MediaBank and Donovan Data Systems announced a merger late last night.
Read all about it here in the Wall Street Journal.
I have been on the board of directors of MediaBank and am very proud of the company and it’s CEO – Bill Wise. Kudos to the team; this is great news for the industry.
But most appreciated.
A good one on building out your board of directors.
A nice mention from a great CEO. Click here to see for yourself.
I am proud to know and work on some matters with Eric.
He deserves all of his success. He is relentless and nice. Read this one please.
NEA is the mega-venture fund in the area.
It is led by a good friend, Peter Barris.
NEA is an investor in SnagFilms; Clearspring Technologies; TidalTV; and GridPoint to name a few locally.
Peter Barris is the founding VC investor in MediaBank and in Groupon, among many others. He sourced Groupon and was first in.
Here is a great interview with him on TechCrunch. Thank you.
This is a great move for our company.
Bill is a star CEO in the ad and data industries. He is CEO of MediaBank, a company on whose board I sit as well.
Read all about it here. Welcome Bill Wise.
Pretty cool.
Groupon is on the list. MediaBank is on the list. Clearspring is on the list.
Frankly, SnagFilms should be on the list.
I am proud to be associated with so many great private companies as listed here. Check it out.
Good news for our industry. The IPO market is heating up again.
Good news for NEA located in Silver Spring, Maryland and led by Peter Barris. They are investors in both Boingo and Groupon. They also led the investment in Advertising.com, which we acquired at AOL, and they are also the founding VC investor in MediaBank, another company I serve on the board. And NEA is also an investor in Clearspring Technologies, a company of which I am chairman of the board. NEA is hot! I so enjoy working with Peter Barris, Harry Weller and the team at NEA.
In fact, I think NEA was one of the first investors in Boingo and I know NEA was the founding venture capitalist in Groupon. I was there.
Another great win for the great folks at MediaBank.
For those of you in the media and advertising industry, you know why this is so important! I am proud of this win and accomplishment and proud to be involved with this great young company. Click here to read all about it.
Here is an important bit of info on MediaBank.
For those of you in the ad agency business or the media buying space, check out this article and the latest and greatest from this very fast growing concern.
MediaBank board meeting.
Groupon board meeting.
Meet with Kirk Hinrich.
Meet with Kevin Porter, Bullets alum.
I have connected with Wes Unseld; Bobby Dandridge; Jeff Ruland; Kevin Grevey; Earl Monroe; Elvin Hayes; and Phil Chenier. I am planning on talking to Michael Adams next and now Kevin Porter, an electric player and an assist machine. See attached.
The team has a great and talented set of former players. Plan on seeing them at games and around the arena this coming season.
Who else should I connect with?