DataSift adds $7.2M: The story so far and focus for the future
The last few months have been an amazing journey for us. It was only back in November last year that we launched DataSift. That seems like a lifetime ago when we look back at what we’ve achieved since...
View ArticleOn building a business in social – my perspective and thanks.
Dear Datasift Customers & Community, It’s hard to believe it’s only been six months since I joined DataSift as CEO and we launched the company in the U.S. Since then we’ve grown from just a handful...
View ArticlePicking the Right Investor
During the past few days I’ve received lots of great emails, Facebook messages and DMs congratulating our team for closing the most recent round of funding. I believe that congratulating a company for...
View ArticleTen Things I’ve Learned In Growing a Start-Up Over The Last Year
One of my favorite things to read are blog posts from other entrepreneurs of lessons they’ve learned in the trenches. (For example, here’s a great post from the founder of Quirky). I thought I’d share...
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The IBM Study is Wrong. Twitter & Facebook Rocked Black Friday/Cyber Monday
Earlier this week, IBM published a report that claimed that social traffic from sites like Twitter and Facebook only had a negligible effect on traffic to online retailers. Considering the massive...
View ArticleLessons Learned From The AP Hack
Last week, the official account of the Associated Press (@AP) was hacked and the account was used to Tweet the false news that the White House had been bombed and President Obama was injured as part...
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5 Reasons Why The Tumblr/Yahoo! Deal Is a Good Idea
Yesterday, I woke to find that the rumors that had been flying over the weekend were true—my former employer Yahoo! was buying Tumblr. During the course of the day I read a variety of articles debating...
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5 Ways A Partner Ecosystem Builds Competitive Advantage
A few lifetimes ago, I was on the executive team of an early competitor to Twitter called Frengo. Back then we were convinced we were going to crush Twitter with our wide range of exciting text...
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DataSift Closes $42M Series C Round
Today, I am excited to share with you that DataSift has closed a $42M Series C round of funding led by Insight Venture Partners with participation from existing investors Scale Venture Partners,...
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Advertising in the Social Data Age: WPP Announces DataSift Partnership
“This is the greatest advertising opportunity since the invention of cereal.” - Don Draper Sometimes, when I am watching an old episode of ‘Mad Men’ on a long plane flight, I find myself wondering...
View ArticleCongratulations GNIP + Twitter: A Milestone for the Social Data Market.
We’d like to congratulate Twitter and GNIP on taking their relationship to the next level, to help Twitter serve the exploding demand for public social data to fuel decision making. This acquisition...
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Resolving the Big Data Paradox
During the past decade, few business buzzwords/terms have had as much success as ‘Big Data’. It’s graced the covers of business magazines, been the central topic of an endless number of conferences,...
View ArticlePicking the Right Investor
During the past few days I’ve received lots of great emails, Facebook messages and DMs congratulating our team for closing the most recent round of funding. I believe that congratulating a company for...
View ArticleTen Things I’ve Learned In Growing a Start-Up Over The Last Year
One of my favorite things to read are blog posts from other entrepreneurs of lessons they’ve learned in the trenches. (For example, here’s a great post from the founder of Quirky). I thought I’d share...
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The IBM Study is Wrong. Twitter & Facebook Rocked Black Friday/Cyber Monday
Earlier this week, IBM published a report that claimed that social traffic from sites like Twitter and Facebook only had a negligible effect on traffic to online retailers. Considering the massive...
View ArticleLessons Learned From The AP Hack
Last week, the official account of the Associated Press (@AP) was hacked and the account was used to Tweet the false news that the White House had been bombed and President Obama was injured as part...
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5 Reasons Why The Tumblr/Yahoo! Deal Is a Good Idea
Yesterday, I woke to find that the rumors that had been flying over the weekend were true—my former employer Yahoo! was buying Tumblr. During the course of the day I read a variety of articles debating...
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5 Ways A Partner Ecosystem Builds Competitive Advantage
A few lifetimes ago, I was on the executive team of an early competitor to Twitter called Frengo. Back then we were convinced we were going to crush Twitter with our wide range of exciting text...
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DataSift Closes $42M Series C Round
Today, I am excited to share with you that DataSift has closed a $42M Series C round of funding led by Insight Venture Partners with participation from existing investors Scale Venture Partners,...
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Advertising in the Social Data Age: WPP Announces DataSift Partnership
“This is the greatest advertising opportunity since the invention of cereal.” - Don Draper Sometimes, when I am watching an old episode of ‘Mad Men’ on a long plane flight, I find myself wondering...
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