Interview with Andrew Mason, CEO, Groupon, Who was just offered $5.3B by Google

Posted by: Tim Reha | Friday, November 26, 2010 | 0 Comments | | Share

Groupon is creating a big buzz on the web on sites like Techmeme.com this week with news of a possible acquisition by Google in the $2.5 Billion dollar range. Wait, lets take that up to $5.3 Billion according to the Wall Street Journal’s All Thing’s Digital Blog post.

Web: http://www.Groupon.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/groupon
Andrew Mason on Twitter: http://twitter.com/andrewmason

Growth: Adding 100 new employees per month!

About: “Groupon negotiates huge discounts—usually 50-90% off—with popular businesses. We send the deals to thousands of subscribers in our free daily email, and we send the businesses a ton of new customers. That’s the Groupon magic.”

Groupon is one of the super hot internet companies that performed…

Filed under: Ecommerce • Interviews • Social Media • Startups • Video

Podcast Interview - Michael Surkan Interivew - How to Leverage Video

Posted by: Tim Reha | Monday, November 09, 2009 | 0 Comments | | Share

Michal Surkan and I recorded a podcast to cover the use of online video for marketing.

Here is the link:

http://surkanstance.blogspot.com/2009/11/epnw-say-it-with-video-indispensible.html

Filed under: Interviews • Video • Internet Video Broadcasting • Internet Video • Video Production

WTIA Octoberfest - Interview with Mr. Steve Wood, WTIA Chair, Chairman & CEO Perlego Systems

Posted by: Tim Reha | Monday, October 12, 2009 | 0 Comments | | Share

Enjoy this interview at WTIA Octoberfest with Steve Wood, Chair WTIA, Chairman & CEO Perlego Systems. We discuss how startups may benefit from the downturn in today’s economy.

Guest: Mr. Steve Wood

Background: NW technology executive famous for work as #6 employee at Microsoft.

Current: Chair of the Washington Technology Industry Association and Chairman & CEO Perlego Systems.

Articles: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010045372_btinterface12.html

About Perlego Systems: http://www.perlego.com/

Filed under: Events • Interviews • Steve Wood • Startups

Tim Reha interviews Alan Wizemann, Founder, ShopIgniter.com Real-Time Social Media Ecommerce

Posted by: Tim Reha | Saturday, October 10, 2009 | 1 Comments | | Share

Tim Reha interviews Alan Wizemann, Founder, ShopIgniter.com, a Real-Time Social Media Ecommerce Platform.

ShopIgniter is built using the Code Igniter Platform http://www.codeigniter.com, an open source PHP framework that also is used to create the new ExpressionEngine CMS platform. Social media and two way communication is built into the platform along with a user friendly design for ecommerce management. ShopIgniter is a startup and leader in the new “Social Ecommerce” space.

I am a beta tester for ShopIgniter, thus contact me if you are interested in deploying this ecommece system for your website.

Visit:

http://www.shopigniter.com…

Filed under: Ecommerce • ShopIgniter • Interviews • Real Time Web • Social Media • Social Ecommerce • Startups

Tim Reha interviews Robert Scoble about 2010 Web at Gnomedex

Posted by: Tim Reha | Monday, October 05, 2009 | 0 Comments | | Share

It was great to see Robert Scoble again in Seattle to catchup at Gnomedex. Visit: http://scobleizer.com to see what Robert is up to these days.

Filed under: Interviews • Robert Scoble • Real Time Web • Social Media • Social Networks • Video