Building A Vertical Ad Network Powerhouse: Glam Media CEO Samir Arora (Part 4)

SM: Glam was a pioneering startup. How did you assemble your management team? SA: Our seven key founders are all serial entrepreneurs and pioneers in Silicon Valley and Internet Technology.

Building A Vertical Ad Network Powerhouse: Glam Media CEO Samir Arora (Part 3)

SM: What is the story behind Glam? Where did the idea come from? SA: Glam was interesting from the first concept. It started as a jewel of an idea in 2001 and developed in 2002 at the bottom of the downturn.

Building A Vertical Ad Network Powerhouse: Glam Media CEO Samir Arora (Part 2)

SM: Was Rae a successful venture for you? SA: Rae did well. We created navigational applications for Apple, then PCs, and later worked with Wells Fargo and American Express. Interestingly enough, they introduced us to a small company called Mosaic. Once I saw what Mosaic was doing, I knew we had the legs to deliver

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Building A Vertical Ad Network Powerhouse: Glam Media CEO Samir Arora (Part 1)

Samir Arora is a serial entrepreneur with a history that includes Rae Technology and NetObjects. Aside from being chairman and CEO of Glam Media, he is chairman (and founder) of Information Capital LLC. Glam Media offers a self-coined ‘vertical content network’ platform. The Glam Media network includes over 400 publishers, all of whom receive an

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Towards Personalization: Strands Founder Francisco Martin (Part 8)

SM: What is your distribution of workers? How many people are in Corvallis and how many people are in Barcelona? FM: We have 9 different offices in the world with 150 employees. Sixty-two percent of our people are in the States, the rest are in Europe.

Towards Personalization: Strands Founder Francisco Martin (Part 7)

SM: Having raised $55M, do you think that is too much money? FM: Initially some people thought it was too much. Now we are very happy we closed on that amount. SM: From the point of view of valuation and return on investment as well as in terms of what you can sell a company

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Towards Personalization: Strands Founder Francisco Martin (Part 6)

SM: Let’s say I am wearing a blue shirt which works really well with my skin color. Are you able to figure out that somebody who looks like me likes to wear shirts that are a particular shade of blue? FM: If we have a picture of you we can find at least 25 relevant

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Towards Personalization: Strands Founder Francisco Martin (Part 5)

SM: Let’s say I am wearing a blue shirt which works really well with my skin color. Are you able to figure out that somebody who looks like me likes to wear that shade of blue shirts? FM: If we have a picture of you we can find at least 25 relevant attributes, include what

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