Silicon Valley has been the breeding ground for the most innovative minds in technology. Its climate has undoubtedly been conducive to the prosperity of startups, Matt Straz in MediaPost notes. With money, management and engineering talent available in abundance in the Valley, there was a time when [Full Story…]
NY’s Buddy Media Faces Emerging Rivals
November 3, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Buddy Media recently celebrated its fourth anniversary at its NY headquarters, and this past year gave the company a lot to celebrate about. According to Adweek, Buddy Media won a TechCrunch “Crunchie” award for Best Enterprise software. It gained its first acquisition and opened offices in both [Full Story…]
Kevin Ryan Believes Startup 10gen Will Get At Least $1 Billion
July 25, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Kevin Ryan, founder and CEO of Gilt Group and DoubleClick, is the only executive to create a $1 billion NY startup, and he has done it twice. Ryan is now telling the New York Post that his third startup, 10gen, is also heading into the billion-dollar direction. 10gen is focused on tech support and [Full Story…]
Google Combines Ad Publishing Systems
February 24, 2010 at 7:11 am
This week Google announced that it had upgraded its ad-serving platform by combining its AdManager and its DoubleClick Dart systems. According to an article in AllThingsD, this announcement is the culmination of its Google's acquisition of New York based DoubleClick, as it means that the tech [Full Story…]
[Fashion Week] Gilt Groupe Discounts ‘High’ Fashion
February 18, 2010 at 11:45 am
Gilt Groupe, which recently surpassed two million members according to New York magazine, sells "high" fashion at deep discounts online during weekday sales between noon and 1 PM. The magazine adds that during that hour, the company claims its Web site is visited by about 100,000 [Full Story…]
Current, Former DoubleClick Staff Vent About Google
February 5, 2010 at 10:45 am
Business Insider has published some e-mails which it has received from former DoubleClick employees and some still at Google about their experiences with the search company, which aren't very positive. They range from:"Google destroyed my best job/career I ever [Full Story…]
Angel Investment Network Wider Wake Launches
November 11, 2009 at 9:38 am
NYConvergence ORIGINALLed by NY-based Paul Olliver, previous a senior digital media executive at Klipmart, Yahoo!, and Doubleclick, and Jeannie Garmon, who was most recently head of Media Platforms at Google in the U.K., this angel investment network will focus on investing in digital media [Full Story…]
Tom Phillips Leaves Google, Joins Media6°
October 8, 2009 at 9:44 am
Phillips, the former head of Google Search & Analytics, has joined New-York based Media6° as CEO to orchestrate the growth of the company, which supplies "online-advertising technology that delivers targeted, customized and scalable audiences based on social connections."Before [Full Story…]
Ryan Applies Lessons from DoubleClick to Alley Corp
October 5, 2009 at 1:07 pm
In an interview with The New York Enterprise Report, former DoubleClick CEO and current CEO of Alley Corp. Kevin Ryan explains the steps that paved the way to success for both Internet startup companies. On starting a technology company in New York City, Ryan says that the City's environment has [Full Story…]
Observer Profiles Kevin Ryan
November 6, 2008 at 9:35 am
Kevin Ryan has thrived as a businessman in New York by taking advantage of the ad, Internet, luxury, financial and music industries. Since leaving his post as CEO of DoubleClick, he has continued his success as CEO of AlleyCorp, which holds six online companies including Gilt Groupe, Silicon Alley [Full Story…]
Fred Wilson’s Timeline of NY’s (Not) ‘Silicon Alley’
September 18, 2008 at 4:04 pm
NYConvergence ORIGINAL UPDATE: Video, above. Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson took a trip down memory lane for the media-tech community in New York at the Web 2.0 Expo at the Javits Center. He promised that video will be available, but in the meantime, here are some rough notes on the [Full Story…]
More NYC Start-ups Receive Funding Since ’01
August 25, 2008 at 11:48 am
According to VentureSource, more New York City start-ups have received funding this year than in the past seven years. A total of 67 companies received $848 million, which is almost double the amount given during the same time frame in 2007. The Wall Street Journal reports that lessons learned from [Full Story…]
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