We had some very exciting news here at LaunchSquad last week: our client Quidsi, owner of Diapers.com and Soap.com, was purchased by Amazon for $500 million. It’s always fulfilling when our clients succeed, and an acquisition of this size is one of the most tangible examples of success there is. When we started working with [...]
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Get Ready to be Blowtorched!
November 20, 2007 – 4:20 pm
Blowtorch Entertainment, a new client at The Squad, launched last week and we couldn’t be more fired up. Blowtorch is a media company focused on the 18- to 24-year-old audience. It will deliver truthful, edgy content to all the right places: online, in theaters, at live events and on mobile devices. News of the Blowtorch [...]
Obama Girl, Barely Political and LaunchSquad
July 16, 2007 – 4:52 pm
Seen the I’ve Got a Crush on Obama video yet? If not, maybe you’ve been on vacation for the past month? It’s been a huge viral success and there’s more to come from their creators (and LaunchSquad client) BarelyPolitical.com, including the latest video out today, Obama Girl vs. Guiliani Girl. PR Week posted today a [...]
Jack and Lars Take Center Stage
June 15, 2007 – 2:55 pm
Last week I had the great fortune of meeting Jack Welch, one of the most important leaders and innovators in the history of business. He keynoted an event hosted by our client SuccessFactors, which makes software that helps companies like T-Mobile, Arrow Electronics, Kimberly-Clark and thousands of others measure, manage and inspire their people. SuccessFactors [...]
Attributor and the Content Economy
June 7, 2007 – 11:27 am
Our client Attributor made news last week announcing that the Associated Press, one of the world’s largest daily sources of original content in the world, has chosen Attributor to monitor and analyze online use of AP content across the Internet. We are psyched to talk with reporters about it because it’s huge validation for Attributor’s [...]
ThinkEquity Partners acquired
February 21, 2007 – 2:59 pm
San Francisco-based investment firm ThinkEquity Partners announced a merger this week with Panmure Gordon & Co., a publicly-traded brokerage firm based in London. We worked with the company in ’03-04 when they were first building out the firm and creating a new kind of research-driven investment bank focused on emerging markets. We wanted to congratulate [...]