It’s official – we are hyper-connected. But you didn’t need me to tell you that. One quick stroll down the sidewalk will reveal people intently focused on the 10 sq. inch screen in front of their face. You’ve seen it for yourself. Or maybe you haven’t; you were too busy looking at your own smartphone…
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A new year is like a fresh, clean slate. As you reflect back on the year behind you, do you find yourself thinking about new challenges or a change of scenery? While our economy is still struggling in many ways, there are jobs out there. In fact, in our sector, there are many great paying…
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Clearspring announced today it has named former Yahoo! executive Ramsey McGrory as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer. Clearspring, the provider of the largest platform for sharing online content, AddThis, welcomed McGrory, who formerly led the Yahoo! U.S. data business and Right Media, pioneer of the digital advertising exchange. “In our industry, data and social…
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Boasting approximately 264.5 million data-capable device users in the United States alone, mobile is so commonplace that it must not be ignored. However, until recently, enabling social shares and tracking the related information on mobile devices has been problematic. Code had to be customized, analytic reports had to be deciphered, and quite frankly, a clean…
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We are moving into an era of “big data” as we all share articles, photos, videos, tweets, status updates and more multiple times a day on a number of social platforms from Facebook to Twitter and more. McLean, Virginia based ClearSpring has spent the last three years building a platform that tracks data across many…
Read MoreIf you were also glued to the Academy Awards last night to see if The Social Network would triumph over The King’s Speech (I knew Colin Firth would beat Jesse Eisenberg!), you might be interested in these very cool Oscar statistics compiled by AddThis. Among their findings: Black Swan generated the most buzz even though…
Read MoreClearspring, a mature startup based just outside of D.C., has been on a roll with both their audience platform and with AddThis. AddThis offers a number of sharing options and collects a ton of data about sharing on the Web. In doing so they have touched the lives of a billion users. This past week,…
Read MoreClearSpring, a well-funded, D.C. area startup, has been in the headlines quite a bit lately as they recently announced turning the widget/ad platform into an audience metrics platform as well, called the Clearspring Audience Platform. On the heels of this rather large startup announcement (and his 30th birthday) we got a chance to catch-up with ClearSpring…
Read MoreThe idea of managing a community online and off has been around since the earliest days of AOL and Compuserve. Recently, the official role of “community manager” has become more prevalent as social media has taken rise giving consumers a louder voice. Due to this shift, connecting a business with its community has become a…
Read MoreIndependent filmmakers just got a new place to flock online as Washington, DC-based startup SnagFilms launched today. The startup looks to “change” the way independent film is distributed. Snag Films was founded by Ted Leonsis and was created to address the bottleneck in distribution for quality documentaries that has left many great films unable to…
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There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More
Coming off of one of our biggest Tech Cocktail mixer events in Chicago this past week, which showcased 14 early-stage start-ups, we thought it would... Read More