first visits to their websites as if they’re expecting to go all the way on a first date. Since we all need that little thing
- [Vaseline's controversial Facebook ad](https://vator.tv/2010-08-09-vaselines-controversial-facebook-ad/) - Growing up as a white girl in Pennsylvania, I was taught that being tan was beautiful. My wealthier classmates would go on vacations to Florida in the winter, coming back with the most glorious tans. And the moment that it started getting warm, everyone would spend excessive amounts of time outside in an effort to
- [Twitter launches official Tweet button](https://vator.tv/2010-08-12-twitter-launches-official-tweet-button/) - Twitter just launched a 'Tweet' button, an easily implementable piece of code that makes it possible for users to share any page on the Web. The button, Twittter's official sharing option for third-party sites, will be replacing the ubiquitous Techmeme 'retweet' button. The Tweet button will likely start popping up all over the Web next
- [The rise of the lean VC](https://vator.tv/2010-08-18-the-rise-of-the-lean-vc/) - Consumer Internet investing seems to have split off from traditional Venture Capital, and is creating a new category of VC’s: Lean VC’s. I think you can blame Customer and Agile Development for a small part of it. Here’s why. Electron-based Venture Capital When I first came to Silicon Valley the world of Venture Capital looked
- [PocketGear raises $15 Million in Series B](https://vator.tv/2010-08-23-pocketgear-raises-15-million-in-series-b/) - Every global phenomenon has a worthy opponent. Mozart had Salieri. Muhammad Ali had George Foreman. And iTunes has PocketGear. In a bid to aggressively participate in the explosion of smart phones and mobile apps, made by popular because of Apple's iTunes store, PocketGear has raised $15 million in Series B funding. The Durham, NC- base
- [Amazon sees records sales of its new Kindle](https://vator.tv/2010-08-25-amazon-sees-records-sales-of-its-new-kindle/) - Who said Apple's iPad would kill the Kindle? Amazon announced Wednesday that more next-generation Kindles have been ordered in four weeks of its release, than any other previous Kindle, making the new Kindle the fastest-selling yet. While Amazon does not release Kindle sales data, the company has stated that since the introduction of the newest
- [Foodspotting  whips up $750K in seed funding](https://vator.tv/2010-08-25-foodspotting-whips-up-750k-in-seed-funding/) - I am your classic fat kid. I love food. Absolutely, LOVE food. I moved into my new house for no other reason than it is behind a pizza place. Seriously. But I am not alone in my passion for food. There are millions of foodies, I'm certain. And, Foodspotting.com hopes to get all of them
- [Etsy raises $20M for some $300M valuation](https://vator.tv/2010-08-27-etsy-raises-20m-for-some-300m-valuation/) - I am in love. With a pickle magnet. It’s just one of the many unique crafts available on Etsy.com, a Web site that allows users to buy and sell handmade crafts, crafting supplies, and antiques. On Thursday, Etsy was also feeling the love from Index Ventures, which led the craft company’s Series E round and
- [Google to offer pay-per-view rental site](https://vator.tv/2010-08-30-google-to-offer-pay-per-view-rental-site/) - As Apple gears up to announce its new on-demand TV service iTV, Google is said to be preparing a bombshell of its own: a pay-per-view, movie-rental service that will be available by the end of 2010. Rumor has it that Google is in advanced talks with top movie studios over a global movie rental service
- [Top five tips from a startup CEO](https://vator.tv/2010-08-26-top-5-tips-from-a-start-up-ceo/) - I do not have a Harvard MBA. I’m not a “#u30pro” (but secretly wish I was). I’m not a social networking God (but am getting better). I’m a former engineer trained in the Air Force. I’m a consistent workaholic. I am a passionate entrepreneur. And, I’m an OJT CEO. For the past year, our
- [Life Cycles](https://vator.tv/2010-08-30-life-cycles/) - How different is a customer life cycle from a project life cycle? Or, said another way, how similar are these two cycles? I’ve been working on a concise management model for a customer life cycle, and I invariably compare this to it’s relative, the project life cycle. Here’s a visual of the customer version:
- [Facebook returns to the students](https://vator.tv/2010-08-31-facebook-returns-to-the-students/) - With 500 million users, it sometimes feels like Facebook has become the distant parent who works all the time and has forgotten its favorite children: the college students. But Facebook is returning to its chosen ones. The social-networking titan launched Monday a page exclusively for universities. Many will likely recall when they first joined Facebook
- [Udemy raises $1M in seed financing](https://vator.tv/2010-08-31-udemy-raises-1m-in-seed-financing/) - Empowering people with an ability to make connections and the tools to attract an audience is what the Internet is all about. And, Udemy hopes its new round of financing will help them do that for education. Udemy, the winner of Vator Splash (May), on Tuesday announced it's raised $1 million in seed financing, from
- [Apple unveils new iPod lines, Apple TV](https://vator.tv/2010-09-01-mr-jobs-brings-tidings-and-good-cheer/) - It feels like Christmas morning and Steve Jobs is Santa. The much anticipated Apple event took place Wednesday morning in San Francisco, California, where Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled a new line of iPods, iOS updates, and the belle of the ball: the new Apple TV (which, as it turns out, is not called
- [Texting ignites skyrocketing cell-phone usage](https://vator.tv/2010-09-02-texting-ignites-skyrocketing-cell-phone-usage/) - Remember beepers? What a horrible idea. We’ve come a long way since the days of having to excuse oursevles from the table at a lunch meeting because we've been “beeped.” We have entered the era of FaceTime, Foodspotting, and FourSquare. But who is using cell phones and what are they really using them for? A
- [New family-friendly video chat service](https://vator.tv/2010-09-02-new-family-friendly-video-chat-service/) - Is Chatroulette too seamy for you? You don’t want to chat with a middle-aged man who lives alone and may or may not be a registered sex offender, you say? There is a new video-chat service where you can chat free from the fear of having a creepy stranger expose himself to you. VChatter
- [WeedMaps courted by US Cannabis](https://vator.tv/2010-09-03-weedmaps-courted-by-us-cannabis/) - Disclaimer: The following article contains obnoxious pot puns. WeedMaps may have a new backer. The pot-themed social network may soon be acquired by US Cannabis, a subsidiary of LC Luxuries Limited. The company has entered into formal negotiations to acquire the WeedMaps.com domain name, as well as the current operating Web site, according to
- [Is FriendSourced Travel The Next Big Thing?](https://vator.tv/2010-09-04-is-friendsourced-travel-the-next-big-thing/) - Image via Wikipedia Imagine the ability to tap into everything your friends know about travel. Every destination they’ve been, every activity they’ve done, every hotel they’ve stayed in, every trip they’ve taken. If you could bottle that up and use it for your next trip, wouldn’t that be valuable to you? That’s the power of
- [Customer Service as Ancillary Revenue](https://vator.tv/2010-09-04-customer-service-as-ancillary-revenue/) - Image via Wikipedia I’m suggesting a shift from thinking of customer service as a revenuesource — which by definition makes it a form of Ancillary Revenue — rather than a sunk cost. Don’t you already feel a little bit better aboutcustomer service having framed it as a revenue source?? Let’s start with an example. When I call an online travel agency and
- [Are Frequent-Flier Deals a Good Deal?](https://vator.tv/2010-09-04-are-frequent-flier-deals-a-good-deal/) - Image via Wikipedia Thoughts relating to Are Frequent-Flier Deals a Good Deal? – WSJ.com. Pretend your mileage is a product that you have to ‘buy’ (earn or purchase bonus miles) and ‘sell’ (redeem for tickets or upgrades). COST PRICE Travelers who buy frequent-flier miles pay about 3 cents per mile, but then they typically redeem them
- [AOL partners with 'The Ellen Show'](https://vator.tv/2010-09-07-aol-partners-with-the-ellen-show/) - With Oprah’s final season drawing nigh, who will fans turn to for their daily mid-afternoon talk? Answer: Ellen DeGeneres. And, AOL is hoping to jump on the popularity bandwagon as millions of new fans and existing ones flock to Ellen's Web site, Ellentv.com. In a move to expand its growing library of high-profile media properties,
- [Investors shy from third-party Twitter apps](https://vator.tv/2010-09-07-investors-shy-from-third-party-twitter-apps/) - Bad news if you’re trying to cash in on Twitter’s fame and fortune by building a company that will provide a Twitter-based feature as a third-party app. According to a recent report from CB Insights, financing for such startups has dropped precipitously. Between June 2009 and May 2010, venture capitalists and angel investors poured $10.4
- [Coulomb Technologies raises $15M in series C](https://vator.tv/2010-09-08-coulomb-technologies-raises-15m-in-series-c/) - It’s 2010 and according to 1960-1989 science fiction movies, we should have robot slaves, jetpacks, matter transporters (tricky, as Jeff Goldblum demonstrated in “The Fly”), and hover cars. We’re not there yet, but we’re close. We don’t have hover cars, but we do have electric cars, which are about to see the dawn of
- [Livescribe smartpen-maker infused with $39M](https://vator.tv/2010-09-09-livescribe-smartpen-maker-infused-with-39m/) - While many schools throughout the United States are embracing technology as a learning-enhancement tool, technology and the classroom do not always go together seamlessly. Many professors throughout the country have instituted “no laptop” policies in their classrooms because too often a student gets caught up playing Farmville and not only risks missing the lecture entirely,
- [NYTimes working on personalized news site](https://vator.tv/2010-09-10-nytimes-working-on-personalized-news-site/) - Betaworks, which has served up such tasty techno morsels as Bit.ly, a URL shortening service, and SocialFlow, a microblogging service for businesses, is working with The New York Times to cook up a new personalized news service called News.me. The site, which is not up just yet, has been in development for the past six
- [White House seeks to promote science and math](https://vator.tv/2010-09-17-white-house-seeks-to-promote-science-and-math/) - “I can’t do math.” It’s a stock phrase that many Americans have heard, or said themselves, on multiple occasions. Admittedly, I have, at times, used those same words to get out of embarrassing bar-tab flubs. Yet over the years, I’ve come to terms with the fact that it's just not that cute and funny. Hopefully,
- [Technologies that have changed college life](https://vator.tv/2010-09-24-technologies-that-have-changed-college-life/) - It's becoming abundantly clear that today's college students have more social and technological options open to them than ever before -- even more than they did five years ago. Foursquare's recently-launched check-in for Universities, which allows students and faculty to check-in at different locations on campus, learn interesting little factoids about their school, and unlock
- [AOL to Advertisers: Go to the Devil](https://vator.tv/2010-09-27-aol-to-advertisers-go-to-the-devil/) - AOL chief Tim Armstrong announced the roll-out of Project Devil, Monday, a new advertising platform that looks to revolutionize traditional notions of online ad creation and display. An announcement was made at Advertising Week 2010 and was backed by a large ad placement in Advertising Age. Already touting the success of its new baby,
- [Exogenous Twitter trending topic: 'Pep rally'](https://vator.tv/2010-10-14-exogenous-twitter-trending-topic-pep-rally/) - Logging onto Twitter to check out a few things quickly before running off to a homecoming football game, I couldn’t help but notice something important: “Pep Rally” was trending as a US trending topic. I immediately clicked on through and found countless teens commenting on their school pep rallies. These teens were posting about pep
- [Y U Luv Texts, H8 Calls](https://vator.tv/2010-10-15-y-u-luv-texts-h8-calls/) - By KATHERINE ROSMAN WSJ.com For anyone who doubts that the texting revolution is upon us, consider this: The average 13- to 17-year-old sends and receives 3,339 texts a month—more than 100 per day, according to the Nielsen Co., the media research firm. Adults are catching up. People from ages 45 to 54 sent and received 323
- [Kabongo raises $1.1M for educational games](https://vator.tv/2010-10-15-kabongo-raises-11m-for-educational-games/) - Kabongo, a company that develops online educational games for children, raised $1.1 million in equity, according to an SEC filing. The round brings Kabongo’s total funding to $2.3 million, since its founding in 2008. Previous investors include RPM Ventures, DFJ Mercury, Illinois Innovation, and Accelerator Fund. The company and the GoGo Kabongo games were created
- [Goby raises $2.5M for events-search engine](https://vator.tv/2010-10-21-goby-raises-25m-for-events-search-engine/) - I’ve fallen in love with Goby, a search engine designed exclusively for finding things to do in your locale. I don’t think I’ve ever fallen this hard or this fast for a website, but…I think this is the real thing. Goby, do you believe in fate? Apparently, I’m not alone in my love for the
- [Cleantech investment suffers in Q3 2010](https://vator.tv/2010-11-01-cleantech-investment-suffers-in-q3-2010/) - With recent reports of hiccups in venture funding in the third quarter of 2010, it comes as no surprise that this has also affected cleantech companies. What does come as a surprise is that cleantech companies have received less funding in Q3 2010 compared to the same time last year. Remember last year? Probably not,
- [Andreessen Horowitz raises $650 million fund](https://vator.tv/2010-11-03-andreessen-horowitz-raises-650-million-fund/) - Andreessen Horowitz, one of Silicon Valley's most reputable venture capital firms, announced Tuesday that it has raised a $650 million fund. At a time when venture capital is just starting to restore its former health, the size of the fund is all the more compelling because the firm that raised it is so young. The
- [(R)evolution Episode One:](https://vator.tv/2010-11-04-revolution-episode-one/) - Welcome to the premier episode of (R)evolution, a new series that connects you to the people, trends, and ideas defining the future of business, marketing, and media. In show number one, Forrester's Josh Bernoff discusses his new book Empowered, co-authored with Ted Schadler. An old proverb declares, "may you live in interesting times." Indeed we
- [Memolane gathers your online social life](https://vator.tv/2010-11-08-memolane-gathers-your-online-social-life/) - Have you ever wanted to dig up a Facebook conversation or tweet but can’t remember where or when it happened? Memolane, which recently launched in beta mode, will take all of your scattered social networking experiences and frame them within a neat little timeline, be it photos you uploaded onto Flickr, check-ins via Foursquare, status
- [Hubris vs humility: The $15B difference](https://vator.tv/2010-11-15-hubris-vs-humility-the-15b-difference/) - Describing your product as “new and “never been done before” instead of “we’re just like those others guys, but better” could cost your company billions. RIM and TiVo are two examples of getting it right and wrong. Research in Motion (RIM) By 1992 Research in Motion (RIM) had been in business for eight years,
- [Crisis management by firing executives](https://vator.tv/2010-11-22-crisis-management-by-firing-executives/) - Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. (Albert Einstein) For decades startups were managed by pretending the company would follow a predictable path (revenue plan, scale, etc.) and being continually surprised when it didn’t. That’s the definition of insanity. Luckily most startups now realize there is a better
- [Forecast: e-commerce spending to reach $32.4B](https://vator.tv/2010-11-24-forecast-e-commerce-spending-to-reach-324b/) - Good news from comScore. The digital business analytics company announced Tuesday evening that holiday e-commerce spending is up in the first weeks of November compared to the same time period last year, leading comScore to up its projection of total spending this year to an 11% increase compared to last year. Between November 1 and
- [Online spending reaches $1B on Cyber Monday](https://vator.tv/2010-12-01-online-spending-reaches-1b-on-cyber-monday/) - Cyber Monday spending hit an all time record high this year, according to data from comScore. On Monday, online spending reached $1.028 billion, marking a 16% increase from last year’s $887 million, and setting a record for the heaviest online spending day in history. It is also the first time that online spending has risen
- [The VC pitch - How to do it right](https://vator.tv/2010-12-03-the-vc-pitch-how-to-do-it-right/) - Too often we are so preoccupied with the destination, we forget the journey. By Unknown Entrepreneurs hear that VC pitches ought to be short, 10-20 slides. What most don’t know is that there is no way they can deliver a presentation that short by just “writing” the slide deck. You got
- [WhitePages hits the iPad, gets more local](https://vator.tv/2010-12-09-whitepages-hits-the-ipad-gets-more-local/) - People and business directory WhitePages unveiled Thursday its first iPad app, which translates many of the same features from the iPhone version to the big screen.Replicating the nice simplicity of both the Web and other mobile versions, WhitePages for iPad lets users search its directory of over 200 million U.S. adults and businesses. Maps and
- [Googlish - Google's secret code language](https://vator.tv/2010-12-09-googlish-googles-secret-code-language/) - Googlish is the language used to communicate via Instant Messaging. Any high school kid understands it instantly. It is not unique to Google, or any company. Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook has been studying it too. The way we communicate in this Twitter / SMS world, and the tools we use to do it, is rapidly
- [Shazam's 10-yr road to 100 million users](https://vator.tv/2010-12-12-shazams-10-yr-road-to-100-million-users/) - We’ve all heard songs on the radio that get stuck in our heads. We wish we'd caught the name or the artist. That was B.S. (Before Shazam). Today, thanks to Shazam’s music discovery service, we can discover and purchase songs on the spot, by simply pointing our phone towards the music source. The company has
- [Getting the most out of the freemium model](https://vator.tv/2010-12-13-getting-the-most-out-of-the-freemium-model/) - Freemium business models seem to be gaining in popularity and rapidly becoming a dominant factor in the success of Web startups. Massively successful social-gaming companies like Zynga and Playdom have had a role in driving their adoption. These companies have been able to grow quickly and make substantial revenues through a combination of ad sales
- [Elon Musk: Work twice as hard as others](https://vator.tv/2010-12-23-elon-musk-work-twice-as-hard-as-others/) - How does Elon Musk pull off being the chief executive of both Tesla Motors and SpaceX, chairman of SolarCity, philanthropist through his Musk Foundation, which recently provided aid to the Gulf Region, and father to five boys? He works twice as hard as the average guy. If other people are putting in 40 hours in
- [Today's entrepreneur: Jeff Smith](https://vator.tv/2011-01-04-todays-entrepreneur-jeff-smith-2/) - Entrepreneurs, and those who work at startups, are a special part of the workforce. They embrace innovation and disruption.They live on the edge, and, at times, chase the latest shiny object. But their willingness to fail and try something new often enable them to make a big difference. The Vator community is made up
- [Today's entrepreneur: Jeff Smith](https://vator.tv/2011-01-04-todays-entrepreneur-jeff-smith/) - Entrepreneurs, and those who work at startups, are a special part of the workforce. They embrace innovation and disruption.They live on the edge, and, at times, chase the latest shiny object. But their willingness to fail and try something new often enable them to make a big difference. The Vator community is made up
- [Assistly secures $3 million for social CRM](https://vator.tv/2011-01-04-assistly-secures-3-million-for-social-crm-2/) - Note: Assistly was published in 2009 but unfortunately, it is no longer a working website. Read "What happened to Assistly.com?" here. Assistly, a provider of socially-networked customer service, has raised a $3 million second round of funding from Bullpen Capital, Index Ventures and Kenny Van Zant, with participation from existing investors True Ventures and Social Leverage. This follows
- [Assistly secures $3 million for social CRM](https://vator.tv/2011-01-04-assistly-secures-3-million-for-social-crm/) - Note: Assistly was published in 2009 but unfortunately, it is no longer a working website. Read "What happened to Assistly.com?" here. Assistly, a provider of socially-networked customer service, has raised a $3 million second round of funding from Bullpen Capital, Index Ventures and Kenny Van Zant, with participation from existing investors True Ventures and Social Leverage. This follows
- [Today's entrepreneur: Immad Akhund](https://vator.tv/2011-01-05-todays-entrepreneur-immad-akhund-2/) - Entrepreneurs, and those who work at startups, are a special part of the workforce. They embrace innovation and disruption.They live on the edge, and, at times, chase the latest shiny object. But their willingness to fail and try something new often enable them to make a big difference. The Vator community is made up
- [Today's entrepreneur: Immad Akhund](https://vator.tv/2011-01-05-todays-entrepreneur-immad-akhund/) - Entrepreneurs, and those who work at startups, are a special part of the workforce. They embrace innovation and disruption.They live on the edge, and, at times, chase the latest shiny object. But their willingness to fail and try something new often enable them to make a big difference. The Vator community is made up
- [Today's entrepreneur: Andy Kurtzig](https://vator.tv/2011-01-06-todays-entrepreneur-andy-kurtzig/) - Entrepreneurs, and those who work at startups, are a special part of the workforce. They embrace innovation and disruption.They live on the edge, and, at times, chase the latest shiny object. But their willingness to fail and try something new often enable them to make a big difference. The Vator community is made up
- [The future of user interaction](https://vator.tv/2011-01-06-the-future-of-user-interaction/) - (Demetrius Madrigal co-wrote this piece) We think it’s appropriate to kick off the new year with an examination of what the future holds for user experience and product development. To stay ahead of the curve when it comes to user research and UX design, we must keep in mind the new technologies that are currently
- [Today's entrepreneur: Joe Kraus](https://vator.tv/2011-01-07-todays-entrepreneur-joe-kraus/) - Entrepreneurs, and those who work at startups, are a special part of the workforce. They embrace innovation and disruption. They live on the edge, and, at times, chase the latest shiny object. But their willingness to fail and try something new often enable them to make a big difference. The Vator community is made
- [EV per employee a good valuation yardstick?](https://vator.tv/2011-01-07-ev-per-employee-a-good-valuation-yardstick/) - I wanted to fit a distribution to the EV per employee metric I took from tens of 409A valuation data points. I constructed an excel chart using the "frequency" function to count the EV per employee metric as a histogram and then observed the shape and size of the histogram. While there
- [Today's entrepreneur: Mark Goldstein](https://vator.tv/2011-01-10-todays-entrepreneur-mark-goldstein/) - Entrepreneurs, and those who work at startups, are a special part of the workforce. They embrace innovation and disruption. They live on the edge, and, at times, chase the latest shiny object. But their willingness to fail and try something new often enable them to make a big difference. The Vator community is made
- [Today's entrepreneur: Shawn Ivey](https://vator.tv/2011-01-11-todays-entrepreneur-shawn-ivey/) - Entrepreneurs, and those who work at startups, are a special part of the workforce. They embrace innovation and disruption. They live on the edge, and, at times, chase the latest shiny object. But their willingness to fail and try something new often enable them to make a big difference. The Vator community is made
- [Today's entrepreneur: Mark Goldenson](https://vator.tv/2011-01-12-todays-entrepreneur-mark-goldenson/) - Entrepreneurs, and those who work at startups, are a special part of the workforce. They embrace innovation and disruption. They live on the edge, and, at times, chase the latest shiny object. But their willingness to fail and try something new often enable them to make a big difference. The Vator community is made
- [Today's entrepreneur: Nathaniel Hunter](https://vator.tv/2011-01-13-todays-entrepreneur-nathaniel-hunter/) - Entrepreneurs, and those who work at startups, are a special part of the workforce. They embrace innovation and disruption. They live on the edge, and, at times, chase the latest shiny object. But their willingness to fail and try something new often enable them to make a big difference. The Vator community is made
- [Today's Investor: Naval Ravikant](https://vator.tv/2011-01-14-todays-entrepreneur-naval-ravikant/) - Entrepreneurs, and those who work at startups, are a special part of the workforce. They embrace innovation and disruption. They live on the edge, and, at times, chase the latest shiny object. But their willingness to fail and try something new often enable them to make a big difference. The Vator community is made
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Brian Raney](https://vator.tv/2011-01-17-todays-entrepreneur-brian-raney/) - Our community is made up of trend-setting entrepreneurs, who deserve to be recognized. We've recently created new profiles, specifically for innovators to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey. So if you are an entrepreneur, a serial entrepreneur, or even an aspiring entreprenener, we'd like
- [The cover-up culture](https://vator.tv/2011-01-16-the-cover-up-culture/) - In a startup “Good news needs to travel fast, but bad news needs to travel faster.” There’s something about the combination of human nature (rationalization and self deception) and large hierarchical organizations (corporations, military, government, etc.) that actively conspire to hide failure and errors. Institutional cover-up’s are so ingrained that we take them for granted.
- [Today's entrepreneur: Sachin Agarwal](https://vator.tv/2011-01-18-todays-entrepreneur-sachin-agarwal/) - Entrepreneurs often choose the path of innovation, without realizing the kind of lifestyle that comes with it. They will often live unstable lives. But as they courageously take risks, they'll make several mistakes which become valuable lessons for the rest of us. They have their ups and downs. But at the end of the day,
- [Today's entrepreneur: Matt Malden](https://vator.tv/2011-01-19-todays-entrepreneur-matt-malden/) - Vator's community is the home of entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey. These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their story. So if you
- [The bad board member](https://vator.tv/2011-01-19-the-bad-board-member/) - Over the last 40 years the U.S. has evolved an entrepreneurial ecosystem with two of the most unlikely partners – venture capital investors and technology entrepreneurs. This alliance has led to an explosion of technology innovation, scalable startups and job creation. Tied at the hip, VC’s and entrepreneurs take large risks together. VC’s invest in
- [Today's entrepreneur: Arik Waldman](https://vator.tv/2011-01-20-todays-entrepreneur-arik-waldman/) - Entrepreneurs embrace being at the forefront of change. And, just by being there, they make a difference. We've recently created new profiles, specifically for innovators to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their unique journey. Today's entrepreneur is Arik Waldman, founder and CEO of TekTrak. Like many
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Susan Towers](https://vator.tv/2011-01-21-todays-entrepreneur-susan-towers/) - Our community is made up of trend-setting entrepreneurs, who deserve to be recognized. We've recently created new profiles, specifically for innovators to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their journey. So if you are an entrepreneur, a serial entrepreneur, or even an aspiring entreprenener, we'd like to
- [Today's Investor: Tod Francis](https://vator.tv/2011-01-24-todays-investor-tod-francis/) - Entrepreneurs often choose the path of innovation, without realizing the kind of lifestyle that comes with it. As they courageously take risks, they will more often than not make several mistakes, which, fortunately, become valuable lessons for the rest of us. But let's not forget the investors, who also help entrepreneurs make those lessons we
- [Today's investor: Rajil Kapoor](https://vator.tv/2011-01-25-todays-investor-rajil-kapoor/) - Our community is made up of trend-setting entrepreneurs, who deserve to be recognized. These entrepreneurs often choose the path of innovation without realizing the kind of lifestyle that comes with it. As they step out of their comfort zone and take risks, they will more often than not, make several mistakes which become valuable lessons for
- [Q&A with ngmoco founder Neil Young](https://vator.tv/2011-01-26-q-a-with-ngmoco-founder-neil-young/) - Earlier this week, I was lucky enough to spend a few minutes discussing the exploding mobile gaming market with Neil Young, an Electronic Arts veteran who co-founded ngmoco. A mobile social gaming company with one of the more successful exits of 2010, ngmoco was acquired by DeNA in October 2010 for $400 million. Now, hand
- [International business model competition](https://vator.tv/2011-01-27-international-business-model-competition/) - Utah may be known for many things, but who would have thought that Utah, and particularly Brigham Young University (BYU), would be participating in the transformation of entrepreneurship? I spent last weekend in Utah at BYU as a guest of Professor Nathan Furr, (a former Ph.D. student of our MS&E department at Stanford,) where they are set on being a
- [Startups - So easy a 12-year-old can do It](https://vator.tv/2011-01-31-startups-so-easy-a-12-year-old-can-do-it/) - Out of the mouths of babes. Maybe because it’s a company town and everyone in Silicon Valley has a family connection to entrepreneurship. Or maybe I just encountered the most entrepreneurial 12 y ear olds every assembled under one roof. Or maybe we’re now teaching entrepreneurial thinking in middle schools. Either way I had an astounding
- [College and business will never be the same](https://vator.tv/2011-02-15-college-and-business-will-never-be-the-same/) - Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school. Attributed to Albert Einstein, Mark Twain and B.F. Skinner There are 4633 accredited, degree-granting colleges and universities in the United States. I had dinner last night with one of them – a friend who’s now the President of Philadelphia University. He’s working hard to
- [Morgan Stanley: 100M tablets shipped in 2012](https://vator.tv/2011-02-19-morgan-stanley-100m-tablets-shipped-in-2012/) - Morgan Stanley issued a report on the Tablet this past week, and the results are breathtaking even for the usual tech worshipers. Morgan Stanley has upped its “best case scenario” for 2012 by predicting that 100 million tablets will be shipped next year, up from 16 million last year, according to Silicon Alley Insider. But
- [A visitor's guide to Silicon Valley](https://vator.tv/2011-02-22-a-visitors-guide-to-silicon-valley/) - If you’re a visiting dignitary whose country has a Gross National Product equal to or greater than the State of California, your visit to Silicon Valley consists of a lunch/dinner with some combination of the founders of Google, Facebook, Apple and Twitter and several brand name venture capitalists. If you have time, the President of
- [Online consumers are more brand fickle](https://vator.tv/2011-02-22-online-consumers-are-more-brand-fickle/) - Online consumers are using the Internet to research products and make choices, feeling less loyal to single brands in most categories. In fact, according to research from AMP, a marketing agency, 43% of all consumers claim they research products before they buy. In consumer electronics, that number is actually at 64%. Here is an interesting
- [Rupert Murdorch's 'The Daily'](https://vator.tv/2011-02-23-rupert-murdorchs-the-daily/) - I’ve had “The Daily” app on my IPad since the day it was launched. I couldn’t wait to get it because of my unwavering belief that the Tablet format will quickly become a significant platform for news and other timely information. I still believe that, but it’s despite The Daily and not because of it.
- [The fashion industry becomes digital media](https://vator.tv/2011-02-28-the-fashion-industry-becomes-digital-media/) - Of all the industries to learn that every company has to become a media company, the fashion industry wouldn’t instinctively leap out as an early adapter. It has been built on telling the consumer what to wear and perpetuating the “art” of design. Anyone who has looked at what clothing designs will become “hot” in
- [Ad shift to social media](https://vator.tv/2011-03-05-ad-shift-to-social-media/) - Major advertisers, those who buy display ads, are finally beginning to figure out how to reach audiences through social networks, and have begun to shift significant dollars into Facebook. Research firm eMarketer estimates that Facebook display advertising revenues will grow 80.9% this year to $2.19 billion, giving Facebook 21.6% of all online display advertising –
- [A new way to teach entrepreneurship](https://vator.tv/2011-03-08-a-new-way-to-teach-entrepreneurship/) - For the past three months, we’ve run an experiment in teaching entrepreneurship. In January, we introduced a new graduate course at Stanford called the Lean LaunchPad. It was designed to bring together many of the new approaches to building a successful startup – customer development, agile development, business model generation and pivots. We thought it would be
- [The customer validation conundrum](https://vator.tv/2011-03-11-the-customer-validation-conundrum/) - High tech startups rarely fail for a lack of technology; they mostly fail for a lack of customers. While entrepreneurs understand the importance of validating their products with customers, many struggle to derive positive results from those meetings. Good books and tips First of all, there are excellent books and blogs offering guidance to entrepreneurs in that regard.
- [Samsung, Android are winners](https://vator.tv/2011-03-14-samsung-android-are-winners/) - The Android operating system, which has shot into first places among US smart phone users, and Samsung, which increased on its lead as the number one overall phone manufacturer in the US, are big winners in the mobile world during the three month period ending at the end of January, 2011 according to the latest
- [The Lean LaunchPad at Stanford - Class 2](https://vator.tv/2011-03-15-the-lean-launchpad-at-stanford-class-2/) - Our new Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. This post is part two. Part one is here. Syllabus here. By now the nine teams in our Stanford Lean LaunchPad Class were formed, In the four days between team formation and this class session we tasked them to: Write down
- [New rules for the new Internet Bubble](https://vator.tv/2011-03-18-new-rules-for-the-new-internet-bubble/) - Carpe Diem We’re now in the second Internet bubble. The signals are loud and clear: seed and late stage valuations are getting frothy and wacky, and hiring talent in Silicon Valley is the toughest it has been since the dot.com bubble. The rules for making money are different in a bubble than in normal times. What are
- [Why I won't pay for The Daily](https://vator.tv/2011-03-21-why-i-wont-pay-for-the-daily/) - I wanted to love The Daily, the first news source from a mainstream media company designed purely for the IPad, a platform I love. I couldn’t wait for it to get launched. I told everyone I knew in the business that the launch of News Corp’s dramatic bet, The Daily, despite being the first of
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Sylvie Leotin](https://vator.tv/2011-03-24-todays-entrepreneur-sylvie-leotin/) - Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey. These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their story. So if you
- [The Lean LaunchPad at Stanford - Class 3](https://vator.tv/2011-03-25-the-lean-launchpad-at-stanford-class-3/) - The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. This post is part three. Part two is here. Syllabus is here. Week 3 of the class and our teams in our Stanford Lean LaunchPad class were hard at work using Customer Development to get out of the classroom and test the first
- [Napkin entrepreneurs](https://vator.tv/2011-03-29-napkin-entrepreneurs/) - Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. Martin Luther King, Jr. The barriers for starting a company have come down. Today the total available markets for new applications are hundreds of millions if not billion of users, while new classes of investors are popping up all over (angels,
- [Entrepreneurship is an art not a job](https://vator.tv/2011-03-31-entrepreneurship-is-an-art-not-a-job/) - Some men see things as they are and ask why.Others dream things that never were and ask why not.George Bernard Shaw Over the last decade we assumed that once we found repeatable methodologies (Agile and Customer Development, Business Model Design) to build early stage ventures, entrepreneurship would become a “science,” and anyone could do it. I’m
- [The Lean LaunchPad at Stanford - Class 4](https://vator.tv/2011-04-04-the-lean-launchpad-at-stanford-class-4/) - The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. This post is part four. Part one is here, two is here and three is here. Syllabus is here. Week 4 of the class.Last week the teams were testing their hypotheses about their Value Proposition (their company’s product or service.) This week they were testing
- [Let’s Go Travel partners with gtrot.com](https://vator.tv/2011-04-04-let-s-go-travel-partners-with-gtrotcom/) - Monday April 4, 2011 - Let’s Go, Inc., the leading publisher of budget travel guides, and social travel site gtrot.com announced today a groundbreaking partnership to create personalized, online social travel guides for better trip planning. “Anyone who has ever planned a trip knows that there’s no shortage of travel information on the Web,” said
- [The power of celebrity endorsements](https://vator.tv/2011-04-04-the-power-of-celebrity-endorsements/) - Celebrity endorsers still are powerful forces for brands to use to support themselves, according to a new study by The Nielsen Company, But more importantly, the research seems to indicate that those who respond to celebrity endorsers on social media are themselves far more likely to follow and respond to brands on social media. In
- [One hand clapping](https://vator.tv/2011-04-07-one-hand-clapping/) - I spent a few days in March in Ann Arbor Michigan as a guest of Professor Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Dean for Entrepreneurial Programs, and Doug Neal, Director of Center for Entrepreneurship in the Engineering School at the University of Michigan. I gave a keynote on entrepreneurship to MPowered, the student Entrepreneurship Organization, spoke on a panel on Entrepreneurship and the
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Josh Bob](https://vator.tv/2011-04-11-todays-entrepreneur-josh-bob/) - Today’s entrepreneur is Josh Bob from Waltham, MA. He is the founder of Textaruant. An avid sports fan, Josh lives by a slight variation of Nike’s slogan: JFDI. This “doer” attitude has led him down a unique path, from marketing roles for startup and tech companies, to fundraising for non-profits, to regional management for the
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Richard Kang](https://vator.tv/2011-04-13-todays-entrepreneur-richard-kang/) - Vator is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams.We are a diverse community of dreamers, builders, and trailblazers, who want to change the world, build great products, and better the lives of others.We come from all over the globe, and from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities. Some of us are fresh
- [Web advertising resumes rapid growth](https://vator.tv/2011-04-14-web-advertising-resumes-rapid-growth/) - Online Advertising got back on track in 2010, showing 15% growth to $26 billion. The industry shot past newspapers to become the second largest ad medium, behind only television. Of equal significance is the fact that display advertising grew as a percentage of online, taking share from search, which remains the largest form of digital
- [The Lean LaunchPad at Stanford - Class 5](https://vator.tv/2011-04-15-the-lean-launchpad-at-stanford-class-5/) - The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. This post is part five. Parts one through four are here, Syllabus is here. Week 5 of the classLast week the teams were testing their hypotheses about their Customers (who are the users, payers, buyers, etc.) This week they were testing one of the
- [Today's Entrepreneur: John Kim](https://vator.tv/2011-04-18-todays-entrepreneur-john-kim/) - Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams.Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey.These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their story.So if you are an entrepreneur,
- [Mentors, coaches and teachers](https://vator.tv/2011-04-19-mentors-coaches-and-teachers/) - When the student is ready, the master appears.— Buddhist Proverb Lots of entrepreneurs believe they want a mentor. In fact, they’re actually asking for a teacher or a coach. A mentor relationship is a two-way street. To make it work, you have to bring something to the party. A question from the audienceRecently when I
- [Silicon Valley: Tech Frontier and Art Desert](https://vator.tv/2011-04-21-silicon-valley-tech-frontier-and-art-desert/) - In the past decade, the world has come to recognize the need for, and importance of, cross-discipline collaboration to solve the thorny problems that plague our planet today. There has been much ink and books on the subject. I wholeheartedly embrace the movement. One discipline has been missing from the mix however, that is the
- [How Zelda paved the way for Zynga](https://vator.tv/2011-04-22-how-zelda-paved-the-way-for-zynga/) - Many of us remember playing Atari and Nintendo games growing up. If you asked any 30-something about what it was like to grow up as the video-game industry evolved, you would probably hear something like this: “When Nintendo came out, it changed everything. I loved playing Zelda and Mario and Excitebike.” The Nintendo gaming experience
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Adel Zakout](https://vator.tv/2011-04-25-todays-entrepreneur-adel-zakout/) - Today’s entrepreneur is Adel Zakout from across the pond in London. As founder of OpenBuildings, Adel, who is an architect by training, is living up to his top lesson: "Love what you're doing." OpenBuildings is a community-driven, editable encyclopedia of buildings from around the world. Clearly, he has found a way to combine his love
- [The Apprentice - Entrepreneur version](https://vator.tv/2011-04-26-the-apprentice-entrepreneur-version/) - We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master — Ernest Hemingway Silicon Valley is built on simple myths – one of the most pervasive is that all winning startups are founded straight out of school by 20-year-olds from Stanford or Harvard. The reality is these are the exceptions not
- [The Lean LaunchPad - class 7: Revenue model](https://vator.tv/2011-04-28-the-lean-launchpad-class-7-revenue-model/) - The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. With one week and one more updates to go, this post is part seven. Parts one through six are here, Syllabus is here. With a week to go the teams are starting to look like opening night before the big play. Teams
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Tom Heeter](https://vator.tv/2011-04-29-todays-entrepreneur-tom-heeter/) - Entrepreneurs often choose the path of innovation, without realizing the kind of lifestyle that comes with it. They will often live unstable lives. But as they courageously take risks, they'll make several mistakes which become valuable lessons for the rest of us. They have their ups and downs. But at the end of the day,
- [Murdoch's The Daily iPad experiment improves](https://vator.tv/2011-05-02-murdochs-the-daily-ipad-experiment-improves/) - New Corp’s bold experiment to launch an IPad-native news product is starting to show a little life. With the release of Apple’s IPad2, the previously unusable App became a lot more responsive. Besides the launch, publisher Greg Clayman said the newer releases of the The Daily’s app also went a long way to deal with
- [The Lean LaunchPad at Stanford - Class 8](https://vator.tv/2011-05-03-the-lean-launchpad-at-stanford-class-8/) - The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. This post – part eight – was the last formal lecture. Parts one through seven of the lectures are here, Syllabus is here. While this is the last lecture, the teams still have one more week to work on their companies, and then they
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Sizhao Yang](https://vator.tv/2013-03-01-todays-entrepreneur-sizhao-yang/) - Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams.Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey.These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their story.So if you are an entrepreneur,
- [How to estimate market size](https://vator.tv/2011-05-09-how-to-estimate-market-size/) - As an entrepreneur, your time is a very valuable asset. It takes as much time and effort to build a business whether you’re attacking a small market or a big one. But the rewards for success in a big market are much greater, so it makes sense to attack big markets. For the same reason,VCs
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Reena Jadhav](https://vator.tv/2011-05-09-todays-entrepreneur-reena-jadhav/) - Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams.Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey.These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their story.So if you are an entrepreneur,
- [Final Presentations - The Lean LaunchPad](https://vator.tv/2011-05-10-final-presentations-the-lean-launchpad/) - The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. This last post – part nine – highlights the final team presentations. Parts one through eight, the class lectures, are here, Guide for our mentors is here. Syllabus is here. This is the EndClass lectures were over last week, but most teams kept
- [Today's Entrepreneur: John Ramey](https://vator.tv/2011-05-16-todays-entrepreneur-john-ramey/) - Entrepreneurs often choose the path of innovation, without realizing the kind of lifestyle that comes with it. They will often live unstable lives. But as they courageously take risks, they'll make several mistakes which become valuable lessons for the rest of us. They have their ups and downs. But at the end of the day,
- [Philadelphia University commencement speech](https://vator.tv/2011-05-17-philadelphia-university-commencement-speech/) - I am honored to be with you as we gather to celebrate your graduation from Philadelphia University. While I teach at Stanford and Berkeley, to be honest… this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. I realize that my 15 minutes up here is all that’s between you and the rest or
- [Today's Entrepreneur: AJ Forsythe](https://vator.tv/2011-05-18-todays-entrepreneur-aj-forsythe/) - Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey.These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their story.So if you are an
- [Guidelines for product usability testing](https://vator.tv/2011-05-23-guidelines-for-product-usability-testing/) - When engaging in any form of product usability test, there are certain very important guidelines to keep in mind. One guideline that user researchers commonly overlook is testing with a version or mockup that is free of glitches, bugs, or known errors. In essence, you want what you’re testing to be ready for primetime. We
- [How to save Yahoo while there is time](https://vator.tv/2011-05-23-how-to-save-yahoo-while-there-is-time/) - Yahoo is 17 years old, and like any teenage it’s having an identity crisis. It used to be a tech company, dominated by engineers who won the Portal Wars, ultimately defeating AOL, Excite and wounding MSN. Because it was a cool company and one that gave new-to-the-internet users (that was all of us, at the
- [Airbnb booking a $100+ million round?](https://vator.tv/2011-05-31-airbnb-booking-a-100-million-round/) - Airbnb, which enables people to provide accommodations to travelers, is currently closing a funding round of at least $100 million at a $1 billion valuation, or greater, according to sources. The new boost of capital is coming largely from round leader Andreessen Horowitz and a serial mega-round participant Digital Sky Technologies (DST). We reached out
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Tony Schmidt](https://vator.tv/2011-05-30-todays-entrepreneur-tony-schmidt/) - Entrepreneurs often choose the path of innovation, without realizing the kind of lifestyle that comes with it. They will often live unstable lives. But as they courageously take risks, they'll make several mistakes which become valuable lessons for the rest of us. They have their ups and downs. But at the end of the
- [NBA Finals 2011 Live Stream Online](https://vator.tv/2011-05-31-nba-finals-2011-live-stream-online/) - Prepare for the battle today because the heat is on and the competition becomes more and more intense. Everyone is very excited to witness the Game 1 of the NBA Finals 2011. Both the Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks performed in the NBA Finals for the first time last 2006. Now after five years,
- [Reinventing the board meeting - Part 2 of 2](https://vator.tv/2011-06-02-reinventing-the-board-meeting-part-2-of-2/) - There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come Victor Hugo When The Boardroom is BitsA revolution has taken hold as customer development and agile engineering reinvent the Startup process. It’s time to ask why startup board governance has failed to keep pace with innovation. Board meetings that guide startups haven’t changed since the early 1900’s.
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Scott Cote](https://vator.tv/2011-06-06-todays-entrepreneur-scott-cote/) - Entrepreneurs often choose the path of innovation, without realizing the kind of lifestyle that comes with it. They will often live unstable lives. But as they courageously take risks, they'll make several mistakes which become valuable lessons for the rest of us. They have their ups and downs. But at the end of the day,
- [The Myth of the One-Way Mirror](https://vator.tv/2011-06-09-the-myth-of-the-one-way-mirror/) - Since the early 1970s, professions such as user experience, market research, advertising, and law enforcement have been using rooms that have one-way mirrors—like the one shown in Figure 1—to enable direct observation of research participants—and suspects. For both user experience and market research, the main impetus for using a lab with a one-way mirror is
- [The next bubble - Don't get fooled again](https://vator.tv/2011-06-15-the-next-bubble-dont-get-fooled-again/) - We won’t get fooled again. We don't get fooled again. Don't get fooled again. No, no! The Who 1971 First, let us start with a definition of a tech bubble. A tech bubble is the rapid inflation in the valuation of public and private technology companies that exceeds their fundamental value by a large margin.
- [The New York Times may have it right](https://vator.tv/2011-06-20-the-new-york-times-may-have-it-right/) - A few weeks ago I learned that the cheapest way to sign up and pay for the New York Times digital products was in fact to order the weekend delivery (Fri-Sun) of the printed New York Times to our apartment in New York City. If you are a print subscriber to the Times, even just
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Christina Grushkin](https://vator.tv/2011-06-22-todays-entrepreneur-christina-grushkin/) - Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey. These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their story. So if you
- [Why entrepreneurs should read Dostoevsky](https://vator.tv/2011-06-23-why-entrepreneurs-should-read-dostoevsky/) - A decade ago I embarked in a round-the-world literary adventure, reading classics from top authors around the globe. The Russians kept me in rapture for a while, and in particular Dostoevsky. Crime and Punishment impressed me deeply. I was mesmerized by the author’s phenomenal ability to delve into the human psyche and into the brain of
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Leah Busque](https://vator.tv/2011-06-24-todays-entrepreneur-leah-busque/) - Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey. These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their story. So if you
- [Why the NY Post is an iPad hit](https://vator.tv/2011-06-26-why-the-ny-post-is-an-ipad-hit/) - The New York Post hasn’t made any real money in years. That’s why it’s an unlikely frontrunner in the publishing industry’s uneasy turf war with Apple and the IPad. And even though it comes from a company that is spending tens of millions to invent a new news product for the IPad (News Corp’s “The
- [Publicity and the culture of celebritization](https://vator.tv/2011-06-26-publicity-and-the-culture-of-celebritization/) - In this month’s “Rolling Stone,” the magazine published an article called “Kiki Kannibal: The Girl Who Played With Fire”. The article tells the story of a 14-year-old teen in Florida who used MySpace to create a digital persona that attracted a lot of attention. An insecure and awkward teenager, Kirsten used MySpace to perform
- [Why journalistic integrity means even more](https://vator.tv/2011-07-17-why-journalistic-integrity-means-even-more/) - (Larry Kramer is the founder of MarketWatch, which was sold to Dow Jones, a division of News Corp.) The rapid disintegration of News Corp (NSDQ: NWS) in London because of the News of the World scandal highlights a growing reality in the media world today: Integrity and reputation mean more to news organizations today than
- [The $10 million photo and other VC stories](https://vator.tv/2011-07-19-the-10-million-photo-and-other-vc-stories/) - While on vacation I had a phone interview with Kevin Ohannessian of Fast Company who wanted a few “funding stories.” Here are two of them. Apologies for the rambling stream of consciousness. The original interview in Fast Company can be seen here. Throw in the photo and you have a dealWhen we were trying to raise money for
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Hannah Yang](https://vator.tv/2011-07-20-todays-entrepreneur-hannah-yang/) - Vator is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our entrepreneurs create ideas, products, and teams which innovate and create. Entrepreneurs can create profiles which allow them to tell their stories and share their ups and downs. These easy-to-make profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Vitaly Vlasov](https://vator.tv/2011-07-27-todays-entrepreneur-vitaly-vlasov/) - Today's entrepreneur is Vitaly Vlasov, founder of Playcer, a location-based game platform, where you can discover new places, meet new people, get rewards. Vitaly is one of the tens of thousands of entrepreneurs on Vator who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our entrepreneurs develop innovative ideas, products, and teams. On Vator, their profiles allow
- [Eureka!](https://vator.tv/2011-07-28-eureka/) - Silicon Valley was born in an era of applied experimentation driven by scientists and engineers. It wasn’t pure research, but rather a culture of taking sufficient risks to get products to market through learning, discovery, iteration and execution. This approach would shape Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial ethos: In startups, failure was treated as experience (until you ran out of money).
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Alvin Mullins](https://vator.tv/2011-08-03-todays-entrepreneur-alvin-mullins/) - Today's entrepreneur is Alvin Mullins, founder and CEO of Stagester, a live streaming platform to help live performance venues and artists make more money from their live performances and stay in closer constant contact with their fans. Alvin is one of the tens of thousands of entrepreneurs on Vator, who embrace their passion and follow their dreams.
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Jean Charles Salvin](https://vator.tv/2011-08-10-todays-entrepreneur-jean-charles-salvin/) - Today's entrepreneur is Jean Charles Salvin, CEO/Founder of FindYourWayInTheWorld, a worldwide multinational social media advertising company. Jean Charles is one of the thousands of Vator entrepreneurs, who embrace their passions and follow their dreams. Our entrepreneurs develop innovative ideas, products, and teams. Entrepreneurs can make a profile easily and quickly to share their story,
- [Bonfire of the Vanities](https://vator.tv/2011-08-12-bonfire-of-the-vanities/) - When I was in my 20’s, I was taught the relationship between marketing and sales over a bonfire. Over thirty years ago, before the arrival of the personal computer, there were desktop computers called office workstations. Designed around the first generation of microprocessors, these computers ran business applications like word processing, spreadsheets, and accounting. They
- [The New York Times takes a big step](https://vator.tv/2011-08-15-the-new-york-times-takes-a-big-step/) - The New York Times recently took a giant step into the present. It started behaving the way entrepreneurial early-stage businesses behave. Unlike most successful mature companies, the Times is trying to embrace the culture of the startup by bringing its customers into the development process. The times launched Beta620, a public site for many of
- ['The Four Steps to the Epiphany' is now in Russian](https://vator.tv/2011-08-17-the-four-steps-to-the-epiphany-is-now-in-russian/) - The Four Steps to the Epiphany (Четыре Шага к Озарению) is now available in Russian. Thanks to Denis Dovgopoliy for making the Russian version happen. It joins the French version: Les quatre étapes vers l’épiphanie and the Japanese version アントレプレナーã®æ•™ç§‘書 [å˜è¡Œæœ¬ï¼ˆã‚½ãƒ•ãƒˆã‚«ãƒãƒ¼ï¼‰ Now in Japanese Pay It ForwardWhat’s pretty remarkable is these translations are not from a commercial publisher, but rather a
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Stephen Medawar](https://vator.tv/2011-08-24-todays-entrepreneur-stephen-medawar/) - Vator is home to entrepreneurs who innovate, create, and support products and ideas. Our entrepreneur profiles allow members to share their interests, lessons learned, as well as insights from their startup journey. So if you are an entrepreneur, a former entrepreneur, or even an aspiring entrepreneur, we'd like to hear from you. Today's entrepreneur is
- [Hiring - easy as pie](https://vator.tv/2011-08-29-hiring-easy-as-pie/) - Over the last few weeks I’ve gotten involved in hiring for two startups, a public agency and a non profit. Part of each conversation was getting asked to help them put together a “job spec.” I had them leave with a pie chart. ——– There must be something in the air. In the last week
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Nick Grant](https://vator.tv/2011-08-29-todays-entrepreneur-nick-grant/) - Today's entrepreneur is Nick Grant, CEO and Founder of ZippyCart and Killer Infographics. He is one of the tens of thousands who are on Vator, home to entrepreneurs who innovate, create, and facilitate ideas and products. Our entrepreneur profiles allow members to share interests, lessons, mistakes as well as insights from their startup journey. So
- [It's not how big it is; It's how well it performs](https://vator.tv/2011-09-01-its-not-how-big-it-is-its-how-well-it-performs/) - What makes startups succeed or fail? More than 90% of startups fail, due primarily to self-destruction rather than competition. For the less than 10% of startups that do succeed, most encounter several near death experiences along the way. Simply put, while we now have some good theory, we just are not very good at creating startups
- [Netflix teams up with Miramax for Latin Am. rollout](https://vator.tv/2011-09-06-netflix-teams-up-with-miramax-for-latin-am-rollout/) - Netflix can now fully appreciate the old adage that when God closes a door, he opens a window. Why? Because he likes to mess with you. Sometimes he closes the door and the window and opens the pantry door to see what you’ll do. A week after Starz announced that it will be pulling its
- [Download your Google Voice data with Google Takeout](https://vator.tv/2011-09-06-download-your-google-voice-data-with-google-takeout/) - When Facebook released the Download Your Information feature a year ago, it was a huge step forward--philosophically--for the company. The feature, found under “Account Settings,” allows any user to download a neat bundle of everything they’ve shared to Facebook, from photos and videos to wall posts and messages.So no matter how you feel about Facebook’s
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Todd Wilkinson](https://vator.tv/2011-09-07-todays-entrepreneur-todd-wilkinson/) - Today's entrepreneur is Todd Wilkinson, CEO of WordWatch, an automated AdWords bid management platform for SMBs. He is one of the tens of thousands of entrepreneurs on Vator, each of whom innovate, create, and facilitate ideas and products. Our entrepreneur profiles let members share interests, lessons, mistakes and insights from their startup journey. So if this
- [Why governments don't get startups](https://vator.tv/2011-09-07-why-governments-dont-get-startups/) - Not understanding and agreeing what “Entrepreneur” and “Startup” mean can sink an entire country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. ——— I’m getting ready to go overseas to teach, and I’ve spent the last week reviewing several countries’ ambitious attempts to kick-start entrepreneurship. After poring through stacks of reports, white papers and position papers, I’ve come to a couple of
- [What you need to know - 09/07/11](https://vator.tv/2011-09-07-what-you-need-to-know-09-07-11/) - Global mobile advertising marketplace Adfonic raised an additional $7.5 million in funding from existing investors, with Gordon Shields being one of the major backers in this round. AppFirst, an SaaS-based provider of an application problem resolution system, raised a $4 million Series A funding round led by Javelin Venture Partners, with participation from original backers
- [Yahoo must move quickly to finish what it started](https://vator.tv/2011-09-12-yahoo-must-move-quickly-to-finish-what-it-started/) - (Larry Kramer is the author of C-Scape, a book on the changing landscape for media and related industries for Harper Collins (published Nov., 2010). He also founded MarketWatch, which was sold to Dow Jones in 2005.) You have to give fired Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz credit for understanding fairly quickly that the business had to
- [Google+ opens up its circle to everyone](https://vator.tv/2011-09-20-google-opens-up-its-circle-to-everyone/) - Google announced Tuesday morning that the wait is over for millions of Google users. In a much anticipated move, Google+ is now opened to all. After a trial of 90 days, it's finally rolling it out to the public with improved features. "For the past 12 weeks we've been in field trial, and during that
- [Facebook ads, Credits sum to $4.27 billion revenue](https://vator.tv/2011-09-20-facebook-ads-credits-sum-to-427-billion-revenue/) - Facebook, Facebook, Facebook. Normally, I’d feel silly spending so much of my day writing exclusively about the leviathan of social networks, but with the f8 developer conference just two days away, I’ll let it slide.Time to set all the new features aside, however, and have a look at financials.This year, Facebook could rake in $4.27
- [JustFabulous raises $33M for subscription shopping](https://vator.tv/2011-09-21-justfabulous-raises-33m-for-subscription-shopping/) - JustFabulous, a glitzy online subscription shopping service for women, announced Wednesday that it has raised $33 million in a Series A round of funding led by Matrix Partners, with help from Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV). Fashion guru Kimora Lee Simmons, star of Style Network’s “Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane,” also participated in the round
- [Glam Media buys Ning for $150M](https://vator.tv/2011-09-21-glam-media-buys-ning-for-150m/) - When I last spoke with Jason Rosenthal, CEO of social networking platform Ning, he talked glowingly of the company’s successful transition from a freemium to an all-paid model and its growing user base. Now, it looks like Ning has found itself a buyer. The company is being acquired by Glam Media for a reported $150
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Eric LaVanchy](https://vator.tv/2011-09-21-todays-entrepreneur-eric-lavanchy/) - Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams.Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey. These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their story. So if you are
- [Kindle books to be loaned at public libraries](https://vator.tv/2011-09-21-kindle-books-to-be-loaned-at-public-libraries/) - (Updated: To reflect comments from the American Library Association) Amazon.com announced Wednesday morning that over 11,000 books will be made available to Kindle and Kindle app customers at local libraries in the United States. The Kindle e-reader will deliver library books wirelessly and make the Kindle app available for free. It is a well-documented fact
- [What you need to know - 09/21/11](https://vator.tv/2011-09-21-what-you-need-to-know-09-21-11/) - Advertising technology company Adchemy completed a $61 million Series E financing round with Microsoft Corp., August Capital and the Mayfield Fund. Amazon.com announced that over 11,000 books will be made available to Kindle and Kindle app customers at local libraries in the U.S. The Kindle e-reader will deliver library books wirelessly and make the Kindle
- [Android security Lookout raises $40 million to grow](https://vator.tv/2011-09-21-android-security-lookout-raises-40-million-to-grow/) - Lookout Mobile Security, provider of security solutions for Android-based mobile devices, announced Wednesday that it has closed a $40 million Series D round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other participants include Khosla Ventures, Accel Partners and Index Ventures, all of which contributed to the company’s three previous rounds, totaling $36 million.Jeff Jordan from Andreessen Horowitz will
- [Rearden Commerce secures $133M for smart e-commerce](https://vator.tv/2011-09-21-rearden-commerce-secures-133m-for-smart-e-commerce/) - Rearden Commerce, creator of the Deem e-commerce platform, announced Wednesday that it has raised $133 million from existing investors JPMorgan Chase and American Express, as well as new investor Citi. The new capital brings Rearden’s total raised to $353 million, for a valuation of $1.35 billion. Launched in 2000, the company aims to make e-commerce
- [Stitcher raises $10 million growth round from NEA](https://vator.tv/2011-09-21-stitcher-raises-10-million-growth-round-from-nea/) - Stitcher, provider of personalized Internet talk radio, announced Wednesday that it has secured $10 million in Series C funding led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from previous investors Benchmark Capital, New Atlantic Ventures and angels like Ron Conway. Added to the last two rounds, this brings Stitcher’s total funding to $18.7 million.Ravi Viswanathan,
- [Political advertising coming to Twitter](https://vator.tv/2011-09-21-political-advertising-coming-to-twitter/) - Putting to rest some doubts that it will never monetize, Twitter is positioning itself for the 2012 elections. The San Francisco-based company said it's launching a new advertising program specifically targeting politicians, working closely with campaign promoters, in an interview with POLITICO. A top Twitter executive told a reporter that the company will begin to
- [Greenstart reveals its first four energy startups](https://vator.tv/2011-09-21-greenstart-reveals-its-first-four-energy-startups/) - Clean technology accelerator Greenstart unveiled Wednesday the first four startups admitted into its incubator program. The primary criterion for startups admitted into this incubator is that they either work toward expanding clean energy or reducing dirty energy. And here they are:Lono is working on SmarterShade, “smart window” technology that allows glass windows to tint from
- [Facebook updates like mad with more to come](https://vator.tv/2011-09-22-facebook-updates-like-mad-with-more-to-come/) - Everybody is freaking out. We’re used to Facebook changing things on us out of nowhere without our express approval, but this is just getting out of hand. I mean, look at all these site changes rolled out in just the last two weeks: Friend Lists: Straight from the book of Google+, you can now categorize
- [Dashlane raises $5M to streamline online info entry](https://vator.tv/2011-09-21-dashlane-raises-5m-to-streamline-online-info-entry/) - Dashlane, a stealth startup that vaguely promises to help consumers “do more” online, announced Wednesday that it has raised $5 million in a Series A round co-led by Rho Ventures and FirstMark Capital. Dashlane co-founder Bernard Liautaud also participated in the round. In addition to the new funds, Habib Kairouz of Rho Ventures and Rick
- [Will the rocky economy hurt online holiday sales?](https://vator.tv/2011-09-22-will-the-rocky-economy-hurt-online-holiday-sales/) - We might still be dealing with triple digit heat in some parts of the country, but that’s not stopping some organizations from wanting to get a jumpstart on holiday shopping forecasts. I just received an email from Mint.com reminding me that I only have nine more weeks to save for my holiday shopping. Way to
- [Apple losing tablet market share, but still on top](https://vator.tv/2011-09-22-apple-losing-tablet-market-share-but-still-on-top/) - Good and bad news for Apple today: it’s expected to continue to dominate the tablet market through 2014, according to estimates released today by Gartner, but its market share will continue to erode over the next few years. Gartner puts Apple’s current market share at 73.4%, down from 83% last year. As more tablets scramble
- [Doctors can now draw, fax, and prescribe from iPad](https://vator.tv/2011-09-22-doctors-can-now-draw-fax-and-prescribe-from-ipad/) - Drchrono, the mobile electronic health record (EHR) app for the iPad, is unveiling some new features today that should draw even more medical professionals to its platform. The Y Combinator grad announced Thursday that its app now includes free e-prescribing, FreeDraw, and faxing. The new features add the complete functionality required for medical professionals to
- [What you need to know - 09/22/11](https://vator.tv/2011-09-22-what-you-need-to-know-09-22-11/) - Good and bad news for Apple today: it’s expected to continue to dominate the tablet market through 2014, according to estimates released today by Gartner, but its market share will continue to erode over the next few years. Dashlane, a stealth startup that vaguely promises to help consumers “do more” online,
- [Zynga shows slightly slower revenue growth](https://vator.tv/2011-09-22-zynga-shows-growth-slightly-slower-revenue/) - Depending on how you look at it, things are are looking both up and down for popular social-gaming site Zynga. The company is currently reporting slightly slower revenue growth, but this decrease as compared with last year's numbers arte still very positive. In its recently amended IPO filing, Zynga reported a 4% dip in second-quarter
- [User profiles 2.0: Facebook introduces Timeline](https://vator.tv/2011-09-22-user-profiles-20-facebook-introduces-timeline/) - Facebook announced Thursday a new product called Timeline, designed to be the next evolution of the user profile. Timeline highlights all the most important stories you’ve shared on Facebook about your life, from the beginning up to the present, in an elegant stream of content.“Timeline is the story of your life,” said Zuckerberg today at
- [HP chooses Meg Whitman as new CEO: a dramatization](https://vator.tv/2011-09-22-hp-chooses-meg-whitman-as-new-ceo-a-dramatization/) - Reports have it that HP is gearing up to oust CEO Leo Apotheker after less than 11 months on the job and plans to replace him with none other than former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, revealing its strategy to replace Apotheker with a high-powered female tech CEO who survived the dot-com bust and went on
- [Spotify, Netflix snuggle up to the new Facebook](https://vator.tv/2011-09-22-spotify-netflix-snuggle-up-to-the-new-facebook/) - Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, has some very powerful friends.During his Thursday morning introductory keynote at f8 in San Francisco, Zuckerberg had two major leaders in the tech space--Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings--join him on stage to discuss the big changes coming to Facebook’s platform. The Open Graph
- [Hulu hits one million subs, ahead of schedule](https://vator.tv/2011-09-22-hulu-hits-one-million-subs-ahead-of-schedule/) - Hulu might be getting snubbed by potential acquirors, but that's certainly not affecting the Internet's most popular streaming video provider from outperforming. At a Goldman Sachs conference this week, CEO Jason Kilar said that the company has hit the one million mark, according to Reuters. Hulu was not immediately available for comment. Additionally, Kilar said
- [ZocDoc infused with $25M from Goldman Sachs](https://vator.tv/2011-09-22-zocdoc-infused-with-25m-from-goldman-sachs/) - New-York-based startup ZocDoc, which helps patients find and book appointements with doctors, announced Thursday that it raised $25M Series C funding from Goldman Sachs. The round of financing comes right after raising $50 million in funding from DST, bringing ZocDoc’s total capital raised to $95 million. Previous investors include Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Marc Benioff and Jeff Bezos.
- [Salesforce acquires Assistly for $50 million](https://vator.tv/2011-09-22-salesforce-acquires-assistly-for-50-million/) - Enterprise cloud computing giant Salesforce announced Thursday that it has acquired Assistly, a customer support help desk for the social enterprise, for $50 million in cash. Completely Web-based, Assistly aggregates all your business’ customer service conversations in one place, whether they’re originating over email, phone, Facebook, Twitter or otherwise. It’s not just about interacting one-to-one,
- [Independa takes in $1.6 million for tablet telecare](https://vator.tv/2011-09-22-independa-takes-in-16-million-for-tablet-telecare/) - Independa, provider of a “telecare” health monitoring solution, announced Thursday that it has secured $1.6 million in funding from southern California VC firms Miramar Venture Partners and City Hill Ventures. Additionally, the decidedly northern Californian Silicon Valley Bank contributed $200,000 in debt financing.Designed for family members and caregivers who need to keep a close watch
- [Amazon workers: factory conditions are dangerous](https://vator.tv/2011-09-23-amazon-workers-factory-conditions-are-dangerous/) - Reading the latest reports about working conditions in an Amazon warehouse is like something out of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. Workers in an Allentown, Pennsylvania facility are complaining about dangerous working conditions that include fast-paced work in 110 degree temperatures, mandatory overtime, and the constant threat of termination if they don’t speed up. The reports
- [Amazon responds to claims of unsafe conditions](https://vator.tv/2011-09-23-amazon-responds-to-claims-of-unsafe-conditions/) - Amazon is experiencing some major PR flak after reports emerged of dangerous working conditions at a Pennsylvania distribution facility this week. Workers told reporters that they were pressured to work faster and harder as temperatures within the facility soared to 110 degrees this summer, and if they failed to up their pace, they were threatened
- [What you need to know - 09/23/11](https://vator.tv/2011-09-23-what-you-need-to-know-09-23-11/) - Amazon workers in an Allentown, Penn. facility are complaining about dangerous working conditions that include fast-paced work in 110 degree temperatures, mandatory overtime, and the constant threat of termination if they don’t speed up. Enterprise cloud computing giant Salesforce acquired Assistly, a customer support help desk for the social enterprise, for $50 million in cash.
- [Mintigo secures $9 million round for sales leads](https://vator.tv/2013-03-01-mintigo-secures-9-million-round-for-sales-leads/) - Lead-generation company Mintigo secured Friday a $9 million second round of funding from Sequoia Capitol. Other investors include Giva Venture Capitol and several private investors. A leading provider of sales leads and customer acquisition, Mintigo uses Internet profiling data to match potential customers with companies. Mintigo's website states: "Today's biggest challenge for businesses is to extract meaningful
- [Survey: 49% of iPhone users to upgrade to iPhone 5](https://vator.tv/2011-09-23-survey-49-of-iphone-users-to-upgrade-to-iphone-5/) - With so much iPhone news in the last year, has anyone suffered iPhone burnout yet? Nope. Last summer saw the introduction of the iPhone 4, followed later by the Verizon iPhone and the prized white iPhone. It seemed uncertain as to whether Apple would even try to push out an iPhone 5 after so much
- [FBI arrests 23-year-old for hacking Sony](https://vator.tv/2011-09-23-fbi-arrests-23-year-old-for-hacking-sony/) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Thursday that it arrested Cody Kretsinger, 23, of Phoenix, Arizona, a member of the group known as LulzSec. The LulzSec member was arrested for publishing private user information stolen from Sony but was released without bail yesterday afternoon. A FBI spokeperson told me that under the terms of his condition, "he is
- [F8 Round-up: What to expect from the new Facebook](https://vator.tv/2011-09-23-f8-round-up-what-to-expect-from-the-new-facebook/) - Facebook held its annual F8 developers conference yesterday and unleashed a whole slew of changes to the popular social networking site. Tongues have been wagging all over the Internet about what it all amounts to for the average user. Several new developments had been rolling out for weeks prior to F8. Facebook now features Friends Lists
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Cory Jones](https://vator.tv/2011-09-23-todays-entrepreneur-cory-jones/) - Today's entrepreneur is Cory Jones, CEO of DINKlife, the first and only online media and lifestyle brand/community for couples without kids. Cory is one of the tens of thousands of entrepreneurs on Vator, each of whom create and drive innovations and products. Our entrepreneur profiles let members share top lessons, mistakes and insights from their
- [A Facebook by any other name...](https://vator.tv/2011-09-23-a-facebook-by-any-other-name/) - This feels like a focal point.Based on Facebook’s massive announcements from f8, new features coming to everyone’s favorite social network are about to change the way we interact with media online. While the updates are sure to have users freaking out for a few weeks, that’s nothing new.The real question is this: what will the
- [Funding roundup - week ending 09/24/11](https://vator.tv/2011-09-23-funding-roundup-week-ending-09-24-11/) - Seed-stage Independa, provider of a “telecare” health monitoring solution, secured $1.6 million in funding from southern California VC firms Miramar Venture Partners and City Hill Ventures. Early-stage ActivePath, developer of ActiveMail Interactive Email and Messaging solutions, secured a $10 million financing round led by Battery Ventures and Gimv NV, with participation from existing investors
- [Kim Kardashian most annoying celeb, poll reveals](https://vator.tv/2011-09-23-kim-kardashian-most-annoying-celeb-poll-reveals/) - PARADE and Yahoo's entertainment website omg! revealed today the results of its latest "most annoying celebrities" poll. Kim Kardashian takes in first place. Runner-ups to this dubious honor are Charlie Sheen and Snooki. Kardashian secured first place with 29% but was closely followed by Sheen "winning" second place. PARADE magazine told me that over 60,000 Americans were polled,
- [Groupon's rollercoaster ride leading up to its IPO](https://vator.tv/2011-09-25-groupons-rollercoaster-ride-leading-up-to-its-ipo/) - One of the year’s most highly-anticipated IPOs has become one of the more questionable. And, it's not because of the sluggish economy. Late this week, Groupon submitted a restatement to its initial filing to go public that said it would change what it counts as revenue from gross to net—effectively cutting reported revenue in half.
- [Web not the most common source of news, study says](https://vator.tv/2011-09-26-web-not-the-most-common-source-of-news-study-says/) - Print newspapers are a dying species. It’s sad, but true (even though I can smugly say that I have a subscription to my local newspaper. Don’t you feel plebeian?). But print newspapers are still circulating; the question is, who is reading them? A new report released Monday by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American
- [The pay-it-forward culture](https://vator.tv/2011-09-26-the-pay-it-forward-culture/) - Foreign visitors to Silicon Valley continually mention how willing we are to help, network and connect strangers. We take it so for granted we never even to bother to talk about it. It’s the “Pay-It-Forward” culture. ——- We’re all in this together – The chips are downin 1962 Walker’s Wagon Wheel Bar/Restaurant in Mountain View
- [Tumblr secures $85 million in funding](https://vator.tv/2011-09-26-tumblr-secures-85-million-in-funding/) - Tumblr announced Monday morning that it’s secured an $85 million round of financing. Greylock Partners and Insight Venture Partners led the financing round for the New York-based free microblogging website.The Virgin Group’s chief Richard Branson, Spark Capital and Sequoia Capital, also contributed to the round, which dwarfs the previous $40 million garnered in several different
- [Netflix inks deal with DreamWorks](https://vator.tv/2011-09-26-netflix-inks-deal-with-dreamworks/) - Netflix has taken quite a beating over the last several weeks—first over its 60% price hike, and then over its sudden decision to abandon DVDs altogether. Since Netflix announced its price hike back in July, its stock has dropped out precipitously by more than 60% to $132 from a high point of $300. But the
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Cliff Canan](https://vator.tv/2011-09-26-todays-entrepreneur-cliff-canan/) - Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey. These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their story. So if you
- [What you need to know - 9/26/2011](https://vator.tv/2011-09-26-what-you-need-to-know-9-26-2011/) - A Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project report released Monday revealed that TV is still the news outlet of choice to obtain its news but that the Web wins for those under 40. Samsung Galaxy S sells 10 millions worldwide since its launch in April 2011. It is now the most
- [The 27th Annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals](https://vator.tv/2011-09-26-the-27th-annual-auto-plus-nhra-nationals/) - Get ready to get down in the rolling hills of Reading, PA, where you can always find the most passionate and knowledgeable NHRA fans cheering for their favorite race team at the 27th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway, September 29-October 2. The Maple Grove event is the third of six in the
- [Amazon Prime gets 2000 movies and TV shows from Fox](https://vator.tv/2011-09-26-amazon-prime-gets-2000-movies-and-tv-shows-from-fox/) - While Netflix is fighting to stay in the online streaming game by partnering with DreamWorks, Amazon has announced some new upgrades to its own subscription digital video service. The e-commerce overlord announced Monday that it has sealed a deal with Fox to add 2,000 new titles to Amazon Prime Instant Video this fall, bringing the
- [Can Facebook track you even when logged out?](https://vator.tv/2011-09-26-can-facebook-track-you-even-when-logged-out/) - As the world prepares for the impending rollout of Facebook's new updates, including the re-design of home profiles called "Timeline," one technologist, software developer, and Omnidrive founder Nik Cubrilovic has made some serious claims concerning Facebook's ability to track users' online activity. According to Cubrilovic, Facebook can track the web activity of users on sites integrative
- [Which online music service is the one for you?](https://vator.tv/2011-09-26-which-online-music-service-is-the-one-for-you/) - As the new Facebook rolls out, so will their affiliation with several free music services Facebook hopes will make the social networking media experience ever more interactive. At the top of the heap, at least according to Facebook's recent F8 presentation, is Spotify, with MOG, Turntable.fm, and Pandora nipping closely at its heels. So what's
- [Facebook to create political action committee](https://vator.tv/2011-09-26-facebook-to-create-political-action-committee/) - Like the college student user base upon which Facebook was founded, the social network is growing up and acknowledging its civic responsibility. The company filed to create its own political action committee (PAC) Monday and has registered the domains FBPAC.us and FBPAC.org. Facebook couldn’t be reached for comment, so there’s no word yet as to
- [CareCloud raises $20.1M for healthcare solutions](https://vator.tv/2011-09-27-carecloud-raises-166m-for-healthcare-solutions/) - CareCloud, a cloud-based healthcare solutions provider, announced Tuesday that it has raised $20.1 million in a Series A round led by Intel Capital, with help from Norwest Venture Partners. The new capital adds to the $7.8 million in angel funding the company raised last year, for a total of more than $28 million. EHR companies
- [HomeSav.com gets $1.2M for home decor flash sales](https://vator.tv/2011-09-27-homesavcom-gets-12m-for-home-decor-flash-sales/) - Fresh off my latest Ikea spending spree (I want all the entertainment centers!), I hear that Canadian home décor flash sale site HomeSav.com has just raised a $1.2 million round of seed funding from a mix of angel investors and entrepreneurs, including the founders of Shopper’s Drug Mart and the founders of Canadian high end
- [Peak Games secures $11.5M, acquires 2 game studios](https://vator.tv/2011-09-27-peak-games-secures-115m-acquires-2-game-studios/) - Social gaming company Peak Games announced Tuesday that it has raised $11.5 million from Earlybird Venture Capital, Hummingbird Ventures, and a strategic investor, bringing the company’s total raised to $19 million. Founded in November 2010, Peak Games is aiming for a different crowd: Web users in emerging markets, including Turkey, the Middle East, North Africa,
- [What you need to know - 9/27/2011](https://vator.tv/2011-09-27-what-you-need-to-know-9-27-2011/) - Canadian-based HomeSav.com raised $1.2M in seed funding for home decor flash sales. Investors include the founders of Shopper’s Drug Mart and the founders of a Canadian high-end home furniture retailer. Social gaming company Peak Games announced Tuesday that it has secured $11.5M from Earlybird Venture Capital, Hummingbird Ventures, and a strategic investor, bringing the company’s total raised to $19 million.
- [MOG launches app for smart TVs and Blu-ray](https://vator.tv/2011-09-27-mog-launches-app-for-smart-tvs-and-blu-ray/) - Online music company MOG has made several expansions to its brand in September 2011. MOG announced Tuesday the availability of its streaming service on select Samsung Smart TVs and Blu-Ray players. MOG is now available in the "What's New" and "Lifestyle" sections of Samsung's app catalogue. Earlier this month, MOG launched the beta for their MAC
- [Gaming meets the wellness movement](https://vator.tv/2011-09-27-gaming-meets-the-wellness-movement/) - Mindbloom, a Seattle-based interactive media company, announced today the launch of its new "Mindbloom Life Game," which promises to improve a gamer's life, not only virtually but in the real world. Mindbloom has so far raised $1.8M from angel funds. Using the gaming experience and the popularity of social network sites to inspire people to
- [Chomp: Taking a bite out of Google's AdWords?](https://vator.tv/2011-09-27-chomp-taking-a-bite-out-of-googles-adwords/) - Move over Google -- at least in app advertising. App search engine Chomp launched Tuesday a private beta advertising program that allows developers to bid on keywords or phrases and will deliver the ads to users who search for those keywords or phrases in an app store. Chomp is already somewhat of a pioneer in
- [SecondMarket taps own marketplace, liquidates $13M](https://vator.tv/2011-09-27-secondmarket-taps-own-marketplace-liquidates-13m/) - SecondMarket, a leading marketplace that allows investors to trade private company shares, just completed its own liquidity event, bringing on top investors, including Yuri Milner and newly-formed Social + Capital Partnership, a VC firm started by former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya. Over the last month, SecondMarket was running a sale of its own shares. In
- [Yammer secures $17 Million Series D round](https://vator.tv/2011-09-27-yammer-secures-17-million-series-d-round/) - Corporate social networking website Yammer secured a $17 million Series D funding round, bringing its total funding to $57 million since launching in 2008. This latest round was led by Social+Capital Partnership, a new fund created by a former Facebook Vice President Chamath Palihapitiya, with help from Charles River Ventures, Emergence Capital, U.S. Venture Partners, as well as 15 anonymous Silicon
- [Dish Network to become Hulu's next owner?](https://vator.tv/2011-09-27-dish-network-to-become-hulus-next-owner/) - Could Dish end up becoming Hulu’s next owner? Word on the street has it that Dish Network was the bidder with the most potential—not the highest bidder, interestingly, but the one with the least amount of conditions, according to sources who spoke with Business Insider. A Dish Network spokesperson declined to comment. The reports peg
- [Mark Goines' first investment as a VC: Fundly](https://vator.tv/2011-09-27-mark-goines-first-investment-as-a-vc-fundly/) - When Mark Goines invests in a company, you know it’s one to watch. The angel-turned-VC has just made his first investment as a partner at Morgenthaler Ventures. The startup: Fundly, a social media-based fundraising platform for non-profits, which plans to announce Wednesday that it has raised $5 million in a round of funding led by
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Elin Bostrom](https://vator.tv/2011-09-28-todays-entrepreneur-elin-bostrom/) - Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey. These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their story. So if you
- [SlideShare dumps Adobe Flash and adopts HTML5](https://vator.tv/2011-09-28-slideshare-dumps-adobe-flash-and-adopts-html5/) - Flash has had its day. But now it's time to move on. "Flash used to be the 'Great Unifier' the common denominator of all browsers and worked quite well," said Jon Boutelle, CTO of SlideShare, in an interview with me at the Twitter Front End Summit." Boutelle was referring to the decision announced by San
- [Achievers raises $24.5M for employee rewards](https://vator.tv/2011-09-28-achievers-raises-245m-for-employee-rewards/) - Employee rewards platform Achievers, formerly I Love Rewards, has set a pretty modest goal for itself: to “change the way the world works.” So the company is probably doing that by addressing the big issues, like the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, the Greek economic crisis, and the unemployment rate in the U.S., right? Nope. Baby steps. Achievers
- [Amazon unveils Kindle Fire, can it compete?](https://vator.tv/2011-09-28-amazon-unveils-kindle-fire-can-it-compete/) - Are you ready to be shocked and awed? You better be, because Amazon is about to blow your mind. Hyperbole aside, the Kindle Fire is here! At an unveiling event in New York City Wednesday morning, Amazon officially debuted the new tablet, which will run on Android and will operate with Amazon’s Whispersync technology. The
- [What you need to know - 9/28/2011](https://vator.tv/2011-09-28-what-you-need-to-know-9-28-2011/) - Amazon announced Wednesday morning the launch of the new Kindle Fire 7-inch Tablet at a live event in New York City. And that is all CEO Jeff Bezos had to say about the launch at this time. But he did say that in addition to the Kindle Fire tablet, he also announced the launch of
- [Amazon reveals new $99 Kindle Touch](https://vator.tv/2011-09-28-amazon-reveals-new-low-priced-kindle-touch-for-99/) - The Kindle Fire unveiling just wrapped up in New York and included a couple of interesting surprises. In addition to the Kindle Fire, Amazon is also releasing a new Kindle e-reader called the Kindle Touch, a brand spankin’ new black-and-white touchscreen e-reader. Weighing in at 7.5 ounces, the Kindle Touch is 8% lighter than previous
- [ClearSlide lands $11 million from Greylock Partners](https://vator.tv/2011-09-28-clearslide-lands-11-million-from-greylock-partners/) - ClearSlide, which helps sales teams manage their communications on a cloud platform, announced Wednesday that it's raised $11 million in a Series A funding round led by Greylock Partners. Existing investor Felicis Ventures also participated in the round. There are noteably fewer platforms that help ease the logistics of communicating with clients, even though customer
- [Facebook market cap hovering around $82.2 billion](https://vator.tv/2011-09-28-facebook-market-cap-hovering-around-822-billion/) - The arrow has been pointing slightly dowwardn for Facebook lately, though for them "down" is clearly still very high. The social networking juggernaut has been valued at around $82.25 billion with shares at $32, based on a shares auction by private company tracking service SharesPost. This is down from around $87 billion in a previous auction. Earlier
- [Is Facebook beating Last.fm with its own tech?](https://vator.tv/2011-09-28-is-facebook-beating-lastfm-with-its-own-tech/) - Facebook's latest redesigns have infused online music streaming with a strong element of social networking. In the coming weeks, Facebook users will be able to post their streamed music on their Timelines, and Facebook friends can immediately listen in. The technology employed by Facebook is a plug-in called AudioScrobbler, created 10 years ago by a then-third
- [Happy Thursday, Nokia employees! You're fired.](https://vator.tv/2011-09-29-happy-thursday-nokia-employees-youre-fired/) - Nothing spells desperation like sequential mass layoffs. Just five months after Nokia announced its plans to cut 4,000 employees, the company announced Thursday morning that it will be cutting an additional 3,500 people from its Location & Commerce business as well as its Cluj factory in Romania. Like the 4,000 cuts announced earlier this year,
- [SweetLabs lands $13M from Intel, Google, Bessemer](https://vator.tv/2011-09-29-sweetlabs-lands-13m-from-intel-google-bessemer/) - The parent company of Pokki, a personalizing desktop application platform, SweetLabs secured $13 million in Series C funding on Thursday. Intel Capital led the Series C round of funding with investments also coming from previous investors Google Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners. The three-month-old platform has received a fair amount of buzz from the tech
- [What You need to know - 9/29/2011](https://vator.tv/2011-09-29-what-you-need-to-know-9-29-2011/) - Nokia shuts its door for an additional 3,500 people its Cluj factory in Romania. This cut came soon after 4,000 cuts announced earlier this year, which means Nokia will have lost 7,500 employees altogether by this time next year. This latest round of firing outlines its new strategy going forward. Nokia is being forced to
- [Do mobile apps have peak hours? Yes, they do](https://vator.tv/2011-09-29-do-mobile-apps-have-peak-hours-yes-they-do/) - Mobile advertisers, take note: just as there’s a prime-time for TV, there’s also a prime-time for mobile apps, according to data released Thursday morning by mobile data firm Flurry. As most TV aficianados know, all the good shows come on after eight, as that’s when most people are hunkering down for the night. On
- [Yandex leads $30M round in slash tag hero blekko](https://vator.tv/2011-09-29-yandex-leads-30m-round-in-slash-tag-hero-blekko/) - Slash tag search optimizer blekko is making some big new friends overseas. The company announced Thursday that it has just raised a $30 million round of funding led by none other than Russian search behemoth Yandex, with help from Australian firm MLC Private Equity, bringing the company’s total raised to $55 million. Founded in 2007, blekko has caught the
- [BrightTalk secures $20.5M from NGBE](https://vator.tv/2011-09-29-brighttalk-secures-205m-from-ngbe/) - Webinar marketing company BrightTalk recently recieved $20.5 million from North Bridge Growth Equity, securing a minority stake for the firm. BrightTalk is a business to business webinar service, "provid[ing] online events for professionals and their communities." The new capital from this round will be used to help fund BrightTalk's growth initiatives and technology development, according
- [And the Vator Splash SF finalists are...](https://vator.tv/2011-09-29-and-the-vator-splash-sf-finalists-are/) - Drum roll plesae. Here they are: the belles of the ball have arrived! Vator Splash San Francisco kicks off tonight and the voting has narrowed the competitors down to 10 finalists (from 173) who will be presenting on stage in front of a panel of VC judges. Tonight these 10 startups will take the stage
- [Jim Lanzone on bringing 'sizzle' to CBS Interactive](https://vator.tv/2011-09-29-why-cbs-bought-clicker-its-the-future-of-tv/) - Jim Lanzone, President of CBS Interactive and former CEO of Clicker (which was recently acquired by CBS), was the first act to take the stage at Vator Splash. In Geoff Yang's opening remarks, he characterized Lanzone as a "pop culture savant who knows more about music and movies than a 16-year-old girl on MySpace." Bambi and Jim
- [Brian Sharples' tips for success: be humble](https://vator.tv/2011-09-30-brian-sharples-tips-for-success-be-humble/) - Following the first of several beer giveaways (see what you're missing?), Brian Sharples, the tall and tanned CEO of the newly public HomeAway, took the stage at Vator Splash to talk entrepreneurship. Sharples has been an entrepreneur most of his life, he said. It all starts with an idea. The best startups are created to
- [Why media companies should move quickly to engage](https://vator.tv/2011-09-30-why-media-companies-should-move-quickly-to-engage/) - (Larry Kramer is the author of C-Scape, a book on the changing landscape for media and related industries for Harper Collins (published Nov., 2010). He also founded MarketWatch, which was sold to Dow Jones in 2005.) While media companies are starting to realize that they must continue to build their relationship with their customers in
- [How to build a Web startup](https://vator.tv/2011-09-30-how-to-build-a-web-startup/) - As part of our Lean LaunchPad classes at Stanford, Berkeley, Columbia and for the National Science Foundation, students build a startup in 8 weeks using Business Model Design + Customer Development. One of the problems they run into is building a web site. If you’re an experienced coder and user interface designer you think nothing is easier than diving into Ruby
- [Laptop security company FrontDoor wins Splash SF](https://vator.tv/2011-09-30-laptop-security-company-frontdoor-wins-splash-sf/) - FrontDoorSoftware took home the gold late Thursday night during Round No. 3 at Vator Splash SF, held at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco. Evergreen, Co.-based FrontDoorSoftware, aka FDS, provides an easy-to-use, theft-prevention and recovery-service for laptops that works on Windows XP, Vista, 7, Apple Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion. The program is already being offered
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Krystie Dillingham](https://vator.tv/2011-09-30-todays-entrepreneur-krystie-dillingham/) - Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey. These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their story. So if you
- [Spotify adds new 'In Private' listening option](https://vator.tv/2011-09-30-spotify-adds-new-in-private-listening-option/) - Of the recent design updates to Facebook, one in particular has hit a chord with users of popular online music streaming site, Spotify. Facebook's partnership with Spotify has enabled users to instantly update their news feed with cues as to what they're currently listening to. But the word on the street is that (*gasp*) people
- [Lawmakers targeting Facebook for FTC probe](https://vator.tv/2011-09-30-lawmakers-targeting-facebook-for-ftc-probe/) - No one boasts about the amazing commitment to privacy that Facebook has and now Reps. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Tex.) have written a letter to the Federal Trade Commission urging that the regulatory organization investigate the social giant. These most recent concerns arose when the two politicians, that co-chair the House privacy caucus, were alerted, by constituents
- [What You need to know - 9/30/11](https://vator.tv/2011-09-30-what-you-need-to-know-9-30-11/) - Speaking Thursday night, at Vator Splash, held at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco,the newly public HomeAway CEO, Brian Sharples, spelled out the key to success in entrepreneurship. "Be humble and be flexible," he told a full-room attending the Vator Splash event. "I don't like entrepreneurs with big egos because they get stuck in their ways." The
- [Kayak gets cold IPO feet, delays IPO indefinitely](https://vator.tv/2011-09-30-kayak-gets-cold-ipo-feet-delays-ipo-indefinitely/) - Looks like a rocky market is giving Kayak second thoughts. The company told AllThingsD Thursday afternoon that it is delaying its IPO until market conditions improve. Kayak’s Chief Marketing Officer Robert Birge told Tricia Duryee that the company will keep its filing up to date with the SEC so that it can move when the
- [Late Night with David Hornik: strategy and urinals](https://vator.tv/2011-09-30-late-night-with-david-hornick-lets-talk-strategy/) - David Hornik of August Capital has become a regular at Vator Splash, and he always shakes things up. Personally, I love him because he always shows up in his Chuck Taylors. So tonight we did something different: Late Night with David Hornik. Hornick took the stage and opened with a Jay Leno-style monologue. "President Obama
- [Delicious relaunch plagued with bugs](https://vator.tv/2011-09-30-delicious-relaunch-plagued-with-bugs/) - AVOS, the new owners of Delicious, has fessed up to rushing out their Sep. 26 relaunch, favoring quickness over quality. The AVOS blog characterized the relaunch of the social bookmarking site by saying, "Delicious is in 'back to beta' mode, after all, and we’re depending on users to help us improve the interface and track down bugs." AVOS spokesman Mike Manning responded
- [MoBeam secures $4.9 million Series A round](https://vator.tv/2011-10-02-mobeam-secures-49-million-series-a-round/) - If you've bought tickets to a Broadway show online, you can now avoid having to go to will call. Rather you can pull up the ticket on your phone. Or for those who would love using coupons but hate the hassle of clipping them, now you can redeem those coupons with your phone. Now that's
- [Redbeacon appoints Anthony Rodio to CEO post](https://vator.tv/2011-10-03-redbeacon-appoints-anthony-rodio-to-ceo-post/) - Redbeacon, which helps consumers find home service providers, appointed former Support.com COO, Anthony Rodio, to CEO, as Ethan Anderson steps down to pursue a new venture. "I look for opportunities where there's an unmet need," said Rodio, in an interview with Vator News. "I felt I wanted to do a marketplace model and something that
- [HuffPo acquires Localocracy and hits 1B pageviews](https://vator.tv/2011-10-03-huffpo-acquires-localocracy-and-hits-1b-page-views/) - The Huffington Post is pouring out several new announcements this morning. For starters, the content machine recently surpassed one billion page views for the first time ever, while its unique monthly visitors reached a record 37 million last month. In addition to its record number of page views and visitors, HuffPo is also launching four
- [Commerce in the time of social](https://vator.tv/2011-10-03-commerce-in-the-time-of-social/) - The fabric that underlies the social Internet is essentially a new web where people are the nodes, connected through a social graph. This ubiquitous people to people connection with real identities has significant implications for commerce and how we transact in the real world. The reduction in information asymmetry in the marketplace and the ability
- [Good Morning America and Yahoo form news alliance](https://vator.tv/2011-10-03-good-morning-america-and-yahoo-form-news-alliance/) - Yahoo! and ABC News announce Monday, at a press conference, that they have formed a strategic alliance to bring news, including videos, to millions of Americans. Under the agreement, ABC News becomes the premier news provider on Yahoo News, and editing teams from both camps are expected to collaborate and share content. Beginning today, with the
- [Italian grocery comparison shopping site gets $550K](https://vator.tv/2011-10-03-italian-grocery-comparison-shopping-site-gets-550k/) - In a down economy, you’re stuck with two options: hoard your money like Donald Trump hoards what remains of his hair, or start spending like crazy to buy up everyone else’s offloaded assets. The average consumer seems to prefer the former, which is probably why comparison shopping sites have become all the rage. A new
- [Faceboook brings in outside security](https://vator.tv/2011-10-03-faceboook-brings-in-outside-security/) - Facebook is starting off the week on a pro-security note by announcing its partnership with a content risk identifying company, Websense. The San Diego-based online security company will be working with the social media giant to scan the links that are often posted to users’ walls and provide warnings for links that are deemed risky
- ['Arrested Development' could be a boon for Netflix](https://vator.tv/2011-10-03-arrested-development-could-be-a-boon-for-netflix/) - The critically-praised comedy series, Arrested Development, is returning for one more season, along with a movie. It's great news for fans, but even better news for Netflix, which has been seeking original programs to distribute. Television fans rejoiced when news broke about the additional season for the Emmy-winning show at an Arrested Development panel at The New Yorker festival this
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Peter Ma](https://vator.tv/2011-10-03-todays-entrepreneur-peter-ma/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Peter Ma, co-founder of Spotvite. According to his VEQ Peter is good at team motivation, technology design and marketting management. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits
- [What You need to know - 03/10/11](https://vator.tv/2011-10-03-what-you-need-to-know-03-10-11/) - Yahoo! and ABC News annonced Monday that they have formed a new strategic alliance. ABC News content to be distributed to the Yahoo! News network, and Yahoo! News to give priority to ABC's content. Live webcast with newsmakers will be given a premium place, starting with today's launch of GoodMorningAmerica.com. George Stephanopoulos from ABC News, relying on questions asked by
- [Coupons.com gets first VC investment ever: $30M](https://vator.tv/2011-10-03-couponscom-gets-first-vc-investment-ever-30m/) - Fresh off its latest round of $200 million, Coupons.com announced Monday that it has secured a fresh new round of capital to the tune of $30 million from Greylock Partners. Interestingly, the company disclosed that the investment was a secondary market transaction, which means Greylock didn’t actually buy shares directly from Coupons.com, but rather from
- [Greylock invests in media management company WhoSay](https://vator.tv/2011-10-03-greylock-invests-in-media-management-company-whosay/) - A little celebrity goes a long way. For media management platform WhoSay, its bevy of celebrity clients was enough to pique the interest of Greylock Partners, which just invested an undisclosed amount in the company. Greylock joins existing investors Amazon and High Peak Ventures. In March 2010, WhoSay raised $2.38 million in a Series A
- [Sorenson invests $20M in Mindshare Technologies](https://vator.tv/2011-10-04-sorenson-invests-20m-in-mindshare-technologies/) - Customer feedback only goes so far if a business doesn’t know what to do with it. What do you do with 14,678 positive responses to your service and 789 negative responses? If you were an Etsy merchant, you’d probably get the boot for those odds. That’s what Mindshare Technologies takes care of, and today the
- [Mobile media company Affle raises $10M](https://vator.tv/2011-10-04-mobile-media-company-affle-raises-10m/) - Affle, a Singapore-headquartered mobile media and advertising startup, announced Tuesday that it has raised over $10 million from D2 COMMUNICATIONS, Japan’s largest mobile advertising company and a subsidiary of the country’s largest mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo. Also investing is DENTSU, one of the largest Japanese advertising company. Previous investors in Affle include Microsoft, Itochu, Bennett Coleman
- [Lijit sold to Federated Media Publishing](https://vator.tv/2011-10-04-lijit-sold-to-federated-media-publishing/) - Federated Media Publishing, founded by the evenly-tanned and impeccably-dressed John Battelle (who makes recurring appearances in Vator News reporters' dreams), announced Tuesday that it has acquired advertising solutions and analytics company Lijit Networks. The price of the deal was undisclosed but CEO Todd Vernon said in an interview today with Vator News that the deal “was a significant
- [What You need to know -10/4/11](https://vator.tv/2011-10-04-what-you-need-to-know-10-4-11/) - Social music listenening's technology might be good, but the quality isn't. That's the message passed on to us from Eliot Van Buskirk, Editor-in-Chief of Evolver.fm. Turntable.fm just released its iPhone app earlier this month. Van Buskirk said, "We've finally bridged the gap between music technology and social media." As good as the technology may be, quality
- [Tribeca Venture Partners debuts with $100M fund](https://vator.tv/2011-10-04-say-hello-to-new-nyc-firm-tribeca-venture-partners/) - Gird your loins, there’s a new VC fund in town. Not this town—it’s actually in New York City. Tribeca Venture Partners (ironically named, since it’s located in Midtown) made its big debut Tuesday with a brand new $100 million fund, following much Web murmuring about a new fund. The new firm was founded by former
- [Mobile ad spending to top $1 billion in 2011](https://vator.tv/2011-10-04-mobile-ad-spending-to-swell-in-the-coming-years/) - Think you see too many ads while browsing the Internet on your mobile device? Well, you should probably get used to it, because such ads will only increase as the world continues to go mobile... Mobile advertising dollars are on track to top $1 billion this year in America, as smart phones and mobile Internet
- [Behold: the iPhone 4S makes its debut](https://vator.tv/2011-10-04-behold-the-iphone-4s-makes-its-debut/) - Hold onto your socks because they’re about to be blown off by Apple’s iPhone 5 announcement (on a side note: your socks are too loose. Stop rolling them, it wears out the elastic). I’m being facetious, of course. Apple didn’t unveil an iPhone 5 on Tuesday. Rather, it unveiled the iPhone 4S, which has more
- [Paramount to stream 'Transformers 3' from website](https://vator.tv/2011-10-04-paramount-to-stream-transformers-3-from-website/) - Paramount Pictures Inc. is experimenting with a direct-to-viewer Internet streaming video model, by allowing fans to watch film Transformers: Dark of the Moon during its initial DVD release, directly from the Paramount website. The latest sequel in the hugely popular 'Transformers' franchise is available for direct viewing for $3.99, with a $4.99 HD option for
- [Just-Eat buys fellow takeout service Urbanbite](https://vator.tv/2011-10-05-just-eat-buys-fellow-takeout-service-urbanbite/) - Picture this: it’s a Saturday afternoon, you’re lazing the day away when—you get hungry. But there’s no (prepared) food in the house. You could probably whip up some waffles or a sandwich, but…meh. So you order a pizza instead. Now the moment of truth: will this be pick up or delivery? Ordinarily, you pick up
- [Pandora brings gift cards to Target](https://vator.tv/2011-10-05-pandora-brings-gift-cards-to-target/) - Giving the gift of good tunes is getting easier now that Pandora has rolled out its first line of physical gift cards in retail stores across the U.S. The Oakland-based online radio service announced Wednesday that it is partnering with Target to offer Pandora One subscription gift cards in retail stores for the first time
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Todd Vernon](https://vator.tv/2011-10-05-todays-entrepreneur-todd-vernon/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Todd Vernon, co-founder and CEO of Lijit Networks. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey. These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to
- [EzCater raises $630K in seed round](https://vator.tv/2011-10-05-ezcater-raises-630k-in-seed-round/) - Online catering middleman ezCater announced Wednesday it had raised a $630K seed round. Somewhat of a Frankenstein’s monster of Airbnb, GrubHub, and Yelp, ezCater provides reviews, ratings, and menus to help connect customers to local caterers. The round had no definitive leader but investors included Jill Preotle, Director and early investor at ZipCar and TaskRabbit;
- [Silverpop buys mobile marketing platform PlacePunch](https://vator.tv/2011-10-05-silverpop-buys-mobile-marketing-platform-placepunch/) - Email marketing platform Silverpop announced Wednesday that it is acquiring location-based marketing service PlacePunch. The terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed, but the company tells me that PlacePunch will be integrated into the Silverpop product. We covered PlacePunch when it launched this time last year. The Atlanta, GA.-based startup allows businesses and franchises of
- [Prezi hits the 5 million mark](https://vator.tv/2011-10-05-prezi-hits-the-5-million-mark/) - Prezi, a San-Francisco and Budapest-based startup, which makes cloud-based presentation software, announced Wednesday, that it has hit the 5 million user mark, since its 2009 launch. Its global reach is primarily extended to users in the U.S., Colombia, Spain, England and Hungary. Prezi is the brain-child of Prezi co-founder, Adam Somlai-Fischer, a Hungarian-born architect and visual
- [Greener Capital secures $33 million investment](https://vator.tv/2011-10-05-greener-capital-secures-33-million-investment/) - (Correction: To reflect Charles Finnie's role at Crosslink Capital and the investment of Farrallon in Greener Capital.) Greener Capital, a Berkeley, CA-based venture firm with a focus on clean technology, announced its new $33 million fund, Greener Capital Partners II. The new clean tech fund is the second for the firm, the first debuting in
- [What You need to know - 10/5/11](https://vator.tv/2011-10-05-what-you-need-to-know-10-5-11/) - Silverpop, the e-mail marketing platform, announced Wednesday that it has acquired PlacePunch, a location-based marketing service. The terms of the deal were undisclosed at this moment. PlacePunch , an Atlanta-based startup, allows businesses and franchises of any size to create online location-based marketing campaigns and build loyalty programs to reward customers for checking in at their venues. Silverpop, expanded in
- [Report: Triple rainbows DO exist](https://vator.tv/2011-10-05-report-triple-rainbows-do-exist/) - We’ve all seen the video: Hungrybear9562, aka Yosemitebear, aka Bear, aka Paul Vasquez captures a double rainbow on camera and has what sounds like an incapacitating emotional breakdown over the vision. Double rainbows are awe-inspiring, especially when accompanied by wind chimes and an early morning bong hit. At one point in the video, Hungrybear thinks
- [Google+ adds new privacy features after the fact](https://vator.tv/2011-10-05-google-adds-new-privacy-features-after-the-fact/) - Google+ made a few small but significant tweaks to their commenting and posting system yesterday. Now Google+ users are able to "lock" their posts so others can't reshare with others, as well as disable comments before posting. Before said change, users could still disable comments on Google+ posts, but only after the posts already had
- [Fotobabble raises $600K for talking photos](https://vator.tv/2011-10-05-fotobabble-raises-600k-for-talking-photos/) - Fotobabble, a platform that lets you edit photos and sync them up with audio, announced Wednesday that it has raised $600K in a round of financing led by Q Investments. The round brings Fotobabble’s total raised to $900K. Fotobabble launched in early 2010 as a pretty nifty service that allows you to take photos, edit
- [Apple confirms: Steve Jobs dead at 56](https://vator.tv/2011-10-05-apple-confirms-steve-jobs-dead-at-56/) - Just a little over a month after Steve Jobs officially resigned as CEO of Apple, the company has confirmed that the 56-year-old visionary has died. Jobs had been battling pancreatic cancer since 2004 and had previously stated that he would resign from Apple when he could no longer meet his duties as CEO. Apple has
- [Kareo bags $10M for cloud-based medical billing](https://vator.tv/2011-10-06-kareo-bags-10m-for-cloud-based-medical-billing/) - In one of the strangest ironies you’ll wrap your head around this morning, the number of insured Americans is at an all-time low and continually dropping, but the healthcare IT industry is booming and expected to grow by more than 24% annually between 2012 and 2014. (?) EHR and other healthcare software companies are making
- [Steve Jobs - brave enough to think differently](https://vator.tv/2011-10-06-steve-jobs-is-an-example-of-american-ingenuity/) - It's hard not to remain sad about the passing away of one of the greatest innovators of our time. But it's also a time to reflect on how much good he's done for millions of people all over the world. Over the last 12 hours, we've seen many great tributes to Steve Jobs. Here's President
- [Life without Jobs - future looks solid at Apple](https://vator.tv/2011-10-06-life-without-jobs-future-looks-solid-at-apple/) - Much has been said the past three decades about Steve Job's mercurial temperament, and flair for drama. He had the timing of an actor and the flair of a Broadway producer to set up the stage and please the crowd, analysts and technophiles alike. Just ask anyone who has seen
- [Steve Jobs' impact beyond tech](https://vator.tv/2011-10-06-steve-jobs-real-legacy-conversational-devices/) - Back in August, when Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO of Apple, Vator CEO Bambi Francisco wrote about a moment in which she was organizing her bookshelf and realized that her library was shrinking because she had started buying digital books the year before. It seems like a small observation, but it highlights the reality
- [What You need to know - 6/10/11](https://vator.tv/2011-10-06-what-you-need-to-know-6-10-11/) - Steve Jobs, innovator, inonic figure, brilliant businessman has left us all for the iCloud. Tell the world what Steve Jobs' legacy meant to you on the memorial page with the email address (rememberingsteve@apple.com ) created by Apple. The comments will be posted in the next few days. Now that Jobs is gone, how about the vision? How
- [Zuckerburg remembers Jobs in Facebook post](https://vator.tv/2011-10-06-zuckerburg-remembers-jobs-in-facebook-post/) - There is a black cloud over Silicon Valley Thursday, with the news of the loss of late Apple founder Steve Jobs to pancreatic cancer. Countless blog posts, tweets, and Facebook updates express the mourning felt by the loss of the visionary. Mark Zukerburg joined in the online memorials, posting a message to his Facebook page
- [Steve Jobs' 10 greatest gifts to the world](https://vator.tv/2011-10-06-steve-jobs-10-greatest-gifts-to-the-world/) - The death of Steve Jobs has left the world reeling, and with good reason. As a tech innovator he brought us some of our most generation-defining products. But he'll be remembered more as a stylist and cultural icon, and for his unflagging dedication to making elegant, useful products that improved people's lives. Here's a re-examination
- [Steve Jobs' biography release date moved up: Oct 24](https://vator.tv/2011-10-06-steve-jobs-official-biography-to-be-released-oct-24/) - Since the announcement of Steve Jobs’ death last night, there has been no shortage of information pouring out of the news world on the iconic Apple leader. It’s actually a little surprising to see who is talking about Steve Jobs’ legacy—it’s everyone from CNN and the tech blogs to President Obama, Ashton Kutcher, and
- [Yahoo brand needs an overhaul; Microsoft won't help](https://vator.tv/2011-10-06-yahoo-brand-needs-an-overhaul-microsoft-wont-help/) - If Microsoft does buy Yahoo, the combo could deal the coup de grace to that other failing internet giant of yesteryear, AOL. Then again - given Yahoo's paltry progress - one can't imagine why Microsoft would spend billions on a company in decline. Whether the two would or should come together has been on everyone's mind
- [Daily deal reseller CouponTrade gets funding](https://vator.tv/2011-10-06-daily-deal-reseller-coupontrade-gets-funding/) - There is no shortage of daily deal sites out there. Every once in a while, you come across one with a unique niche angle—like mom deals, green deals, gay deals, and so on. But for the most part it’s usually the same old tired business model. For a relatively fresh new take on daily
- [Nuance acquires Swype for $102.5M](https://vator.tv/2011-10-07-nuance-acquires-swype-for-1025m/) - Texting on a touchscreen is quite the pain in the ass for the fat-fingered and the uncoordinated, which is why texting solutions like the one offered by Swype are such a God send. And it looks like Nuance has taken notice: the company has acquired Swype for $102.5 million, with $77.5 million paid up front
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Geoffrey Fahey](https://vator.tv/2011-10-07-todays-entrepreneur-geoffrey-fahey/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Geoffrey Fahey Founder & CEO of Qoggo Inc. According to his VEQ Geoffrey is good at networking, team motivation and fund raising. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as
- [Apple Cards details revealed](https://vator.tv/2011-10-07-apple-cards-details-revealed/) - We've come a long way from camping in the greeting card aisle for hours as we pull options out of each scattered pocket of mismatched cards and envelopes. I remember the excitment I had when software on my PC let me build a rudimentary card and print it on my trusty HP and I would
- [Groupon to "significantly" reduce marketing spend](https://vator.tv/2011-10-07-groupon-plans-to-significantly-reduce-marketing/) - Groupon has updated its IPO prospectus for the fourth time in as many months, but this time it wasn’t to clarify its financial data (it may have finally hammered out all of those kinks in September). The company amended its prospectus this time to assure prospective investors that it will cut back on marketing spending—some
- [Samsung and Google postpone Nexus Galaxy debut](https://vator.tv/2011-10-07-samsung-and-google-postpone-nexus-galaxy-debut/) - Photo credit to gizmocrave.com If you were holding out a week on ordering the iPhone 4S in order to check out the debut of Samsung’s Nexus Galaxy featuring Android’s latest OS, Ice Cream Sandwich, your wait just got longer. Samsung and Google were supposed to unveil the highly anticipated, and heavily leaked, Nexus Galaxy at
- [Court lottery a boon for Net Neutrality naysayers](https://vator.tv/2011-10-07-court-lottery-a-boon-for-net-neutrality-naysayers/) - Opponents of net neutrality, which include Internet service providers like Verizon Communications Inc. and Comcast Corp., got a major break this week. The U.S. Court of Appeals in the D.C. Circuit won a random lottery, determining where recent legal challenges against the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) net neutrality rules will be heard. This is a windfall
- [Netflix gets exclusive rights to "The Walking Dead"](https://vator.tv/2011-10-07-netflix-gets-exclusive-rights-to-the-walking-dead/) - It’s been three weeks since Netflix announced its plans to split off its DVD business and focus on streaming-only titles, and the company’s stock has been lopped nearly in half. The concern over Netflix’s future is legitimate: the company’s streaming-only platform leaves much to be desired, but it’s not down for the count. Netflix announced
- [YouTube launches U.K. movie rental service](https://vator.tv/2011-10-07-youtube-launches-uk-movie-rental-service/) - Online video streaming service YouTube has made a name for providing access to short clips that exist in the public domain. However, this year it has added a pay service to show copyrighted material and even original programming on its site, making a bid to compete with companies like Netflix and iTunes. Now, the Brits
- [The Internet is not killing cable... not yet anyway](https://vator.tv/2011-10-07-the-internet-is-not-killing-cable-not-yet-anyway/) - I fought against it for many years because of the inconsistent viewing quality, the wild goose chases to find the content I wanted and the biggest plague in the industry – buffering. But I can officially say that I am an online video consumer, just like the rest of you. People are consuming more videos
- [Six Degrees launches with $94M in funding](https://vator.tv/2011-10-10-six-degrees-launches-with-94m-in-funding/) - London-based managed data services provider Six Degrees launched today with a hefty £60 million—or nearly $94 million—from Penta Capital, which invested in CEO Alastair Mills’ previous company, SpiriTel. SpiriTel sold for £37 million for a 70% return on Penta Capital’s investment. With 100 employees and over 1,200 business customers already, Six Degrees aims to be
- [Liquidation analysis (Continued)](https://vator.tv/2011-10-10-liquidation-analysis-continued/) - Fred Wilson is a venture capitalist with NY-based Union Square Ventures. This is a continuation of his article "Liquidation analysis." Last week I pointed out that when your company is sold at price points around or below prices where you have financed your company then your proceeds in a sale transaction will not equal your
- [Netflix kills the unpopular Qwikster concept](https://vator.tv/2011-10-10-netflix-kills-the-unpopular-qwikster-concept/) - I don't know about any of you, but I am what is known as a Netflix Hoarder. As of this morning I had 468 DVDs and 347 streaming items in my queue -- and the uncertainty that came with the Qwister announcement caused A&E ratings gold-level anxiety. Thankfully, all of those concerns were extinguished
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Brian Jacobs](https://vator.tv/2011-10-10-todays-entrepreneur-brian-jacobs/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Brian Jacobs, who founded Emergence Capital Partners. According to his VEQ, Brian is good at finance management, team motivation and fund raising. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as
- [Should Reed Hastings resign from Netflix?](https://vator.tv/2011-10-10-should-reed-hastings-resign-from-netflix/) - No one knows how to piss off its own customers like Netflix does. Just weeks after the company announced that it would be splitting off its DVD business to focus exclusively on its digital platform, Netflix is now playing taksies-backsies and has announced that it will NOT be splitting its business. In other words, there
- [VC fundraising tanks 24% in Q3](https://vator.tv/2011-10-10-vc-fundraising-drops-in-q3-compared-to-2010/) - VC fundraising hasn’t recovered since it was cut in half following the 2008 recession, and early-stage start-ups looking for backing may have to get creative because of it. New statistics from Dow Jones LP Source show that 32 U.S. venture funds raised $2.2 billion during the third quarter, a 24 percent drop from the same
- [Element Six opens office in Silicon Valley](https://vator.tv/2011-10-10-element-six-opens-office-in-silicon-valley/) - Diamond conglomerate De Beers announced Monday that it has opened a new venture capital office in Silicon Valley, hoping to invest in companies that use synthetic diamond materials in tech applications, with a specific focus on early-stage companies. The fund is named Element Six, a reference to the element from which synthetic diamonds are comprised, Carbon, the
- [Social voice platform QWiPS secures $1.25M funding](https://vator.tv/2011-10-10-social-voice-platform-qwips-secures-125m-funding/) - QWiPS, a social voice platform, announced Monday that it has secured $1.25 million in series A funding led by Shawn Landgraf of Magnus Partners Inc and Allan Watson of NYC Trading Floor, LLC. Other anonymous investors include C-level digital advertising, branding and PR executives. The New York-based company’s patent-pending voice-response technology "allows users to attach voice
- [Seven thieves on mopeds storm London Apple Store](https://vator.tv/2011-10-10-seven-thieves-on-mopeds-storm-london-apple-store/) - Some Londoners took their fandom of Apple products to new heights this morning, when they drove their mopeds into a Covent Garden Apple Store and began looting the place. According to a police report, the thieves droves seven mopeds into the Apple Store, "most if not all with a...passenger," and made off with iPads, Macs,
- [Stock market and the gaming industry at odds](https://vator.tv/2011-10-10-stock-market-and-the-gaming-industry-at-odds/) - The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) believes the gaming industry is being evaluated unfairly by the stock market. The Nevada-based, AGEM,who represents gaming suppliers and innovators in the global market, released Monday its monthly 2011 index report and concluded that the market pushed the stocks price down by 7.2%. Closing the month of September at 105.80, declining by
- [Checkmarx gets funding for application security](https://vator.tv/2011-10-11-checkmarx-gets-funding-for-application-security/) - Checkmarx, a Tel Aviv-based static application security testing (SAST) company, announced Tuesday that it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from existing investor Ofer Hi-tech, with help from Salesforce.com. Founded in 2006, Checkmarx defines its vision as “a hacker-free world.” To this end, the company championed the concept of a query language-based solution for
- [BranchOut adds on mobile application for Facebook](https://vator.tv/2011-10-11-branchout-adds-on-mobile-application-for-facebook/) - Like many young professionals, I have spent a great deal of time curating and organizing my presense on the different social networks -- Facebook, for friends, is set with high privacy; Twitter for the public is meant for sharing with the world; and LinkedIn is purely professional and squeaky enough for any recruiter to
- [ARRIS snaps up BigBand for $172M in cash](https://vator.tv/2011-10-11-arris-snaps-up-bigband-for-172m-in-cash/) - As demand for video streaming grows, more companies are rushing to buy up online video services and technology. ARRIS, a global communication technology group, is the latest to announce it is using its financial weight to pick up a streaming service -- BigBand Networks. ARRIS announced Tuesday morning that it will purchase the video company
- [Feedback on Facebook's official iPad app](https://vator.tv/2011-10-11-feedback-on-facebooks-official-ipad-app/) - Now that Facebook's iPad app has been out for 24 hours, what's the feedback? On iTunes, where the app is available to download free, there have only three user reviews. All relate to the app crashing in iOS5 or not displaying properly. On the Web, the general concensus seems to be the app is as
- [Box raises massive $81M Series D round](https://vator.tv/2011-10-11-box-raises-massive-81m-series-d-round/) - Box has seen the glory of the cloud. With seven million individuals and 77% of all Fortune 500 companies now using Box’s cloud-based content sharing service, the company is all too familiar with user demand for the cloud. Investors have taken note, too. Box announced Tuesday that it has raised a mighty $81 million Series
- [Children's edutainment platform Stickery gets $500K](https://vator.tv/2011-10-11-childrens-edutainment-platform-stickery-gets-500k/) - The sudden proliferation of mobile “edutainment” apps has been pretty noticeable—particularly with the debut of the iPad. Some of them nail it on the head, while others seem to play up to the yuppie-parent quest to grow a child prodigy while simultaneously keeping that prodigy quiet and out-of-the-way. But one new startup, Stickery, developed a
- [DBG acquires Digital Sports Ventures](https://vator.tv/2011-10-11-dbg-acquires-digital-sports-ventures/) - DBG, one of the biggest creators, producers and distributors of premium video content across digital media, is seeking to expand its library of premium video content. Tuesday's announcement that it has acquired Digital Sports Ventures (DSV), a multimedia sports content platform that delivers premium college sports video for websites and mobile devices, fits right in
- [Facebook isn't going to dominate social gaming](https://vator.tv/2011-10-11-facebook-isnt-going-to-dominate-social-gaming/) - Facebook may dominate our online social lives, and may appear to be the be-all end-all, but it likely won't take the lion's share of the money generated from social games around the world. Non-Facebook social gaming sites will increasingly dominate the worldwide social gaming industry, growing to $5.6 billion in 2014, up 75% from $3.2 billion,
- [Facebook debuts 'My Local Walmart' app](https://vator.tv/2011-10-11-facebook-debuts-my-local-walmart-app/) - What do you get when you combine the largest retailer in the world with the biggest social network on the planet? Potentially a very robust social commerce experience. Walmart is moving fast to embrace social. The retail giant announced Monday its new partnership with Facebook. This after swooping up OneRiot three weeks ago to add to its growing
- [Twitter wraps all links to t.co](https://vator.tv/2011-10-11-twitter-wraps-all-links-to-tco/) - In an effort to guard its community from rogue websites, Twitter is reformating all its links to its t.co URL shortener. The giant social-microblogging service announced the move on Monday. "This also includes extracted URLs that have no specified protocols, such as host name ending with gTLD (i.e. twitter.com), host name having two sub-domains followed by ccTLD (i.e.
- [Coupons.com acquires UK/Euro-based Couponstar](https://vator.tv/2011-10-11-couponscom-acquires-uk-euro-based-couponstar/) - Fresh off its massive $200 million funding round (which was then immediately followed with a $30 million funding round), Coupons.com announced Wednesday that it has acquired the remaining 50% ownership of its joint UK venture Couponstar. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the two companies said that Couponstar will be rebranded in
- [Udemy gets $3M from Lightbank for online courses](https://vator.tv/2011-10-12-udemy-gets-3m-from-lightbank-for-online-courses/) - Not too long ago, Bill Gates said that in the future, all education will be online (he also implied that funding for the liberal arts and humanities should be cut, but I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that). One such platform is demonstrating just how democratic education can be. Udemy, the online education
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Tigran Mekikian](https://vator.tv/2011-10-12-todays-entrepreneur-tigran-mekikian/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Tigran Mekikian, co-founder of Shooka.com. According to his VEQ Tigran is a thought leader and is good at networking and sales management. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits
- [Global brands slow to adopt social networking](https://vator.tv/2011-10-12-global-brands-slow-to-adopt-social-networking/) - Global brands are playing catch up with the marketing and interactive potential of social media, according to a study out Wednesday morning. While a majority of global executives agree that social networking and media are key drivers in their market, 84% of these executives admitted that their brand's social abilities and impact are not what
- [DNAnexus gets $15M and partners with Google](https://vator.tv/2011-10-12-dnanexus-gets-15m-and-partners-with-google/) - The world of biotechnology has gotten a big shakeup from the Web in recent years as online resources make it easier for researchers to access vital information, and now even everyday consumers can order kits online to test their DNA and get their genetic information (through the magic of 23andme.com). Now, DNAnexus, a platform that
- [EBay to friend Facebook in new partnership](https://vator.tv/2011-10-12-ebay-to-friend-facebook-in-new-partnership/) - EBay and Facebook are set to announce Wedneday a deeper relationship at the eBay’s X.commerce conference in San Francisco. The new partnership will be between eBay’s new X.commerce division and Facebook’s developer unit, Facebook Platform, according Reuter’s. The X.commerce conference is the official launch of eBay’s X.commerece division, which targets developers to build
- [Sony hacked yet again, 93K accounts compromised](https://vator.tv/2011-10-12-sony-hacked-yet-again-93k-accounts-compromised/) - Once again Sony has been hacked. Over 93,000 accounts in the Sony Network, including 60,000 Play Station Network accounts, were compromised in a massive hack yesterday. This intrusion affects only a tiny fraction of the accounts that were compromised in a series of hacks that plagued Sony last April and May, in which tens of
- [Report drops Facebook valuation to $15-$32B](https://vator.tv/2011-10-12-facebook-evaluation-is-overblown-claim-physicists/) - Econophysicists Peter Cauwels and Didier Sornette at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich recently released a study that claims that Facebook's valuation has been overblown. In the report, the econophysicists claim to have devised a novel way to determine the true value of the big social media giants, such as Facebook, Groupon, LinkedIn, Pandora, Twitter,
- [BlackBerry outage spreads to Canada and U.S.](https://vator.tv/2011-10-12-blackberry-outage-spreads-to-canada-and-us/) - We're in the 3rd straight day of a near-global BlackBerry blackout. On Monday Oct. 10, services outages affected Europe, the Middle East, and Africa on Monday, with Brazil, Chile, and India following the next day. Today the outages have spread to Canada and the U.S. "The messaging and browsing delays that some of you are
- [Rick Perry's flub spawns #PerryHistory](https://vator.tv/2011-10-12-rick-perrys-flub-spawns-perryhistory/) - Texas governor and presidential hopeful Rick Perry had a little historical hiccup last night, following the GOP debate at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Really—we need to be fair. It could’ve happened to any of us, so we all need to put on our empathy helmets and be forgiving. Empathy does not make it any
- [Fashion app Snapette raises $1.3M in seed funding](https://vator.tv/2011-10-12-fashion-app-snapette-raises-13m-in-seed-funding/) - Snapette, a mobile fashion app that lets users scan the latest styles and see which items are available nearby, plans to announce Wednesday that it has raised $1.3 million in seed funding from several unnamed VC firms and angel investors, including Brian Lee, the founder and CEO of Shoedazzle. The round brings Snapette’s total raised
- [Knewton snags $33M for adaptive learning](https://vator.tv/2011-10-13-knewton-snags-33m-for-adaptive-learning/) - Personalized education platform Knewton announced Thursday morning that it has raised $33 million in a round of funding led by Founders Fund and Pearson, along with help from existing investors Accel Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, and FirstMark Capital. The company has previously raised $21 million across three rounds of financing, bringing the total raised to
- [Showyoulike.it aims to make 'liking' more social](https://vator.tv/2011-10-13-showyoulikeit-aims-to-make-liking-more-social/) - I haven't always been an early adopter. I wasn't waiting to see how others received a new technology or service, I just usually wasn't the first person to hear about it. A new Facebook-based service called Showyoulike.it has officially launched and is meant to help people with common interests (or Facebook 'likes') connect and learn
- [Is there a cash crunch? What we're seeing](https://vator.tv/2011-10-13-is-there-a-cash-crunch-what-were-seeing/) - Fred Wilson is a partner at Union Square Ventures in Manhattan. The Wall Street Journal has a story out today that says "Web Startups Hit Cash Crunch." There has been a fair bit of reaction in the tech blogs and I thought I'd toss into the discussion some things we are seeing: 1) There are
- [Linkable Networks raises funds for linkable offers](https://vator.tv/2011-10-13-linkable-networks-raises-funds-for-linkable-offers/) - If you’ve ever seen that show “Extreme Couponing,” you’ve probably gotten winded just thinking about all the effort involved in finding, printing, and clipping all of those coupons. Ugh…seriously, who wants to be the jerk that shows up at the cash register with three shopping carts piled up with Mountain Dew and Cheetos, and a
- [GameFly launches social networking app for Android](https://vator.tv/2011-10-13-gamefly-launches-social-networking-app-for-android/) - Online video game rental company GameFly announced today that they will launch an updated version of their "social networking for gamers" app for Android. The GameFly App has been available for iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod) since April, already racking up 4.5 million downloads on that operating system. Features on GameFly's new social networking app include
- [Get all your preteen drama at Netflix with CW deal](https://vator.tv/2011-10-13-get-all-your-preteen-drama-at-netflix-with-cw-deal/) - Netflix may have lost a huge chunk of its stock, market cap, subscribers, and dignity, but the online movie rental giant is still wheelin’ and dealin’. The company announced Thursday that it has sealed a deal with CBS and Warner Bros. to get the streaming rights to programs on the CW Network. You may be
- [Google revenue up 33%, Google+ hits 40M users](https://vator.tv/2011-10-13-google-revenue-up-33-page-credits-google/) - Looks like Google+ is the gift that keeps on giving. Google announced Thursday that its third quarter revenues were up 33% over the same quarter last year, just toeing the $10 billion line, and CEO Larry Page credits the revenue increase to Google+. “The word that comes to mind is gangbusters,” said Page, who announced
- [Hulu no longer for sale, world continues turning](https://vator.tv/2011-10-14-hulu-no-longer-for-sale-world-continues-turning/) - If you’ve been following the Hulu sale process over the last few months, you’re probably completely unsurprised to learn that the company’s owners have decided not to sell. The decision follows a disappointing auction in September, in which none of the bidders were willing to pay the high price Hulu’s owners were asking while also
- [Khosla closes $1.05B fund, half to go to clean tech](https://vator.tv/2011-10-14-khosla-closes-105b-fund-half-to-go-to-clean-tech/) - Khosla Ventures has closed its $1.05 billion Khosla IV fund, the VC firm announced late Thursday. The new fund will focus on early stage investments in clean tech, IT, mobile, and Internet technology. But in demonstrating his true commitment to clean tech, the VC firm confirms that roughly half of the fund will be devoted
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Andrew Romans](https://vator.tv/2011-10-14-todays-entrepreneur-andrew-romans/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Andrew Romans, general partner of The Founders Club. According to his VEQ Andrew is good at networking, fund raising and negotiation. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster
- [Spotify to invade your living room through Boxee](https://vator.tv/2011-10-14-spotify-to-invade-your-living-room-through-boxee/) - Online music streaming service Spotify and the Internet entertainment aggregation device Boxee have joined forces. A Spotify app will now be available for the Boxee Box. The news was announced this morning on the blogs of both companies. For those of of you who may not know about Boxee, it is a cross-platform Home Theater
- [SEC to require businesses to disclose cyber attacks](https://vator.tv/2011-10-14-sec-to-require-businesses-to-disclose-cyber-attacks/) - The media has seen no short supply of cyber attacks to cover this year. Many are the obnoxious hacktivists clambering for their place in the sun…by hacking Sony and PBS. Should public (or soon-to-be public) companies be required to disclose cyber attacks? The SEC thinks so. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced late Thursday that
- [Google gearing up to launch new online music store?](https://vator.tv/2011-10-14-google-inc-gearing-up-for-music-store/) - Google is in talks with record companies over music rights for a new online music store, say three anonymous insiders to the NY Times and the Wall Street Journal. The new Google music outlet would sell downloads and stream purchased music on mobile devices. Negotiations are expected to continue until the end of the month. Google
- [UPS answers to iPhone customers needs via Twitter](https://vator.tv/2011-10-14-ups-answers-to-iphone-customers-needs-via-twitter/) - Groggy people queued up in front of their local Apple and phone carrier stores to be the lucky few to secure an iPhone 4s before they run out today. With the preorders maxing out in the first day they were offered last week, the iPhone 4s was sold better in pre-launch than any other iPhone.
- [Google gives five more products the boot](https://vator.tv/2011-10-14-google-gives-five-more-products-the-boot/) - Google is doing a bit of spring cleaning…in…the fall. Never mind, bad metaphor. The point is: no sooner did Larry Page announce that Google has already shuttered 20 products and services than the company announced that five more products are getting the boot. “We aspire to build great products that really change people’s lives,” wrote
- [FBI's “Operation Hackerazzi” comes to an end](https://vator.tv/2011-10-14-fbis-operation-hackerazzi-comes-to-an-end/) - It seems that every day now, we hear about someone, somewhere, breaking and hacking into personal files on personal computers, and mobile devices, without much of a sweat. Just a couple of weeks ago, I reported about the arrest of a young Arizona man charged with extensive computer attacks against the computer systems of Sony Pictures
- [Zynga's dizzying set of news preceding its IPO](https://vator.tv/2011-10-16-zyngas-dizzying-set-of-news-preceding-its-ipo/) - Those interested in the prospects of buying into Zynga's IPO have been flooded with a dizzying set of news unleashed over the past few days, keeping both bulls and bears sufficiently armed to make their case. This week, the social gaming company announced the launch of 10 new games and the option of playing on
- [Content continues to trump distribution](https://vator.tv/2011-10-16-content-continues-to-trump-distribution/) - (Larry Kramer is the author of C-Scape, a book on the changing landscape for media and related industries for Harper Collins (published Nov., 2010). He also founded MarketWatch, which was sold to Dow Jones in 2005.) Several announcements in recent weeks indicate that mainstream media companies are beginning to see the future a bit more
- [YouTube promotes your bottom line with Merch Store](https://vator.tv/2011-10-17-youtube-promotes-your-bottom-line-with-merch-store/) - YouTube has long been the path to fame and fortune for many a budding musician—Justin Bieber, Rebecca Black, Antoine Dobson, and so on. But now the video sharing giant has taken that all important step to bridge the gap between viral fame and monetization with the announcement that YouTube partners will now be able to
- [Revenue-based financing](https://vator.tv/2011-10-17-revenue-based-financing/) - Fred Wilson is a VC at Union Square Ventures, based in NYC. Back when we were doing our MBA Monday series on Financing Options For Startups, I got an email from my friend Andy Sack. Andy was one of the first entrepreneurs we funded by in the mid 90s with our Flatiron Fund. He's done something like
- [Shopify fills its cart with $15 million funding](https://vator.tv/2011-10-17-shopify-fills-its-cart-with-15-million-funding/) - Shopping website platform Shopify announced Monday morning that it's secured $15 million in financing from Bessemer Venture Parters, Felicis Ventures, FirstMark Capital and Georgian Partners. This Series B funding is more than double the $7 million the Ottawa-based company attracted last December from Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital and Felicis Ventures. The five-year-old ecommerce
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Christina Dunham](https://vator.tv/2011-10-17-todays-entrepreneur-christina-dunham/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Christina Dunham, VP of Business Development at Froomz. According to her VEQ Christina is good at marketing management, sales execution and negotiation. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as
- [iPhone 4S sets new record: 4M units sold in 3 days](https://vator.tv/2011-10-17-iphone-4s-sets-new-record-4m-units-sold-in-3-days/) - If you were losing sleep over concerns about whether the iPhone 4S offers enough in the way of new features and technology to wow the crowds, you can sleep easy again (but you should really re-examine your priorities). Apple announced Monday that the iPhone 4S sold over four million units in its first weekend, which--according
- [Hackers swap Sesame Street YouTube vids for porn](https://vator.tv/2011-10-17-hackers-swap-sesame-street-youtube-vids-for-porn/) - Parents who thought they’d have themselves a quiet Sunday afternoon by plopping their preschoolers in front of the computer to watch Sesame Street for a few hours met with a bit of a shock yesterday, when PBS’s Sesame Street YouTube channel was hacked and the videos were replaced with raunchy porn videos. Cue the
- [Spotify pilots integration with Tivo in U.K.](https://vator.tv/2011-10-17-spotify-pilots-integration-with-tivo-in-uk/) - TiVo, in conjunction with Virgin Media, is piloting an integration with Spotify. TiVo is the latest of several set-top devices to integrate the online music streaming service, as Spotify continues to infiltrate users' living rooms. The unofficial Virgin Media TiVo blog announced a possible deal between Spotify and Virgin Media in July. That deal was recently brought to
- [Wahanda secures $5.5 million B series round fund](https://vator.tv/2011-10-17-wahanda-secures-55-million-b-series-round-fund/) - Wahanda, an online marketplace for health and beauty products, has secured a $5.5 million B investment round led by Fidelity Growth Partners Europe (FGPE). A partner at FGPE Davor Hebel will join the board at Wahanda. The series A investment of $2 million, led by Ambient Sound Investements, occurred in 2008. Other backers of
- [Luxury vacation service Inspirato raises $17.5M](https://vator.tv/2011-10-17-luxury-vacation-service-inspirato-raises-175m/) - Owning a timeshare is one of those things I’m sure will be a big deal to me once I make it big as a reality TV star with my hit MTV show “Lower Middle Class and Pregnant,” which will be all about how I attempt to haggle with my insurance provider in an effort to
- [Lookout Mobile Security releases app for iPhone](https://vator.tv/2011-10-18-lookout-mobile-security-releases-app-for-iphone/) - Lookout Mobile Security made a splash with its security app for Android devices, drawing the attention of several big name investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, Accel Partners, Index Ventures, and more, raising some $76 million since the company’s founding in 2007. Now, Lookout is announcing that it’s stepping into iOS with the launch of
- [Book a Zipcar directly on Facebook](https://vator.tv/2011-10-18-book-a-zipcar-directly-on-facebook/) - Zipcar has brought its car sharing to the social network giant Facebook with the release of a beta reservation application. The Cambridge, Mass.-based company announced Tuesday, that its Facebook fan page would start taking reservations on a new application. This release aims to test and receive feedback from Zipcar users that are looking for the
- [Put on your fancy pants with Lot18 Experiences](https://vator.tv/2011-10-18-put-on-your-fancy-pants-with-lot18-experiences/) - Nothing says “fancy pants” like joining a fine wine club. Now, fine wine flash sale site Lot18 is getting even fancier on your pants with the launch of Lot18 Experiences, its new wine-themed travel and excursions branch. The new vertical includes offers on exclusive getaways and excursions, such as food and wine pairings at Michelin-starred
- [Dropbox secures $250 million B round of financing](https://vator.tv/2011-10-18-dropbox-secures-250-million-b-round-fund/) - Online file storage company Dropbox announced Tuesday a hefty series B $250 million financing. The lead investor on the fund was Index Ventures, with Benchmark Capital, Goldman Sachs, Greylock Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, RIT Capital Partners and Valiant Capital Partners also investing. Dropbox, which is estimated to be worth $4 billion, is a file-hosting service that uses cloud storage
- [TechStars unveils the latest batch of startups](https://vator.tv/2011-10-18-techstars-unveils-the-latest-batch-of-startups/) - Today is Demo Day for TechStars, and the uber-selective startup accelerator has debuted 12 new companies at the NYC event, which also saw a cameo appearance by Mayor Bloomberg, himself. "I think this group was incredibly focused, and really unitized the tremendous opportunities mentors and the nyc community offered them to the fullest extent,"
- [Waze, a social traffic app, lands $30M in funding](https://vator.tv/2011-10-18-waze-a-social-traffic-app-lands-30m-in-funding/) - Palo Alto-based Waze announced Tuesday that it raised $30 million in growth funding, led by Horizons Ventures Hong Kong, which manages the private venture investments of Li Ka Shing in the technology sector, the Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) Digital Growth Fund and iFund. This latest round of funding comes on the heels of Waze's $25 million round of funding
- [BlackBerry users downloading 5M apps per day](https://vator.tv/2011-10-18-blackberry-users-downloading-5m-apps-per-day/) - RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis took the stage at the DevCon Americas on Tuesday, in the wake of a much-publicized three day BlackBerry black-out that spanned most of the world. But understandably, Lazaridis wanted to accentuate the positive. App World BlackBerry downloads are at over one billion downloads, announced Lazaridis. This breaks down to about five
- [Introducing the 15 graduates of AngelPad](https://vator.tv/2011-10-18-introducing-the-15-graduates-of-angelpad/) - AngelPad held its third Investor Day event Tuesday, showcasing its 15 graduates to some 175 angels and investors through two sessions. The lucky 15 received $120,000 in financing - $20,000 from AngelPad and $100,000 from two venture capitalist firms, who prefer to remain anonymous. That additional capital was announced back in August. With that kind
- [Yahoo's earnings above consensus, but still shaky](https://vator.tv/2011-10-18-yahoos-earnings-above-consensus-but-still-shaky/) - The world hasn’t been so nice to Yahoo lately. Last December, the company cut some 600 employees, marking its fourth mass culling in only three years. And then just last month, Yahoo gave CEO Carol Bartz the unceremonious boot. So where is it financially these days? Still not doing so hot, but things may be
- [TriplePoint lands $1 billion venture debt fund](https://vator.tv/2011-10-19-triplepoint-lands-1-billion-venture-debt-fund/) - Venture debt is looking pretty seductive to investors these days. TriplePoint Capital, a six-year-old Palo Alto, Calif-based debt fund is expected to announce Wednesday that it's raised $1 billion for a new fund. The financing is the largest amount raised in the venture debt industry since venture debt financing became a viable source of funding
- [Vivint Solar raises $75M for solar installations](https://vator.tv/2011-10-19-vivint-solar-raises-75m-for-solar-installations/) - Vivint Solar, the solar energy division of home automation company Vivint Inc., announced Wednesday that it has received a $75 million tax equity commitment from U.S. Bancorp to finance the purchase of residential home solar energy systems in the U.S. The announcement follows on U.S. Bancorp’s most recent tax equity commitment of $200 million to
- [OwnLocal raises funds to help save local news](https://vator.tv/2011-10-19-ownlocal-raises-funds-to-help-save-local-news/) - Y Combinator graduate OwnLocal is fighting for the little guy: the local news. Specifically, the startup offers a suite of products to help local news organizations build up their online revenues, and the company has attracted some suitors. OwnLocal announced Wednesday that it has raised a round of funding led by Wordpress developer Automattic, bringing
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Tim Gilbert](https://vator.tv/2011-10-19-todays-entrepreneur-tim-gilbert/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Tim Gilbert who is the director of mtvan.com Ltd. According to his VEQ (Vator's entrepreneur assessment test), Tim is a thought leader and is good at team motivation and technology design. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their
- [TagMan secures $5 million in Series B funding](https://vator.tv/2011-10-19-tagman-secures-5-million-in-series-b-funding/) - The internet is filled with user data that marketing companies crave in order to make their advertising campaigns more focused, successful, and potentially really annoying for us. One company that specializes in tracking online campaigns, TagMan, has just secured another $5 million in its Series B round of funding. The New York-based analytics company, which
- [Groupon to kick off IPO road show next week?](https://vator.tv/2011-10-19-groupon-to-kick-off-ipo-road-show-next-week/) - Another day, another Groupon IPO story. After several prospectus amendments and the departure of two COOs, Groupon has reportedly decided to press on with its IPO and has scheduled its road show for investors early next week, according to a report from AllThingsD. The road show will kick off on Monday or Tuesday, according to
- [SMB social marketing startup GroSocial gets $450K](https://vator.tv/2011-10-19-smb-social-marketing-startup-grosocial-gets-450k/) - Orem, Utah-based social marketing company GroSocial announced Wednesday that it has raised $450K in a round of seed funding led by Kickstart Seed Fund, with help from Monarch Ventures, Rock & Hammer Ventures, and angel investors. JD Garner of Monarch Ventures, Chris Russell of Rock & Hammer, and angel investor Curt Roberts will be joining GroSocial’s board of directors.
- [Buddy Media releases social apps across the Web](https://vator.tv/2011-10-19-buddy-media-releases-social-apps-across-the-web/) - In a bid to help brands expand their campaigns off social networks, Buddy Media announced Wednesday the release of its newest initiative, ReachBuddy, a social networking software suite that lets brands reach users on their own websites, and off the popular social networks. Buddy Media's 600 agencies and brands have been asking for a consolidated console
- [Whoa. What happened, Apple?](https://vator.tv/2011-10-19-whoa-what-happened-apple/) - In a surprising first for Apple, it missed analyst expectations in its fourth quarter—despite selling four million iPhone 4S units in its first weekend. Apple’s stock opened Wednesday morning at $403, marking a 4% drop—which kept on dropping throughout the day to finally close at $398.62, a 5.59% drop. But despite analysts’ disappointment over Apple’s
- [Crowdpark secures $6 million in funding](https://vator.tv/2011-10-19-crowdpark-secures-6-million-in-funding/) - Social-betting gaming website Crowdpark announced Wednesday that it's secured $6 million in capital from Target Partners and Earlybird Venture Capital, bringing their total funding to $8 million. The Berlin, Germany-based start-up plans to use the money to build upon its 20-person staff, particularly in its new offices in San Francisco, and develop casino-styled games for Facebook. Crowdpark
- [BlueStacks raises $6.4M to run Android apps on PCs](https://vator.tv/2011-10-20-bluestacks-raises-65m-to-run-android-apps-on-pcs/) - (Updated: To reflect funding round amounts) Have you ever wanted to use an Android app, but felt absolutely helpless because you don't have an Android phone to run it? OK. Maybe not. But apparently, there are many who do. Three-year-old BlueStacks, which makes software to help people run Android apps on their PCs (not
- [Qwilt gets $24M infusion for video infrastructure](https://vator.tv/2011-10-20-qwilt-gets-24m-infusion-for-video-infrastructure/) - Netflix has a reason to pat itself on the back today: 30% of all Internet traffic during peak evening hours consists of users streaming from Netflix. That’s according to the Internet video infrastructure startup Qwilt, which wasn’t actually looking to make news for Netflix today, but rather for itself. Qwilt announced Thursday that it has
- [Social networks race to release new tools](https://vator.tv/2011-10-20-social-networks-race-to-release-new-tools/) - I feel like I'm on the end of a Ford production line the way that social networking sites have been queuing up to deliver updates at or during the Web 2.0 conference. Four giants (Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn and Foursquare) each announced new features or upcoming changes to their networking platforms on Wednesday and Thursday. BlackBerry
- [Infographics platform Visual.ly raises $2M](https://vator.tv/2011-10-20-infographics-platform-visually-raises-2m/) - Infographics platform Visual.ly announced Thursday that it has raised $2 million in a seed round led by Crosslink Capital, SoftTech, and 500 Startups, with help from some noteworthy angels, including Kapor Capital, Giza Ventures, early investors in 99 Designs, Facebook, LinkedIn and Mint.com; MediaTrust and Omniture, Theorem Group, and Anthemis Group. The company’s aim is
- [Groupon's valuation cut in half?](https://vator.tv/2011-10-20-groupons-valuation-cut-in-half/) - Following up on reports that Groupon intends to kick off its investor road show early next week in preparation for its IPO, it’s now looking like that very IPO may be valued at less than half the $25-$30 billion the company was originally expected to fetch. Groupon’s IPO may drop the company’s valuation to $12
- [BuyWithMe axes half its workforce](https://vator.tv/2011-10-20-buywithme-axes-half-its-workforce/) - BuyWithMe has been on a roll this year, snapping up companies left and right in a bid to get back into the running as the number three player in the daily deals market. But after acquiring six companies in as many months, all that spending may have left BuyWithMe in a bit of a cash
- ['Project Trident' to take CrowdStar mobile, global](https://vator.tv/2011-10-20-project-trident-to-take-crowdstar-mobile-global/) - CrowdStar announced Thursday its three-pronged business strategy, called "Project Trident," enabling the company to broaden its reach beyond social networks to mobile and global markets. The strategy involves launching a given game franchise across multiple platforms and multiple regions at once. The three "prongs" are an online platform across 10 different social networks including Facebook,
- [What cash crunch? VCs bet it all on tech in Q3](https://vator.tv/2011-10-21-what-cash-crunch-vcs-bet-it-all-on-tech-in-q3/) - Did somebody say “cash crunch”? If the well is drying up, you wouldn’t know it from the looks of the latest figures from Dow Jones VentureSource, which put third quarter VC funding for consumer Web companies at $1.3 billion. That’s more than double the amount raised in the same quarter last year. The new stats
- [The Weather Channel brings 3D app to the iPad](https://vator.tv/2011-10-21-the-weather-channel-brings-3d-app-to-the-ipad/) - It seems like everything has been upgraded to 3D, and The Weather Channel iPad application is no exception. Weather junkies will never watch anything else again. The premiere authority on all things weather has updated its iPad application to allow for greater visuals and interactivity, including interactive 3D elements and a mashup of aggregated user
- [Disney illustrator, Mary Blair, honored by Google](https://vator.tv/2011-10-21-disney-illustrator-mary-blair-honored-by-google/) - If you logged onto Google this morning, you probably had a double take and asked: "Hmm. Nice image. Who is that?" Mary Blair, one of Walt Disney favorite illustrator and the only woman in a elite group of nine animators, is being honored Friday by Google's doodle. Blair who died at the age of 66 in
- [Groupon prices shares at $16-$18, valued at $11.4B](https://vator.tv/2011-10-21-groupon-prices-shares-at-16-18-valued-at-114b/) - Groupon’s IPO is to me what mid-afternoon soaps are to my grandmother. The drama keeps me going. And now this! Following several weeks of rumors and speculation, Groupon has stepped up and priced its shares at $16 to $18 each for a valuation of $11.4 billion—just slightly less than its rumored $12 billion valuation.
- [Now featuring: A horror film created for Facebook](https://vator.tv/2011-10-21-now-featuring-a-horror-film-created-for-facebook/) - With Halloween around the corner and the desire to watch cringe-inducing horror films at its peak, the social cinema application Milyoni has released a film made specifically for Facebook. 'The Perfect House' premiered on Milyoni's Facebook application on Thursday and is available for viewing for the fee of 50 Facebook credits (equivalent to $5.) This
- [Today's Entrepreneur: David Graham](https://vator.tv/2011-10-21-todays-entrepreneur-david-graham/) - Today's Entrepreneur is David Graham who is a partner at Greenstart. Greenstart is a cleantech accelerator program that provides seed funding, mentoring, and connections with fellow entrepreneurs and investors. Greenstart is curently running a competition on Vator, see details here: Greenstart $100k Business Plan Competition According to his VEQ, David is good at sales management, team motivation
- [Nintendo bringing Hulu Plus to Wii and 3DS consoles](https://vator.tv/2011-10-21-nintendo-bringing-hulu-plus-to-wii-and-3ds-consoles/) - If you own a Wii or 3DS and you've been growing restless with the slim pickins in Netflix's streaming catalogue, you can now relax. Nintendo announced Friday that it will bring online television streaming service Hulu Plus to its Wii and 3DS consoles. Hulu Plus is the paid option of Hulu, costing $7.99 per month
- [Michelle Obama joins rest of the world on Twitter](https://vator.tv/2011-10-21-michelle-obama-joins-rest-of-the-world-on-twitter/) - Aw. Isn’t this cute? Michelle Obama sent out her first tweet this week—on a MacBook, no less! Apparently, the White House was so moved by the First Lady’s milestone that the staff decided to commemorate it with a video and a blog post. In the clip, Michelle Obama is sending out her very first tweet—not
- [Verizon doubles profits in third quarter](https://vator.tv/2011-10-21-verizon-3rd-quarter-profits-are-way-up/) - While numbers on new subscriptions have not met expectations, everything else is looking way up for Verizon. Despite a slowdown of wireless subscriptions leading up to the release of the iPhone 4S, 3rd quarter profits for wireless carrier Verizon Communications are way up, according to their recent consolidated statement of income. Verizon's profits rose a
- [Out of ketchup? Go grocery shopping with Quidsi](https://vator.tv/2011-10-24-out-of-ketchup-go-grocery-shopping-with-quidsi/) - Moms are responsible for some $2 trillion in consumer spending in the U.S. and control roughly 80% of all household expenses. Think about where all that money goes—groceries, household stuff, kids’ clothes, pet supplies, I imagine lots of paper towels and Lysol…that’s exhausting. Quidsi has tapped into that buying power with sites geared specifically towards
- [Online ads reach only a fraction of video viewers](https://vator.tv/2011-10-24-online-ads-reach-only-a-fraction-of-video-viewers/) - Advertisers may need to find more creative ways to reach viewers of streaming online video. The average internet user spent 19.5 hours streaming or downloading Web content last month. Yet only a small sliver of that time was spent watching an ad. Of those nearly 20 hours watching a video in a month, 1.4% of
- [ChartBoost nabs $2M for direct app promotion](https://vator.tv/2011-10-24-chartboost-nabs-2m-for-direct-app-promotion/) - Direct deal mobile advertising marketplace ChartBoost announced Monday that it has raised $2 million in a round of funding led by TransLink Capital, SK Telecom Ventures, and XG Ventures. Interestingly, while this is the company’s first round of funding, it claims to be profitable already and says it plans to use the new funds for
- [Celebrity shopping site OpenSky gets $30M](https://vator.tv/2011-10-24-celebrity-shopping-site-opensky-gets-30m/) - Who knows you better than your favorite celebrity? Probably a lot of people, but you might not want their shopping advice. OpenSky.com, a celebrity-focused shopping site, announced Monday that it's secured $30 million in funding from several investors including Providence Equity Partners, Highland Capital Partners, The Raine Group and Canaan Partners. The six-month-old
- [Netflix to compete with Amazon across the pond](https://vator.tv/2011-10-24-netflix-to-compete-with-amazon-across-the-pond/) - Later today, Netflix will be reporting its third quarter earnings and the world will see how well the company has fared despite its series of stumbles over the last several months. However dismal the results may be, Netflix is perking up investors with some good news in advance: the company is officially expanding its digital
- [Dating service Jazzed launches photo-sharing app](https://vator.tv/2011-10-24-dating-service-jazzed-launches-photo-sharing-app/) - Thanks to new social networking technology, looking for Mr. or Ms. Right just got a little easier. Online dating site Jazzed announced Monday a new component to their social networking platform: a photo-sharing iOS mobile app. Inspired by apps like Instagram and Mobli, the new Jazzed app is a constantly updated gallery of members' photos. Photos
- [Find Square card reader with store locator feature](https://vator.tv/2011-10-24-find-square-card-reader-with-store-locator-feature/) - Mobile payments company Square has been making a big push to get its credit card reader on the shelves of several large, big box retail stores, including Best Buy, RadioShack, Target, Apple, and, most recently, Wal-Mart. Now, for your shopping convenience, Square has added a store locator feature to its site to help you find
- [Google Music to launch in next two weeks?](https://vator.tv/2011-10-24-google-music-to-launch-in-next-two-weeks/) - The Google Music online music store could launch in the next two weeks, despite the fact that Google still hasn't secured song copyrights from two of the four major music companies, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Sources said that Google executives plan to launch Google Music this week or
- [Netflix adamant it will not reduce "hybrid" prices](https://vator.tv/2011-10-24-netflix-adamant-it-will-not-reduce-hybrid-prices/) - Netflix announced its third quarter earnings results Monday evening. As expected, the company lost nearly one million subscribers in one quarter, dropping its domestic subscription rate to 23.8 million from 24.6 million—as it said it would last month. But worth noting is the fact that last month, that projection included the number of subscribers Netflix
- [Subtext launches social reading platform, gets $3M](https://vator.tv/2011-10-25-subtext-launches-digital-reading-platform-gets-3m/) - There was once a time when I would’ve said that enhanced ebooks are direct evidence of a shrinking global attention span. People can’t just sit and read a book anymore; they have to read with videos, games, trivia, and so on. But one new digital reading startup, Subtext, may have just hit the nail on
- [Obama's campaign rolls onto the Tumblr scene](https://vator.tv/2011-10-25-obamas-campaign-rolls-onto-the-tumblr-scene/) - Politicians and political campaigns have had to adopt social media at a rapid pace in order to gain momentum and the attention of younger, tech-savvy voters. At this point, most political players have Facebook and Twitter accounts, and many also have YouTube channels and Flickr pages. Tumblr has now been added to the list of
- [Netflix stock tanks, market cap drops to $4B](https://vator.tv/2011-10-25-netflix-stock-tanks-reveals-higher-sub-losses/) - Netflix stock tanked Tuesday morning upon opening, dropping a precipitous 37.55% to $74.24 from $118.84, and the company's market cap has dropped by $2.3 billion to roughly $4 billion. The steep drop in stock follows Netflix’s third quarter earnings report yesterday, in which the company revealed it has lost more customers than it previously anticipated.
- [BlueCava gets $9.5M to make ads more targeted](https://vator.tv/2011-10-25-bluecava-gets-95m-to-make-ads-more-targeted/) - Move over cookies, there's a new way to track you online. It's a new technology developed by Irvine, Calif-based BlueCava, which just got fresh validation from the investment community. BlueCava announced Tuesday that it's raised $9.5 million in Series B funding from S3 Ventures, with participation from earlier investors Mark Cuban and Tim Headington. Total
- [Tradeshift gets $17 million from Russian investors](https://vator.tv/2011-10-25-tradeshift-gets-17-million-from-russian-investors/) - Business-to-business social network Tradeshift announced Tuesday a $17 million round of funding led by Russian investors, ru-Net and Kite Ventures. Previous investor Notion Capitol is also in on the investment, increasing the company's stake in Tradeshift. Tradeshift has been valuated at $137 million, making this one of the biggest investments in a European start-up this year. Tradeshift describes
- [$85 million funding inches Workday closer to IPO](https://vator.tv/2011-10-25-85-million-funding-inches-workday-closer-to-ipo/) - Workday Inc. is $85 million closer to revving its business solutions company into an IPO. This week several new investors, including T. Rowe Price, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Janus Capital Group Inc., and Bezos Expeditions put their fiscal power behind the Pleasanton, Calif.-based HR and financial management giant in a sixth round of funding for
- [Khosla leads $25M round in Nutanix](https://vator.tv/2011-10-25-khosla-leads-25m-round-in-nutanix/) - Last week, Khosla Ventures closed its newest $1.05 billion fund for clean tech, IT, mobile, and Internet technology. Now the firm has unveiled one of the very first investments from the Khosla Ventures IV fund: Nutanix, a datacenter virtualization company. Khosla led Nutanix’s $25 million Series B round, which also got help from previous investors
- [Local search engine Loku launches](https://vator.tv/2011-10-25-local-search-engine-loku-launches/) - There's a new search engine in town called Loku, which tailors users' Internet search to their local community. Loku offers users search results based on relevance and proximity, using location-based public information and natural language search technology. Loku creates an "analytical layer" on top of search results for a given location, aggregating buzz as expressed in
- [Amazon's profit drops 73%, Shares sink 9%](https://vator.tv/2011-10-25-amazons-profit-drops-73-kindle-fire-to-blame/) - (Update: To reflect Amazon's share price during Wednesday morning trading.) Amazon posted its third quarter earnings results late Tuesday, and it's all smooth sailing for the e-commerce giant: sales were up 44% to $10.88 billion, the Kindle saw its largest order day ever on September 28, and profit tanked 73%. Wait, what? Yes. Profits dropped off
- [Nextdoor launches as social network for neighbors](https://vator.tv/2011-10-26-nextdoor-launches-as-social-network-for-neighbors/) - Once upon a time, long before many of us can remember—before online social networks, before Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and email…before the bison and the whale…before the mammoth, or the mastodon…in the time of the dinosaurs…man communicated in person (lol, j/k, that’s the “Land Before Time” intro). You could say that the tribe was the first
- [Twitter could be testing new features on the DL](https://vator.tv/2011-10-26-twitter-could-be-testing-new-features-on-the-dl/) - Technology blogger Patrick Bisch was one of the few Twitter users that was given some new Twitter capabilities that appear to be a small test by the microblogging system. The Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the tech how-to site, Pinglio, noticed that his twitter handle was slightly different and had increased capabilities that could be the
- [Sociable Labs launches with $7M](https://vator.tv/2011-10-26-sociable-labs-launches-with-7m/) - Social commerce solutions provider Sociable Labs announced Wednesday that it has raised $7 million in a Series B round of funding led by Battery Ventures, with help from existing investor Javelin Venture Partners. The company, which was in stealth mode until today, has also raised seed funding from fbFund. Like so many other social marketing
- [Electronic motorcycles get $28M funding injection](https://vator.tv/2011-10-26-electronic-motorcycles-get-28m-funding-injection/) - A motorcycle company bringing sexy into the electric vehicle market has landed another $28 million in its second round of funding. Ashland, Ore.-based Brammo, Inc., has seen current shareholder Alpine Energy and new investors Polaris Industries, NorthPort Investments LLC inject some serious fuel in the electric vehicle company with four current motorcycle models that range
- [How the iPhone got tail fins - Part 1 of 2](https://vator.tv/2011-10-26-how-the-iphone-got-tail-fins-part-1-of-2/) - It was the most advanced consumer product of the century. The industry started with its innovators located in different cities over a wide region. But within 20 years it would be concentrated in a single entrepreneurial startup cluster. At first it was a craft business, then it was driven by relentless technology innovation and then
- [Apple building solar farm near NC data center?](https://vator.tv/2011-10-26-apple-building-solar-farm-near-nc-data-center/) - Looks like Apple is taking its green commitment seriously. The divine force that brought us the iPhone and the iPad has just obtained permits to reshape the slope of approximately 170 acres of land near its data center in Maiden, North Carolina to build a solar farm, according to a report from the Charlotte Observer.
- [Private transactions up 75% to $435M - SecondMarket](https://vator.tv/2011-10-26-private-transactions-up-75-to-435m-secondmarket/) - The appetite for private comany investments continues to soar. Private transactions on SecondMarket were $435 million in the first nine months of this year, up 75% from last year. In the third quarter alone, there were $167 million in private-company stock transactions. Not surprisingly, the companies that saw a lot of interest were in the
- [Mint.com unveils brand spankin' new iPad app](https://vator.tv/2011-10-26-mintcom-unveils-brand-spankin-new-ipad-app/) - Nearly three years after Mint.com broke out its very own iPhone app, the company has now—finally—jumped on the tablet bandwagon with the launch of its new iPad app. The new app was unveiled today, roughly 18 months after the debut of the original iPad back in 2010. Mint says that the new app was designed
- [Austrian student fights Facebook over privacy](https://vator.tv/2011-10-26-austrian-student-fights-facebook-over-privacy/) - Max Schrems, a 22-year-old Austrian student from Vienna, got more than he asked for when he requested Facebook to turn over all of his data. Schrems claims on his website, called "Europe vs. Facebook," that he received a CD-ROM containing an overwhelming 800 pages of sheer data, covering most of his activities on the network, since the moment he
- [Is Spotify putting indie musicians out of business?](https://vator.tv/2011-10-26-is-spotify-putting-indie-musicians-out-of-business/) - Spotify launched in the U.S. last July and quickly became the most popular online streaming music service in the country. Along with competitiors Pandora, MOG, and Deezer, Spotify makes vast catalogs of recorded material convenient to the public, and in some cases, totally free. But does the ease with which such companies serve up music
- [Sony buying out Ericsson's stake for €1.05B](https://vator.tv/2011-10-27-sony-buying-out-ericssons-stake-for-105b/) - After 10 years together, Sony and Ericsson are breaking up. Sort of. The two companies announced Thursday morning that Sony is acquiring Ericsson’s 50% stake in their joint venture, Sony Ericsson. Ericsson will walk away with €1.05 billion in cash, and the handset business will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony. Why the breakup
- [Social to-do list Astrid launches on the iPhone](https://vator.tv/2011-10-27-social-to-do-list-astrid-launches-on-the-iphone/) - San Francisco-based Astrid, which was incubated at AngelPad, announced Thursday that it's bringing its social to-do list application to the iPhone. To date, Astrid has been available on Android-based phones, making it difficult for consumers to share tasks with one another across devices. In addition to the iPhone launch, Astrid is adding a voice application
- [Users get loud about losing Klout](https://vator.tv/2011-10-27-users-get-loud-about-losing-klout/) - Klout has really started a movement with the changes it has made to its algorithm -- the problem is that the movement is against its social impact rating. The San Francisco start-up that has gained traction with the people who want to know how big of an impact their words have online, updated the way
- [Facebook servers going on Arctic adventure](https://vator.tv/2011-10-27-facebook-servers-going-on-arctic-adventure/) - When you think about the hub of social media you don't think about Lulea, Sweden, but it looks like that is going to be the new locale for Facebook's mammoth server farm. With 800+ million profiles and troves of data, Facebook needs a lot of power and a lot of servers, and the Telegraph UK
- [Zagat's price tag: $151M](https://vator.tv/2011-10-27-zagats-price-tag-151m/) - When Google bought Zagat last month, the terms of the deal—specifically, the price—were not disclosed. But now the truth comes out in a regulatory filing submitted to the SEC: Google paid $151 million in cash for the consumer review service, nearly $50 million less than what Zagat was valued at in 2008, when it was
- [Ebook publisher Hyperink launches with $1.2M](https://vator.tv/2011-10-27-ebook-publisher-hyperink-launches-with-12m/) - Ebook publishing platform and Y Combinator graduate Hyperink announced Thursday that it has raised $1.2 million in a round of funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, SVAngel, Lerer Ventures, Launch Capital, Cyriac Roeding, Milo founder Jack Abraham and others. The platform goes live today and CEO Kevin Gao says the company is actively looking for
- [Schmap reveals details of your Twitter followers](https://vator.tv/2011-10-27-schmap-reveals-details-of-your-twitter-followers/) - We all know that a certain percentage of our Twitter followers are spammers. But is there a better way to really know who's following us? Apparently, there is. Schmap launched Thursday a new "Know Your Twitter Followers" app that analyzes Twitter followers according to gender, marital status, profession, likes and interests, and location by county
- [Twelve cases of revolutionary cloud adoption](https://vator.tv/2011-10-27-twelve-cases-of-revolutionary-cloud-adoption/) - CloudBeat 2011 — taking place November 30 - December 1 in Redwood City, CA — will be different from existing cloud conferences.Using a customer-centric approach (rather than vendor-centric), the event will hone in on 12 case studies, where we’ll dissect the most disruptive examples across all layers of the cloud. These customer case studies will highlight the
- [Heinz launches limited-edition ketchup on Facebook](https://vator.tv/2011-10-27-heinz-launches-limited-edition-ketchup-on-facebook/) - Heinz is getting creative with its ketchup and its marketing. The consumer-goods giant is turning to Facebook to sell a new signature ketchup, "Ketchup with Balsamic Vinegar." Yummy. The new campaign puts H. J. Heinz, a global leader in the food industry, in the forefront of social media marketing, an area the food and beverage
- [Redfin bags $14.8M to launch in more cities](https://vator.tv/2011-10-27-redfin-bags-148m-to-launch-in-more-cities/) - How on earth did people buy houses before the Internet? It’s one of those things I just can’t wrap my head around—like how people booked flights before the Internet. What did they use?! A phone?! Proving that the real estate business is shifting to an online model, Redfin announced Thursday that it has raised
- [CrowdOptic to add futuristic tech to smartphones](https://vator.tv/2011-10-27-crowdoptic-to-add-futuristic-tech-to-smartphones/) - What if you could point your iPhone at a batter at a Major League Baseball game and have that athlete's batting average automatically displayed on your screen? Or what if you saw an emergency in progress, and simply by pointing your smartphone at the emergency, you could notify security where it was happening? These are two
- [Gnip adds Google+ to social media data stream](https://vator.tv/2011-10-27-gnip-adds-google-to-social-media-data-stream/) - Social media data API Gnip added the business of Google+ to its data stream on Thursday. Gnip will run a natural language keyword search stream from the Google+ API. Gnip serves as a central location for social netowkring API data. Sites that use Gnip's platform can get important data concerning their social media presence, on such
- [Redbox to raise DVD prices 20%, stock drops 10%](https://vator.tv/2011-10-28-redbox-to-raise-dvd-prices-20-stock-drops-10/) - There’s a lesson to be learned in Netflix’s massive stock plunge: don’t jack up your prices suddenly and without explanation. Which is exactly what Redbox has decided to do. Aaaand down goes the stock… Parent company Coinstar’s stock dropped nearly 10% in pre-market trading Friday morning following the company’s announcement in Thursday's earnings report that
- [China and Facebook differ on security](https://vator.tv/2011-10-28-china-and-facebook-differ-on-security/) - As Halloween inches closer, so does the close of the National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Did you even know? This was the seventh annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month and, fittingly, China is vowing to intensify its controls on social media and instant messaging services. Not to be deterred by the fact that the awareness
- [Shoefitr lands $1.2M to sell best-fitting shoes](https://vator.tv/2011-10-28-shoefitr-secures-12-million-from-three-investors/) - There is a learning curve for a lot of things in life -- cooking, writing, public speaking -- but one thing I never seem to get better at is picking the right pair of shoes that will fit well, look good and be functional. Toe-pinching, heel blistering and unsupported-arch woes hurt all of us
- [Today's Entrepreneur: David Norris](https://vator.tv/2011-10-28-todays-entrepreneur-david-norris/) - Today's Entrepreneur is David Norris. He is the CEO of BlueCava, Inc. According to his VEQ, David is a thought leader and is good at team motivation and sales execution. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as
- [Can high-end Groupon deals lure repeat customers?](https://vator.tv/2011-10-28-can-high-end-groupon-deals-lure-repeat-customers/) - Groupon is shaking things up just in time for its IPO road show. The group buying pioneer has just embarked on its first foray into high-end deals with the launch of Groupon Reserve on Thursday. New York subscribers were invited to join with the offer of $70 for a three-course Italian meal for two at
- [Samsung unseats Apple as king of mobile sales](https://vator.tv/2011-10-28-samsung-unseats-apple-as-king-of-mobile-sales/) - While Apple's iPhone may tout itself as the reigning king of mobile, Samsung can boast one cherry stat that puts Apple at second best. Samsung overtook Apple in number of mobile handsets sold in the third quarter, selling 28 million devices to Apple's 17 million. Samsung hasn't officially released its numbers. This figure was an
- [Apps to help you survive the zombie apocalypse](https://vator.tv/2011-10-28-apps-to-help-you-survive-the-zombie-apocalypse/) - It’s never too early to start planning for the zombie apocalypse, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned from watching “The Walking Dead,” it’s that you need a good arsenal of supplies and a Winnebago that doesn’t constantly break down at the most inopportune moments. The latter will be hard to find, since a faulty
- [Klout reportedly raising $30M for $200M valuation](https://vator.tv/2011-10-28-klout-reportedly-raising-30m-for-200m-valuation/) - While Klout’s been tweaking its score and ticking some users off, investors haven’t been deterred. The social influence measurer is rumored to have raised $30 million for a $200 million valuation, according to Business Insider. The round was reportedly led by Kleiner Perkins, with help from IVP. Kleiner Perkins previously led Klout’s $8.5 million round
- [You don't have to be extraordinary](https://vator.tv/2011-10-28-you-dont-have-to-be-extraordinary/) - As I sat down to brainstorm ideas for a post, I realized that many of the examples that I use to promote becoming a woman in tech deal with highlighting some of the most successful women in the field as well as explaining how you, too, can be a great woman in tech. But, as
- [Google and Yahoo to debut news/social mobile apps](https://vator.tv/2011-10-28-google-and-yahoo-to-debut-news-social-mobile-apps/) - The news and social reader space for mobile tablets is about to get a lot more competitive, as both Yahoo and Google plan to the launch their news/social networking apps in the next two weeks. Sources close to the decision said that Yahoo will launch its new mobile app called Livestand "next week," according to
- [Accidental inventors: A search for solutions](https://vator.tv/2011-10-29-accidental-inventors-a-search-for-solutions/) - "There was a moment when the belts arrived in the mail, and I looked at this belt which was literally just a piece of elastic with a snap on the end and Velcro and I couldn't believe that no one had thought of this before because it is very, very simple," says Talia Goldfarb, co-inventor
- [Web start-ups are still given huge boots to fill](https://vator.tv/2011-10-29-web-start-ups-are-still-given-huge-boots-to-fill/) - If you're like me, you buy a couple sizes larger for your kids because you know they'll grow into them. But unlike kids, startups don't always grow into the boots they're given. Many of you know - there's a lot of them walking around today with pretty big boots. There's no doubt that valuations remain
- [DSK's wife to run French HuffPost](https://vator.tv/2011-10-30-dsks-wife-to-run-french-huffpost/) - Talking about bouncing back from the depth of scandal? Anne Sinclair, former political journalist, French TV personality, but most recently better known for being the wife of Dominic Strauss Kahn is rumored to have been offered the role of “Boss Lady” by Arianna Huffington, Editor-in-Chief and founder of the Huffington Post, at Le HuffPost,the soon-to-be launched
- [Two-timing Disney makes same deal with Netflix & Amazon](https://vator.tv/2011-10-31-two-timing-disney-makes-same-deal-with-netflix-amazon/) - Good news and bad news for Netflix. The good news is that the Disney-ABC group has agreed to extend its licensing contract with Netflix. The bad news: the Disney-ABC group has just made the same exact deal with Amazon. Netflix first obtained streaming rights two years ago, which, at the time, meant Netflix could stream
- [YouTube announces its fall lineup of original content](https://vator.tv/2011-10-31-youtube-announces-its-fall-lineup-of-original-content/) - The social video-sharing website that has grown to fame by broadcasting anyone with a video-recorder has been investing heavily in professionally-created content and is ready to announce some of its line-up. Google-owned YouTube, has recently put $100 million toward providing quality, original content for the social platform and in the coming months will be rolling
- [3D industry bulks up in more than just the movies](https://vator.tv/2011-10-31-3d-industry-bulks-up-in-more-than-just-the-movies/) - If this weekend's box office numbers are any indicator, the 3D train is not slowing down anytime soon. With Friday numbers hovering near $10 million and estimates for the weekend in the $35 million range, 'Puss in Boots' 3D has made its debut as number one in the country and is a strong reinforcement of the
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Aigerim Duiseneyeva](https://vator.tv/2011-10-31-todays-entrepreneur-aigerim-duiseneyeva/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Aigerim Duiseneyeva, she is the founder and president of Triptrotting Inc. According to her VEQ, Aigerim is good at networking and product and sales management. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as
- [Amazon's shoe-shopping site Endless.com gets iPhone app](https://vator.tv/2011-10-31-amazons-shoe-shopping-site-endlesscom-gets-iphone-app/) - Amazon’s Endless.com shopping destination for shoes and accessories just got mobile. The company announced Monday that it has launched its very own free iPhone app to allow shoppers to browse and buy on-the-go. The app allows users to shop according to the usual categories—women’s shoes, men’s shoes, children’s shoes, handbags, etc.—which are then broken down
- [MentorMob launches as educational content aggregator](https://vator.tv/2011-10-31-mentormob-launches-as-educational-content-aggregator/) - There’s no disputing the fact that education has left the building. But the online shift that education has taken goes beyond just a format shift—it’s also in the midst of a crowdsourcing evolution. A number of startups have emerged to tap into the expertise of the crowd—from sites like Udemy, which allow anyone to take
- [Motorola to cut 800 jobs leading up to Google merger](https://vator.tv/2011-10-31-motorola-to-cut-800-jobs-leading-up-to-google-merger/) - Motorola Mobilty Holdings Inc. will cut 800 jobs, according to a regulatory filing. While the job cuts are thought to be an effort to curb costs as Motorola Mobility prepares to be absorbed by Google, Inc., the cuts will cost Motorola $31 million, breaking down as $27 million in severance and $4 million to close
- [Is Tumblr overrun with spammers?](https://vator.tv/2011-10-31-is-tumblr-overrun-with-spammers/) - Popular blogging platform Tumblr has been experiencing a recent uptick in spam, at least according to associate producer of NPR's Fresh Air and prominent Tumblr user Melody Kramer. Kramer posted a message calling out spamming Tumblr-users who had been "liking" series of her older posts all in a row, in order to redirect eyes to
- [Global population reaches 7 billion, 1/70 has an iPhone](https://vator.tv/2011-10-31-global-population-reaches-7-billion-1-70-has-an-iphone/) - We are no longer a global family of six billion. The world’s population has officially reached seven billion people (give or take 50 million or so). While that may strike terror in the hearts of environmentalists and others who fear for the planet’s limited resources, it puts some other numbers into perspective. Let’s bust out
- [IPhone music app Smule raises $12 million](https://vator.tv/2011-10-31-iphone-music-app-smule-raises-12-million/) - Smule, the maker of the popular iPhone apps, such as the Ocarina, Glee Karaoke, Magic Piano and I Am T-Pain, raised $12 million in new funding, from returning invetors Shasta Ventures, Bessemer and Granite Ventures. The fresh capital brings the company's total amount raised to $25.5 million, since launching in 2008. Smule, which started charging a minimum
- [Appcelerator gets $15M for open source mobile platform](https://vator.tv/2011-11-01-appcelerator-gets-15m-for-open-source-mobile-platform/) - Open source app development platform Appcelerator announced Tuesday that it has raised $15 million in a round of funding led by Mayfield Fund, Translink Capital, and Red Hat, with participation from existing investors eBay, Sierra Ventures, and Storm Ventures. The new round brings Appcelerator’s total raised to $31.5 million. With over 30,000 apps and 30
- [Matchbin raises $22M, rebrands as Radiate Media](https://vator.tv/2011-11-01-matchbin-raises-22m-rebrands-as-radiate-media/) - Matchbin, a local commerce, content, and digital publishing business, has quite a string of announcements this morning. The company announced Tuesday that it has closed a $22 million round of funding, acquired NAVTEQ’s Radio and Television Group, and rebranded as Radiate Media. Oh, and the company has a new CEO. The funding was led by
- [Mindshapes, maker of apps for kids, lands $5 million](https://vator.tv/2011-11-01-mindshapes-maker-of-apps-for-kids-lands-5-million/) - With children learning how to work a tablet or iPhone before they can speak, it's easy to see why the children's app publisher Mindshapes has been able to pull together $5 million in its series A round of funding. The London and San Francisco-headquartered company that promotes learning through mobile and browser-based games accumulated this
- [Cloud security startup Certivox locks down $2.4 million](https://vator.tv/2011-11-01-cloud-security-startup-certivox-locks-down-24-million/) - Two UK-based venture companies feel very secure with their recent investment in CertiVox's mobile data security company. In a second round of Series A funding, existing investors Octopus Investments and Pentech Ventures have put together an additional $2.4 million for the London-based CertiVox, it was announced Tuesday. This brings the total funding for the company to
- [CakeStyle delivers personalized fashion to your door](https://vator.tv/2011-11-01-cakestyle-delivers-personalized-fashion-to-your-door/) - For years I’ve been laboring under the oppressive yet persistent myth that all women like to shop—ergo, I like to shop. I’m not sure where this idea came from, since I have a policy of buying clothes that are as non-descript as possible so no one notices that I only own six T-shirts and three
- [SecondMarket looking to get in on the Groupon IPO?](https://vator.tv/2011-11-01-secondmarket-looking-to-get-in-on-the-groupon-ipo/) - Has SecondMarket just become another banker trying to get in on the Groupon IPO? Looks like it—according to a report from Reuters that claims SVP Jeff Thomas emailed potential investors on Friday to see if they’d be interested in buying shares in the Groupon IPO. SecondMarket declined to comment, but the Reuters report indicates that
- [AdKnowledge acquires Facebook's ad platform AdParlor](https://vator.tv/2011-11-01-adknowledge-acquires-facebooks-ad-platform-adparlor/) - Online ad marketplace AdKnowledge acquired Facebook's ad management platform AdParlor on Tuesday. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. AdKnowledge creates online ad-marketing solutions for businesses using predictive technology and anonymous consumer response patterns. (Translation: they're a company that targets and implements online ads based on user activity.) They are the largest privately held online
- [SaveUp wants to reward you for NOT spending your money](https://vator.tv/2011-11-01-saveup-wants-to-reward-you-for-not-spending-your-money/) - There are plenty of rewards programs for spending your money, but they’re all pretty much the same: spend $500 and get a free keychain or a coupon to TGIFridays. You know what’s really innovative? A rewards program that gives you keychains and coupons for not spending your money—which is what SaveUp aims to do (but
- [Seva Search raises $1.3M for mobile and local service](https://vator.tv/2015-11-01-seva-search-raises-13m-for-mobile-and-local-service/) - Startup Seva Search announced Tuesday that it has raised $1.3 million in Series A funding for its first product, Seva Call. The Metro D.C.-based local search company is soon to launch a search engine that lets consumers connect via phone with local businesses, in near real-time. Investors in the Series A round early stage venture fund Fortify.vc; Ed Mathias, Tim Sykes, Jay Virdy, David Eisner, Andrew Bachman, Jigar
- [QuickMobile closes $1.3 million funding from Vancity](https://vator.tv/2011-11-01-quickmobile-closes-13-million-funding-from-vancity/) - Creator of mobile event and meeting apps, QuickMobile announced that it closed a $1.3 million round of funding from Canada's largest credit union, Vancity. This round comes after QuickMobile had secured $2.3 million from angel investors in August, bringing their total funding to $3.6 million. QuickMobile develops interactive mobile event guides that conference attendees can download to their mobile devices
- [SecondMarket raises $15M at $200 million valuation](https://vator.tv/2011-11-02-secondmarket-raises-15m-from-social-capital/) - (Correction: To reflect the valuation.) SecondMarket is busy making news these days. Just one month after holding its own liquidity event on its marketplace, SecondMarket announced Wednesday that it's raising $15 million in a Series C round of funding from The Social+Capital Partnership, founded by well-respected former Facebook executive-turned-VC Chamath Palihapitiya, who will become a board
- [Rounds secures $3M for "communitainment" platform](https://vator.tv/2011-11-02-rounds-secures-3m-for-communitainment-platform/) - “Communitainment” platform Rounds announced Wednesday that it has raised $3 million in a round of funding led by Verizon Investments, with follow-on funding from Rhodium and help from DFJ’s Tim Draper. The new capital brings Rounds’ total raised to $5.5 million. Founded in 2008 as 6rounds.com, the company originally partnered with Google Wave before launching
- [iPhone app, The Eatery, broadcasts your food to friends](https://vator.tv/2011-11-02-iphone-app-the-eatery-broadcasts-your-food-to-friends/) - Are you a mindless eater who is better at updating your Flickr page than tracking your calories? Then the new iPhone app, The Eatery, might be the app de jour for you. The nearly one-year-old San Francisco start up, Massive Health, has launched a social app that encourages users to photograph and share everything they
- [Gilt City acquires BuyWithMe](https://vator.tv/2011-11-02-gilt-city-acquires-buywithme/) - Interesting. After giving half its workforce the chop amid rumors that BuyWithMe has run out of cash, the daily deals site has evidently just been acquired by Gilt City, Gilt Groupe’s local luxury deals business. Gilt announced the acquisition Wednesday, confirming rumors that surfaced last week. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed,
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Leon Gomez](https://vator.tv/2011-11-02-todays-entrepreneur-leon-gomez/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Leon Gomez, the CEO of MyCircles.com. According to his VEQ, Leon is a thought leader and is good at team motivation and networking. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as
- [Square kicks it up a notch with hands-free payments](https://vator.tv/2011-11-02-square-kicks-it-up-a-notch-with-hands-free-payments/) - Square just upped the ante on the mobile payments game. You thought waving your phone over a reader or tapping a sensor was cool? Try not even touching your phone. That’s right: Square has released a new version of its Card Case app that makes it possible to make hands-free payments by simply walking up
- [Facebook co-founders get productive with Asana](https://vator.tv/2011-11-02-facebook-co-founders-get-productive-with-asana/) - Online productivity service Asana launched on Wednesday after teasing Web watchers for two years. Asana is a workplace project and information manager, allowing fellow workers to collectively view and update projects in real time on a centralized online platform. Founded by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz and early Facebook employee Justin Rosenstein, a $9 million of funding
- [Assange loses fight against extradition to Sweden](https://vator.tv/2011-11-02-assange-loses-fight-against-extradition-to-sweden/) - Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder and editor-in-chief, has lost his battle against extradition and must return to Sweden to face sexual assault charges, a British Court ruled today. The High Court in London on Wednesday supported an earlier ruling by the a lower court in Sweden that allowed the extradition request back to Sweden to move forward. "The
- [StellaService snaps up $5 million for secret shopping](https://vator.tv/2011-11-02-stellaservice-snaps-up-5-million-for-secret-shopping/) - In the world of online shopping, StellaService has set out a mission of being the online mystery shopper that gives consumers an understanding of how companies treat the virtual customer. The two-year-old service rating start-up announced Wednesday a $5 million Series A funding, bringing their total funding thus far to $7 million. This round of
- [Memolane stays competitive by beefing up features](https://vator.tv/2011-11-02-memolane-stays-competitive-by-beefing-up-features/) - Social networking aggregate site, and the immediate forebear to the Facebook timeline, Memolane gained a new investor and launched a significant update to their service on Wednesday. Japan's Digital Garage joined an existing $2 million investment from August Capital and Atomico, announced in Sep. 2010. Memolane started in private Beta in 2010 as a site that compiles
- [Angie's List prices shares at $11-$13 to raise $131M](https://vator.tv/2011-11-02-angies-list-prices-shares-at-11-13-to-raise-131m/) - After filing for its IPO in August, Angie’s List has put a price tag on its stock. Shares will be priced between $11 and $13 to bring in a maximum of $131.4 million, valuing Angie's List at some $700 million. The 16-year-old company took home $62.6 million in revenue in the first nine months of
- [ShopSavvy lands $7M from Eduardo Saverin](https://vator.tv/2011-11-03-shopsavvy-lands-7m-from-eduardo-saverin/) - Shopping comparison app ShopSavvy is a must-have for those among us who want the absolute bottom-of-the-barrel prices on…everything. And it looks like the startup has drawn a few heavy hitters in the Valley: ShopSavvy announced Thursday that it has raised $7 million in a Series A round of funding led by none other than Facebook
- [Gigya helps companies collect customer info](https://vator.tv/2011-11-03-gigya-helps-companies-collect-customer-info/) - It is pretty clear to everyone already, social networking is no longer just a way for college kids to plan a study group or the next frat party. It is now an innovative and comprehensive new channel for professional networking and business advertising. Indeed, there is hardly a business today from the smallest candy shop
- [Kaggle nabs $11 million for data-collection site](https://vator.tv/2011-11-03-kaggle-nabs-11-million-for-data-collection-site/) - Often the easiest part in putting together a study or project is collecting the necessary data. The challenge comes when analyzing and extracting value from the pool of information. Hoping to help pull out the valuable nuggets of information is analytics outsourcing startup Kaggle. The the one year-old San Francisco startup announced Thursday that it has pulled
- [Famigo Sandbox makes your phone safe for your kids](https://vator.tv/2011-11-03-famigo-sandbox-makes-your-phone-safe-for-your-kids/) - So yesterday I was chatting with a friend who told me about how she had handed her iPad to her three-year-old at the airport the other day. It started off innocently enough as he tapped and swiped through apps. And then, next thing she knew, boom!—F-bombs exploding everywhere. He had gotten into YouTube and tapped
- [Coraid closes $50 million Series C funding](https://vator.tv/2011-11-03-coraid-closes-50-million-series-c-funding/) - Tech manufacturing company Coraid, known for its computer data storage products, announced Thursday that it has closed a $50 million Series C round of funding led by Crosslink Capital. Coraid's current investors, including partners in the previous $25 million round of funding in November 2010, participated in this C Round. Coraid is a developer of Ethernet SAN
- [One Kings Lane to debut new Estate Sale series](https://vator.tv/2011-11-03-one-kings-lane-to-debut-new-estate-sale-series/) - One Kings Lane is taking flash sales to a glorious new level. The company announced Thursday that it will now be offering an Estate Sale series, which will offer customers exclusive access to the personal collections of leading figures in the fashion and design world. The first Estate Sale will debut this Saturday, November 5,
- [Google launches update that will affect 35% of searches](https://vator.tv/2011-11-03-google-launches-update-that-will-affect-35-of-searches/) - Google announced Thursday a significant update to their search algorithm, with claims that the update will affect up to 35% of total searches. This is arguably the most significant update since that of June 2010, code-named "Caffeine," which defined search relevance with a greater emphasis on "freshness," including recent events, hot topics, current reviews and breaking news items.
- [LinkedIn shares slump, despite revenue up 126%](https://vator.tv/2011-11-03-linkedin-shares-slump-despite-revenue-up-126/) - Shares of LinkedIn slumped 8% to $80, in after-hours trading, after the business network's first quarterly results as a publicly-traded company showed an expected net loss, despite a significant upswing in revenue. For its third quarter, ending September 30, LinkedIn reported revenue rocketed 126% to $139.5 million from $61.8 million in the same period last
- [How social media fueled Occupy Wall Street](https://vator.tv/2011-11-03-how-social-media-fueled-occupy-wall-street/) - The Occupy Wall Street protests have been at the forefront of the news since September, morphing into a global movement that seems to have capture the mind of millions. At the G20 Summit in full swing in Cannes this week, there’s a noticeable silence about the topic from President Obama. But the OWS movement
- [How To Clean Up a Virus Infected Website!](https://vator.tv/2011-11-04-how-to-clean-up-a-virus-infected-website/) - Recently, I've been cleaning up a lot of virus infested websites, so I decided to write about this in case the same unfortunate predicatement happens to you. Oh no, my page has been attacked again! It is frustrating to open your site and a google warning glares at you. It is also embarrassing, and
- [Kickanotch raises $1.1M to take media mobile](https://vator.tv/2011-11-04-kickanotch-raises-11m-to-take-media-mobile/) - Following up on its $500K seed round in July, mobile advertising company Kickanotch announced Friday that it has raised $1.1 million in a Series A round led by Salt Lake City firm 42 Ventures, with help from a number of other strategic media and technology investors. Based out of Roeland Park, Kansas, the company
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Brooks Halladay](https://vator.tv/2011-11-04-todays-entrepreneur-brooks-halladay/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Brooks Halladay, the founder and the CEO of TropicMint. According to his VEQ Brooks is a thought leader good at team motivation and technology design. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits
- [Fine wine flash sale site Lot18 gets $30M from Accel](https://vator.tv/2011-11-04-fine-wine-flash-sale-site-lot18-gets-30m-from-accel/) - Just two weeks after announcing its new wine-themed travel and excursions business, fine wine flash sales site Lot18 announced Friday that it has raised $30 million in a Series C round led by Accel Partners, with participation from existing investors NEA and FirstMark Capital. The new round brings Lot18’s total raised to $43 million. Since
- [SocialSpark Deals want more bloggers to get paid](https://vator.tv/2011-11-04-socialspark-deals-want-more-bloggers-to-get-paid/) - With more people blogging and connecting via different social media outlets, the access to broadcasting platforms gets easier but the knowledge about monetizing a person's Web presence remains lackluster. SocialSpark, a blog marketing company, is trying to make the life of bloggers a bit more lucrative by launching a new service called SocialSpark Deals
- [Groupon surges 30% to close at $26 on IPO trading day](https://vator.tv/2011-11-04-groupon-prices-shares-at-20-to-raise-700m/) - It's been a strange day for Groupon. Stock went up, then down, then kind of up again... Shares (GRPN) opened at $27.82 and soared to $30 in the first hour of trading, more than 50% above its original $20 share price, before settling back down to close at $26.11. The company now boasts a valuation
- [Groupon stock poised for a disappointing drop](https://vator.tv/2011-11-04-groupon-stock-poised-for-a-disappointing-drop/) - Groupon shot out of the gate this morning at $27 a share and jumped 55% to $30 a share within the first hour of trading, for a market cap of $18-$20 billion. The valuation blows all other Web IPO predecessors out of the water, making Groupon the largest Internet IPO since Google in 2004. But
- [Dating site WooMe acquired by Zoosk; price undisclosed](https://vator.tv/2011-11-04-dating-site-woome-acquired-by-zoosk-price-undisclosed/) - Online dating site Zoosk announced Friday its acquisition of Woo Media for an undisclosed sum. Woo Media, which had previously touted itself as a live interactive video platform, owned and operated online dating sites WooMe.com, Shufflepeople.com, and Monsterchat.com. It's unclear what WooMe sold for, but the service did raise some $17 million in venture financing in the
- [Zynga revenue jumps up 80% while income slashed 50%](https://vator.tv/2011-11-04-zynga-revenue-jumps-up-80-while-income-slashed-50/) - Zynga filed a new S-1 Friday morning for its highly-anticipated upcoming IPO, that showed revenue surged to $306.8 million for the third quarter, up 80% from a year-ago period. Zynga's net income was $12.5 million, compared to $27.2 million in the same quarter last year -- a steep 50% drop. The San Francisco
- [Did CBS CEO Les Moonves reveal Apple Replay?](https://vator.tv/2011-11-04-did-cbs-ceo-les-moonves-reveal-apple-replay/) - CBS chief executive Les Moonves may have accidentally let the cat out of the bag about how Apple Inc. may soon be launching an ad-supported, online video-streaming service. Moonves's slip occurred during the CBS quarterly earnings conference call on Thursday. He mentioned turning down a deal for Apple to bring CBS programming onto its new
- [Khan Academy raises $5M for YouTube education](https://vator.tv/2011-11-04-khan-academy-raises-5m-for-youtube-education/) - Online learning platform Khan Academy received a major boost today in its quest to reinvigorate education. The O’Sullivan Foundation, a Long Island based organization that supports causes that focus on children, announced a grant of $5 million to the Khan Academy. The Academy will use this gift to expand its faculty. Until now the lessons have
- [Venture Shift NYC and the Angel Investing Hall of Fame](https://vator.tv/2011-11-06-venture-shift-nyc-and-the-angel-investing-hall-of-fame/) - At Vator and Bullpen Capital's Venture Shift event next week, I’m moderating a panel called “Super angels, micro-VCs, incubators, etc.: Which early stage strategy is best?” Groupon’s IPO last week, which valued the company at one point during trading at nearly $20 billion, was just another reminder of the power of “swing for the
- [Netflix partners with MGM to stream in UK and Ireland](https://vator.tv/2011-11-07-netflix-partners-with-mgm-to-stream-in-uk-and-ireland/) - Two weeks after announcing its expansion overseas, Netflix announced Monday morning that MGM will be among its very first streaming partners in the UK and Ireland. The two companies have signed a multi-year agreement that will make Netflix the exclusive subscription streaming service for first-run MGM titles. The titles will be available in early 2012
- [How the iPhone got tail fins - Part 2 of 2](https://vator.tv/2011-11-07-how-the-iphone-got-tail-fins-part-2-of-2/) - By the early 1920’s General Motors realized that Ford, which was now selling theModel T for $290, had an unbeatable monopoly on low-cost automobile manufacturing. Other manufacturers had experimented with selling cars based on an image and brand. (The most notable was an ad by the Jordan Car company.) But General Motors was about to take consumer marketing of
- [Google wants to be the gateway to all video content](https://vator.tv/2011-11-07-google-wants-to-be-the-gateway-to-all-video-content/) - (Larry Kramer is the author of C-Scape, a book on the changing landscape for media and related industries for Harper Collins (published Nov., 2010). He also founded MarketWatch, which was sold to Dow Jones in 2005.) The latest disclosure that Google is thinking about offering a full cable-tv service, along with phone service, is
- [Video producers see the power of YouTube exclusivity](https://vator.tv/2011-11-07-video-producers-see-the-power-of-youtube-exclusivity/) - The way that viewers consume their media is changing rapidly, with more devices and on-demand content available everyday. This shift in the realm of where, when and what content can be viewed with the click of a button has cable and Internet companies scrambling to capture the most viewers and advertising dollars possible. YouTube and
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Paul Kenjora](https://vator.tv/2011-11-07-todays-entrepreneur-paul-kenjora/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Paul Kenjora Co-Founder of BlogGlue. According to his VEQ, Paul is good at project development technology design and negotiation. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their
- [Urban Airship sails away with $15.1 million in funding](https://vator.tv/2011-11-07-urban-airship-sails-away-with-151-million-in-funding/) - With tens of thousands of apps available on various platform and more premiering every day, companies often struggle to stay up-to-date with needed system improvements and infrastructure changes. Urban Airship, a company that specializes in developing the back-end of mobile applications, has announced a $15.1 million Series C round of funding from the likes of Verizon,
- [Who won in the Groupon IPO? Hint: not Google](https://vator.tv/2011-11-07-who-won-in-the-groupon-ipo-hint-not-google/) - Groupon’s phantasmagoric IPO saw some raging highs and some interesting lows on Friday—at one point surging ahead more than 50% to $30 a share before settling back down to a more reasonable $26. In either event, there are quite a few happy shareholders this morning. So who won out in the Groupon IPO? If you
- [Low-cost tablets get a new contender: the Nook Tablet](https://vator.tv/2011-11-07-low-cost-tablets-get-a-new-contender-the-nook-tablet/) - Barnes & Noble has delivered on its big talk. On Monday, the mega book retailer unveiled its competitor to Amazon’s Kindle Fire: the Nook Tablet. The tablet is $50 more than Amazon’s, but the specs make it a worthy investment. Coming in at 14.1 ounces, the 7-inch Nook Tablet offers twice the storage capacity of
- [Google TV gets saucy with its first porn channel](https://vator.tv/2011-11-07-google-tv-gets-saucy-with-its-first-porn-channel/) - While Google TV's anemic content selection leaves much to be desired, at least it can now say that it has the porn market covered. Adult film studio Vivid Entertainment announced Monday that it now has its very own channel on the Google TV. This is new territory for both Google and Vivid as this is Google
- [Online men's clothier AkselParis nabs $500k seed fund](https://vator.tv/2011-11-07-online-mens-clothier-akselparis-nabs-500k-seed-fund/) - Aksel Group, the company behind men's fashion site AkselParis.com, announced a seed funding of $500k Monday. The fund was led by Inspiration Ventures, with contributions from 500 Startups, Fabrice Grinda, Jose Marin, Paul Bragiel, and French entrepreneur Nicolas Bernad. Based in New York and San Francisco, Aksel Group sells European men's fashion at affordable prices from
- [Amazon selling child abuse how-to guide?](https://vator.tv/2011-11-07-amazon-selling-child-abuse-how-to-guide/) - An unorthodox parenting book is getting a lot of attention following a spotlight in the New York Times today. “To Train Up a Child” by Michael and Debi Pearl is, by all appearances, something of a child abuse training manual that advocates the use of “switches” on babies as young as six months old. The
- [AMEX unveils $100M fund to invest in digital commerce](https://vator.tv/2011-11-08-amex-unveils-100m-fund-to-invest-in-digital-commerce/) - American Express knows that times are a-changin’ and consumers are moving away from plastic towards easier digital payments solutions. So to stay ahead of the curve, AMEX announced Tuesday that it’s launching a new $100 million fund to invest in early stage startups in the digital commerce space. Specifically, AMEX is looking to invest in
- [Accel builds $100 million fund for big data startups](https://vator.tv/2011-11-08-accel-builds-100-million-fund-for-big-data-startups/) - Investing in companies that handle big data has piqued Accel Partners' interest in the past and the venture firm announced Tuesday that it was creating a $100 million big data fund for promising startups. Accel's Big Data Fund will inject needed capital into companies ranging from next generation storage and data management platforms to a wide
- [Google+ is finding its stride](https://vator.tv/2011-11-08-google-is-finding-its-stride/) - With more than 100 new features and an 'anyone welcome' policy, Google+ is finally living up to the hype that was floating around upon its release. But it's still undergoing some growing pains after being the hottest new kid on the block this summer. You might say the social site is weathering through its sophomore months,
- [Link offers to your card with your phone with Linkables](https://vator.tv/2011-11-08-link-offers-to-your-card-with-your-phone-with-linkables/) - Following up on its recent funding announcement, Linkable Networks (formerly Clovr Media) announced Tuesday that it is officially launching its card-linking digital offers platform Linkables. It’s also teaming up with 24/7 Real Media to make the platform available to make the platform available to top publishers. The Linkables platform lets consumers link offers and deals
- [Virgin Group's Richard Branson invests in Square](https://vator.tv/2011-11-08-virgin-groups-richard-branson-invests-in-square/) - Looks like Square is clearing the way for its 2012 international expansion, as we reported last month. The rising mobile payments star now counts that infamous towhead Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group among its list of big name investors. The amount of the investment was not disclosed, but Square’s announcement indicates it is a
- [Classroom interface Piazza launches free mobile app](https://vator.tv/2011-11-08-classroom-interface-piazza-launches-free-mobile-app/) - Piazza, the online Q&A interface for college students and instructors, released Tuesday a mobile app for Android and iOS. Founded in 2009, Piazza offers a free online application for students and instructors to discuss classwork in real time. Also announced Tuesday, Piazza reached a milestone in that its average student user currently stays on the
- [Cherry brings the carwash to you and gets $750K](https://vator.tv/2011-11-08-cherry-brings-the-carwash-to-you-and-gets-750k/) - Washing your own car is something you do if you live in the suburbs, you’re hot, and you own a pair of short jean cutoff shorts. Barring those requirements (or if it’s just too cold to bust out your jean cutoffs), you do what the rest of us do: pay someone else to wash your
- [Bleacher Report embraces HD, and new YouTube alliance](https://vator.tv/2011-11-08-bleacher-report-rolls-out-new-site-enhancements/) - Online sports publication Bleacher Report announced Tuesday that it would implement significant site enhancements, as well as a new partnership with YouTube. Bleacher Report is currently the Internet's 5th largest online sports publication, with 20 million unique monthly users, and 500 stories published daily. Among these enhancments will be a focus on HD video on
- [Rakuten to acquire Kobo for $315M in cash](https://vator.tv/2011-11-08-rakuten-to-acquire-kobo-for-315m-in-cash/) - As Amazon and Barnes & Noble continue to vie for the top spot among eReaders (and now low-cost tablets), fellow eReading service Kobo has some news of its own today. The eReading platform, which includes the eReaders themselves as well as various apps for iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows, announced late Tuesday that it has
- [Pew report: 88% of teens have witnessed online cruelty](https://vator.tv/2011-11-09-pew-report-88-of-teens-have-witnessed-cyber-bullying/) - I defy anyone to say in all sincerity that they’ve never engaged in Facebook drama. You know as well as I do that you’ve posted a passive-aggressive status update to send a “message” to one of your Facebook friends (i.e., “I really hate when people think it’s okay to come to show up at my
- [BestVendor wants startups to speak up about great tools](https://vator.tv/2011-11-09-bestvendor-wants-startups-to-speak-up-about-great-tools/) - In a market that's flush with vendors peddling their services as the best, it is hard for small business to get frank feedback from users about their experiences. A new startup, BestVendor is trying to solve that problem by creating a network platform where companies can post their experiences with various vendors and services they
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Francesco Baschieri](https://vator.tv/2011-11-09-todays-entrepreneur-francesco-baschieri/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Francesco Baschieri CEO of Spreaker. According to his VEQ Francesco is good at team motivation, product management and project development. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as
- [Trada launches crowdsourcing ad platform on Facebook](https://vator.tv/2011-11-09-trada-launches-crowdsourcing-ad-platform-on-facebook/) - In the old days (Oh, about five years ago), the popular form of marketing was to place advertisements on search engines, mainly Google. In fact, venture capitalists backed start-ups to help small businesses get their ads off of the big outdated and arcane Yellow Pages and onto Google, Yahoo, and then Bing. But there's been
- [More than six million students are learning online](https://vator.tv/2011-11-09-more-than-six-million-students-are-learning-online/) - More students are opting to include online classes in their learning regimen than ever before. With more than 6.1 million students logging into class rather than entering a physical classroom, nearly one-third of all students are taking classes online, according to a collaborative study of online learning released Wednesday. The study was a collaboration between
- [oBaz relaunches to make daily deals more personal](https://vator.tv/2011-11-09-obaz-relaunches-to-make-daily-deals-more-personal/) - The Lightbank-backed online haggling site oBaz is getting a makeover today. The company is reinventing itself as a specialty deal site that focuses specifically on customers’ interests and lifestyles to deliver the most relevant deals. Launched in August as something of a more democratic Groupon, oBaz (short for Online Bazaar) allows users to band together
- [President Obama to veto bill over Net neutrality](https://vator.tv/2011-11-09-president-obama-to-veto-bill-over-net-neutrality/) - President Obama's Office of Management and Budget is threatening to veto on Thursday the Senate's S.J. Res. 6 proposal, also known as a "resolution of disapproval." In the White House's opinion, the resolution undermines the Open Internet Order. The Open Internet Order, which is pro Net neutrality, was passed last year to prevent broadband providers from blocking
- [Amazon's Kindle Fire to feature 'thousands' of apps](https://vator.tv/2011-11-09-amazons-kindle-fire-to-feature-thousands-of-apps/) - Good news for those of you planning on snapping up the Kindle Fire, upon its November 15 US release date Amazon announced Wednesday that their new tablet will have access to a whole slew of popular Android apps and games, including Netflix, Rhapsody, Pandora, Twitter, Comics by comiXology, Facebook, The Weather Channel and games from Zynga,
- [Redbeacon launches iPhone app for local jobs](https://vator.tv/2011-11-09-redbeacon-launches-iphone-app-for-local-jobs/) - Taking a photo of a dirty rug that needs cleaning and uploading it to your computer to then show potential carpet cleaners what's needed doesn't sound so frustratingly challenging. But wouldn't it be easier if you could just take a photo with your iPhone and then post from your phone to a service that can
- [Index debuts $700M growth fund for late-stage companies](https://vator.tv/2011-11-09-index-debuts-700m-growth-fund-for-late-stage-companies/) - Index Ventures—famed investor in such big-name companies as Lovefilm, Etsy, Dropbox, and Skype—announced Wednesday that it has closed a $700 million fund for investing in late-stage companies and for opening its new San Francisco office. The firm said in its announcement that the new Growth fund will be used to invest between €10 million and
- [Medialets continues its tear, get $8.4M in funding](https://vator.tv/2011-11-09-medialets-continues-its-tear-get-84m-in-funding/) - Medialets, which touts itself as the most widely-deployed rich media platform for mobile announced Wednesday an $8.4 million round of equity, bringing the company's current total funding to $18.4 million. Funding terms were not disclosed, though past Medialets investors include DFJ Gotham Ventures, 500 Startups, and Foundry Group. Medialets' mobile ad platform implements technology that selectively targets
- [Flash sales site Beyond the Rack receives $36.6M](https://vator.tv/2011-11-09-flash-sales-site-beyond-the-rack-receives-366m/) - Beyond the Rack, recently ranked by Internet Retailer as the fastest growing e-tailer in 2011, announced Wednesday that it has concluded a funding round totaling $36.6 million with a roundtable of different donors headed by Panorama Investment, with help from Export Development Canada, Tandem Expansion Fund, Rho Canada, Highland Capital Partners, BDC Venture Capital and Inovia Capital.
- [Salesforce blown away by Future Simple's Uzi?](https://vator.tv/2011-11-09-salesforce-blown-away-by-future-simples-uzi/) - Do a search of SAAS, software as a service, today and you will get over 42 million results. But in 2000 when Marc Beniof’s Salesforce went public, you wouldn't be able to find that exact expression “SAAS” in their registration statement. What you will find, however, is the vision of shifting the platform from the
- [Room 77 makes picking hotel rooms even easier](https://vator.tv/2011-11-09-room-77-helps-picking-hotel-rooms-even-easier/) - You know those moments of anticipation in a hotel. You're holding your room key, and you insert it into the door, a little excited about what will be on the other side. Is it the room you saw on the website? The one with the sweeping views of the city skyline, the oversized balcony and
- [Kontagent snags $12M for social app analytics](https://vator.tv/2011-11-10-kontagent-snags-12m-for-social-app-analytics/) - Social app analytics startup Kontagent announced Thursday that it has raised $12 million in a Series B round led by Battery Ventures, with participation from Maverick Capital and Altos Ventures. Following on Kontagent’s $4 million round in June 2010, the new funding brings the company’s total raised to date to $18 million. Founded in 2007,
- [Scribble secures $4M in funding for live-blogging CMS](https://vator.tv/2011-11-10-scribble-secures-4m-in-funding-for-live-blogging-cms/) - For professional bloggers and news organizations, the speed with which content goes live online can mean the difference in thousands more people reading information on your site versus a competitor's. The content management system Scribble Technologies announced Thursday that it received $4 million in it latest round of funding. The round was led by Summerhill
- [Digital coupon marketplace WhaleShark Media bags $150M](https://vator.tv/2011-11-10-digital-coupon-marketplace-whaleshark-media-bags-150m/) - With the rise of the daily deal space and the historic Groupon IPO last Friday, some fundamental questions about online deals are coming to the surface—namely, are daily deals really all they’re cracked up to be? Some are turning their attention instead to a more traditional space: coupons. Today, digital coupon marketplace WhaleShark Media joins
- [Ashton on Twitter timeout after Penn State tweets](https://vator.tv/2011-11-10-ashton-on-twitter-timeout-after-penn-state-tweets/) - We've all done it. Retweeted something we didn't read all the way through or misspelled something or even wrote a tweet we later deleted. Celebrities are no different in the fallibility, except that more people notice and then repost the Twitter errors ad nauseam. Ashton Kutcher is the latest, in a line of celebrities that
- [Personal Capital launches new financial news site](https://vator.tv/2011-11-10-personal-capital-launches-new-financial-news-site/) - Personal Capital, the new personal finance project of former Intuit and PayPal CEO Bill Harris, is making financial education a little more accessible today with the launch of Daily Capital, a financial news site that combines original and aggregated content. The site features over 18,000 articles and video from over 500 sources, including Fiscal Times,
- [Android list-making app Any.DO launches with $1M](https://vator.tv/2011-11-10-android-list-making-app-anydo-launches-with-1m/) - I need a list to keep track of all my lists. There’s my grocery list, my to-do list, my weekend to-do list, my today to-do list, my to-do list for next month, my husband’s to-do list (I believe some people call this a "honey-do" list. I call it a "get your ass outside and mow
- [Obama gets to keep his net neutrality rules](https://vator.tv/2011-11-10-obama-gets-to-keep-his-net-neutrality-rules/) - The Senate's attempt to overthrow President Obama's Open Internet Order failed on Thursday. "The open Internet is essential for American jobs & society. Glad to see the Senate reaffirm balanced #netneutrality rules," the President tweeted from his Twitter feed @whitehouse. The Senate closely overturned Thursday a “resolution of disapproval ” brought to the floor by Senator Hutchison, R-Texas,
- [Google acquires Katango for automated circles?](https://vator.tv/2011-11-11-google-acquires-katango-for-automated-circles/) - There’s nothing quite as sobering as posting a drunk status update on Facebook only to realize a few minutes later that your mother can see it. And then you have to do damage control, which makes you wonder why you friended your mom on Facebook in the first place. Who does that? (Confession: I did
- [AboutOurWork graphs business connections online](https://vator.tv/2011-11-11-aboutourwork-graphs-business-connections-online/) - Small businesses and startup are always in the market to network and learn from other businesses and entrepreneurs. In order to make these connections, many executives frequent networking mixers, conferences and other tailor-made events, but a new social networking site is trying to bring that experience online. AboutOurWork, founded just a few months ago, officially
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Ivar Plahte](https://vator.tv/2011-11-11-todays-entrepreneur-ivar-plahte/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Ivar Plahte, CEO of OnRelay. According to his VEQ Ivar is a thought leader and is good at team motivation and sales management. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned,
- [Plug and Play's Winter EXPO on December 8th](https://vator.tv/2011-11-11-plug-and-plays-winter-expo-on-december-8th/) - Plug and Play Winter EXPO December 8th, 2011 from 12:00pm-7:00pm 440 N. Wolfe Rd. Sunnyvale, CA On December 8th, Plug and Play Tech Center will bring together 30 promising startups from all over the world with 75 VCs, Investors and Corporate players and an audience of CEO’s, entrepreneurs and technology developers for a day focused
- [Zynga wants stock back, calls company meritocracy](https://vator.tv/2011-11-11-zynga-wants-stock-back-calls-company-meritocracy/) - Zynga CEO Mark Pinus learned that the media and his employees were not so keen for the idea of going back on a promise -- especially when that promise involved the unvested stock for the company on the verge of IPO. Today, people are still curious who at Zynga might lose their stock or be
- [Forrester: Online holiday spending to jump 15% to $60B](https://vator.tv/2011-11-11-forrester-online-holiday-spending-to-surge-15-to-60b/) - If you haven’t started your holiday shopping yet, you need to get on the ball, man! Target’s been peddling its Cyber Monday deals since September! Do you want to be one of those unlucky schmucks who ends up on the news after getting trampled at Wal-Mart on Christmas Eve? No. So with only 45 shopping
- [Feds don't need warrant to get data from Twitter](https://vator.tv/2011-11-11-feds-dont-need-warrant-to-get-data-from-twitter/) - Does the U.S. government need a warrant to view Twitter activity in the process of investigating a crime? According to a recent ruling, the answer is no. A U.S. District Court made the ruling, concerning federal inquiries into the online activity of three WikiLeaks associates - Jacob Appelbaum, Birgitta Jonsdottir and Rop Gonggrijp - none
- [Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 rings up $400M in sales](https://vator.tv/2011-11-11-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-rings-up-400m-in-sales/) - Activision Blizzard's "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" video game shattered its own sales records with a staggering $400 million in sales on its first day in stores. The game went up for sale on November 8 in the United States and the United Kingdom alone. The Santa-Monica based video game company broke last year's not-too shabby
- [Amazon adds Hulu Plus and ESPN to Kindle Fire](https://vator.tv/2011-11-11-amazon-adds-hulu-plus-and-espn-to-kindle-fire/) - Amazon is not going to play second fiddle to Barnes & Noble—at least that’s the message they’re sending with all of their third party app upgrades for their soon-to-be released Kindle Fire tablet. Just days after announcing that the Kindle Fire will, indeed, come with a host of third party apps, the e-commerce ruler announced
- [Nyoombl launches to make your conversations public](https://vator.tv/2011-11-11-nyoombl-launches-to-make-your-conversations-public/) - Home tele-conferencing site Nyoombl (pronounced "Nimble") debuted Friday, though as of yet the site is still in private invitation mode. Users can request to be invited to the site, with the first 100 users to place their email on a waiting list given instant access. Nyoombl describes itself as a hybrid between YouTube and Skype. Nyoombl users
- [IAC launches Crowded Room to help you make real friends](https://vator.tv/2011-11-14-iac-launches-crowded-room-to-help-you-make-real-friends/) - I’m always a little wary of social apps that promise to bridge online and offline social networking by connecting you with people who share the same interests in real life. Meeting new people online is fine, since—in theory—you’re not really “meeting” them, i.e. they can’t get within arm’s reach to shoot you up with tranquilizers
- [Business arcanery: Going concern](https://vator.tv/2011-11-14-business-arcanery-going-concern/) - (Fred Wilson is a venture capitalist at Union Square Ventures, in NY) We got so many ideas for this Business Arcanery series on MBA Mondays that I'm not going to do it as a series. I am going to do one of these every month. There is enough business arcanery out there that I could do a years worth
- [Virgin creates app to memorialize your first times](https://vator.tv/2011-11-14-virgin-creates-app-to-memorialize-your-first-times/) - For those of you like me, who have had their Facebook profile for more than six years, it's hard to remember the first interactions you had on the platform and what experiences you shared with some of your friends. As part of a promotion for a social marathon, hosted by Virgin founder Richard Branson, the
- [Social marketing startup Salorix raises $3.5M](https://vator.tv/2011-11-14-social-marketing-startup-salorix-raises-35m/) - Want to market your business via social media? Well, you’re in luck, because there happens to be a wealth of social media marketing companies poised and ready to serve your needs. One such social marketing company, Salorix, announced Monday that it has raised $3.5 million in a Series A round co-led by Inventus Capital Partners
- [Mainstream media grasps a limited use of Twitter](https://vator.tv/2011-11-14-mainstream-media-grasp-a-limited-way-to-use-twitter/) - Most major news organizations have embraced the need to incorporate social media, especially Twitter, into their broadcasting of current and breaking coverage. But just as the mainstream media gains their comfort in tweeting content, very few have learned to engage or garner feedback from their expansive audience. That is one of the findings from The
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Paolo Privitera](https://vator.tv/2011-11-14-todays-entrepreneur-paolo-privitera/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Paolo Privitera, founder and the CEO of Doochoo. According to his VEQ Paolo is good at networking, technology design and project management. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as
- [Amazon shipping Kindle Fire today, one day early](https://vator.tv/2011-11-14-amazon-shipping-kindle-fire-today-one-day-early/) - The verdict is in on the Kindle Fire, and it’s not pretty… Reviews hit the Web Monday and they all seem to say the same thing: if you’re solely interested in content, the Kindle Fire does an adequate job. But if you’re looking for performance, get thee to Apple. Despite the less than enthusiastic media
- [New Kindle Fire a hit among developers, says new survey](https://vator.tv/2011-11-14-new-kindle-fire-a-hit-among-developers-says-new-survey/) - North-American developers are crazy about the Kindle Fire, according to a survey conducted by app framework company, Appcelerator. The soon to be released Kindle Fire is shown in said survey to be much preferred over any other Android tablet, among those in-the-know developers who got a sneak peek. The survey was conducted in conjunction with Appcelerator's
- [Disney buys modern mom blog platform Babble Media](https://vator.tv/2011-11-14-disney-buys-modern-mom-blog-platform-babble-media/) - Looks like Disney is making a move into the modern mom blogosphere. The Walt Disney Company announced Monday that it has acquired Babble Media, a blogging platform featuring some 200 educated and modern mom bloggers. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. It seems like providing content for the thinking parent is an
- [Docphin brings online dashboard for docs, launches Beta](https://vator.tv/2011-11-14-docphin-brings-online-dashboard-for-docs-launches-beta/) - Docphin, a new online platform for working physicians to personalize their news and research, launched into public Beta on Monday. Docphin has been called "Bloomberg for doctors" by founders Mitesh Patel, Derek Juang, and Sachin Nanavati. Site founders partnered with senior Web developer, Jon Wear, in their efforts to create a centralized dashboard interface for physicians
- [Fotopedia stuns again with Japan](https://vator.tv/2011-11-15-fotopedia-stuns-again-with-japan/) - Following up on the success of Heritage, National Parks, and most recently, North Korea and Above France, Fotopedia announced Tuesday the launch of its latest photography app for iOS: Japan. I’ve mentioned this before, but despite the many times I’ve covered Fotopedia, I always seem to underestimate it. I pull up the latest app, thinking
- [Vyatta snatches $12M for cloud networking, security](https://vator.tv/2011-11-15-vyatta-snatches-12m-for-cloud-networking-security/) - Software-based networking company, Vyatta, announced Tuesday a $12 million funding round, led by HighBAR Partners and existing investors JPMorgan, Arrowpath Venture Partners and Citrix Systems. This round brings the Belmont-based company's funding to more than $45 million. Vyatta, whose physical, virtual and cloud-based infrastructures have been used by Nokia, Toyota, Dell, Boeing and other global
- [LinkedIn offers free app to scan business cards](https://vator.tv/2011-11-15-linkedin-offers-free-app-to-scan-business-cards/) - Keeping and organizing business cards is hard. We live in a digital society where everything lives on our phones and there is no place for these paper rectangles or octagons or rulers (or whatever trendy design people have chosen to make them stand out.) And the big name in business connections and networking, LinkedIn, finally
- [Get a gourmet holiday dinner this year with Kitchit](https://vator.tv/2011-11-15-get-a-gourmet-holiday-dinner-this-year-with-kitchit/) - Few things are quite as stressful as hosting the holidays at your place—maybe delivering a speech right after four cups of coffee and a bran muffin. But hosting the holidays comes in at a close second. There’s the coordination with family and friends, the part where you have to actually make the house presentable, figuring
- [BrightRoll lands $30M in funding to expand video ads](https://vator.tv/2011-11-15-brightroll-lands-30m-in-funding-to-expand-video-ads/) - Online video ad network BrightRoll announced Tuesday a $30 million Series C round funding, with Trident Capital as lead investor and Scale Venture Partners, Adam Street Partners, and Comerica Bank also participating. Senior Managing Director at Trident Capital Evangelos Simoudis will join the BrightRoll board. BrightRoll is a company that expedites advertising solutions. They research target demographics
- [Minted gets $5.5M for designer stationary](https://vator.tv/2011-11-15-minted-gets-55m-for-designer-stationary/) - There’s something about cute stationary that I just can’t resist. And I’m continually surprised at how much I’m willing to spend on novelty invitations and thank you cards. I just can’t help myself… But it’s suburban yuppies like me (as much as it pains me to admit it) that are perking up the economy. And
- [Thismoment nabs $7.3M for social media management](https://vator.tv/2011-11-15-thismoment-nabs-73m-for-social-media-managment/) - I can't tell you how many social media sites I have signed up for and had to stop updating weeks later because it was too challenging to stay on top of everything. Brands have similar issues, since they want to disseminate their updates and campaigns but are met with the challenge of how to post
- [LivingSocial launches food delivery service for D.C.](https://vator.tv/2011-11-15-livingsocial-launches-food-delivery-service-for-dc/) - Online daily deal service LivingSocial announced a new food ordering feature to their LivingSocial Instant Tuesday. The food ordering service is testing exclusively in the Washington D.C. area, with users able to order food and schedule for home or office delivery from participating restaurants. The new food delivery service even has a "LivingSocial Room Service" option, for more
- [LinkedIn stakeholders plan to sell 6.7M shares](https://vator.tv/2011-11-15-linkedin-stakeholders-plan-to-sell-67m-shares/) - LinkedIn shares (NYSE: LNKD) employees and early investors are planning to cash out of some of their holdings, with Bain Capital selling off its entire stake. The most recent SEC filing by the business networking company that went public in May, stated that the company itself would sell roughly 1.3 million shares (which would net
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Patricia Calfee](https://vator.tv/2011-11-16-todays-entrepreneur-patricia-calfee/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Patricia Calfee founder of Roses & Rye. According to her VEQ Patricia is a thought leader and is good at team motivation and marketing management. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as
- [Ignition Partners pours $15M into ServiceMesh](https://vator.tv/2011-11-16-ignition-partners-pours-15m-into-servicemesh/) - Enterprise cloud platform ServiceMesh announced Wednesday that it has raised $15 million in its first round of funding from Ignition Partners, and partner Frank Artale will be joining ServiceMesh’s board of directors. There are plenty of enterprise-grade cloud platforms around, but what makes ServiceMesh unique is its Agile IT operating model, which takes the hassle
- [DataSift debuts a way to find the tweets you need](https://vator.tv/2011-11-16-datasift-debuts-a-way-to-find-the-tweets-you-need/) - With social media outlets exploding with real-time feedback on countless events and topics, businesses are scrambling to find ways to harness the pulse of their audiences, but there is so much noise that they have to sort through to get to the valuable data they are after. A data organization service launched Wednesday to help
- [Zuora gets $36M infusion for subscription billings](https://vator.tv/2011-11-16-zuora-gets-36m-infusion-for-subscription-billings/) - Subscription billing platform Zuora announced Wednesday that it has raised $36 million in a Series D round of funding led by Index Ventures, with help from Greylock Partners, Workday co-CEO Dave Duffield, and existing investors Benchmark Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Tenaya Capital, and Marc Benioff. The new round brings Zuora’s total raised to $82.5
- [New Relic secures $15M for cloud performance management](https://vator.tv/2011-11-16-new-relic-secures-15m-for-cloud-performance-management/) - The cloud-based performance tool software, New Relic, has received $15 million in a Series D round of funding. The funding, announced on Wednesday, was led by new investors DAG Ventures and Four Rivers Group -- existing investors Allen & Company, Benchmark Capital Tenaya Capital and Trinity Ventures also participated. The San Francisco-based company, founded in
- [Former MySpace CEO Mike Jones launches Science Inc.](https://vator.tv/2011-11-16-former-myspace-ceo-mike-jones-launches-science-inc/) - So what’s Mike Jones up to now post-MySpace (which had a pretty hilarious mention on last night’s episode of “Glee” as Kurt Hummel snapped “no one’s on MySpace—not even Rachel!”)? Looks like the serial entrepreneur has decided to take a movie studio-style approach to entrepreneurship with his new company, Science, Inc., a platform that
- [Small businesses are ramping up social media marketing](https://vator.tv/2011-11-16-small-businesses-are-ramping-up-social-media-marketing/) - It has been a generally accepted rule that you have to spend money to make money. And for most businesses, the thing they were spending money on to get a solid return was PR and marketing. But as online options seems to multiply by the week, small businesses are becoming more familiar and open to
- [Boxee to launch Live TV plug-in for broadcast channels](https://vator.tv/2011-11-16-boxee-to-launch-live-tv-plug-in-for-broadcast-channels/) - Home theatre application Boxee has announced the launch of a new system called Boxee Live TV. The "Live TV stick" is a USB TV tuner device that essentially digitizes non-cable channels, like NBC, FOX, and ABC. The user plugs the device directly in to the Boxee Box, sets up the antenna, and gets access to broadcast
- [Netflix signs Miramax to stream titles in UK & Ireland](https://vator.tv/2011-11-16-netflix-signs-miramax-to-stream-titles-in-uk-ireland/) - Miramax is following Netflix overseas. The two companies announced Wednesday that Miramax has signed on to stream certain titles via Netflix in the UK and Ireland. The terms of the multi-year deal were not disclosed. The deal follows on the heels of similar Netflix/Miramax deals made earlier this year. Miramax first partnered with Netflix to
- [Researchers create new battery with 10x the juice](https://vator.tv/2011-11-16-researchers-create-new-battery-with-10x-the-juice/) - For those of you who chronically forget to charge your smartphone, laptop, etc., modern science may have the answer. Chemistry researchers at Northwestern University have made an exciting breakthrough, developing a lithium-ion battery with a much longer life than current technology. “We have found a way to extend a new lithium-ion battery’s charge life by
- [Closer look at a CEO: DataSift's Rob Bailey](https://vator.tv/2011-11-16-closer-look-at-a-ceo-datasifts-rob-bailey/) - The Twitter data-filtering program created by DataSift launched Wednesday, only two days after its new CEO, Rob Bailey took the helm. I had a chance to speak with Bailey, formerly the VP of Business Development at SimpleGeo (which was recently acquired by Urban Airship.) The new service allows individuals and companies to sort through all
- [Google+ pages are gaining brands, followers to come](https://vator.tv/2011-11-16-google-pages-are-gaining-brands-followers-to-come/) - Google+ continues to roll out new updates and tools for its social networking platform. Google announced Wednesday that news organizations and companies that have created a Google+ page could affix a code in their social networking badges so that people could not only share information on a website by choosing to click +1, but also
- [YCharts raises $3.25M for stock research and analysis](https://vator.tv/2011-11-17-ycharts-raises-325m-for-stock-research-and-analysis/) - If I trusted myself with my own money, I would be investing like no tomorrow. I would be allll up in Apple’s business. But I know too well how lazy I truly am, and that I wouldn’t take the time to actually research stocks. Of course, it wouldn’t be that hard to do a little
- [VigLink launches auto links to monetize content](https://vator.tv/2011-11-17-viglink-launches-auto-links-to-monetize-content/) - VigLink, which turns outbound links on published stories into monetization opportunities, has expanded on its service by automating the insertion of links on keywords that could become a revenue generator for publishers. The new service, called "LinkWeaver," is expected to be announced Thursday morning. "It's a new approach to content monetization," said Oliver Roup, CEO
- [Hedge funds purposely ignoring social media](https://vator.tv/2011-11-17-hedge-funds-purposely-ignoring-social-media/) - Just as more small businesses and brands are molding their social media persona on as many platforms as they can, hedge funds and their employees are purposely avoiding the online interaction. A mere 1% of the 77 hedge funds in a recent survey were active on Twitter and none had Facebook activity, according to MHP
- [Angie's List closes at $16.26, 25% above initial price](https://vator.tv/2011-11-17-angies-list-sells-88m-shares-raises-114m/) - Consumer review site Angie's List boasted a successful run today, closing at $16.26, a full 25% above its initial share price of $13. Angie's List opened Thursday morning on NASDAQ at $18 a share, up nearly 40% from the original $13 price tag. Shares climbed to a high of $18.75, dipped to a low of
- [Mobile shopping on the rise, security measures lacking](https://vator.tv/2011-11-17-mobile-shopping-on-the-rise-security-measures-lacking/) - As the holiday season rapidly approaches and people start thinking about what to get loved ones, the growing dependance on our smartphones will play a bigger role than ever on our shopping behavior. From browsing for stores, researching products and finally making the purchases, our phones will be with us all the way. But how
- [Impermium pockets $8M for social spam-fighting service](https://vator.tv/2011-11-17-impermium-pockets-8m-for-social-spam-fighting-service/) - This week, Facebook was tackling a security and PR firestorm regarding an onslaught of pornographic and violent spam. The attack reminded me how overwhelming spam was on sites like MySpace -- oh the good old days. And just on the heels of this public debacle, the former Yahoo expert in spam, Mark Risher, announced that
- [Google integrates Wallet app with Google Checkout](https://vator.tv/2011-11-17-google-integrates-wallet-app-with-google-checkout/) - In a move that has susrprised no one, Google has merged its Google Checkout with Google Wallet to create a single electronic payment service that works on both Web browsers or mobiles devices. Google Checkout was created a few years ago as an e-commerce outlet for the Web browser, while Google Wallet debuted in September 2011
- [Yelp files for IPO, plans to raise $100M](https://vator.tv/2011-11-17-yelp-files-for-ipo-plans-to-raise-100m/) - Yelp filed late Thursday an S-1 with the Securities and Exchange commission, signaling its intent to go public in the coming months. The San Francisco-based social networking and review site for business says that it has generated $58.4 million in net revenue for the first nine months of 2011 and it booked a net loss of $7.6
- [Companies to integrate social media on Black Friday](https://vator.tv/2011-11-17-companies-to-integrate-social-media-on-black-friday/) - Black Friday and Cyber Monday are known for their big ad campaigns and margin-basement sales, but one thing that they aren't known for is their extensive use of social media -- until now. A search optimization firm, WebiMax, has seen that brands are using their social media outlets to promote and push the holiday
- [Dell, HP, and Acer scaling back tablet manufacturing](https://vator.tv/2011-11-17-dell-hp-and-acer-scaling-back-tablet-manufacturing/) - PC manufacturers Dell, Acer, and HP are making fewer tablets, say "sources from upstream supply." The rollback of tablet production by these major manufacturers is believed to be in response to sustained popularity of such competitive devices as the iPad, the Kindle Fire, and the Nook Tablet. These sources have indicated that the aforementioned manufacturers are
- [Winners in the Angie's List IPO](https://vator.tv/2011-11-17-winners-in-the-angies-list-ipo/) - After leaping out of the gate at $18 this morning—nearly 40% above the original $13 share price—Angie’s List closed Thursday at $16.26, a full 25% above the initial share price. The company is now valued at more than $920 million. So who won in the Angie’s List IPO? With 11.3 million shares—or 23% of all
- [Will 2012 be the year of angel fatigue?](https://vator.tv/2011-11-17-will-2012-be-the-year-of-angel-fatigue/) - Tonight’s Venture Shift NY, hosted by Vator and Bullpen Capital, kicked off with its first panel: How Angels and Super Angels/Micro-Cap VC Funds are Changing Stakes and Creating a New Ecosystem. Daniel Garrie (Pulse Advisory), Roger Erhenberg (IA Ventures), David Tisch (TechStars), Owen Davis (NYC Seed), and John Borthwick (Betaworks) took the stage, with Bruce Taragin
- [SecondMarket's Barry Silbert on the death of the IPO](https://vator.tv/2011-11-17-secondmarkets-barry-silbert-on-the-death-of-the-ipo/) - Barry Silbert, CEO of SecondMarket, took the stage at Venture Shift and kicked things off with a trip down memory lane. “Anyone hear of the flash crash on Wall Street?” he asked. “P&G and their companies were dropping at a precipitous rate. It happened over the course of five minutes.” Why? The machine broke down.
- [Turntable.fm's Billy Chasen on pivoting and financing](https://vator.tv/2011-11-18-turntablefms-billy-chasen-on-pivoting-and-financing/) - Billy Chasen, the young-John-Travolta-lookalike CEO of Turntable.fm, spoke at Venture Shift and started out with a little info on his cat: she’s 19 and she has cancer, so he has to cut her some slack when she pees in his apartment. He went on to talk about pivoting. Chasen’s first venture was a company called
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Andrea Vaccari](https://vator.tv/2011-11-18-todays-entrepreneur-andrea-vaccari/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Andrea Vaccari co-founder and CEO of Glancee. According to his VEQ Andrea is a thought leader and is good at product management and technology design. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well
- [Hotel brands allotting more funds for social media](https://vator.tv/2011-11-18-hotel-brands-allotting-more-funds-for-social-media/) - While boutique hotels have done a great job of being current with online trends, many of the bigger brands have been playing catchup, especially in the area of social media. Many hotel brands have recently included Facebook and Twitter share buttons to their websites but only recently have these hospitality companies realized the need to
- [Video sharing app Klip bags $8M from Benchmark](https://vator.tv/2011-11-18-video-sharing-app-klip-bags-8m-from-benchmark/) - Following on the heels of its $2 million Series A round earlier this year, mobile video sharing app Klip announced Friday that it has raised $8 million in a Series B round led by Benchmark Capital, with help from previous investors Matrix Partners and Klip CEO Alain Rossmann. Since launching in September, Rossmann told me
- [Pushpins 2.0 offers more than just digital coupons](https://vator.tv/2011-11-18-pushpins-20-offers-more-than-just-digital-coupons/) - There are lots of things on the T.V. that I find both enthralling and disturbing -- the show Extreme Couponing is one other those programs. With tough economic times and people in search of the best deals, mobile devices have been marketed to help save time clipping and use that time for clicking. While the
- [Google celebrates photographer Louis Daguerre](https://vator.tv/2011-11-18-google-celebrates-photographer-louis-daguerre/) - Google's latest Doodle honors Louis Daguerre, inventor of the daguerreotype and the world's first photographer known for having taken a person's picture. The French physicist invented the daguerreotype in 1838, which he named after himself, a process of transferring images to silver-coated copper plate. He is also credited of having taken the first photograph of a
- [How angels have broken the traditional venture model](https://vator.tv/2011-11-18-how-angels-have-broken-the-traditional-venture-model/) - At last night’s first ever Venture Shift in New York, the topic of angels vs. VCs was a recurring theme. In the third panel of the night, moderated by BullPen’s Richard Melmon, several VCs took the stage to discuss the VC industry and whether it’s been forced to pivot (if we were playing the VatorSplash
- [Chinese businesses favor microblogs over networking](https://vator.tv/2011-11-18-chinese-businesses-favor-microblogs-over-networking/) - China has become a major consumer of online content -- now with well over 485 million Internet users (23% of the people scanning the Web) -- and now it seems that the country that has been slow to integrate social media, has made progress. A study released Friday by PR Newswire, shows that Chinese companies
- [Google+ adds trending topics, continues spiky traffic](https://vator.tv/2011-11-18-google-adds-trending-topics-continues-spiky-traffic/) - Google+ has traversed through some peaks and valleys over the last few months and continues to roll out new updates including the search engine and Twitter-esque trending topics. Friday morning, users noticed that once they performed a search in their Google+ account, a new column appeared filled with the top trending topics on the platform.
- [OkCupid expands to San Francisco, develops OkCupid Labs](https://vator.tv/2011-11-18-okcupid-expands-to-san-francisco-develops-okcupid-labs/) - Popular dating site OkCupid has expanded from their New York base into a new San Francisco branch, with a brand new site called OkCupid Labs. As to what the added "labs" is supposed to signify, or what this new initiative for OkCupid is all about, the short answer is...it's too soon to tell. OkCupid was
- [Customer service company UserVoice gets $1M funding](https://vator.tv/2011-11-18-customer-service-company-uservoice-gets-1m-funding/) - UserVoice, a startup that provides customer service solutions for businesses and organizations, announced a $1 million equity funding Friday, bringing the comany's total investments to $2 million. The funding was led by Baseline Ventures, with help from Western Technology Investment, The Accelerator Group, and Tekton Ventures, among others. As to what UserVoice's "empowerment" actually is, their strategies to help companies interface
- [Mark Suster on ENIFA: "Everyone now is a f***ing angel"](https://vator.tv/2011-11-18-mark-suster-on-enifa-everyone-now-is-a-f-ing-angel/) - Mark Suster, prolific blogger and partner at GRP, spoke at Vator and Bullpen's Venture Shift event in New York, and suffice to say, he’s not a demure fella’. “I think entrepreneurs over-optimize. It’s not likely I’m going to invest in any of your companies, so I have no vested interest in saying this, so I’m just telling
- [No Series A crunch here, folks](https://vator.tv/2011-11-21-no-series-a-crunch-here-folks/) - New York City got the Vator treatment on Friday with the first ever Venture Shift NY, and the shebang closed with a final panel on super angels, micro VCs, incubators, and options buyers to find an answer to the question, “Which early stage strategy is best?” Lee Hower (Next View), Lewis Gersh (Metamorphic), Micah Rosenbloom
- [Kindle Fire claims number two spot in tablet market](https://vator.tv/2011-11-21-kindle-fire-claims-number-two-spot-in-tablet-market/) - Early reviews of the Kindle Fire did not paint a flattering picture of the new tablet last week. It is decidedly not an iPad killer. But its main selling point—its super cheap price—will make it a viable new competitor in the tablet market, according to a report from ChangeWave Research, which posits that the Kindle Fire
- [Trimble debuts outdoor adventure GPS apps](https://vator.tv/2011-11-21-trimble-debuts-outdoor-adventure-gps-apps/) - Most innovators launching new mobile applications are vibrant young startups, flush with new capital, but one outdoor adventuring site has been a pioneer in the industry since 1978. Trimble, names after its founder Charlie Trimble, launched Monday mobile phone and tablet aplications for it GPS-based service to aid in planning trips and otherwise navigating the great
- [Mobile social networking grows 44% in EU5](https://vator.tv/2011-11-21-mobile-social-networking-grows-44-in-eu5/) - Most social networking companies have invested a lot of time and money into improving the mobile experience of their Web platforms and it seems to be paying off. The five leading European markets known as the EU5 (U.K., France, Germany, Italy and Spain) have seen the use of social media on mobile devices grow 44%
- [RunKeeper snags $10M to build a better activity app](https://vator.tv/2011-11-21-runkeeper-snags-10m-to-build-a-better-activity-app/) - Applications that help users track and share their daily activity are a growing and popular market and one of the major players in the scene announced a $10 million Series-B round of funding Monday. RunKeeper, based in Boston, has spent the last three years growing a strong usership of more than 6.5 million people and
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Susan K Rits](https://vator.tv/2011-11-21-todays-entrepreneur-susan-k-rits/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Susan K Rits, founder and the CEO of ZAZUM Inc. According to her VEQ, Susan is a thought leader and is good at team motivation and product management. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by
- [EBay snaps up taste-recommendation site Hunch for $80M](https://vator.tv/2011-11-21-ebay-snaps-up-taste-recommendation-site-hunch-for-80m/) - Ecommerce service eBay announced Monday its acquisition of Hunch, an online platform that scans user data and offers user recommendations based on taste. Hunch's core technology, which it calls a "taste graph," collects data from a wide array of online sources, including social networking, to compile user profiles and make taste predictions. Hunch's co-founders, Chris Dixon, Tom
- [Amazon to release larger Kindle Fire tablets next year?](https://vator.tv/2011-11-21-amazon-to-release-larger-kindle-fire-tablets-next-year/) - The Kindle Fire didn’t get the most pleasant early reviews last week, but that’s not stopping Amazon from charging full-steam ahead with some new, larger tablets as early as next year, according to a report from DigiTimes. Sources reportedly told the Chinese digital news source that Foxconn, the same manufacturer that produces Apple’s products, will
- [How social media is changing laws & investigations](https://vator.tv/2011-11-21-how-social-media-is-changing-laws-investigations/) - Privacy and social networking have been at odds since the early days of MySpace and Facebook. Most people now know that employers are savvy Internet trollers that check to see if prospective employees have an unflattering Facebook presence. But what many people don’t realize is that their social profiles (private or not) could come back
- [STHoldings pulls 200-plus music labels from Spotify](https://vator.tv/2011-11-21-stholdings-pulls-200-plus-music-labels-from-spotify/) - Record label distributor STHoldings, a U.K.-based indepdent music distributor, has pulled its catalogue of more than 200 music labels from online streaming services Spotify, Rdio, Simfy, and Napster, in the wake of a damning report by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) and The NPD Group. The report raised concerns for STHoldings that services like Spotify "cannibalise the
- [Europe's AirBnB, Housetrip.com, raises $16.9M](https://vator.tv/2011-11-21-europes-airbnb-housetripcom-raises-169m/) - Housetrip.com, Europe’s answer to AirBnB, announced Monday that it has raised $16.9 million in a round of funding led by Index Ventures and Balderton Capital. Index also led Housetrip.com’s $2.7 million Series A round back in April, bringing the company’s total funding to more than $19 million. Launched in January 2010, the vacation rental site
- [Gesture recognition company eyeSight raises $4.2M](https://vator.tv/2011-11-22-gesture-recognition-company-eyesight-raises-42m/) - Israeli gesture recognition technology platform eyeSight Mobile Technologies has snagged $4.2 million in a Series B round of funding led by CEVA, Inc., with help from Mitsui & Co Global Investment Ltd, as well as eyeSight’s largest investor, Eli Talmor, founder and chairman of the Coller Institute of Private Equity at the London Business School.
- [Qantas hears Twitter opinion when hashtag gets hijacked](https://vator.tv/2011-11-22-qantas-hears-twitter-opinion-when-hashtag-gets-hijacked/) - Hashtag competitions are often a great way for companies to get their brand name stirring in the Twitterverse and gain a lot of new followers -- not so for the recent #QantasLuxury attempt. Monday evening, Qantas Airlines posted a tweet encouraging people to tweet their idea of luxury and win some Qantas apparel -- but
- [Facebook users average 4.74 degrees of separation](https://vator.tv/2011-11-22-facebook-users-average-474-degrees-of-seperation/) - It looks like the great American pasttime of playing 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' may need to be updated for the Facebook generation. The data czars down at Facebook headquarters have just announced that the usually quoted phrase 'six degrees of separation' -- known as the average number of people it takes to link any
- [3D social game developer Rocket Ninja rakes in $7.5M](https://vator.tv/2011-11-22-3d-social-game-developer-rocket-ninja-rakes-in-75m/) - Social 3D game developer Rocket Ninja announced Tuesday that it has raised $7.5 million in a Series B round led by European private investor Marcel Boekhoorn. The company previously raised a Series A round in November 2010 to the tune of $3.5 million, bringing its total funding to $11 million. The San Francisco-based startup is
- [CanvasPop partners with Instagram to make wall art](https://vator.tv/2011-11-22-canvaspop-partners-with-instagram-to-make-wall-art/) - Taking pictures on mobile devices and running them through dozens of fun filters is easier than ever, but most of those pictures live on our phones, laptops and Facebook pages. But now a new online startup called Canvas Pop has partnered with Instagram to make turning your photo creations from a social buzz into a
- [Microsoft buys VideoSurf to search video on Xbox](https://vator.tv/2011-11-22-microsoft-buys-videosurf-to-search-video-on-xbox/) - Microsoft Corp announced Monday the acquisition of VideoSurf, a video search engine that scans content visually rather than through keyword search. Microsoft is making the acquisition so consumers can easily search the video libraries of its Xbox Live content partners, such as Hulu, DailyMotion, MetaCafe, and others. Xbox Live currently has partnerships with ESPN, Hulu Plus, Netflix,
- [68% of adults plan to check email over the holidays](https://vator.tv/2011-11-22-68-of-adults-plan-to-check-email-over-the-holidays/) - Since more people take their work wherever they go, namely in the form of a smartphone, the holidays can seem like less of a retreat from work than it is an absence of being in the office -- but at least any unanswered emails can be blamed on family without too much guilt. The phonetically
- [Penguin pulls eBooks from Kindle library lending](https://vator.tv/2011-11-22-penguin-pulls-ebooks-from-kindle-lending-library/) - Correction: to account for Penguin's participation in Kindle library lending, not owner lending. In an interesting move, the book publisher Penguin is saying “no mas!” and pulling its eBooks from Overdrive, the digital lending platform that Amazon uses for library eBook lending, citing vague “security” concerns. What security concerns would those be, you ask? Damned
- [Android continues to dominate mobile ad impressions](https://vator.tv/2011-11-22-android-continues-to-dominate-mobile-ad-impressions/) - While Apple's iPhone dominates mobile phone makers as the No. 1 phone in the market, Android phones dominate the share of ad impressions across mobile platforms. Android converted 56% of ad impressions in the Connected Device and Smartphone OS category, handily beating all other operating systems, according to an October Mobile Mix report released Tuesday by mobile
- [1.2M non-iPad tablets sell in U.S. so far this year](https://vator.tv/2011-11-22-12m-non-ipad-tablets-sell-in-us-so-far-this-year/) - Market research company The NPD Group has released a report indicating that non-Apple iPads sold 1.2 million units in the U.S. between January and October 2011, bringing in a total of $415 million in revenue. The entire tablet industry as a whole—including iPads—brought in $700 million. By comparison, Apple sold more than 11 million iPads last
- [Payvment to offer Black Friday deals on Facebook Mall](https://vator.tv/2011-11-22-payvment-to-offer-black-friday-deals-on-facebook-mall/) - Everyone is familiar with the traditional Black Friday scene: you wake up at an uncivilized hour, head down to Wal-Mart, wait in line in the cold with your Thanksgiving food baby sitting heavily in your gut—and then, when those glorious doors open, you find yourself swept along in a sea of sweatpants and ‘80s housewife
- [StyleMint debuts live Cyber Monday shopping on Facebook](https://vator.tv/2011-11-23-stylemint-debuts-live-cyber-monday-shopping-on-facebook/) - For those who find Cyber Monday convenient but lacking in action and the commentary of live people, BeachMint's clothing arm, StyleMint, announced Wednesday that it will launch a live segment via Facebook of professionals shopping through those holiday deals. The Santa Monica-based commerce company has partnered with Facebook, R to Z Media (Randi Zuckerberg's company)
- [Digital news app Zinio raises $20M](https://vator.tv/2011-11-23-digital-news-app-zinio-raises-20m/) - While digital news aggregator apps like Pulse and Zite have found firsthand that publishers don’t take too kindly to having their content culled and redistributed for free, other digital news apps are living large via a paid model. One such digital newsstand app, Zinio, seems to be doing pretty well for itself—insofar as it hasn’t
- [Use technology to ease the holiday panic](https://vator.tv/2011-11-23-use-technology-to-ease-the-holiday-panic/) - Thanksgiving overwhelms even the most seasoned hostess because of the sheer pressure put on people attempting to please everyone in attendance. Between the decorating and the cooking and trying to keep people's glasses full without starting a familial World War III, the hosts often need to seek assistance anywhere they can get it. Thankfully, we
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Oliver Roup](https://vator.tv/2011-11-23-todays-entrepreneur-oliver-roup/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Oliver Roup, founder and CEO of VigLink. According to his VEQ Oliver is a thought leader and is good at product management and technology design. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons
- [There is no place like Skype for the holidays](https://vator.tv/2011-11-23-there-is-no-place-like-skype-for-the-holidays/) - It's comforting to know that I am not alone in my inability to fly across the country (or out of the country for the case of my parents) to go home for Thanksgiving. Depending where in the country you are, airfares are up across the nation -- some places as high 20% over the previous
- [Thank you, Amazon, for making me look like I care](https://vator.tv/2011-11-23-thank-you-amazon-for-making-me-look-like-i-care/) - I’m getting pretty sick of all the people on Facebook who have decided to blow up my newsfeed with feel-good “What I’m thankful for” status updates—i.e., “Day 23: I’m thankful for my mom...” But it did make me think…what am I thankful for this year? Last year it was my iPhone—for some pretty universal reasons:
- [Amazon offers all non-iPhone smart phones for $0.01](https://vator.tv/2011-11-23-amazon-offers-all-non-iphone-smart-phones-for-001/) - Make no mistake, the holiday shopping season is starting early this year, with one deal already drawing people well before the "Black Friday" rush. E-commerce hub Amazon is offering all the smart phones it carries, except the iPhone, for $0.01, if shoppers sign up for a two-year plan on the spot. Yes, you heard that
- [Apps to help you deal with family on Thanksgiving](https://vator.tv/2011-11-23-apps-to-help-you-deal-with-family-on-thanksgiving/) - I love Thanksgiving, but I would love it a lot more if it didn’t mean having to bite my tongue to get through a meal with obnoxious relatives. Everyone has them: there’s the mother-in-law who gets on your case about not having a baby yet, the know-it-all uncle who likes to get the last word
- [Retailers already ring up $10 billion in holiday sales](https://vator.tv/2011-11-23-retailers-already-ring-up-10-billion-in-holiday-sales/) - It's going to be a Ho-Ho-Ho holiday season for retailers if pre-Black Friday spending is any guide. Digital surveyor comScore is predicting a banner year for online spending, based on record numbers for e-commerce dollars thus far in the holiday shopping season. So far this season, $9.4 billion -- that's billion with a "b" -- has been spent
- [Five reasons you can't miss CloudBeat 2011](https://vator.tv/2011-11-23-five-reasons-you-cant-miss-cloudbeat-2011/) - CloudBeat 2011 is coming up next Wednesday and Thursday, Nov 30 - Dec 1 in Redwood City, CA. Here's why you need to be there:1) The Speaker Lineup Participants represent the biggest names in the industry. Here are some recent additions to the program: Amit Singh, VP, Enterprise, Google Allan Leinwand, CTO, Infrastructure Engineering, Zynga Adrian
- [Thank you Twitter, for making it easy to stay connected](https://vator.tv/2011-11-24-thank-you-twitter-for-making-it-easy-to-stay-connected/) - It's that time of the year. The time when relatives and friends stumble through illegible recipes, search for the best shopping deals and share what they are thankful for. While I don't use recipes and I do not pray to the Black Friday gods, thinking of something that I am thankful for was easy --
- [Line blurring between Black Friday and Cyber Monday?](https://vator.tv/2011-11-25-line-blurring-between-black-friday-and-cyber-monday/) - There’s a good chance that if you’re reading this right now, it’s because you happened to be up cruising the Web for Black Friday deals at one in the morning and thought you’d catch up on a little light reading. Yes—you heard that right: cruising the Web for Black Friday deals. There’s been an interesting
- [Arabic tweets explode with +2000% growth this year](https://vator.tv/2011-11-25-arabic-tweets-explode-with-2000-growth-this-year/) - Tweets are posted to Twitter in dozens, if not hundreds of languages and dialects, but the fastest growth on the microblogging site is in Arabic. More than two million Arabic public posts went onto Twitter last month, up from 30,000 in July of 2010, according to a Semicast study released Thursday afternoon. While Arabic doesn't
- [Holiday shopping on iPads up 85%](https://vator.tv/2011-11-25-holiday-shopping-on-ipads-up-85/) - Holiday shoppers are getting a jumpstart this year and taking advantage of mobile technology, according to a report from digital marketing technology company PointRoll. The company reported a 14% increase in the number of digital circulars offered by retailers via ShopLocal technology between 2010 and 2011, as well as a 15% increase in page
- [Social media spurs growth of Small Business Saturday](https://vator.tv/2011-11-25-social-media-spurs-growth-of-small-business-saturday/) - As Black Friday enters full swing, complete with extremely slashed prices, droves of groggy pajama-cloaked shoppers and the horrifying tales of fist-fights and gun fire, a new buzz is growing online over Small Business Saturday. Officially launched last year by American Express, to create a stronger connection with the local brick and mortar establishments in
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Jas Banwait](https://vator.tv/2011-11-25-todays-entrepreneur-jas-banwait/) - Today's entrepreneur is Jas Banwait, co-founder of TwoMangoes, a South Asian dating website which puts a new spin on online matrimonial and dating services. Jas is one of the tens of thousands of entrepreneurs on Vator, each of whom creates and innovates with products and startups. Our entrepreneur profiles let members share top lessons and
- [UK unveils £650M new cyber strategy](https://vator.tv/2011-11-25-uk-unveils-650m-new-cyber-strategy/) - Cyber crime and the growing trend of 'hacktivism' has motivated the UK government to launch a new Cyber Security Strategy that will reinforce the safety of conducting business online. The UK's Government Cabinet Office has put aside £650 million (more than $1 billion U.S.) for a four-year endeavor to transform the national cyber security.The advancement
- [Murdoch resigns as director of two News Corp companies](https://vator.tv/2011-11-25-murdoch-resigns-as-director-of-two-news-corp-companies/) - James Murdoch, son and heir apparent to News Corporation magnate Rupert Murdoch, has stepped down as the director of two subsidiaries, News Group Newspapers and Times Newspapers, both publishers of Murdoch-owned newspapers in Brittain, reports the NY Times. This is the first public acknolwedgement on James Murdoch's part in the company's much-publicized phone-tapping scandal. James
- [Google+ shows off possibilities in first TV commercial](https://vator.tv/2011-11-25-google-shows-off-possibilities-in-first-tv-commercial/) - I can't be sure if Google marketing executives have been following my Google+ commentary, but it looks like they have ramped up their campaign to educate the public on the myriad of social tools they have created. On Thanksgiving, Google aired the first Google+ advertisement on national television during the Lion v. Packers game (that
- [German Merck sues U.S. Merck over stolen Facebook page](https://vator.tv/2011-11-25-german-merck-sues-us-merck-over-stolen-facebook-page/) - Here's a Facebook feud that is equal parts online bullying, international intrigue, and corporate saber-rattling. German drug company Merck KGaA, also known as German Merck, is fighting mad over the appropriation of their Facebook page by an American competitor with the same name, Merck & Co. German Merck has filed a lawsuit against Merck U.S.
- [SNS+ pockets $4M for social gaming in the Asian market](https://vator.tv/2011-11-28-sns-pockets-4m-for-social-gaming-in-the-asian-market/) - Chinese VC firm, WI Harper Group increased its investment in SNS Plus, an international publisher and distributor of games for the Asian market. Along with Matrix Partners, WI Harper Group announced a $4 million round of funding Monday for SNS Plus, which brings the total funding for the gaming company to $12.5 million. Early this summer, SNS
- [Black Friday Kindle sales up 4X over last year](https://vator.tv/2011-11-28-black-friday-kindle-sales-up-4x-over-last-year/) - Remember a few years ago, when the Kindle was as reclusive and rarely seen out in public as George Lucas? That was back when the Kindle was a clunky mess of buttons and it retailed for an eye-twitching $399. Those days are gone. Now, with its sleek new figure and its super low price, everyone
- [Shpoonkle expands legal platform to job searches](https://vator.tv/2011-11-28-shpoonkle-expands-legal-platform-to-job-searches/) - The awkwardly named legal work bidding site, Shpoonkle, created a centralized reverse aucition extension for job search and hiring solutions. The new platform tool was made available Monday for firms to post listings of open jobs they wish to fill and for job seekers to search for employment by field, city or zip code. The
- [Is the ad market slowing down?](https://vator.tv/2011-11-28-is-the-ad-market-slowing-down/) - Concern is growing that the overall Advertising Market is beginning to slow down, and that situation will worsen after the presidential election is over. Such concerns have caused media companies to accelerate their hunt for new revenue streams. None of this comes as a surprise. Increasingly marketers have shifted funds from advertising to PR, social
- [Cyber Monday sales may hit record-breaking $1.2 billion](https://vator.tv/2011-11-28-will-this-cyber-monday-be-another-chart-topper/) - It’s the Monday after Thanksgiving, and if you’ve mustered up the guts to check your email (which is bound to be in shambles by now), you’ve probably already been blasted by the onslaught of Cyber Monday deals from retailers, advertisers, daily deal sites, and everything in-between. It’s inevitable, after the record-breaking Cyber Monday retailers saw
- [Today's Entrepreneur: Jason Martin](https://vator.tv/2011-11-28-todays-entrepreneur-jason-martin/) - Today's Entrepreneur is Jason Martin, co-founder of TechTalks.TV. According to his VEQ, Jason is a thought leader and is good at marketing management and fund raising. Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our newly-designed profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned,
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- [Cyber Monday sales up 15% over last year](https://vator.tv/2011-11-28-cyber-monday-sales-up-15-over-last-year/) - Looks like it’s going to be another record-breaking Cyber Monday, according to IBM Benchmark, which reported Monday that online sales are already up 15% over last year’s sales as of 3 pm EST. Sales were up 20% over last year as of 12 pm EST. Last year’s Cyber Monday marked a number of firsts: it
- [Skorpios Technologies bags $2M to boost mobile tech](https://vator.tv/2011-11-29-skorpios-technologies-bags-2m-to-boost-mobile-tech/) - Skorpios Technologies Inc, a composite photonics communications technology company, announced the close of its Series B funding on Tuesday with an additional $2 million -- bringing the funding round to $21 million. The $2 million addition came in from T-Venture -- which is Deutsche Telekom's venture capital company. Deutsche Telekom is best known as the
- [Puppet Labs raises $8.5M for IT automation software](https://vator.tv/2011-11-29-puppet-labs-raises-85m-for-it-automation-software/) - IT automation software maker Puppet Labs announced Tuesday that it has raised $8.5 million in a Series C round of funding led by Cisco, Google Ventures, and VMware. Puppet Labs previously raised funds from Kleiner Perkins, True Ventures, and Radar Partners, bringing the company’s total raised to $15.75 million. Founded in 2005, the Portland, Ore.-based
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- [World-building game WeTopia drives real world change](https://vator.tv/2011-11-29-world-building-game-wetopia-drives-real-world-change/) - Everybody has good intentions and most want to help out where they can. But when you hear about tornadoes, hurricanes, and tsunamis that wipe out whole communities, you have two options: send money, or actually get out there and start cleaning up yourself. Not the easiest choices when you’re broke and strapped for time because

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- [recommendation site](https://vator.tv/tag/recommendation-site/)
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- [Original pitches](https://vator.tv/tag/original-pitches/)
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- [Advice from entrepreneurs](https://vator.tv/tag/advice-from-entrepreneurs/)
- [Google](https://vator.tv/tag/google/)
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- [E-commerce](https://vator.tv/tag/e-commerce/)
- [Hardware](https://vator.tv/tag/hardware/)
- [Apple](https://vator.tv/tag/apple/)
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- [Wall Street's view](https://vator.tv/tag/wall-streets-view/)
- [Initial Public Offerings](https://vator.tv/tag/initial-public-offerings/)
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- [IPOs](https://vator.tv/tag/ipos/)
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- [MDV](https://vator.tv/tag/mdv/)
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- [dance](https://vator.tv/tag/dance/)
- [music](https://vator.tv/tag/music/)
- [SDForum](https://vator.tv/tag/sdforum/)
- [privacy](https://vator.tv/tag/privacy/)
- [Beacon](https://vator.tv/tag/beacon/)
- [virtsec](https://vator.tv/tag/virtsec/)
- [Blue Lane Technologies](https://vator.tv/tag/blue-lane-technologies/)
- [Greg Ness](https://vator.tv/tag/greg-ness/)
- [Vator.tv](https://vator.tv/tag/vator-tv/)
- [Bambi Francisco](https://vator.tv/tag/bambi-francisco/)
- [NearByNow](https://vator.tv/tag/nearbynow/)
- [Scott Dunlap](https://vator.tv/tag/scott-dunlap/)
- [ezra roizen](https://vator.tv/tag/ezra-roizen/)
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- [Keiretsu Forum](https://vator.tv/tag/keiretsu-forum/)
- [Connie Koch](https://vator.tv/tag/connie-koch/)
- [markets](https://vator.tv/tag/markets/)
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- [iTunes](https://vator.tv/tag/itunes/)
- [studios](https://vator.tv/tag/studios/)
- [news blog](https://vator.tv/tag/news-blog/)
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- [mashable](https://vator.tv/tag/mashable/)
- [Vator Box](https://vator.tv/tag/vator-box/)
- [security](https://vator.tv/tag/security/)
- [Cogen](https://vator.tv/tag/cogen/)
- [Fenwick & West](https://vator.tv/tag/fenwick-west/)
- [Digg](https://vator.tv/tag/digg/)
- [Facebook apps](https://vator.tv/tag/facebook-apps/)
- [Leanse](https://vator.tv/tag/leanse/)
- [ad trends](https://vator.tv/tag/ad-trends/)
- [Beet.TV](https://vator.tv/tag/beet-tv/)
- [Internet TV](https://vator.tv/tag/internet-tv/)
- [online comedy](https://vator.tv/tag/online-comedy/)
- [AlwaysOn](https://vator.tv/tag/alwayson/)
- [sex](https://vator.tv/tag/sex/)
- [relationships](https://vator.tv/tag/relationships/)
- [classifieds](https://vator.tv/tag/classifieds/)
- [models](https://vator.tv/tag/models/)
- [actors](https://vator.tv/tag/actors/)
- [casting agency](https://vator.tv/tag/casting-agency/)
- [Hollywood](https://vator.tv/tag/hollywood/)
- [Lise Buyer](https://vator.tv/tag/lise-buyer/)
- [Vator Interviews](https://vator.tv/tag/vator-interviews/)
- [OnMedia](https://vator.tv/tag/onmedia/)
- [Draper](https://vator.tv/tag/draper/)
- [Microsoft Bid](https://vator.tv/tag/microsoft-bid/)
- [New media contest](https://vator.tv/tag/new-media-contest/)
- [Venture Beat](https://vator.tv/tag/venture-beat/)
- [Kremen](https://vator.tv/tag/kremen/)
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- [ShareThis](https://vator.tv/tag/sharethis/)
- [Genius](https://vator.tv/tag/genius/)
- [T5M](https://vator.tv/tag/t5m/)
- [entrepreneur's advice](https://vator.tv/tag/entrepreneurs-advice/)
- [Cashmore](https://vator.tv/tag/cashmore/)
- [rock and roll](https://vator.tv/tag/rock-and-roll/)
- [research study](https://vator.tv/tag/research-study/)
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- [product management](https://vator.tv/tag/product-management/)
- [Agile](https://vator.tv/tag/agile/)
- [Bill Gates](https://vator.tv/tag/bill-gates/)
- [Stanford Entrepreneur Week](https://vator.tv/tag/stanford-entrepreneur-week/)
- [Jaman](https://vator.tv/tag/jaman/)
- [SaaS](https://vator.tv/tag/saas/)
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- [David Koretz](https://vator.tv/tag/david-koretz/)
- [Citigroup](https://vator.tv/tag/citigroup/)
- [Mark Mahaney](https://vator.tv/tag/mark-mahaney/)
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- [Stanford E-Week](https://vator.tv/tag/stanford-e-week/)
- [Ivybrain](https://vator.tv/tag/ivybrain/)
- [marketing](https://vator.tv/tag/marketing/)
- [company names](https://vator.tv/tag/company-names/)
- [David Howard](https://vator.tv/tag/david-howard/)
- [online music](https://vator.tv/tag/online-music/)
- [iLike](https://vator.tv/tag/ilike/)
- [sharing](https://vator.tv/tag/sharing/)
- [china investing](https://vator.tv/tag/china-investing/)
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- [Blurb](https://vator.tv/tag/blurb/)
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- [John Shinal](https://vator.tv/tag/john-shinal/)
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- [Ivy Brain](https://vator.tv/tag/ivy-brain/)
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- [Dr. Roe Gallow](https://vator.tv/tag/dr-roe-gallow/)
- [peak performance](https://vator.tv/tag/peak-performance/)
- [mobile funds](https://vator.tv/tag/mobile-funds/)
- [iFund](https://vator.tv/tag/ifund/)
- [user generated content](https://vator.tv/tag/user-generated-content/)
- [PeopleConnect](https://vator.tv/tag/peopleconnect/)
- [Max Shapiro](https://vator.tv/tag/max-shapiro/)
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- [ancestor sites](https://vator.tv/tag/ancestor-sites/)
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- [DVR](https://vator.tv/tag/dvr/)
- [mobile entertainment](https://vator.tv/tag/mobile-entertainment/)
- [search market share](https://vator.tv/tag/search-market-share/)
- [Ted Wang](https://vator.tv/tag/ted-wang/)
- [term sheets](https://vator.tv/tag/term-sheets/)
- [digital music](https://vator.tv/tag/digital-music/)
- [ad networks](https://vator.tv/tag/ad-networks/)
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- [contributors](https://vator.tv/tag/contributors/)
- [meetings hiring jobs](https://vator.tv/tag/meetings-hiring-jobs/)
- [green tech](https://vator.tv/tag/green-tech/)
- [crowdsourcing](https://vator.tv/tag/crowdsourcing/)
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- [Wisdom of the community](https://vator.tv/tag/wisdom-of-the-community/)
- [Hailcab testimonial rave](https://vator.tv/tag/hailcab-testimonial-rave/)
- [beatboxing](https://vator.tv/tag/beatboxing/)
- [paul martino](https://vator.tv/tag/paul-martino/)
- [Consort Partners](https://vator.tv/tag/consort-partners/)
- [pr](https://vator.tv/tag/pr/)
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- [Buzzd](https://vator.tv/tag/buzzd/)
- [Time Warner Investments](https://vator.tv/tag/time-warner-investments/)
- [Comcast](https://vator.tv/tag/comcast/)
- [big media](https://vator.tv/tag/big-media/)
- [Outside the Inbox](https://vator.tv/tag/outside-the-inbox/)
- [Guest contributors](https://vator.tv/tag/guest-contributors/)
- [social networks](https://vator.tv/tag/social-networks/)
- [fundraising](https://vator.tv/tag/fundraising/)
- [Healthcare](https://vator.tv/tag/healthcare/)
- [DNA](https://vator.tv/tag/dna/)
- [Stanford Campus Correspondent](https://vator.tv/tag/stanford-campus-correspondent/)
- [Theresa Johnson](https://vator.tv/tag/theresa-johnson/)
- [cloud computing](https://vator.tv/tag/cloud-computing/)
- [Ning](https://vator.tv/tag/ning/)
- [valuations](https://vator.tv/tag/valuations/)
- [Steve Rosenbaum](https://vator.tv/tag/steve-rosenbaum/)
- [Venture investing Onset Ventures Raman Khanna](https://vator.tv/tag/venture-investing-onset-ventures-raman-khanna/)
- [playboy](https://vator.tv/tag/playboy/)
- [american idol](https://vator.tv/tag/american-idol/)
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- [nanotechnology](https://vator.tv/tag/nanotechnology/)
- [eBay competitor](https://vator.tv/tag/ebay-competitor/)
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- [Microsoft Outlook](https://vator.tv/tag/microsoft-outlook/)
- [Guest columns Reitzin Google](https://vator.tv/tag/guest-columns-reitzin-google/)
- [Mergers and acquisitions Microsoft Yahoo bid Jerry Yang Ballmer](https://vator.tv/tag/mergers-and-acquisitions-microsoft-yahoo-bid-jerry-yang-ballmer/)
- [Flickr](https://vator.tv/tag/flickr/)
- [Web aesthetics](https://vator.tv/tag/web-aesthetics/)
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- [board of directors](https://vator.tv/tag/board-of-directors/)
- [CEO](https://vator.tv/tag/ceo/)
- [PowerPoint](https://vator.tv/tag/powerpoint/)
- [PDF](https://vator.tv/tag/pdf/)
- [project management](https://vator.tv/tag/project-management/)
- [Guest contributors mobile](https://vator.tv/tag/guest-contributors-mobile/)
- [comments](https://vator.tv/tag/comments/)
- [dialogue](https://vator.tv/tag/dialogue/)
- [Tech Mex](https://vator.tv/tag/tech-mex/)
- [Nearsoft](https://vator.tv/tag/nearsoft/)
- [talent](https://vator.tv/tag/talent/)
- [qualities of entrepreneur](https://vator.tv/tag/qualities-of-entrepreneur/)
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- [About Vator](https://vator.tv/tag/about-vator/)
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- [Onset Ventures](https://vator.tv/tag/onset-ventures/)
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- [China](https://vator.tv/tag/china/)
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- [Wall Street Journal](https://vator.tv/tag/wall-street-journal/)
- [API](https://vator.tv/tag/api/)
- [spoof](https://vator.tv/tag/spoof/)
- [Eric Schmidt](https://vator.tv/tag/eric-schmidt/)
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- [iPhone](https://vator.tv/tag/iphone/)
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- [browser plug-ins](https://vator.tv/tag/browser-plug-ins/)
- [browsers Firefox open source](https://vator.tv/tag/browsers-firefox-open-source/)
- [anonymous writing](https://vator.tv/tag/anonymous-writing/)
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- [opensocial](https://vator.tv/tag/opensocial/)
- [global communities](https://vator.tv/tag/global-communities/)
- [social apps](https://vator.tv/tag/social-apps/)
- [engagement](https://vator.tv/tag/engagement/)
- [community](https://vator.tv/tag/community/)
- [stickiness](https://vator.tv/tag/stickiness/)
- [mobile marketing](https://vator.tv/tag/mobile-marketing/)
- [artists](https://vator.tv/tag/artists/)
- [bands](https://vator.tv/tag/bands/)
- [promotions](https://vator.tv/tag/promotions/)
- [Microsoft-Yahoo bid](https://vator.tv/tag/microsoft-yahoo-bid/)
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- [recommendations](https://vator.tv/tag/recommendations/)
- [mobile promotion](https://vator.tv/tag/mobile-promotion/)
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- [funding rounds](https://vator.tv/tag/funding-rounds/)
- [LiveSearch](https://vator.tv/tag/livesearch/)
- [investments](https://vator.tv/tag/investments/)
- [social network apps](https://vator.tv/tag/social-network-apps/)
- [Twitter](https://vator.tv/tag/twitter/)
- [infrastructure](https://vator.tv/tag/infrastructure/)
- [Groundswell](https://vator.tv/tag/groundswell/)
- [venture capital rounds](https://vator.tv/tag/venture-capital-rounds/)
- [blogs-to-books](https://vator.tv/tag/blogs-to-books/)
- [widgets](https://vator.tv/tag/widgets/)
- [peer-to-peer file sharing](https://vator.tv/tag/peer-to-peer-file-sharing/)
- [Web browsers](https://vator.tv/tag/web-browsers/)
- [Firefox](https://vator.tv/tag/firefox/)
- [DCM](https://vator.tv/tag/dcm/)
- [photo sharing](https://vator.tv/tag/photo-sharing/)
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- [news](https://vator.tv/tag/news/)
- [rupert murdoch](https://vator.tv/tag/rupert-murdoch/)
- [cnet](https://vator.tv/tag/cnet/)
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- [comedy online](https://vator.tv/tag/comedy-online/)
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- [connections](https://vator.tv/tag/connections/)
- [traditional media](https://vator.tv/tag/traditional-media/)
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- [richard pryor](https://vator.tv/tag/richard-pryor/)
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- [Microsoft's Yahoo bid](https://vator.tv/tag/microsofts-yahoo-bid/)
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- [market reports](https://vator.tv/tag/market-reports/)
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- [venture rounds](https://vator.tv/tag/venture-rounds/)
- [IPO](https://vator.tv/tag/ipo/)
- [talent agencies](https://vator.tv/tag/talent-agencies/)
- [data mining](https://vator.tv/tag/data-mining/)
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- [Press Release](https://vator.tv/tag/press-release/)
- [licensing](https://vator.tv/tag/licensing/)
- [Proquest](https://vator.tv/tag/proquest/)
- [revenue](https://vator.tv/tag/revenue/)
- [objective journalism](https://vator.tv/tag/objective-journalism/)
- [marketplaces](https://vator.tv/tag/marketplaces/)
- [local](https://vator.tv/tag/local/)
- [travel](https://vator.tv/tag/travel/)
- [analytics](https://vator.tv/tag/analytics/)
- [measurement tools](https://vator.tv/tag/measurement-tools/)
- [global market](https://vator.tv/tag/global-market/)
- [mixing](https://vator.tv/tag/mixing/)
- [talent managers](https://vator.tv/tag/talent-managers/)
- [microblogging](https://vator.tv/tag/microblogging/)
- [idea exchanges](https://vator.tv/tag/idea-exchanges/)
- [futures exchanges](https://vator.tv/tag/futures-exchanges/)
- [technology deployment](https://vator.tv/tag/technology-deployment/)
- [rapid innovation](https://vator.tv/tag/rapid-innovation/)
- [iteration](https://vator.tv/tag/iteration/)
- [university research](https://vator.tv/tag/university-research/)
- [sports](https://vator.tv/tag/sports/)
- [athletes](https://vator.tv/tag/athletes/)
- [baron davis](https://vator.tv/tag/baron-davis/)
- [open platforms](https://vator.tv/tag/open-platforms/)
- [bubble](https://vator.tv/tag/bubble/)
- [roller coaster](https://vator.tv/tag/roller-coaster/)
- [emotional](https://vator.tv/tag/emotional/)
- [dream](https://vator.tv/tag/dream/)
- [financing](https://vator.tv/tag/financing/)
- [Seesmic](https://vator.tv/tag/seesmic/)
- [Loic Lemeur](https://vator.tv/tag/loic-lemeur/)
- [copyright](https://vator.tv/tag/copyright/)
- [YouTube](https://vator.tv/tag/youtube/)
- [Viacom](https://vator.tv/tag/viacom/)
- [lawsuit](https://vator.tv/tag/lawsuit/)
- [advertising models](https://vator.tv/tag/advertising-models/)
- [focus](https://vator.tv/tag/focus/)
- [Internet fakes](https://vator.tv/tag/internet-fakes/)
- [Jeremy Liew](https://vator.tv/tag/jeremy-liew/)
- [guest columnists](https://vator.tv/tag/guest-columnists/)
- [OpenRoad.TV](https://vator.tv/tag/openroad-tv/)
- [McConnell](https://vator.tv/tag/mcconnell/)
- [author](https://vator.tv/tag/author/)
- [virality](https://vator.tv/tag/virality/)
- [advertising](https://vator.tv/tag/advertising/)
- [desktop search](https://vator.tv/tag/desktop-search/)
- [small steps](https://vator.tv/tag/small-steps/)
- [transparency](https://vator.tv/tag/transparency/)
- [stealth mode](https://vator.tv/tag/stealth-mode/)
- [Microsoft-Yahoo](https://vator.tv/tag/microsoft-yahoo/)
- [exits](https://vator.tv/tag/exits/)
- [NVCA](https://vator.tv/tag/nvca/)
- [stealth](https://vator.tv/tag/stealth/)
- [AT&T](https://vator.tv/tag/att/)
- [online video](https://vator.tv/tag/online-video/)
- [digital rights](https://vator.tv/tag/digital-rights/)
- [EFF](https://vator.tv/tag/eff/)
- [von Lohmann](https://vator.tv/tag/von-lohmann/)
- [fund performance](https://vator.tv/tag/fund-performance/)
- [Sturiale](https://vator.tv/tag/sturiale/)
- [Ressi](https://vator.tv/tag/ressi/)
- [YouTube Viacom suit](https://vator.tv/tag/youtube-viacom-suit/)
- [China venture capital](https://vator.tv/tag/china-venture-capital/)
- [European venture capital](https://vator.tv/tag/european-venture-capital/)
- [micro-blogs](https://vator.tv/tag/micro-blogs/)
- [friendfeed](https://vator.tv/tag/friendfeed/)
- [Icahn](https://vator.tv/tag/icahn/)
- [targeting](https://vator.tv/tag/targeting/)
- [AdBrite](https://vator.tv/tag/adbrite/)
- [Iggy Fanlo](https://vator.tv/tag/iggy-fanlo/)
- [Bay Area](https://vator.tv/tag/bay-area/)
- [mobile stats](https://vator.tv/tag/mobile-stats/)
- [monetization](https://vator.tv/tag/monetization/)
- [Yahoo-Google deal](https://vator.tv/tag/yahoo-google-deal/)
- [Hintze](https://vator.tv/tag/hintze/)
- [earnout](https://vator.tv/tag/earnout/)
- [acquisition](https://vator.tv/tag/acquisition/)
- [digital media](https://vator.tv/tag/digital-media/)
- [gaming](https://vator.tv/tag/gaming/)
- [Glass ceiling](https://vator.tv/tag/glass-ceiling/)
- [women](https://vator.tv/tag/women/)
- [girl](https://vator.tv/tag/girl/)
- [Business Ideas](https://vator.tv/tag/business-ideas/)
- [Wine](https://vator.tv/tag/wine/)
- [winemaking](https://vator.tv/tag/winemaking/)
- [Wisdom of crowds](https://vator.tv/tag/wisdom-of-crowds/)
- [reviews](https://vator.tv/tag/reviews/)
- [ratings](https://vator.tv/tag/ratings/)
- [meritocracy](https://vator.tv/tag/meritocracy/)
- [participation inequality](https://vator.tv/tag/participation-inequality/)
- [filesanywhere.com](https://vator.tv/tag/filesanywhere-com/)
- [news models](https://vator.tv/tag/news-models/)
- [live programming](https://vator.tv/tag/live-programming/)
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- [not giving up](https://vator.tv/tag/not-giving-up/)
- [finding good teams](https://vator.tv/tag/finding-good-teams/)
- [rollercoaster](https://vator.tv/tag/rollercoaster/)
- [habits](https://vator.tv/tag/habits/)
- [customers](https://vator.tv/tag/customers/)
- [co-creation](https://vator.tv/tag/co-creation/)
- [customer communities](https://vator.tv/tag/customer-communities/)
- [angels](https://vator.tv/tag/angels/)
- [pitching](https://vator.tv/tag/pitching/)
- [fees](https://vator.tv/tag/fees/)
- [VMware](https://vator.tv/tag/vmware/)
- [Hyper-V](https://vator.tv/tag/hyper-v/)
- [video distribution](https://vator.tv/tag/video-distribution/)
- [playlists](https://vator.tv/tag/playlists/)
- [HD tv](https://vator.tv/tag/hd-tv/)
- [television viewing](https://vator.tv/tag/television-viewing/)
- [microsoft office 2007](https://vator.tv/tag/microsoft-office-2007/)
- [top 4 reasons why i can live without Microsoft Office](https://vator.tv/tag/top-4-reasons-why-i-can-live-without-microsoft-office/)
- [josh chandler](https://vator.tv/tag/josh-chandler/)
- [media technology yahoo exit angel independent](https://vator.tv/tag/media-technology-yahoo-exit-angel-independent/)
- [scribd partner with lulu](https://vator.tv/tag/scribd-partner-with-lulu/)
- [lulu.com](https://vator.tv/tag/lulu-com/)
- [scribd.com](https://vator.tv/tag/scribd-com/)
- [digital marketplace self publishing](https://vator.tv/tag/digital-marketplace-self-publishing/)
- [jason bentley](https://vator.tv/tag/jason-bentley/)
- [web document viewing](https://vator.tv/tag/web-document-viewing/)
- [Cloud9Analytics](https://vator.tv/tag/cloud9analytics/)
- [Sales 2.0](https://vator.tv/tag/sales-2-0/)
- [Paul McGhee](https://vator.tv/tag/paul-mcghee/)
- [Gerhard Gschwandtner](https://vator.tv/tag/gerhard-gschwandtner/)
- [Cloud Nine](https://vator.tv/tag/cloud-nine/)
- [CRM](https://vator.tv/tag/crm/)
- [Inside View](https://vator.tv/tag/inside-view/)
- [Socialprise](https://vator.tv/tag/socialprise/)
- [Rand Schulman](https://vator.tv/tag/rand-schulman/)
- [spam](https://vator.tv/tag/spam/)
- [google android](https://vator.tv/tag/google-android/)
- [nokia symbian](https://vator.tv/tag/nokia-symbian/)
- [open source mobile google](https://vator.tv/tag/open-source-mobile-google/)
- [open source mobile nokia](https://vator.tv/tag/open-source-mobile-nokia/)
- [mobile device news](https://vator.tv/tag/mobile-device-news/)
- [poverty](https://vator.tv/tag/poverty/)
- [startup](https://vator.tv/tag/startup/)
- [measure engagement user activity site metrics](https://vator.tv/tag/measure-engagement-user-activity-site-metrics/)
- [youtube viacom](https://vator.tv/tag/youtube-viacom/)
- [online video lawsuit](https://vator.tv/tag/online-video-lawsuit/)
- [viacom youtube lawsuit](https://vator.tv/tag/viacom-youtube-lawsuit/)
- [lionsgate youtube deal](https://vator.tv/tag/lionsgate-youtube-deal/)
- [google video youtube](https://vator.tv/tag/google-video-youtube/)
- [angel funding](https://vator.tv/tag/angel-funding/)
- [angel networks](https://vator.tv/tag/angel-networks/)
- [tivo youtube partnership](https://vator.tv/tag/tivo-youtube-partnership/)
- [youtube.com on tivo](https://vator.tv/tag/youtube-com-on-tivo/)
- [amazon unbox download](https://vator.tv/tag/amazon-unbox-download/)
- [apple itunes download](https://vator.tv/tag/apple-itunes-download/)
- [mobile ringtone providers](https://vator.tv/tag/mobile-ringtone-providers/)
- [teens mobile phone subscriptions](https://vator.tv/tag/teens-mobile-phone-subscriptions/)
- [eu commision warning mobile users](https://vator.tv/tag/eu-commision-warning-mobile-users/)
- [newspapers](https://vator.tv/tag/newspapers/)
- [Sales2.0](https://vator.tv/tag/sales2-0/)
- [Anneke Seley](https://vator.tv/tag/anneke-seley/)
- [Phoneworks](https://vator.tv/tag/phoneworks/)
- [Sales Productivity](https://vator.tv/tag/sales-productivity/)
- [Sales technology](https://vator.tv/tag/sales-technology/)
- [Bob Jurik](https://vator.tv/tag/bob-jurik/)
- [Voice of the Revenue](https://vator.tv/tag/voice-of-the-revenue/)
- [Razi Imam](https://vator.tv/tag/razi-imam/)
- [Landslide](https://vator.tv/tag/landslide/)
- [Lucidera](https://vator.tv/tag/lucidera/)
- [Ken Rudin](https://vator.tv/tag/ken-rudin/)
- [Xactly](https://vator.tv/tag/xactly/)
- [Karen Steele](https://vator.tv/tag/karen-steele/)
- [Sales Compensation](https://vator.tv/tag/sales-compensation/)
- [InsideView](https://vator.tv/tag/insideview/)
- [global entrepreneurship startups vc](https://vator.tv/tag/global-entrepreneurship-startups-vc/)
- [apps](https://vator.tv/tag/apps/)
- [time spent online](https://vator.tv/tag/time-spent-online/)
- [don't give up](https://vator.tv/tag/dont-give-up/)
- [advertisers](https://vator.tv/tag/advertisers/)
- [working hard](https://vator.tv/tag/working-hard/)
- [seed funding](https://vator.tv/tag/seed-funding/)
- [Internet Video](https://vator.tv/tag/internet-video/)
- [rejection](https://vator.tv/tag/rejection/)
- [work ethics](https://vator.tv/tag/work-ethics/)
- [failure](https://vator.tv/tag/failure/)
- [ideas](https://vator.tv/tag/ideas/)
- [startups](https://vator.tv/tag/startups/)
- [advice](https://vator.tv/tag/advice/)
- [microblogging for web startups](https://vator.tv/tag/microblogging-for-web-startups/)
- [entreupenerial uses of web 2.0](https://vator.tv/tag/entreupenerial-uses-of-web-2-0/)
- [business use of web 2.0](https://vator.tv/tag/business-use-of-web-2-0/)
- [s3](https://vator.tv/tag/s3/)
- [amazon](https://vator.tv/tag/amazon/)
- [bezos](https://vator.tv/tag/bezos/)
- [tap tap revenge](https://vator.tv/tag/tap-tap-revenge/)
- [design research](https://vator.tv/tag/design-research/)
- [empathy](https://vator.tv/tag/empathy/)
- [ethnography](https://vator.tv/tag/ethnography/)
- [apple ipod](https://vator.tv/tag/apple-ipod/)
- [ipod accessories market](https://vator.tv/tag/ipod-accessories-market/)
- [ipod nano](https://vator.tv/tag/ipod-nano/)
- [ipod classic](https://vator.tv/tag/ipod-classic/)
- [ipod docks](https://vator.tv/tag/ipod-docks/)
- [Steve Jobs' health](https://vator.tv/tag/steve-jobs-health/)
- [yahoo advertising](https://vator.tv/tag/yahoo-advertising/)
- [google adwords](https://vator.tv/tag/google-adwords/)
- [aol chief john miller](https://vator.tv/tag/aol-chief-john-miller/)
- [yahoo search](https://vator.tv/tag/yahoo-search/)
- [Anneke Seeley](https://vator.tv/tag/anneke-seeley/)
- [Barry Trailer](https://vator.tv/tag/barry-trailer/)
- [CSO Insights](https://vator.tv/tag/cso-insights/)
- [Sales Management 2.0](https://vator.tv/tag/sales-management-2-0/)
- [Sales Management](https://vator.tv/tag/sales-management/)
- [Webex/Cisco](https://vator.tv/tag/webex-cisco/)
- [Jeff Weinberger](https://vator.tv/tag/jeff-weinberger/)
- [Webex](https://vator.tv/tag/webex/)
- [Sales Collaboration](https://vator.tv/tag/sales-collaboration/)
- [wisdom of crwods](https://vator.tv/tag/wisdom-of-crwods/)
- [long tail](https://vator.tv/tag/long-tail/)
- [tipping point](https://vator.tv/tag/tipping-point/)
- [first to market](https://vator.tv/tag/first-to-market/)
- [jack dorsey](https://vator.tv/tag/jack-dorsey/)
- [simplicity](https://vator.tv/tag/simplicity/)
- [just do it](https://vator.tv/tag/just-do-it/)
- [Business](https://vator.tv/tag/business/)
- [postmortems](https://vator.tv/tag/postmortems/)
- [monitor110](https://vator.tv/tag/monitor110/)
- [never give up](https://vator.tv/tag/never-give-up/)
- [endurance](https://vator.tv/tag/endurance/)
- [motivation](https://vator.tv/tag/motivation/)
- [patience](https://vator.tv/tag/patience/)
- [energy](https://vator.tv/tag/energy/)
- [persistence](https://vator.tv/tag/persistence/)
- [branding](https://vator.tv/tag/branding/)
- [CEO management](https://vator.tv/tag/ceo-management/)
- [fundraising angel investors VC](https://vator.tv/tag/fundraising-angel-investors-vc/)
- [xobni](https://vator.tv/tag/xobni/)
- [pando](https://vator.tv/tag/pando/)
- [social inbox](https://vator.tv/tag/social-inbox/)
- [clear context](https://vator.tv/tag/clear-context/)
- [investment funding seed capital social network entrepreneurs](https://vator.tv/tag/investment-funding-seed-capital-social-network-entrepreneurs/)
- [earnings](https://vator.tv/tag/earnings/)
- [Yang](https://vator.tv/tag/yang/)
- [adapt](https://vator.tv/tag/adapt/)
- [bee](https://vator.tv/tag/bee/)
- [how-to videos](https://vator.tv/tag/how-to-videos/)
- [video sites](https://vator.tv/tag/video-sites/)
- [instructional videos](https://vator.tv/tag/instructional-videos/)
- [Grasper Lesson 08-13](https://vator.tv/tag/grasper-lesson-08-13/)
- [digital goods](https://vator.tv/tag/digital-goods/)
- [virtual goods](https://vator.tv/tag/virtual-goods/)
- [commerce](https://vator.tv/tag/commerce/)
- [3d worlds](https://vator.tv/tag/3d-worlds/)
- [Vivity Interview 2-08-13](https://vator.tv/tag/vivity-interview-2-08-13/)
- [think big](https://vator.tv/tag/think-big/)
- [hired hand](https://vator.tv/tag/hired-hand/)
- [Enurgi](https://vator.tv/tag/enurgi/)
- [Social Network](https://vator.tv/tag/social-network/)
- [mobile apps](https://vator.tv/tag/mobile-apps/)
- [apps store](https://vator.tv/tag/apps-store/)
- [iPhone apps](https://vator.tv/tag/iphone-apps/)
- [Tapulous](https://vator.tv/tag/tapulous/)
- [app development](https://vator.tv/tag/app-development/)
- [mobile advertising](https://vator.tv/tag/mobile-advertising/)
- [AdMob](https://vator.tv/tag/admob/)
- [Cisco](https://vator.tv/tag/cisco/)
- [Virtual World](https://vator.tv/tag/virtual-world/)
- [Second Life](https://vator.tv/tag/second-life/)
- [Public Relations](https://vator.tv/tag/public-relations/)
- [Avatar](https://vator.tv/tag/avatar/)
- [promotion](https://vator.tv/tag/promotion/)
- [video sharing](https://vator.tv/tag/video-sharing/)
- [journalism](https://vator.tv/tag/journalism/)
- [future](https://vator.tv/tag/future/)
- [digg.com](https://vator.tv/tag/digg-com/)
- [microsoft ads](https://vator.tv/tag/microsoft-ads/)
- [google buying digg](https://vator.tv/tag/google-buying-digg/)
- [if google bought digg](https://vator.tv/tag/if-google-bought-digg/)
- [venture capital fundraising investing investors](https://vator.tv/tag/venture-capital-fundraising-investing-investors/)
- [viral marketing](https://vator.tv/tag/viral-marketing/)
- [campaign](https://vator.tv/tag/campaign/)
- [word of mouth](https://vator.tv/tag/word-of-mouth/)
- [visibility](https://vator.tv/tag/visibility/)
- [traction](https://vator.tv/tag/traction/)
- [small world](https://vator.tv/tag/small-world/)
- [weak ties](https://vator.tv/tag/weak-ties/)
- [greentech](https://vator.tv/tag/greentech/)
- [Cuil](https://vator.tv/tag/cuil/)
- [launch snafu](https://vator.tv/tag/launch-snafu/)
- [Singerman Interview 08-13](https://vator.tv/tag/singerman-interview-08-13/)
- [consumer behavior](https://vator.tv/tag/consumer-behavior/)
- [online culture](https://vator.tv/tag/online-culture/)
- [beginning of Twitter](https://vator.tv/tag/beginning-of-twitter/)
- [cpms](https://vator.tv/tag/cpms/)
- [david kidder](https://vator.tv/tag/david-kidder/)
- [founders fund](https://vator.tv/tag/founders-fund/)
- [Music Piano Learn Lesson PLAY Method](https://vator.tv/tag/music-piano-learn-lesson-play-method/)
- [lessons](https://vator.tv/tag/lessons/)
- [challenges](https://vator.tv/tag/challenges/)
- [Dan Kaminsky](https://vator.tv/tag/dan-kaminsky/)
- [DNS exploit](https://vator.tv/tag/dns-exploit/)
- [cache poisoning](https://vator.tv/tag/cache-poisoning/)
- [collaboration](https://vator.tv/tag/collaboration/)
- [economics](https://vator.tv/tag/economics/)
- [Motorola](https://vator.tv/tag/motorola/)
- [Sanjay Jah](https://vator.tv/tag/sanjay-jah/)
- [private placements](https://vator.tv/tag/private-placements/)
- [private file sharing](https://vator.tv/tag/private-file-sharing/)
- [amazon s3](https://vator.tv/tag/amazon-s3/)
- [adobe](https://vator.tv/tag/adobe/)
- [at &t](https://vator.tv/tag/at-t/)
- [cloud computing dominance](https://vator.tv/tag/cloud-computing-dominance/)
- [Web TV](https://vator.tv/tag/web-tv/)
- [NuMedia](https://vator.tv/tag/numedia/)
- [Michael Kernan](https://vator.tv/tag/michael-kernan/)
- [Digital Hollywood](https://vator.tv/tag/digital-hollywood/)
- [ManiaTV](https://vator.tv/tag/maniatv/)
- [Hoskins](https://vator.tv/tag/hoskins/)
- [Glam](https://vator.tv/tag/glam/)
- [Zamanian](https://vator.tv/tag/zamanian/)
- [branded advertising](https://vator.tv/tag/branded-advertising/)
- [online ads](https://vator.tv/tag/online-ads/)
- [ad targeting](https://vator.tv/tag/ad-targeting/)
- [privacy concerns](https://vator.tv/tag/privacy-concerns/)
- [user generated video UGC](https://vator.tv/tag/user-generated-video-ugc/)
- [CurrentTV](https://vator.tv/tag/currenttv/)
- [Zweering](https://vator.tv/tag/zweering/)
- [Hulu](https://vator.tv/tag/hulu/)
- [DigitalHollywood](https://vator.tv/tag/digitalhollywood/)
- [value proposition](https://vator.tv/tag/value-proposition/)
- [wireless carriers](https://vator.tv/tag/wireless-carriers/)
- [T-Mobile](https://vator.tv/tag/t-mobile/)
- [mobile video](https://vator.tv/tag/mobile-video/)
- [law](https://vator.tv/tag/law/)
- [intellectual property](https://vator.tv/tag/intellectual-property/)
- [open source](https://vator.tv/tag/open-source/)
- [identi.ca](https://vator.tv/tag/identi-ca/)
- [twhirl](https://vator.tv/tag/twhirl/)
- [open source microblogging](https://vator.tv/tag/open-source-microblogging/)
- [jisko.net](https://vator.tv/tag/jisko-net/)
- [matchmaking](https://vator.tv/tag/matchmaking/)
- [VCs](https://vator.tv/tag/vcs/)
- [payperz.com josh chandler school college research papers money reward students pupils web 2.0 website](https://vator.tv/tag/payperz-com-josh-chandler-school-college-research-papers-money-reward-students-pupils-web-2-0-website/)
- [downloads](https://vator.tv/tag/downloads/)
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- [Clickable](https://vator.tv/tag/clickable/)
- [Mariah Power](https://vator.tv/tag/mariah-power/)
- [Mike Hess](https://vator.tv/tag/mike-hess/)
- [Wind Energy](https://vator.tv/tag/wind-energy/)
- [WindSpire](https://vator.tv/tag/windspire/)
- [behavioral targeting](https://vator.tv/tag/behavioral-targeting/)
- [Internet privacy](https://vator.tv/tag/internet-privacy/)
- [smb](https://vator.tv/tag/smb/)
- [start up](https://vator.tv/tag/start-up/)
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- [IT](https://vator.tv/tag/it/)
- [IT services](https://vator.tv/tag/it-services/)
- [visual tags](https://vator.tv/tag/visual-tags/)
- [v-tag](https://vator.tv/tag/v-tag/)
- [2d barcode](https://vator.tv/tag/2d-barcode/)
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- [3G problems](https://vator.tv/tag/3g-problems/)
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- [Bill Davis](https://vator.tv/tag/bill-davis/)
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- [goals](https://vator.tv/tag/goals/)
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- [Brad Kayton](https://vator.tv/tag/brad-kayton/)
- [Energy Management](https://vator.tv/tag/energy-management/)
- [4home media](https://vator.tv/tag/4home-media/)
- [Integrity block](https://vator.tv/tag/integrity-block/)
- [Trevor Stout](https://vator.tv/tag/trevor-stout/)
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- [paying](https://vator.tv/tag/paying/)
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- [clean tech competition](https://vator.tv/tag/clean-tech-competition/)
- [renewable energy](https://vator.tv/tag/renewable-energy/)
- [shopping](https://vator.tv/tag/shopping/)
- [Amazon reseller](https://vator.tv/tag/amazon-reseller/)
- [PinchMedia](https://vator.tv/tag/pinchmedia/)
- [Yardley](https://vator.tv/tag/yardley/)
- [mobile subscriptions](https://vator.tv/tag/mobile-subscriptions/)
- [ad solutions](https://vator.tv/tag/ad-solutions/)
- [rubicon project](https://vator.tv/tag/rubicon-project/)
- [ad network optimization](https://vator.tv/tag/ad-network-optimization/)
- [Android](https://vator.tv/tag/android/)
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- [HDTV](https://vator.tv/tag/hdtv/)
- [platforms](https://vator.tv/tag/platforms/)
- [video viewing](https://vator.tv/tag/video-viewing/)
- [Rich Wong](https://vator.tv/tag/rich-wong/)
- [executive search](https://vator.tv/tag/executive-search/)
- [teams](https://vator.tv/tag/teams/)
- [founders](https://vator.tv/tag/founders/)
- [age](https://vator.tv/tag/age/)
- [IAB](https://vator.tv/tag/iab/)
- [pitch](https://vator.tv/tag/pitch/)
- [Olympics](https://vator.tv/tag/olympics/)
- [programming](https://vator.tv/tag/programming/)
- [broadcast](https://vator.tv/tag/broadcast/)
- [Content Creation](https://vator.tv/tag/content-creation/)
- [Larry Kless](https://vator.tv/tag/larry-kless/)
- [Klessblog](https://vator.tv/tag/klessblog/)
- [Kyte](https://vator.tv/tag/kyte/)
- [Online Video Publishing](https://vator.tv/tag/online-video-publishing/)
- [SEO](https://vator.tv/tag/seo/)
- [streaming media](https://vator.tv/tag/streaming-media/)
- [Live mobile video broadcasting](https://vator.tv/tag/live-mobile-video-broadcasting/)
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- [Qik](https://vator.tv/tag/qik/)
- [gary Vaynerchuk](https://vator.tv/tag/gary-vaynerchuk/)
- [brand](https://vator.tv/tag/brand/)
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- [online brand](https://vator.tv/tag/online-brand/)
- [online world](https://vator.tv/tag/online-world/)
- [Nokia N95](https://vator.tv/tag/nokia-n95/)
- [Video Applications](https://vator.tv/tag/video-applications/)
- [Video Blogging](https://vator.tv/tag/video-blogging/)
- [Video Production Tips](https://vator.tv/tag/video-production-tips/)
- [infoblox](https://vator.tv/tag/infoblox/)
- [storytelling](https://vator.tv/tag/storytelling/)
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- [artist](https://vator.tv/tag/artist/)
- [managing content](https://vator.tv/tag/managing-content/)
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- [citizen journalists](https://vator.tv/tag/citizen-journalists/)
- [Tapulous- Lessons Learned](https://vator.tv/tag/tapulous-lessons-learned/)
- [online ad networks](https://vator.tv/tag/online-ad-networks/)
- [hybrid video ads](https://vator.tv/tag/hybrid-video-ads/)
- [Cox Adify acquisition](https://vator.tv/tag/cox-adify-acquisition/)
- [remnant inventory](https://vator.tv/tag/remnant-inventory/)
- [Cox](https://vator.tv/tag/cox/)
- [elections](https://vator.tv/tag/elections/)
- [campaigns](https://vator.tv/tag/campaigns/)
- [presidential elections](https://vator.tv/tag/presidential-elections/)
- [in-text advertising](https://vator.tv/tag/in-text-advertising/)
- [contextual advertising](https://vator.tv/tag/contextual-advertising/)
- [Tapulous Mike Lee iPhone apps](https://vator.tv/tag/tapulous-mike-lee-iphone-apps/)
- [buzzd nihal mehta](https://vator.tv/tag/buzzd-nihal-mehta/)
- [ees](https://vator.tv/tag/ees/)
- [web 2.0 company](https://vator.tv/tag/web-2-0-company/)
- [small investment](https://vator.tv/tag/small-investment/)
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- [sarah austin](https://vator.tv/tag/sarah-austin/)
- [technology gazette](https://vator.tv/tag/technology-gazette/)
- [leo laporte](https://vator.tv/tag/leo-laporte/)
- [new media expo](https://vator.tv/tag/new-media-expo/)
- [pop17.com](https://vator.tv/tag/pop17-com/)
- [podcast](https://vator.tv/tag/podcast/)
- [internet celebrity](https://vator.tv/tag/internet-celebrity/)
- [AdInfuse](https://vator.tv/tag/adinfuse/)
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- [follow-ons](https://vator.tv/tag/follow-ons/)
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- [talent agency sites](https://vator.tv/tag/talent-agency-sites/)
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- [iWidgets](https://vator.tv/tag/iwidgets/)
- [Peter Yared](https://vator.tv/tag/peter-yared/)
- [Sun Microsystems](https://vator.tv/tag/sun-microsystems/)
- [Don't call it a phone](https://vator.tv/tag/dont-call-it-a-phone/)
- [Earthlink](https://vator.tv/tag/earthlink/)
- [Helio](https://vator.tv/tag/helio/)
- [SK Telecom](https://vator.tv/tag/sk-telecom/)
- [Virgin Mobile](https://vator.tv/tag/virgin-mobile/)
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- [Pitchfork.tv](https://vator.tv/tag/pitchfork-tv/)
- [venture financing](https://vator.tv/tag/venture-financing/)
- [advertisments](https://vator.tv/tag/advertisments/)
- [ads](https://vator.tv/tag/ads/)
- [social ads](https://vator.tv/tag/social-ads/)
- [Aaron Sorkin](https://vator.tv/tag/aaron-sorkin/)
- [Joshua Molina](https://vator.tv/tag/joshua-molina/)
- [Martin Sheen](https://vator.tv/tag/martin-sheen/)
- [The Facebook Movie](https://vator.tv/tag/the-facebook-movie/)
- [The Onion](https://vator.tv/tag/the-onion/)
- [The West Wing](https://vator.tv/tag/the-west-wing/)
- [customer experience](https://vator.tv/tag/customer-experience/)
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- [browser](https://vator.tv/tag/browser/)
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- [Chrome](https://vator.tv/tag/chrome/)
- [browser wars](https://vator.tv/tag/browser-wars/)
- [funding announcements](https://vator.tv/tag/funding-announcements/)
- [display ads](https://vator.tv/tag/display-ads/)
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- [ownership](https://vator.tv/tag/ownership/)
- [etiquette](https://vator.tv/tag/etiquette/)
- [socializing](https://vator.tv/tag/socializing/)
- [data](https://vator.tv/tag/data/)
- [Safari](https://vator.tv/tag/safari/)
- [Windows Mobile](https://vator.tv/tag/windows-mobile/)
- [Dave Eggars](https://vator.tv/tag/dave-eggars/)
- [Glasgow Phillips](https://vator.tv/tag/glasgow-phillips/)
- [Matt Stone](https://vator.tv/tag/matt-stone/)
- [South Park](https://vator.tv/tag/south-park/)
- [The Long Tail](https://vator.tv/tag/the-long-tail/)
- [The Royal Nonesuch](https://vator.tv/tag/the-royal-nonesuch/)
- [Trey Parker](https://vator.tv/tag/trey-parker/)
- [Books](https://vator.tv/tag/books/)
- [Comedy](https://vator.tv/tag/comedy/)
- [Film](https://vator.tv/tag/film/)
- [Filmmakers 2.0](https://vator.tv/tag/filmmakers-2-0/)
- [Memoir](https://vator.tv/tag/memoir/)
- [blog discovery](https://vator.tv/tag/blog-discovery/)
- [Food](https://vator.tv/tag/food/)
- [Recipe](https://vator.tv/tag/recipe/)
- [Match](https://vator.tv/tag/match/)
- [Company](https://vator.tv/tag/company/)
- [Review](https://vator.tv/tag/review/)
- [Dinner](https://vator.tv/tag/dinner/)
- [Lunch](https://vator.tv/tag/lunch/)
- [Cook](https://vator.tv/tag/cook/)
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- [School](https://vator.tv/tag/school/)
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- [professor](https://vator.tv/tag/professor/)
- [social](https://vator.tv/tag/social/)
- [network](https://vator.tv/tag/network/)
- [team](https://vator.tv/tag/team/)
- [flexible](https://vator.tv/tag/flexible/)
- [expectations](https://vator.tv/tag/expectations/)
- [smaato](https://vator.tv/tag/smaato/)
- [applications](https://vator.tv/tag/applications/)
- [MySpace](https://vator.tv/tag/myspace/)
- [Chris DeWolfe](https://vator.tv/tag/chris-dewolfe/)
- [Arrington](https://vator.tv/tag/arrington/)
- [TechCrunch 50](https://vator.tv/tag/techcrunch-50/)
- [GoogleNews](https://vator.tv/tag/googlenews/)
- [scanning old newspapers](https://vator.tv/tag/scanning-old-newspapers/)
- [Marissa Mayer](https://vator.tv/tag/marissa-mayer/)
- [innovate](https://vator.tv/tag/innovate/)
- [managing](https://vator.tv/tag/managing/)
- [celebrity entrepreneur](https://vator.tv/tag/celebrity-entrepreneur/)
- [gossip](https://vator.tv/tag/gossip/)
- [girls site](https://vator.tv/tag/girls-site/)
- [technorati](https://vator.tv/tag/technorati/)
- [blog search](https://vator.tv/tag/blog-search/)
- [richard jalichandra](https://vator.tv/tag/richard-jalichandra/)
- [management style character fundraising m&a team business model](https://vator.tv/tag/management-style-character-fundraising-ma-team-business-model/)
- [communications](https://vator.tv/tag/communications/)
- [community support](https://vator.tv/tag/community-support/)
- [Thiel](https://vator.tv/tag/thiel/)
- [Internet valuations](https://vator.tv/tag/internet-valuations/)
- [graspr](https://vator.tv/tag/graspr/)
- [kontera](https://vator.tv/tag/kontera/)
- [in-text ads](https://vator.tv/tag/in-text-ads/)
- [how-to](https://vator.tv/tag/how-to/)
- [publishing](https://vator.tv/tag/publishing/)
- [media](https://vator.tv/tag/media/)
- [twitter clone](https://vator.tv/tag/twitter-clone/)
- [enterprise utility](https://vator.tv/tag/enterprise-utility/)
- [enterprise app](https://vator.tv/tag/enterprise-app/)
- [micro-blogging](https://vator.tv/tag/micro-blogging/)
- [communicating](https://vator.tv/tag/communicating/)
- [tapulous tatango mobile apps iphone apps](https://vator.tv/tag/tapulous-tatango-mobile-apps-iphone-apps/)
- [Google - Yahoo deal](https://vator.tv/tag/google-yahoo-deal/)
- [antitrust](https://vator.tv/tag/antitrust/)
- [Litvack](https://vator.tv/tag/litvack/)
- [google chrome ie firefox 3 internet explorer 7 8 josh chandler improvement analysis](https://vator.tv/tag/google-chrome-ie-firefox-3-internet-explorer-7-8-josh-chandler-improvement-analysis/)
- [social community audience CEO interview network](https://vator.tv/tag/social-community-audience-ceo-interview-network/)
- [raising money](https://vator.tv/tag/raising-money/)
- [socialmedian](https://vator.tv/tag/socialmedian/)
- [aggregating news](https://vator.tv/tag/aggregating-news/)
- [social news](https://vator.tv/tag/social-news/)
- [CareFlash](https://vator.tv/tag/careflash/)
- [health](https://vator.tv/tag/health/)
- [3D](https://vator.tv/tag/3d/)
- [animation](https://vator.tv/tag/animation/)
- [caregiver](https://vator.tv/tag/caregiver/)
- [patient](https://vator.tv/tag/patient/)
- [Picture](https://vator.tv/tag/picture/)