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Recent Posts Tagged With 'izea'
I Knew Ted Murphy was Superman, but Geez
I woke up this morning to messages that IZEA CEO and friend Ted Murphy got jumped in New Orleans by as many as 8 guys. It sounds like IZEA's Travis Andrews saw the commotion and jumped in to help -- ...
My Reactions for Startup Reactor
Steve Spalding from How To Split An Atom and History of Blogging has kicked off an interesting concept called the Startup Reactor. It focuses on very early companies (typically pre-launch), shares ...
SocialSpark Launches: Do You Smell What the Spark is Cooking?
So, today's the day Sparky is let out of his private alpha chains...IZEA's latest innovation is being unleashed today at Ad:Tech, San Francisco, and the stars of advertising and blogging are already l...
Entrepreneurs Never Sleep...
or do they:It seems Ted got a little of his own medicine after abusing Travis once too often: Let's get to know each other, Join FVB, my venture capital blog community! ...
Beatbox, SXSW Style
Most of the SXSW wrap-up posts have trickled in by now, but I noticed this when I was checking IZEA's latest video antics. It's a beatbox mashup from the SXSW Bloghaus, including beats from Guy Kawas...
RankSpank Makes Me Laugh...What's Your RealRank?
As a VC you get to live vicariously through your portfolio companies. Sometimes that is exhilarating, other times it is frustrating, and quite often it's just plain funny. This morning, I'm laughing...
IZEARanks.com Alpha Now Live: Open Analytics Arrives
It was announced earlier today that IZEARanks.com has been released in alpha. Ted's post at the IZEA blog provides plenty of context, including details on the open analytics, smooth graphs, and API. ...
That Just Happened -- SocialSpark that is...
"What does that do, does that blow your mind? That just happened!"~ Ricky BobbyThat is IZEA's announcement today of SocialSpark.com (codenamed Argus) -- the future of online advertising. Ricky Bobby'...
Vegas Map for BlogWorld, PostieCon and BloggersChoiceAwards
While planning my IZEA trip to BlogWorld/PostieCon I created a map of key locations such as the Hard Rock, Las Vegas Convention Center, Tao, Bellagio and others. The current zoom level allows you to ...
IZEA: Sponsored Social Media and so much more...
Seeing your babies grow up is bittersweet. Watching my daughters scare others at our haunted house this Halloween, instead of being scared, was both fun and sad.I feel that same conflict with PayPerP...