tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-129489472024-11-01T02:24:08.225-07:00A blog about building great products and businesses.Gaborhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11624858496318910777noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948947.post-80513215713819952272014-06-06T08:00:00.000-07:002014-07-06T11:39:57.597-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> I'm excited to announce that our startup, <a href="http://www.namomedia.com/">Namo Media</a>, has been acquired by Twitter!<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNsrJh1Zoplmpkx4intcCbD44VEII9C5runLTbEZcelgj99ourjhhX_nqKOdZjfVCi7kr-ynGXlpVxcrRpyA6R6auigmYs2D-nKawfVMZ5SXL_xA8nOTe-LcdYXm1GdEYw18JuQ/s1600/twitter_plus_namomedia_artboard.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNsrJh1Zoplmpkx4intcCbD44VEII9C5runLTbEZcelgj99ourjhhX_nqKOdZjfVCi7kr-ynGXlpVxcrRpyA6R6auigmYs2D-nKawfVMZ5SXL_xA8nOTe-LcdYXm1GdEYw18JuQ/s1600/twitter_plus_namomedia_artboard.png" height="80" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> We will be joining the MoPub team at Twitter, where we will be working on making native mobile advertising easier and more profitable for developers.<br /> <br /> It's been quite the ride, and I hope I'll have some time soon to write about how this came about and where I think the mobile ads space will be heading.<br /> <br /> Read more here on the <a href="http://blog.namomedia.com/post/87806257997/twitter-to-acquire-namo-media">Namo Media blog</a> and the <a href="https://blog.twitter.com/2014/welcoming-namo-media-to-the-flock">Twitter blog.</a><br /> <br /> Press coverage: &nbsp;<a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/06/05/twitter-buys-native-ad-specialist-namo-media/">Wall Street Journal</a>, <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-06-05/twitter-agrees-to-buy-namo-media-to-bolster-mobile-ad-reach">BusinessWeek</a>, <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/05/us-twitter-namomedia-idUSKBN0EG20Y20140605">Reuters</a>, <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/06/05/twitter-namo-media-acquisition/10029007/">USA Today</a>, <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3031552/most-innovative-companies/twitter-buys-native-ad-startup-namo-media-to-complement-its-mobile">Fast Company</a>, <a href="http://www.adexchanger.com/mobile/twitter-acquires-native-mobile-ads-startup-namo-media/">AdExchanger</a>, <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/05/twitter-buys-namo-media-to-expand-its-native-ads-offering/">TechCrunch</a>&nbsp;and <a href="http://www.techmeme.com/140605/p7#a140605p7">more</a>.</div> Gaborhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11624858496318910777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948947.post-42973310629433045782013-03-18T12:14:00.000-07:002013-03-18T12:14:26.175-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> You may have been wondering what I've been up to since <a href="http://blog.gaborcselle.com/2012/11/selling-drawchat.html">we sold DrawChat</a> late last year.<br /> <br /> The answer may not surprise you: I've been working on a new startup, <a href="http://www.namomedia.com/">Namo Media</a>. I've teamed up with some fellow ex-Googlers, Nassar Stoertz and Tural Badirkhanli to work on a new solution for mobile advertising that's less disruptive and more elegant than those pesky banner ads you see today.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDIUkbec5F6KT8MFKesEme7vY34XzJ7uPYIY1JPWGihxE2LzF4wKELrJwb6QaizP0CMMyogSfBg0oCwMAM6khbwnQAyX6tQiFuDB5oNEH8Pn279l-62dIqLG5oAEErGbMdw2dgg/s1600/namomedia_logo_cropped.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDIUkbec5F6KT8MFKesEme7vY34XzJ7uPYIY1JPWGihxE2LzF4wKELrJwb6QaizP0CMMyogSfBg0oCwMAM6khbwnQAyX6tQiFuDB5oNEH8Pn279l-62dIqLG5oAEErGbMdw2dgg/s320/namomedia_logo_cropped.png" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> Today we're announcing our seed round, $1.875M in total from Google Ventures, Betaworks, Andreessen Horowitz, Trinity Ventures, along with some amazing angels: Kevin Scott, Seth Berman, Chung-Man Tam, Keith Coleman, Garrick Toubassi, Tikhon Bernstam, Michael Levit, Benjamin Ling, and Paul Buchheit.<br /> <br /> You can learn more on the <a href="http://www.namomedia.com/">Namo Media homepage</a>.</div> Gaborhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11624858496318910777noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948947.post-54612954533389129642012-10-23T10:34:00.005-07:002018-07-31T06:33:20.022-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> This post has moved. An updated version is on my Medium here:&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/gabor/every-step-costs-you-20-of-users-b613a804c329">Every Step Costs You 20% of Users</a></div> Gaborhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11624858496318910777noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948947.post-1140224199266622142006-02-18T10:48:00.000-08:002018-08-02T06:32:13.295-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> This post has moved. An updated version is on my Medium here:&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/gabor/timeline-employee-count-growth-for-microsoft-yahoo-google-and-facebook-9ede22a37824">Timeline: Employee Count Growth for Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, and Facebook</a></div> Gaborhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11624858496318910777noreply@blogger.com25