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January 30, 2008
Accel's Breyer may hold key to Etsy, and Rob Kalin's, future (The Daily Deal)
Brad Bowers, founder of San Francisco Internet advisory firm BlackInc Ventures LLC, is not an investor in Etsy, but knows of the site through his gardener, who uses it to sell homemade sweaters. "Sites like Etsy are giving product creators a place to sell their goods to an interested audience, and are aggregating that audience to their site," Bowers said. "This is a much better model for producers who must otherwise create their own store, and spend to market and build a customer base, which is a much more expensive and challenging model than working with someone like Etsy."
August 21, 2007
Podbridge Signs Deal with MSNBC.com to Provide Ad Supported Downloadable Video Solution (Press Release, Word Doc)
A BlackInc-brokered a deal where its client, Podbridge, Inc., announced a strategic relationship with MSNBC.com, that enables MSNBC.com to profitably deliver millions of monthly video and audio downloads to consumers with ad insertion and tracking.
July 2, 2007
Aptimus Point-of-Action Network Teams With Forbes.com for Transactional Advertising (Press Release, Word Doc)
A BlackInc-brokered a deal where its client, Aptimus, Inc. signed a strategic relationship with Forbes.com, to provide lead generation and ad serving on the Forbes.com site.
June 25, 2007
GalleryPlayer Partners with Guest-Tek to Expand Distribution of HD Images to Hotels Rooms Worldwide (Press Release, Word Doc)
In a BlackInc-brokered deal, GalleryPlayer,
the pioneer in HD lifestyle imagery, and Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd., a provider of hospitality multi-media services, announced a partnership to bring the largest library of the world's finest HD art and photography to the global hotel industry.
April 17, 2007
Google Grabs DoubleClick for $3.1B (Word Doc) (The Daily Deal)
"Given what other random companies have gotten paid, $3 billion doesn't shock me for DoubleClick, given their position in the market and that other rivals like Microsoft were looking to buy them as well," said Brad Bowers founder of BlackInc Ventures, a San Francisco-based Internet advisory firm.
February 12, 2007
Five Across rides Web 2.0 boom (Word Doc) (The Daily Deal)
"There are a lot of companies out there that want social networking platforms and realize that building in-house is not necessarily the way to go, said Brad Bowers, founder of BlackInc Ventures LLC, a San Francisco-based Internet advisory firm. "By outsourcing it to a third-party provider, a company can secure a more cost-effective way to offer those services to consumers."
January 10, 2007
eBay Punches StubHub's Ticket (Word Doc) (The Daily Deal)
"Given their recent retreat in China and their massive purchase of Skype, which seemed a bit outside of their core, the StubHub acquisition at least seems to be more focused on a company which has a similar model of connecting buyers and sellers," said Brad Bowers, founder of BlackInc Ventures LLC, a San Francisco-based Internet advisory firm.
December 9, 2006
JobThread Signs Partneship with Slashdot.org (Press Release, Word Doc)
In a deal brokered by BlackInc Ventures on behalf if its client JobThread, Slashdot.org (part of the OSTG, Inc. technology network), the top-ranked technology and cultural news site, today announced the launch of the Slashdot Job Board enabling the IT and developer community to search and browse technology jobs for free, while allowing companies to post job openings for a fee.
December 6, 2006
Yahoo! May Need to Seek Big Deals (Word Doc) (The Daily Deal)
Despite its reorganization, Yahoo! may struggle to recover quickly. Yahoo! is "an organization that has a harder time being truly innovative and obviously can't have the same level of innovation as a startup due its size," said Brad Bowers, founder of BlackInc Ventures, a San Francisco-based Internet advisory firm. "It's still a huge company with lots of people, politics and layers and can't just turn itself on a dime even if they have a revolutionary idea."
December 5, 2006
VNU Turns to Podbridge to Deliver Trackable and Dynamic Advertising Solution for Podcasts (Web link) (Press Release )
In a deal brokered by BlackInc Ventures, their client, Podbridge, Inc., the leading audio and video podcast advertising service, announced that it has been selected by VNU Business Publications Ltd (BPL), the London-based publishing arm of VNU Business Media Europe (BME) and a leading UK business-to-business and consumer publisher, to provide an audience measurement and ad insertion service for its portfolio of highly popular podcasts.
September 25, 2006
Forbes.com and Podbridge Announce Agreement To Offer New Advertising Capabilities For Downloadable Video (PDF File) (Press Release )
In a BlackInc Ventures-brokered deal, their client Podbridge, Inc., the leading audio and video podcast advertising platform, and Forbes.com announced that Podbridge will be the exclusive provider of audience measurement tools and ad insertion services for all Forbes.com podcasts. Under the agreement, Forbes.com will utilize the Podbridge platform to gain insight into podcast consumption, including detailed statistics on the number of downloads and plays, and to dynamically insert targeted ads into all of Forbes.com’s video podcasts.
April 20, 2006
HowStuffWorks Goes to China (Word doc) (The Daily Deal)
"If you look at online advertising, the growth rate is estimated by some to be 40% year over year and could represent a multibillion-dollar industry by 2010," said Brad Bowers, a partner at BlackInc Ventures , a Bay Area-based Internet advisory firm
April 6, 2006
YouTube Takes $8M in Series B (Word doc) (The Daily Deal)
"Based on the fact that anyone can now cheaply and easily film, edit, and upload video on the Web, this market should continue to grow into the future, and there is likely to be more than one winner," said Brad Bowers, a partner with BlackInc Ventures."
March 29, 2006
No Deal for Facebook? (Word doc) (The Daily Deal)
"It certainly looks like Facebook has a great opportunity to capitalize on their success and the continued interest of large media companies that are making aggressive moves within the Internet space," said Brad Bowers, BlackInc Ventures LLC, an Internet business development and advisory firm in New York. "However, as we've seen time and time again, fortunes can change rapidly when it comes to Internet businesses, and what's hot today may not be hot tomorrow."
March 9, 2006
Watch Me ( Word doc) (The Daily Deal)
Adding to the appeal from a venture capitalist's viewpoint is that videos typically can be uploaded and viewed for free, thus requiring no creative content costs. "People like to express themselves in creative ways, and this has given them an easy way to share their videos with friends and a wider audience," says Brad Bowers, co-founder of BlackInc Ventures LLC, an Internet business development and advisory firm in New York. "The fact that most of these services are free makes it easy for users to participate in the community and makes it appealing to a large audience."
March 6, 2006
Demand up for web content companies (Word doc) (The Daily Deal)
Brad Bowers, co-founder of BlackInc Ventures LLC, a Bay Area-based Internet business development and advisory firm, said Yahoo! has focused on aggregating, not producing, content, although the Sunnyvale, Calif., company has hired some editorial staff as a possible step toward diving into media.
February 10, 2006
New Media 2.0 (Word doc) (The Daily Deal)
“MySpace instantly gave News Corp. a huge amount of valuable users at a time when they were bulking up their online offerings, along with a large volume of ad inventory at the exact time when more and more advertising dollars are moving online," says Brad Bowers, founding partner of BlackInc Ventures LLC.”
January 10, 2006
AOL Enhances Video Search (Word doc) (The Daily Deal)
“Now that the technology to record, edit and post videos has become so accessible to the masses, you’re seeing lots of new Internet companies going live that offer user-generated videos to consumers,” said Brad Bowers founding partner of BlackInc Ventures LLC, a Bay Area-based Internet business development and advisory firm. “But with the large number of videos out there growing exponentially on a daily basis, it becomes more difficult for users to find videos that are of interest to them. So technologies like Truveo that make that easier are a valuable piece of the puzzle.”
December 14, 2005
GoFish Technologies to Deliver Multimedia Content to Tribune Interactive (Word doc) (Press Release )
A BlackInc Ventures-brokered deal where GoFish Technologies, the leader in multimedia search, will license the GoFish Web Service for use on Tribune's Metromix.com entertainment sites.
December 13, 2005
NewsGator Hosted Solution Selected by Newsweek and Macworld (Word doc) (Press Release )
Two BlackInc Ventures-brokered deals where NewsGator Technologies, Inc., the leading RSS platform company, announced that Newsweek, one of the nation’s most respected news magazines, and Macworld, the premier publisher of all things Mac, have selected NewsGator Hosted Solution to provide their readers with the most advanced RSS aggregation service on the market today.
December 12, 2005
Yahoo! has taste for Del.icio.us (Word doc) (The Daily Deal)
"Brad Bowers, founding partner of BlackInc Ventures LLC, a Bay Area-based business development and advisory firm, said Yahoo! could generate revenue for Del.icio.us by placing paid-search listing on its pages. More important, Yahoo! is bolstering its selection of Web sites that encourage users to participate in generating online content, rather than just consuming it, he said."
November 16, 2005
GoFish Technologies to Provide Multimedia Content to About.com (Link to Press Release)
A BlackInc Ventures-brokered deal where
GoFish Technologies, the leader in multimedia search, announced that About, Inc., the leading online source for original consumer information and advice, has signed an agreement to license the GoFish Web Service. Multimedia content provided by GoFish is now available across About.com allowing About.com's more than 26 million monthly visitors the ability to access highly targeted multimedia search results including audio, video, mobile content, games, and user-generated content.
November 11, 2005
Podcasting for Dollars (PDF doc) (The Daily Deal)
Podcasting's potential lies in its ability to allow subscribers to listen to what they want when they want, but its usage has taken off in part because of the popularity of blogs. "Whereas blogging grew very organically, podcasting has been adopted by a lot of bloggers so it grew even faster on a built-in platform to promote it," explains Brad Bowers, founding partner with Bay Area based BlackInc Ventures LLC.
September 16, 2005
Google Sits Atop $7B Cash Pile (.pdf file) (The Daily Deal)
"All of those things are potentially very expensive and they'll need a lot of money," said Brad Bowers, founding partner with BlackInc Ventures LLC, a Bay Area-based business development and advisory firm. "This is clearly the time for them to strike — while everyone is still high on all things Google."
July 19, 2005
Social networking attracts interest (The Daily Deal)
"I don't think all of a sudden this makes the social networking space that much more attractive as a category," said Brad Bowers, partner with BlackInc Ventures LLC, a Bay Area business development and merger advisory firm focused on Internet companies.
July 12, 2005
PayPal founders launch venture fund (The Daily Deal)
“Brad Bowers, partner with BlackInc Ventures LLC, a business development and merger advisory firm focused on Internet companies, said partners at Founders Fund will bring a unique perspective to the business…”
July 1, 2005
The Business of Blogging (MIT Technology Review)
“A similar venture, called BlackInc Media, is being launched later this year by former CNET Networks employees. The company will help blog publishers with ad sales and business development. ‘Our goal is to allow bloggers to focus on the thing that made them valuable in the first place--good editorial content," says Matt Comyns, one of BlackInc Media's founders.”
January 31, 2005
Denton Snags Sony as Exclusive Blog Sponsor (ClickZ Network)
"They [Sony] were very interested in doing something before blogging became a common marketing platform," said Brad Bowers, founding partner of BlackInc. "Given that Gawker is a pretty well established media property as far as blogging goes, they thought it would be a good place to dip their toe in the water."
January 31, 2005
Sony Pays $25,000 a Month for Gawker Blog (Ad Age, registration required)
“And Gawker blog readers, even if there's only a million who flock to a site, are considered ‘prime influencers’ in the niche they frequent. ‘They are connectors -- people who are into technology and are influencing people about the technology they are into,’ said Brad Bowers, co-founder of BlackInc Ventures, an agency that provides outsourced business development and revenue generation to small- and mid-size Internet companies.”
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