The digital media IPO market in 2012 has been challenging compared to 2011. Several high profile consumer internet companies that went public in 2012, like Facebook, have underperformed and brought into question valuations of consumer internet companies. Many 2011 digital IPO companies have also struggled with changing business models as public companies. Enterprise marketing IPOs have performed relatively better based on company fundamentals. Overall M&A has been a risky strategic option for newly public digital companies.
Social media has become an important customer service channel that can reduce costs while improving satisfaction. Companies can use social media to reduce churn, drive sales, and improve processes based on customer feedback. While it requires training and cultural changes, social media customer service improves the customer experience at a lower cost compared to traditional channels.
Q3 WP Topic two-Alternative Ways to Measure Internet Community Dynamics_ENKantar Media CIC
This document discusses alternative ways to measure dynamics in online communities. It proposes sample indexes to help brands understand community impact and importance, such as posting rate, topic creation factor, and conversation participation rate. Trend data on these indexes for China from 2007 to 2008 Q3 show increasing passion and interactivity, as evidenced by higher posting and participation rates. The automobile category leads other categories in community passion based on posting rate. Text mining analysis found that over 20% of automobile community buzz in Q3 2008 discussed products and over 10% discussed attributes such as price and appearance.
JCI London presents IBM Social Media Business (June 2012)
Creating and capturing value through Social Media - a corporate and large organisation perspective
Web 2.0 allows for increased user participation and interaction online. This has implications for how consumers engage with media and brands. Younger consumers now spend more time online than watching TV, using social media sites extensively. This shift democratizes information sharing and gives consumers more control over their data. For marketing, it means moving from one-way push communications to engaging in open conversations. Companies can monitor conversations, participate transparently, and leverage communities. Emerging touchpoints like social networks, blogs and videos create new ways for companies to interact with customers and gain insights into their interests over time.
This document describes Burson-Marsteller China's integrated Digital and Social Media (D/BM) practice. D/BM identifies key audiences and influencers, creates social media programs and campaigns to build online connections, and manages issues and campaigns. The document outlines D/BM's end-to-end digital solutions and team members. It also discusses trends in social media and China, the importance of online relationships and influencers, and how to evaluate social media initiatives and align them with strategic goals.
The document discusses social display advertising. It notes that social networking sites are becoming increasingly important platforms for digital advertising, with nearly 1 trillion impressions on social networking sites in 2011. The document examines how some top advertisers heavily utilize social media for advertising purposes, either through "socially enabled" ads that drive users to social media, or "socially published" ads placed directly on social media. It then analyzes Bud Light's social advertising campaign in the summer of 2011, finding that the brand drove significant exposure and engagement through ads heavily focused on Facebook that promoted a sweepstakes-based campaign. The key takeaways are that advertisers are increasingly using social media to engage customers, and social-specific tools are needed to fully
Mobile marketing refers to marketing activities that use mobile devices and wireless technologies to directly reach consumers and influence their behavior. It has grown significantly since the introduction of the iPhone and increasing smartphone adoption worldwide. However, mobile marketing still makes up a small portion of total advertising spending. Common forms of mobile marketing include mobile direct response marketing where users interact by sending SMS or using Bluetooth; mobile permission marketing where companies send coupons, cards or messages with prior user acceptance; and mobile advertising where promotional content appears on mobile internet, games or video. Effective mobile marketing should use accepted formats at times when users are most receptive and allow direct response to measure success while avoiding disruption that could cause negative reactions. Providing rewards to users can also reduce potential react
More people are using social media than ever before – and for longer, on an increasingly diverse array of devices. As a result, newsfeeds are cluttered, and fans are more distracted and discerning.
In order to succeed, brands will increasingly turn to real-time creative, analytics and paid media to ensure that high-performing content reaches as many people as possible, at the moment they are most interested, to spark conversations and deepen customer relationships. As media converges, brands will invest in ways to complement original, visual content with fan-sourced creative. Promoting high-performing content that aligns with new “real content” search drivers will become essential. Brands will host epic social events to excite the base and invest in tools that help them target and engage one-on-one more efficiently. And brands will have a little fun in the process, remembering that brandplay can go a long way to telling their story.
There are 10 social media essentials that can help guide brands to achieve success in 2013. We explore these essentials and case studies of brands in action.
In this webinar, Prescient's CEO and president Toby Ward discusses the findings of the Social Intranet Survey 2011. The Social Intranet Survey was completed by over 1,400 organizations from around the world and provides the most current data and statistics on the prevalence and use of social media tools on the corporate intranet.
The webinar video can be viewed on Prescient's website at: http://www.prescientdigital.com/events/webinars
This fall, our Global Social Media team takes a step back at the five underlying social media trends spotted as of September 2012. With over 1.4 billion social media users (19.2% increase over 2011) we continue to witness unprecedented growth in an industry where new players, features, and technologies are introduced every single day. And as the industry furthers its scale globally, we'll no doubt see additional shifts in trends and behaviors as new markets enter in with unique cultures and practices of their own.
CIC and Ogilvy PR joint white paper - 'Crisis Management in the Microblog Era'Kantar Media CIC
The document discusses crisis management in the era of microblogging in China. It analyzes characteristics of crises that spread on microblogs, which allows information to disseminate in seconds to a wide audience. The document reviews major public, personal, and brand crises from 2011 that originated or were amplified on microblogs. It finds that microblogs have become a key platform for triggering and spreading crises. The document aims to help brands and organizations better understand and respond to crises in the age of social media.
This document discusses establishing a digital presence in China. It provides insights into China's digital landscape including:
- China has over 500 million internet users and mobile internet usage is growing exponentially.
- Popular social media platforms in China include Qzone, Weibo, and Renren rather than Facebook and Twitter.
- To succeed digitally in China, companies need a holistic strategy that addresses their website, social media, influencers, search, and analytics.
- Burson-Marsteller's D/BM practice helps companies establish an effective digital presence in China through audits, strategy, engagement, and measurement.
1. New media like the internet is constantly changing and developed in a decentralized way by millions of people, allowing for more participation and conversation compared to traditional top-down old media.
2. Control over media and the conversation is shifting away from large media companies as people now have more options to find niche content online and participate in creating their own materials.
3. Emerging technologies will make online search more sophisticated over time, potentially leading to an advanced "Web 3.0."
Topline Findings from Wave V of Toolbox.com/AgencyPJA Social Media SurveyGeorge Krautzel
Top findings from a survey series which measures into how professionals are consuming media. Wave V examined how professionals are utilizing social media for career management and building professional reputation.
Rail Conference January 9 2009 Tax PlanPaige Rasid
Forum: Advocates say faster trains are needed
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich,CT,USA
Rail would boost the quality of life in Norwich and similar cities, according to Matt Nemerson of the Connecticut Technology Council. ...
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The document discusses innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities during economic downturns. While recessions are difficult, they can also drive innovation by lowering costs and increasing unemployment. The US used to be a global leader in innovation but has fallen to 6th place, lagging countries like South Korea in areas like corporate and government R&D spending. To regain its competitive edge, the document argues the US needs innovation-based economic development policies that align incentives with investing in knowledge infrastructure and developing skills.
The document is a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association on venture capital investments. Some key points:
- It provides quarterly data on total US and Connecticut venture capital investments, deals, and industries/regions funded.
- US investments in Q2 2014 totaled nearly $13 billion across 1,114 deals, up 34% from Q1 2014. Connecticut investments in 2014 year-to-date total $316 million.
- Top funded industries nationally are software, biotechnology, and media/entertainment. Software and biotechnology also lead in Connecticut.
- The report contains detailed breakdowns of investments by stage, region, industry and other categories.
Tecna jobs and innovation ecosystems 6-1-2011Paige Rasid
This document discusses the development of regional innovation ecosystems to create jobs. It defines key terms like assets, regions, and organizations. Regions are typically defined as within 25 miles of a hub city. Assets include tangible resources like capital and human capital, as well as intangible factors like culture. Organizations that can support innovation ecosystems are described, like venture development organizations and enabling organizations. The goal is to learn from regions that have successfully developed innovation ecosystems and create models to help other regions.
The document outlines an agenda to support the growth of technology companies in Connecticut. It identifies challenges such as a lack of available workforce and funding for growth companies. The agenda proposes short-term policies to attract talent, expanding funding mechanisms for growth companies, developing a statewide broadband network, fostering industry-academic partnerships, marketing Connecticut's tech economy, and reviewing regulations that hinder business.
IT Employment Trends 2009, presented by Dave Willmer, Executive Director, Robert Half Technologies
Presented to:
TECNA | March 19, 2009 | Baltimore, MD
www.technologycouncils.org
Navigating the FDA: Getting to Market – CVG Second Thursday, 3/14/13Paige Rasid
The document discusses how cancer biomarker discovery has evolved from focusing on single biomarkers identified through laboratory findings and requiring many years of development, to now interrogating entire cancer genomes through sequencing. This allows the identification of many markers from few samples. Structural mutations in cancer genomes are analyzed, finding higher-level organization to private mutations. A fusion gene indicator of genomic instability in breast cancer is identified in 30% of cases. Genomic organization shows chromosomes can generate "cancer gene cassettes" and the germline affects therapeutic outcome. Focus is shifting to systems oncogenomics and structural mutations in cancer.
Now in its eighth year, this awards program gathers the Connecticut technology community to recognize women in the workforce who are innovators, role models and leaders in the technology, science and engineering fields. Students at both the high school and college level are also honored for their studies and accomplishments.
For more info about the program, visit: http://www.ct.org/Women_of_Innovation.asp
Funding Sources and Incentive for Investment in Connecticut - CVG Second Thur...Paige Rasid
This document summarizes a panel discussion on funding sources and incentives for investment in Connecticut. The panelists represented various state programs, a private investment firm, and a law/accounting firm. They discussed state tax credits, grants, loans, and equity investments available from Connecticut Innovations and the Department of Economic and Community Development. The private investment firm described their debt and equity investments in Connecticut companies. The law/accounting firm overviewed various state tax credits for businesses. The event concluded with announcements of upcoming networking events from the hosting organization.
Buying & Selling a Business: Tax ConsiderationsPaige Rasid
Lisa LaSaracina's presentation from the 2/15/13 Boardroom Series on M & A: Tax Considerations. Presented by Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina in New Haven, CT.
Visit www.cvg.org/boardroom-series for more information on this and other events.
Shaking the Money Tree Q4, 2010, presented by Owen DavisPaige Rasid
Owen Davis - Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers presented this at the April 12, 2011 CVG Crossroads Connection Series Breakfast, Exits & Trends, in Stamford CT.
2013 Women of Innovation Awards Dinner ProgramPaige Rasid
This event recognizes women in the workforce who are leaders in technology, science and engineering. Also honored are high school and college students for research and academic accomplishments.
Murtha Cullina - Crowdfunding and Angel Investors 2012Paige Rasid
This document provides an overview of crowdfunding and its potential impact on angel investors. It defines crowdfunding as aggregating funds from a broad base of donors/investors toward a common goal, and outlines the four main types: microfinance, peer-to-peer lending, donor-based funding, and investment crowdfunding. It discusses upcoming SEC regulations for investment crowdfunding in the US and how this may compete with or complement traditional angel investors. It concludes that the investment landscape will change significantly and questions remain about how crowdfunding will develop and what type of opportunities it will provide for both investors and companies seeking funding.
This document appears to be about an event honoring the fastest growing companies in Connecticut. It lists the names and locations of companies, their leadership, revenues, and growth percentages. It recognizes companies as winners in different categories and years for their high growth rates, with the overall fastest growing company being Datto Inc. at 1,436% growth.
Commerce Committee Presentation by Matthew Nemerson on January 20, 2011Paige Rasid
Matthew Nemerson gave a presentation about 2011 Introduction of key job growth and economic development issues for the Commerce Committee on January 20, 2011.
This report examines investments and acquisitions in social media from Q1 2007 through Q1 2008. It found over $3 billion was invested in 400 deals, with an average of $8.1 million per investment. There were 131 acquisitions worth over $16 billion in total, with an average of $327 million per acquisition. The most active categories were media creation/sharing, social networking, services, and content. The report provides details on the most active investors and acquirers.
This presentation was used to present to volunteers for PSYBT (Prince's Scottish Youth Business Trust) in a webinar for 'Why social media' - check it out!
This document summarizes research on social media and Twitter. It analyzes data from over 41 million Twitter user profiles and 1.47 billion social connections to study the topological characteristics of Twitter's social network and how information spreads through retweets. Some key findings include:
- Twitter's follower network shows non-power law distribution, short effective diameter, and low reciprocity compared to other social networks.
- Ranking users by number of followers, PageRank, and number of retweets produces different results, indicating a gap between influence inferred from followers and influence from retweet popularity.
- Retweets allow information to reach an average of 1,000 users no matter the original tweet's number of followers, and retweets
The document discusses the evolution of the digital landscape and internet marketing. It provides information on key aspects of the digital ecosystem including hardware providers, software companies, web hosting, search engines, content sites, and internet marketing. It also summarizes the growth of internet users globally and in countries like the US, India, and China. The document highlights trends in digital advertising spending and revenue for various digital channels over time. It also outlines consumers' online behaviors like curating, producing, commenting, sharing, and watching content. Finally, it contrasts pre-digital and digital marketing approaches and lists some popular social media marketing platforms.
The document discusses justifying digital advertising campaigns for financial services companies. It shows that digital advertising spending, especially for online display, has been growing significantly. It also demonstrates that credit card companies have higher online conversion rates than banks. The document then discusses how MediaMind helps address challenges in cross-channel campaign management and measurement by integrating different digital channels and providing unified tracking. It provides examples of how smart advertising techniques like audience segmentation, versioning ads dynamically based on user behavior, and retargeting can help financial companies get more value from their digital investments.
In February 2009, Vignette conducted a survey of 200 marketing executives on the subject of Social Media. The organizations surveyed know they need to utilize Social Media on their Web sites, but most are unsure how to implement a strategy.
This presentation by Gerardo Dada, senior director of product marketing for Vignette, explores a summary of trends captured in the survey as well as a step-by-step guide to implementing a successful Social Media strategy in your organization. The presentation also includes discussion on the state of Social Media today, what Web 2.0 means for your business and key strategies for successfully implementing Social Media in your organization.
Many large companies recognize the importance of social media tools but lack the vision on how to use them in conjunction with long-term initiatives and measure their effectiveness, according to a survey conducted by Vignette Corporation (NASDAQ: VIGN) in partnership with the Marketing Leadership Roundtable and the Corporate Executive Board. The results will be discussed in a June 10 Webcast presented by Vignette.
The survey collected almost 200 responses from companies with median revenue of $333 million. Fifty percent of the respondents work at companies that have 1,000 employees or more and 62 percent come from B2B organizations.
The document provides an overview of a conference on building a globally competitive position for digital media in Canada. It discusses managing content in the cloud and gearing up for growth. The conference was held on March 30, 2010 in London and was presented by Tom Jenkins, the Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of Open Text Corporation.
The document discusses justifying spending on digital advertising campaigns. It notes that while traditional media like magazines and newspapers still receive large portions of financial services advertising budgets, online display advertising spending has grown significantly. The document then discusses challenges in migrating to digital advertising and how MediaMind's platform addresses issues like fragmentation and lack of data/metrics. It provides an overview of MediaMind's capabilities and global client base.
Estudio State of Internet América LatinaEsther Vargas
The document summarizes key findings from a June 2010 report by comScore on internet usage in Latin America. Some of the report's main findings include:
- Latin America is the fastest growing region for internet users, growing 23% in the past year.
- Colombia saw the highest percentage growth in internet users at 36%. Brazil added nearly 6 million new users, the largest increase in absolute terms.
- Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina have the heaviest internet usage in the region based on time spent online per visitor.
The document summarizes key findings from a June 2010 report by comScore on internet usage in Latin America. Some of the report's main findings include:
- Latin America saw 23% growth in its internet audience over the previous year and now represents 8% of the global online population.
- Colombia had the highest percentage growth in its online population at 36% over the previous year.
- Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina have the largest numbers of internet users in Latin America and also showed some of the heaviest internet usage in the region.
The document summarizes key findings from a June 2010 report by comScore on internet usage in Latin America. Some of the report's main findings include:
- Latin America is the fastest growing region for internet users, growing 23% in the past year.
- Colombia saw the highest percentage growth in internet users at 36%. Brazil added nearly 6 million new users, the largest increase in absolute terms.
- Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina have the heaviest internet usage in the region based on time spent online per visitor.
The document discusses internet usage trends in Latin America based on data from comScore, a digital marketing analytics company. Some key points:
- Latin America has seen 23% growth in its internet audience over the past year and now represents 8% of the global online population.
- Colombia saw the highest percentage growth of 36%, adding over 2 million new internet users. Brazil added nearly 6 million new users with 20% growth.
- Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina have the highest internet usage levels in Latin America based on time spent online per visitor.
Comscore latest report about latam web market.
http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Presentations_Whitepapers/2010/State_of_the_Internet_in_Latin_America
Estado de Internet en Latino América - ComscoreNeo Consulting
Estudio de Comscore sobre el Estado de Internet en Latino América presentado por Alejandro Fosk el 15 de Junio de 2010.
Más estudios e informes de Comscore en:
http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Presentations_Whitepapers
The document summarizes predictions for the online advertising market in 2012 from an executive breakfast presentation. It predicts that:
1) Online advertising will continue growing rapidly, reaching a 27% market share, up from 1% in 2001.
2) Video advertising will see strong growth, with a 100% increase in spending year-over-year and the rise of video ads in social games.
3) Social media display advertising will increase dramatically, with over 60% year-over-year growth.
Propel Executive - Predictions for Digital 2012propellondon
The document summarizes predictions for the online advertising market in 2012 from an executive breakfast presentation. It predicts that:
1) Online advertising will continue growing rapidly, reaching a 27% market share, up from 1% in 2001. Video advertising will grow 100% year-over-year.
2) "My Entertainment Anywhere", such as social media, video and games, will account for 60% of online time spent as users engage with entertaining content across multiple platforms.
3) Real-time bidding technologies will become more widely adopted in Europe as they have in the US, allowing advertisers to achieve higher returns on investment. This marks an important change in how digital ads are bought and sold.
In January Propel Executive had the pleasure of hosting a breakfast event at the W hotel with the IAB. The topic of the day was Predictions for Digital 2012. In this presentation you can view the slides from all of our digital experts.
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“Cyber Liability & Cyber Insurance” - A discussion on best practices around Prevention, Detection, and Response!
Sponsored by Datto and Webster Bank
Series brought to you by the Connecticut Technology Council.
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TOPIC FOCUS:
1. Evolution and acceptance of Cybersecurity insurance
a. Understanding risk & effect on businesses
i. Used to be major brands, now widespread.
ii. Risk recognized, business leaders looking to minimize risk
b. Describing changes in cybersecurity insurance
How coverages have evolved - not just for biggest companies
i. Insurers are working with (tech) companies to get it right
ii. Where is it going from here? Trends, specialty insurance
2. Describe insurance types/ specifics and how they perform when needed
. Not all policies are the same
a. What to look for
b. How they vary by type of business (Healthcare vs. Retail vs. Software Co.)
c. What gaps still remain (What can’t get covered?)
3. How to minimize cost, get most value for your company
. Some protections on your current policies
a. Gating elements - What the insurance companies want to see - how that might help costs
4. Best practices generally
Women Of Innovation® 2016 Honoree Bios & Event ProgramPaige Rasid
Honoring the energy, creativity and success of
sixty-five women and students from Connecticut’s science
and technology community.
In this program, we salute this year’s Women of Innovation who are working as scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs for their contributions to their organizations or schools.
Their biographies in this program are testimony to their
remarkable careers, fields of study, and their professional
and personal accomplishments. We also thank the individuals who nominated these outstanding women and all who are here to celebrate their achievements.
After twelve years, there is an alumnae group of nearly
600 Women of Innovation!
By gathering this community of accomplished women, we continue to promote, support and encourage young women and girls to pursue STEM careers and to foster a collaborative network. www.CT.org
The document provides an overview of the dark net and dark web, including their origins from networks like ARPANET and tools like Tor that enable anonymous communication. It discusses how the dark net allows for emergent subcultures and uses like drug markets, file sharing, and whistleblowing. Specific dark net software like Tor, I2P, and Freenet are outlined. Risks of the dark net are mentioned, and questions are provided about detecting dark net activity on networks.
Keeping Control: Data Security and Vendor ManagementPaige Rasid
This document discusses strategies for organizations to manage risks associated with non-business associate vendors. It recommends that organizations implement organizational policies, conduct due diligence on vendors, and enter into confidentiality agreements. Specific policies are suggested around data access, premises access, and incidental data use or disclosure. Due diligence may involve vendor screening and obtaining privacy assurances. Confidentiality agreements should address data use, compliance with laws and policies, incident reporting, reimbursement for incidents, and indemnification. Proper management of non-business associate vendors can help organizations address privacy risks beyond those regulated by HIPAA.
Cyber War, Cyber Peace, Stones and Glass HousesPaige Rasid
This document discusses cyber security and defense. It is authored by Gary McGraw, Chief Technology Officer of Cigital, a leading software security consulting firm. The document summarizes that effective cyber defense requires a proactive approach through secure software engineering practices rather than reactive approaches like cyber offense. It advocates focusing on improving security by "building security in" from the start rather than exploiting existing vulnerabilities.
1) Employee training and awareness is a critical element for cybersecurity resilience. Successful programs focus on changing employee behavior and aligning security practices both inside and outside of work.
2) Traditional awareness programs often fail because they are not engaging for employees and do not lead to real behavior change. Effective programs treat security messaging like marketing and use multiple channels, contexts, and reminders to reinforce the message.
3) Measuring outcomes is important for security awareness programs. Objectives should be clearly defined and focused on discrete, measurable goals rather than vague concepts like "increasing awareness."
Automation poses both threats and opportunities in the realm of security and society. As connectivity and automation continue to increase, personal privacy will become increasingly difficult to protect through existing laws and frameworks. While automation has streamlined many industries like farming, similar automation applied to cyber threats poses serious risks. However, automation may also provide solutions through advanced automated defenses that can help stay ahead of rapidly evolving cyber attacks. Overall, both individuals and organizations will need to carefully manage the risks and opportunities around increasing connectivity and automation.
This document provides information about the 8th Annual Marcum Tech Top 40 Awards, which honors the 40 fastest growing technology companies in Connecticut. It includes the agenda for the evening's events, lists of previous winners, and profiles for 40 technology companies categorized in the areas of Advanced Manufacturing, Energy/Environmental Technologies, IT Services, and Life Sciences. Each company profile lists the company name, leadership, location, and brief description. The document promotes the awards event and highlights the winning technology companies in Connecticut.
Social Media & Mobile Tech - CVG Entrepreneur and Investor EventPaige Rasid
Sixty-five movers and shakers from the Crossroads Venture Group Community gathered to grow the Social Media and Mobile Tech industries in Connecticut. There were company showcases and presentations, an investor panel that gave live feedback to presenting companies, as well as an inspiring keynote speaker!
Life Cycle of a Data Breach - Cybersecurity Seminar SeriesPaige Rasid
“Life Cycle of a Data Breach” - A discussion on best practices around Prevention, Detection, and Response!
Sponsored by Frontier Communications, Datto, Day Pitney LLP, and First Niagara
Series brought to you by the Connecticut Technology Council.
The 2015 Women of Innovation Awards Program honors accomplished and successful women in science, technology, engineering and math. This event is presented, annually, by the Connecticut Technology Council.
Cybersecurity Seminar Series - March 30Paige Rasid
This document summarizes a presentation on how to protect clients and businesses. It discusses the top five things companies can do: 1) only collect necessary data and have an effective records management program, 2) control internal access to data on a need-to-know basis, 3) trace and monitor all access to data especially for terminated employees, 4) structure databases securely by segregating sensitive data and minimizing use, 5) conduct risk assessments to determine likelihood and severity of data breaches. The presentation was given by FBI and cybersecurity experts and provided strategies for securing data throughout the data lifecycle from collection to destruction.
Crossroads Venture Group hosts monthly networking events and in march the focus was Medical Devices. David Wang was keyonter and we had three presenting companies pitch to a panel of experienced investors.
Impact of IT on the healthcare industryPaige Rasid
The document outlines the agenda for a Healthcare IT event, including an opening, a keynote presentation on the impact and opportunities in healthcare IT, an entrepreneur pitch session and Q&A with investors, and a networking reception. The keynote speaker, Allen DeGraw, CEO of Post-n-Track, will discuss trends in the industry like cloud, big data, and mobile technologies, and how these are changing opportunities for investment across stakeholders such as government, health plans, and providers. The event aims to highlight investment opportunities in modernizing healthcare systems through new technologies.
The 2014 IT Summit is a program for Executives and professionals in IT. Once a year the Connecticut Tech Council and Mohegan Sun Convention Center host the IT Summit.
The document announces the 2014 Connecticut Innovation Summit, an annual event that brings together startups, investors, and resources to support company growth. It provides details on activities at the summit, including a company expo, mentor meetings, and a funding fair with various investors. The event aims to help emerging companies network, obtain guidance, and secure funding to support their potential for success.
At the Marcum Tech Top 40 event, forty companies are recognized for outstanding revenue growth. Each TT40 company is categorized under one of six industry verticals.
September 2014 | Social Media and Mobile Tech Paige Rasid
Early-stage companies pitch their ideas and businesses at CVG's Second Thursday Social Media and Mobile Tech event. Followed by a presentation by SocialFly, focused on trends in social media and how they impact your business.
Implementations of Fused Deposition Modeling in real worldEmerging Tech
The presentation showcases the diverse real-world applications of Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) across multiple industries:
1. **Manufacturing**: FDM is utilized in manufacturing for rapid prototyping, creating custom tools and fixtures, and producing functional end-use parts. Companies leverage its cost-effectiveness and flexibility to streamline production processes.
2. **Medical**: In the medical field, FDM is used to create patient-specific anatomical models, surgical guides, and prosthetics. Its ability to produce precise and biocompatible parts supports advancements in personalized healthcare solutions.
3. **Education**: FDM plays a crucial role in education by enabling students to learn about design and engineering through hands-on 3D printing projects. It promotes innovation and practical skill development in STEM disciplines.
4. **Science**: Researchers use FDM to prototype equipment for scientific experiments, build custom laboratory tools, and create models for visualization and testing purposes. It facilitates rapid iteration and customization in scientific endeavors.
5. **Automotive**: Automotive manufacturers employ FDM for prototyping vehicle components, tooling for assembly lines, and customized parts. It speeds up the design validation process and enhances efficiency in automotive engineering.
6. **Consumer Electronics**: FDM is utilized in consumer electronics for designing and prototyping product enclosures, casings, and internal components. It enables rapid iteration and customization to meet evolving consumer demands.
7. **Robotics**: Robotics engineers leverage FDM to prototype robot parts, create lightweight and durable components, and customize robot designs for specific applications. It supports innovation and optimization in robotic systems.
8. **Aerospace**: In aerospace, FDM is used to manufacture lightweight parts, complex geometries, and prototypes of aircraft components. It contributes to cost reduction, faster production cycles, and weight savings in aerospace engineering.
9. **Architecture**: Architects utilize FDM for creating detailed architectural models, prototypes of building components, and intricate designs. It aids in visualizing concepts, testing structural integrity, and communicating design ideas effectively.
Each industry example demonstrates how FDM enhances innovation, accelerates product development, and addresses specific challenges through advanced manufacturing capabilities.
GDG Cloud Southlake #34: Neatsun Ziv: Automating AppsecJames Anderson
The lecture titled "Automating AppSec" delves into the critical challenges associated with manual application security (AppSec) processes and outlines strategic approaches for incorporating automation to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability. The lecture is structured to highlight the inherent difficulties in traditional AppSec practices, emphasizing the labor-intensive triage of issues, the complexity of identifying responsible owners for security flaws, and the challenges of implementing security checks within CI/CD pipelines. Furthermore, it provides actionable insights on automating these processes to not only mitigate these pains but also to enable a more proactive and scalable security posture within development cycles.
The Pains of Manual AppSec:
This section will explore the time-consuming and error-prone nature of manually triaging security issues, including the difficulty of prioritizing vulnerabilities based on their actual risk to the organization. It will also discuss the challenges in determining ownership for remediation tasks, a process often complicated by cross-functional teams and microservices architectures. Additionally, the inefficiencies of manual checks within CI/CD gates will be examined, highlighting how they can delay deployments and introduce security risks.
Automating CI/CD Gates:
Here, the focus shifts to the automation of security within the CI/CD pipelines. The lecture will cover methods to seamlessly integrate security tools that automatically scan for vulnerabilities as part of the build process, thereby ensuring that security is a core component of the development lifecycle. Strategies for configuring automated gates that can block or flag builds based on the severity of detected issues will be discussed, ensuring that only secure code progresses through the pipeline.
Triaging Issues with Automation:
This segment addresses how automation can be leveraged to intelligently triage and prioritize security issues. It will cover technologies and methodologies for automatically assessing the context and potential impact of vulnerabilities, facilitating quicker and more accurate decision-making. The use of automated alerting and reporting mechanisms to ensure the right stakeholders are informed in a timely manner will also be discussed.
Identifying Ownership Automatically:
Automating the process of identifying who owns the responsibility for fixing specific security issues is critical for efficient remediation. This part of the lecture will explore tools and practices for mapping vulnerabilities to code owners, leveraging version control and project management tools.
Three Tips to Scale the Shift Left Program:
Finally, the lecture will offer three practical tips for organizations looking to scale their Shift Left security programs. These will include recommendations on fostering a security culture within development teams, employing DevSecOps principles to integrate security throughout the development
How to Avoid Learning the Linux-Kernel Memory ModelScyllaDB
The Linux-kernel memory model (LKMM) is a powerful tool for developing highly concurrent Linux-kernel code, but it also has a steep learning curve. Wouldn't it be great to get most of LKMM's benefits without the learning curve?
This talk will describe how to do exactly that by using the standard Linux-kernel APIs (locking, reference counting, RCU) along with a simple rules of thumb, thus gaining most of LKMM's power with less learning. And the full LKMM is always there when you need it!
7 Most Powerful Solar Storms in the History of Earth.pdfEnterprise Wired
Solar Storms (Geo Magnetic Storms) are the motion of accelerated charged particles in the solar environment with high velocities due to the coronal mass ejection (CME).
Are you interested in learning about creating an attractive website? Here it is! Take part in the challenge that will broaden your knowledge about creating cool websites! Don't miss this opportunity, only in "Redesign Challenge"!
UiPath Community Day Kraków: Devs4Devs ConferenceUiPathCommunity
We are honored to launch and host this event for our UiPath Polish Community, with the help of our partners - Proservartner!
We certainly hope we have managed to spike your interest in the subjects to be presented and the incredible networking opportunities at hand, too!
Check out our proposed agenda below 👇👇
08:30 ☕ Welcome coffee (30')
09:00 Opening note/ Intro to UiPath Community (10')
Cristina Vidu, Global Manager, Marketing Community @UiPath
Dawid Kot, Digital Transformation Lead @Proservartner
09:10 Cloud migration - Proservartner & DOVISTA case study (30')
Marcin Drozdowski, Automation CoE Manager @DOVISTA
Pawel Kamiński, RPA developer @DOVISTA
Mikolaj Zielinski, UiPath MVP, Senior Solutions Engineer @Proservartner
09:40 From bottlenecks to breakthroughs: Citizen Development in action (25')
Pawel Poplawski, Director, Improvement and Automation @McCormick & Company
Michał Cieślak, Senior Manager, Automation Programs @McCormick & Company
10:05 Next-level bots: API integration in UiPath Studio (30')
Mikolaj Zielinski, UiPath MVP, Senior Solutions Engineer @Proservartner
10:35 ☕ Coffee Break (15')
10:50 Document Understanding with my RPA Companion (45')
Ewa Gruszka, Enterprise Sales Specialist, AI & ML @UiPath
11:35 Power up your Robots: GenAI and GPT in REFramework (45')
Krzysztof Karaszewski, Global RPA Product Manager
12:20 🍕 Lunch Break (1hr)
13:20 From Concept to Quality: UiPath Test Suite for AI-powered Knowledge Bots (30')
Kamil Miśko, UiPath MVP, Senior RPA Developer @Zurich Insurance
13:50 Communications Mining - focus on AI capabilities (30')
Thomasz Wierzbicki, Business Analyst @Office Samurai
14:20 Polish MVP panel: Insights on MVP award achievements and career profiling
An invited talk given by Mark Billinghurst on Research Directions for Cross Reality Interfaces. This was given on July 2nd 2024 as part of the 2024 Summer School on Cross Reality in Hagenberg, Austria (July 1st - 7th)
Coordinate Systems in FME 101 - Webinar SlidesSafe Software
If you’ve ever had to analyze a map or GPS data, chances are you’ve encountered and even worked with coordinate systems. As historical data continually updates through GPS, understanding coordinate systems is increasingly crucial. However, not everyone knows why they exist or how to effectively use them for data-driven insights.
During this webinar, you’ll learn exactly what coordinate systems are and how you can use FME to maintain and transform your data’s coordinate systems in an easy-to-digest way, accurately representing the geographical space that it exists within. During this webinar, you will have the chance to:
- Enhance Your Understanding: Gain a clear overview of what coordinate systems are and their value
- Learn Practical Applications: Why we need datams and projections, plus units between coordinate systems
- Maximize with FME: Understand how FME handles coordinate systems, including a brief summary of the 3 main reprojectors
- Custom Coordinate Systems: Learn how to work with FME and coordinate systems beyond what is natively supported
- Look Ahead: Gain insights into where FME is headed with coordinate systems in the future
Don’t miss the opportunity to improve the value you receive from your coordinate system data, ultimately allowing you to streamline your data analysis and maximize your time. See you there!
Performance Budgets for the Real World by Tammy EvertsScyllaDB
Performance budgets have been around for more than ten years. Over those years, we’ve learned a lot about what works, what doesn’t, and what we need to improve. In this session, Tammy revisits old assumptions about performance budgets and offers some new best practices. Topics include:
• Understanding performance budgets vs. performance goals
• Aligning budgets with user experience
• Pros and cons of Core Web Vitals
• How to stay on top of your budgets to fight regressions
Video traffic on the Internet is constantly growing; networked multimedia applications consume a predominant share of the available Internet bandwidth. A major technical breakthrough and enabler in multimedia systems research and of industrial networked multimedia services certainly was the HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) technique. This resulted in the standardization of MPEG Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH) which, together with HTTP Live Streaming (HLS), is widely used for multimedia delivery in today’s networks. Existing challenges in multimedia systems research deal with the trade-off between (i) the ever-increasing content complexity, (ii) various requirements with respect to time (most importantly, latency), and (iii) quality of experience (QoE). Optimizing towards one aspect usually negatively impacts at least one of the other two aspects if not both. This situation sets the stage for our research work in the ATHENA Christian Doppler (CD) Laboratory (Adaptive Streaming over HTTP and Emerging Networked Multimedia Services; https://athena.itec.aau.at/), jointly funded by public sources and industry. In this talk, we will present selected novel approaches and research results of the first year of the ATHENA CD Lab’s operation. We will highlight HAS-related research on (i) multimedia content provisioning (machine learning for video encoding); (ii) multimedia content delivery (support of edge processing and virtualized network functions for video networking); (iii) multimedia content consumption and end-to-end aspects (player-triggered segment retransmissions to improve video playout quality); and (iv) novel QoE investigations (adaptive point cloud streaming). We will also put the work into the context of international multimedia systems research.
Are you interested in dipping your toes in the cloud native observability waters, but as an engineer you are not sure where to get started with tracing problems through your microservices and application landscapes on Kubernetes? Then this is the session for you, where we take you on your first steps in an active open-source project that offers a buffet of languages, challenges, and opportunities for getting started with telemetry data.
The project is called openTelemetry, but before diving into the specifics, we’ll start with de-mystifying key concepts and terms such as observability, telemetry, instrumentation, cardinality, percentile to lay a foundation. After understanding the nuts and bolts of observability and distributed traces, we’ll explore the openTelemetry community; its Special Interest Groups (SIGs), repositories, and how to become not only an end-user, but possibly a contributor.We will wrap up with an overview of the components in this project, such as the Collector, the OpenTelemetry protocol (OTLP), its APIs, and its SDKs.
Attendees will leave with an understanding of key observability concepts, become grounded in distributed tracing terminology, be aware of the components of openTelemetry, and know how to take their first steps to an open-source contribution!
Key Takeaways: Open source, vendor neutral instrumentation is an exciting new reality as the industry standardizes on openTelemetry for observability. OpenTelemetry is on a mission to enable effective observability by making high-quality, portable telemetry ubiquitous. The world of observability and monitoring today has a steep learning curve and in order to achieve ubiquity, the project would benefit from growing our contributor community.
A Guide to the Digital Media Market - CVG Second Thursday, 2/12/13
1. A Guide to the Digital
Media Market
A Second Thursday Event
presented by
Crossroads Venture Group
February 12, 2013
University of Connecticut
Stamford
2. A Guide to the Digital Media Market
Moderator
Eric J. Dale
Partner
Robinson & Cole
Guest Speaker
Peg Jackson
Managing Director
Gridley & Company
3. DIGITAL CHALK TALK: Creating Value in Today’s
Increasingly Digital World
Crossroads Ventures Group
February 12, 2013
4. Agenda
I. Where Value is Being Created in Digital
II. Summary of IPO Performance
III. What’s Happening in Digital New York
IV. Quick Gridley Commercial
4
6. Tectonic Shifts Underlying Digital Continue
(Website)
2000 5%
2010 (eCRM, Website) 2015 (eCRM, Website,
Syndicated Channels,
Owned 7% Content)
media Owned 10%
media Owned
media
90% 80% 60%
Paid Media Paid Media Paid Media
(Advertising)
13% 30%
5% Earned Earned (PR, Blogging,
Earned media media Video Sharing, Wiki,
(PR, Twitter, Facebook, Bookmarking, Social
media
(PR, Word of Mouth) Blogs, video sharing) Networking, Crowdsourcing,
Co-Creation, Commenting etc.)
Growth of Social Growth of Mobile
1,005 10%
Gobal Social Network Users
% of Global Internet Traffic
(Millions)
373
1%
Source: Strategy Analytics. 2007 2012 Source: KPCB 2009 May 2012
6
7. Unprecedented Time for Enormous Value Creation
• Traditional industry leaders are highly vulnerable like never before
Open Source Open Architecture Cloud Computing New Business Models
• Innovation at record speeds – Approximately $130 Billion of value created in 3 years
Private Public
7
8. Computing Platform Shifting Underlies Much of the Value
Reallocation in Digital
• Windows loses 40% of
market in less than four
years
• Open Source grows to
1/3 of market
8
9. Volatility is Inevitable as Emerging Digital Leaders
Develop Their Business Models in the Public Eye
Company Year Founded Value T-1 Year Value Today Δ Value
2002 $6.2 Billion $12.6 Billion $6.4 Billion
2004 $73.0 Billion $58.2 Billion ($14.8 Billion)
2004 $561 Million $1.2 Billion $639 Million
2007 $6.0 Billion < $1.0 Billion ($5 Billion)
2007 $11.7 Billion $1.9 Billion ($9.8 Billion)
2008 $10.7 Billion $3.4 Billion ($7.33 Billion)
Total $108.2 Billion $78.3 Billion ($29.9 Billion)
Sources: Second Market and CapIQ as of January 4, 2013
9
10. Key Players Positioned to Attack Emerging Growth
Markets
Mobile
$500
$450 Commerce Advertising /
Market Cap ($ in billions)
$400 Marketing
$350
$300
$250
Payments Content
$200
$150
$100
Social
$50
$0
Newscorp
Microsoft
Yahoo
Facebook
Apple
Discover
eBay
Omnicom
WPP
AOL
NY Times
Visa
Time Warner
Alliance Data
Amazon
CBS
Publicis
Mastercard
Google
Oracle
IBM
IPG
Disney
Dentsu
Viacom
Salesforce
eCommerce led Services led Payments led Content led Platform driven Technology led
10
11. Social is Chewing Through Multiple Markets
Net Subscriber Adds for Cable TV Commerce
Q1 2010 Q2 2010 Q3 2010 Q4 2010 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011 Q1 2012 • Developing models that tie social
0.0
connectivity into the path to purchase
(0.1)
Δ Subscribers (millions)
(0.2)
(0.3) Payments
(0.4) • Infrastructure underlying social commerce
(0.5) still primitive
(0.6)
(0.7)
Source: One Touch Intelligence.
Monthly Active Facebook Users Worldwide AdTech/Mkt
1000 • Facebook alone represents about 1/3 of total
impression volume
800
• Facebook recently announced plan to extend
Users (millions)
600
data outside of its properties for ad targeting
400
Content
200
• Scalable business historically limited to
0 gaming
December 2004 October 2012
Source: Facebook S-1
11
13. Can We Take Mobile Seriously Yet?
Commerce
Desktops+Notebooks • Certain retailers seeing 30%+ of transactions
originating from mobile form factors
Q2:13E: Projected Inflection Point
Smartphones + Tablet Installed Base >
AdTech/Mkt
Total PCs Installed Base
• Very young category
• Integration of marketing and payments
Content
• Scalable business historically limited to
gaming
Payments
• Industry titans chasing opportunity to
2009 2010 2011 2012E 2013E 2014E
reimagine mobile payments, especially in-
2015E
store
Note: Notebook PCs include Netbooks. Assumes the following lifecycles: Desktop PCs – 5 years: Notebook PCs – 4 years; Smartphones – 2 years; Tablets – 2.5 years.
Source: Morgan Stanley Research, 2012.
13
15. POS – A Major Battleground in Mobile
Market Research / Account Marketing
Data Analytics
Digital Commerce
Consumer
Payments
eReceipts
15
16. Keys to Value Creation in the Digital Economy
Durable and extensible Ability to evolve
Enduring brand
platforms quickly
Technical barrier or consumer lock-in
16
17. Digital Bellwethers – Apple vs. Google
Stock Price Performance Market Cap ($ billions)
250% % Price Δ
Apple Google
YTD 39.7% 3.5%
200% 1-Year 50.9% 12.3% $528
3-Year 176.7% 14.6%
5-Year #NAME? #NAME?
150%
100%
$220
50%
0%
Apple Google
(50%)
(100%)
Nov-09 Apr-10 Sep-10 Feb-11 Jul-11 Dec-11 May-12 Oct-12
Apple Google S&P 500
17
18. Digital Bellwethers – Apple vs. Google
• Aggressive acquirer to maintain mindshare in key • Took advantage of unfocused
sectors
consumer electronics players in
• Intelligently consolidated capabilities across mobile to build a platform
adtech stack company
• Remained true to its closed
environment philosophy
• Acquired its way into largest growth markets –
mobile and payment • Remained relatively agnostic to
application
− Used M&A as a tool to fill
• Took a long term bet on online video, just starting
to realize value today holes in building platform
services
• Considerable resources to experiment in new
areas
− $45bn in cash • Considerable firepower to adapt
• Has aggressively invested as core search business − $120bn in cash
matures
18
20. Commerce Leaders – Amazon vs. eBay
• Saw mobile and local services • Very selective but strategic
early and made smart about owning key commerce
acquisitions across the path to assets
purchase
• Recognized opportunity to
“facilitate” commerce and
acquired GSI Commerce
• Most notable acquisitions
• Grew Paypal into a payments
platform that is portable to intended to maintain high
mobile and offline barrier through brand and price
• Aggressively moving into
• Made considerable investments
against its “partner” strategy as hardware and offline as mobile
core eBay commerce business emerges as an important
stagnated facilitator of commerce
20
22. Digital Content Leaders - Yahoo vs. AOL
• Aggressive acquirers in technology early, but fragmentation of content and adtech difficult
to counteract
• Rebirth of both companies with new management teams
• Jury still out on sustainability of models
− Yahoo – “Productizing” around mobile platform
− AOL – Assembling a stable to top tier content brand
• Large stock moves to date driven by one-time events Didn’t participate in
shift to mobile
Notable M&A Deals Outside of Publishing
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
22
24. Current State of Digital IPO Market
• Challenging market for digital/internet IPOs this year
− Facebook performance brought into question consumer internet valuations
− Platform dependencies exasperated downward pressure
• M&A very risky strategic tool for newly public companies today
− New digital companies having to compete for scarce assets against much
larger competitors
− Lack of financial fundamentals in most targets today brings new levels of risk
to shareholders
• Numerous consumer internet companies required to change business model
while being public
− Zynga, Groupon, DemandMedia
• Enterprise marketing remains relatively healthy
− Performance dictated by company fundamentals
24
25. Digital IPOs in 2012 vs. 2011
2012YTD U.S. Digital IPOs 2011 U.S. Digital IPOs
($ in millions) Offer Current Performance ($ in millions) Offer Current Performance
Date Company Size Market Value Since IPO Date Company Size Market Value Since IPO
Oct 11 Workday, Inc. $732.6 #NAME? #NAME? Dec 15 Zynga, Inc. $1,000.0 #NAME? #NAME?
Oct 10 Shutterstock, Inc. 76.5 #NAME? #NAME? Dec 12 Jive Software, Inc. 161.3 #NAME? #NAME?
Oct 02 LifeLock, Inc. 141.3 #NAME? #NAME? Nov 16 Angie's List, Inc. 114.3 #NAME? #NAME?
Sep 19 Trulia, Inc. 102.0 #NAME? #NAME? Nov 03 Groupon, Inc. 700.0 #NAME? #NAME?
Aug 01 Eloqua, Inc. 92.0 #NAME? #NAME? Aug 10 Carbonite, Inc. 71.9 #NAME? #NAME?
Jul 25 E2open, Inc. 70.3 #NAME? #NAME? Jul 19 Zillow, Inc. 79.6 #NAME? #NAME?
Jul 19 Kayak Software 91.0 #NAME? #NAME? Jun 28 HomeAway, Inc. 248.4 #NAME? #NAME?
May 17 Facebook, Inc. 16,006.9 #NAME? #NAME? Jun 16 Bankrate, Inc. 336.8 #NAME? #NAME?
Mar 28 CafePress Inc. 85.5 #NAME? #NAME? Jun 14 Pandora Media, Inc. 234.9 #NAME? #NAME?
Mar 28 Millennial Media Inc. 132.6 #NAME? #NAME? May 25 The Active Network, Inc. 165.0 #NAME? #NAME?
Mar 22 Vipshop 71.5 #NAME? #NAME? May 18 LinkedIn Corporation 352.8 #NAME? #NAME?
Mar 21 ExactTarget, Inc. 161.5 #NAME? #NAME? May 10 FriendFinder Networks Inc. 50.0 #NAME? #NAME?
Mar 21 Vantiv, Inc. 500.0 #NAME? #NAME? Apr 20 Responsys, Inc. 79.4 #NAME? #NAME?
Mar 14 Demandware, Inc. 88.0 #NAME? #NAME? Apr 13 Zipcar, Inc. 200.5 #NAME? #NAME?
Mar 01 Yelp, Inc. 107.3 #NAME? #NAME? Jan 25 Demand Media, Inc. 174.0 #NAME? #NAME?
Feb 23 Bazaarvoice, Inc. 113.8 #NAME? #NAME? Mean #NAME?
Feb 17 Brightcove, Inc. 55.0 #NAME? #NAME? Median #NAME?
Feb 09 Synacor, Inc. 34.1 #NAME? #NAME?
Mean #NAME?
Median #NAME?
25
26. Social Consumer IPOs
Stock Price Performance Commentary
60%
40%
• Doubled down with M&A and investment
20% in an unsustainable model
0% • Negative publicity was too hard to
overcome
(20%)
(40%)
• Dismal M&A strategy; paid $180mm for
OMGPOP, wrote it off shortly thereafter
(60%)
• Realization of platform risk and consumer
(80%) behavior shift in a short period of time
(100%)
IPO 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240
Offer days days days days days days days days
Price
• Jury is out on quality of long term business
Groupon Zynga Facebook revenue growth model
• Company aggressively experimenting
26
27. Lead Gen / Content IPOs
Stock Price Performance Commentary
80%
60%
• Had successfully built a content business
around high value verticals such as finance
40%
and insurance
20% • Disappointing recent quarter as company
makes adjustments to its revenue model
0%
(20%)
(40%)
• Content farm = Unsustainable business
model
(60%)
• Pivoting towards AOL strategy
(80%)
IPO 60 120 180 240 300 360 420
Offer days days days days days days days
Price
Bankrate Demand Media Kayak • Successful exit three months after IPO
27
28. Marketing Automation IPOs
Stock Price Performance Commentary
140%
120%
• Has struggled to counter pricing issues at
100%
large enterprise end of the market
80%
60%
40%
• Successfully transitioned business away
20%
from traditional email marketing
0%
• Growing at north of 40%
(20%)
(40%)
(60%) • Successfully created B2B marketing
IPO 60 days 120 180 240 300 360 automation category
Offer days days days days days
Price
Responsys ExactTarget Eloqua
28
29. Exciting Value Creators for 2013
SOCIAL
Broad Interest Networks
• Enterprise & Social
integrating within
Platforms develop broader suites
• Emergence of Niche
Enterprise Tools
Networks
Single channel management tools
Niche Networks
Context based environments
29
30. Exciting Value Creators for 2013
eCOMMERCE
Retailing Online
• Evolution of new consumer
models
Creation of online only businesses
• “Convergence” a major area
of investment among
Niche Commerce
commerce leaders and VCs
Development of new business models
Convergence
Tight integration offline and online
30
31. Exciting Value Creators for 2013
MARKETING SERVICES
Email Marketing
• Data driven capabilities fuel
nearly all M&A and investments
Primitive digital capabilities in Mktg Services
• Currently in an integration
phase – putting all of the pieces
New Channels together
Development of leading single channel solutions
Multi-Channel/Mktg.
Automation
Data based models to drive higher ROI
31
33. A Word About the New York Scene
• New York now consistently #2 tech hub behind SF Bay Area
− $5.6 billion invested in Digital NY companies since 2006
− ~200 Digital NY companies have raised $5 million+ of outside
capital
− ~150 investors focused on Digital NY
• Leading digital/internet companies moving into area
− Twitter opens office in late 2011
– eBay building an innovation center in the City
• NY has distinct competencies that are attracting talent
– Wall Street
– Madison Avenue
– Retail
33
34. NY’s Emergence as a Tech Hub
• New York City has become a true digital media innovation center
Q3 2012 Internet VC Funding by Top Cities Q3 2012 Internet VC Deals by Top Cities
Total of Top Cities = $1,853 million Total of Top Cities = 175
Total Including Others = $2,672 million Total Including Others = 372
San Francisco, 69
Others
31%
San Francisco
31% Bay Area
Palo Alto, 13
Bay Area 98
San Mateo, 9
$1,171M Sunnyvale, 6
Palo Alto Los Altos, 1
3% Others, 197
Los Angeles San Mateo New York, 52
5% 3%
Boston Los Altos Sunnyvale
7% 2% Boston, 16
New York 5%
13%
Los Angeles, 9
−Source: CB Insights “Venture Capital Activity Report”
34
35. The Past Six Years Have Shaped Much of NY’s
Digital Media and Technology Landscape
• Notable events in NY since 2007:
Development of brand
names across broad set of
verticals
/
/ ($275 million)
($3.1 billion) Closes deal and ($315 announces
Mayor Bloomberg million) acquisition of
announces HQ move leads
/ to NY in September Raises series A
Opens a starts up city-funded
Googleplex in New business incubator in tech VC funding announces
($680 million) round
York City programs and deal quantity acquisition of
April December June September For $183
July January February million
2007 2007 2007 2008 2009 2011 2011 March
2012
January September November September June June
August December
2007
2007 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Raises series
Mayor Bloomberg offers
A round
Raises series A $100 million and land to
Acquires develop a top announces
is founded round announces spin-offs of: Announces
engineering school to acquisition of
October 2007 For $125 million acquisition of
encourage tech
comes to New York development, to bring
New York City to the
forefront of innovation. for $745 million
Raises Series B Raises series Raises Series A for $30 billion
round A round round announces
acquisition of
announces
acquisition of
Raises series A round ($524 million)
35
36. NY Ecosystem Has Very Different Roots and Growth
Opportunities Than Silicon Valley
Internet Services Wall Street
Leadership
Talent
Operational Engineering
Efficiencies Talent
Data Services Advertising
Key Creative
Customers Talent
Strategic Strategic
Acquirers Business Partnerships
Fashion Media
Development
36
37. −NY Area Private Digital Companies by Sector
−Digital −Digital
Content Marketing −eCommerce −Mobile −Social
−FashionStake
−SpotO
n
−Electric Sheep
− Note: More companies illustrated on the following sector breakdown pages
37
38. −“The Locals” - Digital Focused VC/PE Firms
Headquartered in NY Area (72)
−Seed −30 −Early Stage −33 −Growth −23 −Buyout −7
Equity
−(<$2M) −($1M-$10M)
−($10M-$50M)
−Upstage
−Ventures
−Note: Firms may be active in more than one category. Source: Capital IQ, TechCrunch, public filings, and press releases
38
40. −Top 25 Private Digital NY Sale Transactions
January 2007 – December 2012 (Disclosed deals / rumored pricing available)
−(Enterprise
Value in $MM)
−$1,000
−$800
−$400
−$200
−$0
−200 −2008 −2009 −2010 −2011 −2012
7
−Source: Capital IQ, TechCrunch, public filings, and press releases
40
41. Private Digital NY Sale Transactions >$100 million
Since January 2010 (Disclosed deals / rumored pricing available)
Transaction
Date Acquirer / Target Value ($MM)
6/4/2012 salesforce.com, inc Buddy Media, Inc. $745
6/16/2011 (NYSE:CRM)
DG FastChannel MediaMind 524
6/3/2010 The Hearst Technologies Inc.
iCrossing, Inc. 425
6/13/2011 Corporation
Google AdMeld 400*
2/6/2011 AOL Huffington Post 315
1/19/2011 Affinion Web Loyalty 296
8/26/2012 IAC Search & About.com, Inc. 300
11/1/2011 Media, Inc.
Yahoo! Inc. interclick, inc. 264
2/3/2010 (NasdaqGS:YHOO) HotJobs.com, Ltd.
Monster 225
1/25/2010 Worldwide, Inc.
Dentsu Innovation 200*
3/21/2012 Zynga, Inc. InternactiveInc.
OMGPOP, 183
11/12/2012 (NasdaqGS:ZNGA) Ziff Davis Media
j2 Global, Inc. 165
9/8/2011 (NasdaqGS:JCOM) Inc. Survey, LLC
Google Inc. Zagat 151
6/17/2010 (NasdaqGS:GOOG) Register.com, Inc.
Web.com Group, 135
Inc.
Source: Capital IQ, TechCrunch, public filings, and press releases. *rumored value
41
43. Focused Digital Expertise Underlies
Gridley’s Investment Banking Services
Advertising /
Content
Marketing
Social eCommerce
Comprehensive Investment
Banking Services
• Private Company Sales
SaaS • Private Company Equity Enterprise
Financing
• Public Company Buyside
Point-of-Sale Mobile
Payments
43
44. Strategic Thought Leadership is Well Known
Industry Frequent Annual Gridley Hosted
Quarterly Publications
Guides Industry Speaker Events
• 2012 Business Insider:
IGNITION
• DFJ Gotham Annual Investors
Meeting
• IAB Marketplace: Mobile
• Women’s Mobile Network
• Highly respected
newsletter about industry • 2011 Business Insider: • January Conference
trends and corporate IGNITION
finance / M&A activity • OMMA Display
• Market Research Council
Luncheon
• Capital RoundTable
• SIIA Midmarket Growth
Conference
• In-depth review of the
digital NY ecosystem, • OMMA Mobile
including recent startups • Summer Networking
• Digital Hollywood NYC:
and the firms investing in Media Disruption Event & Golf Outing
them
• ad:tech NYC 2010
44
45. Selected Recent Gridley Transactions
Gridley clients include industry leaders and premier emerging growth companies
Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed $20,500,000
Digital Agency
Acquired by Acquired by Acquired by Acquired by Acquired by Acquired by Acquired by Acquired by
Pending SAS GfK Channel Intelligence, Inc. Minicom Digital Signage Oversee.net TeleTech Holdings The Dolan Company
Advisor Advisor Advisor Advisor Advisor Advisor Advisor Advisor
Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed $20,000,000 $367,000,000
Acquired by Acquired Acquired Acquired by Acquired Acquired Investment by Acquired by
WPP Group plc FetchBack Inc. M3 Mobile Marketing MDC Partners Inc. Pepperjam Silverlign Group Inc. TZP Group LLC Roper Industries, Inc.
Advisor Advisor Advisor Advisor Advisor Advisor Placement Agent Advisor
$157,000,000 Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed Undisclosed $113,189,337 $17,450,000
Email Business of Ad Serving Business of PrePay Intelligent Network
Solutions Business Unit of
Acquired Acquired by Acquired by Sold to Sold to Sold to Secondary Offering Acquired by
e-Dialog, Inc. WPP Group plc Quest Software One to One Interactive, Inc. Aegis plc Parthenon Capital LLC Verisign
Advisor Advisor Advisor Advisor Advisor Advisor Co-Manager Issued Fairness Opinion
Undisclosed Undisclosed $138,000,000 Undisclosed $58,000,000 Undisclosed $55,200,000 Undisclosed
Advisory Communications Marketing One to One, Inc.
Systems, Inc. (ACS) d/b/a
d/b/a
Acquired by Acquired by Acquired Acquired by Acquired Acquired by Acquired by
Schulman, Ronca, & Valassis Follow-On Offering Carlson Marketing Group
ISIS Equity Partners, Inc. Modem Media, Inc. Performics, Inc. ARAG Group
Bucuvalas, Inc.
. Communications, Inc.
Advisor Advisor Advisor Advisor Advisor Advisor Co-Manager Advisor
45
46. QUESTIONS?
Peg Jackson Linda Gridley Pratik Patel
Managing Director President & CEO Director
212-400-9709 212-400-9710 212-400-9712
peg.jackson@gridleyco.com linda.gridley@gridleyco.com pratik.patel@gridleyco.com
Gridley & Company LLC
10 East 53rd Street, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10022
212.400.9720 tel
212.400.9717 fax
Twitter: @gridleyco
www.gridleyco.com
47. A Guide to the Digital Media Light
Marketing at the Speed of Market
Upcoming CVG Events and Closing Remarks
Liddy Karter
Executive Director, Crossroads Venture Group
Managing Partner, Enhanced Capital Partners
48. THANK YOU CVG SPONSORS
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