Brightscope CEO and Co-founder Mike Alfred appears on CNBC
The Jolly Chap that he is, Mike Alfred, CEO of Brightscope, made a appearance this morning on CNBC’s Squawk Box.
Brightscope is doing awesome with their 401k rating service and their growth has been aggressive and consistant in the market place. Keep an eye on this team, good things to come!
Check out the piece:
Webceleb.com now open to the public, embracing legal music downloading!
The team here at FoundersList has been in close contact with the Webceleb crew since the early days. It’s been obvious from day one that Scott Fetters and his team were hell bent on getting this thing off the ground.
Scott emailed me this morning to announce the official launch of WebCeleb.com – Here’s how it works:
From co-founder Scott Fetters:
“Webceleb has officially launched and I cordially invite you to come and check out our product. For some of you we’ve grown to know each other well over the course of the last 2 years while our company experienced many evolutions. I will be the first to admit, where we are today is certainly not where we were when we started, and i’m sure you can attest to that. For everyone else, we may have only just met but I value your insight, feedback and would love to offer you the chance to come see for yourself what we are launching to the public. If you decide to create an account, immediately after you upload a picture Webceleb will stock your account with $1 so that you can download your first song on us and see how the model works. It would mean the world to me, if when you have some free time, you took a minute a look around the site.
Webceleb is the next generation social music store where everyone gets paid when songs are downloaded. We believe by allowing fans and musicians to make money together, we can create a positive global impact through a community that embraces legal downloading. The music industry is about to change, only at www.webceleb.com
As always, I appreciate any feedback you may have as we work out the initial bumps in the road. Feel free to contact me with additional questions.”
Here’s their company video showing how the site functions – we’ll have a video interview with Scott shortly- Right SCOTT!
Outsourcing can be a wonderful experience or a costly mistake. Here are some tips!
There’s a lot of confusion on how to do it right and what to look for in your vendor of choice.
Jose Doval wrote these tips for FoundersList regarding outsourcing, he’s got a ton of experience and some stories to match!
A little about Jose
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Is an energetic and pragmatic R&D leader with strong business and technical management skills. Ability to create and motivate high performance, multi-disciplinary teams. Proven track record of developing profitable new businesses and bringing new products to market. Bilingual with extensive experience working with Asian, European, and Latin American business cultures. Successful in creating, managing, and introducing consumer and commercial products in start-up and established organizations.
San Diego Software Industry Council hosts a Shark Tank Pitch Fest at Websense Feb. 18th, 2010
The San Diego Software Industry Council (SDSIC) is having a Sharktank style pitch fest at Websense.
One of our Founders from the Founder Institute – Uday Gupta will be presenting to a panel of seasoned investors.
If you are interested in checking it out and meeting some folks, come on out and support San Diego Founders.
A list of Angel Investors and their contact info.
Our friends over at Venturehacks.com have done some of the hard work for you. Nivi and his team have put together a nice list (And Growing) of Angels that have money, are investing and that you may contact. Check out the list!
We Love Venturehacks! The information on that site is gold!
Just as a side note, as you reach out to potential investors, keep your emails short and to the point. Just a few really well worded sentences can go a long way to opening doors. Good luck!
Ryan Alfred, Mike Alfred Speak To The Press On Fox Business Network (Video)
In case you missed it, here it is
Goowy Team is back in the saddle with Assistly.
San Diego Founder Institute Mentor Alex Bard and co-founder Gary Benitt are at it again. After a brief stay at AOL after their last acquisition, the two have founded Assistly. Here’s the 411!
San Diego’s BrightScope featured on Techcrunch
I recently met the BrightScope founders at a local get together sponsored by the Cooley firm here in town.
My first impression was was two very bright guys with a passion for what they do.
It’s unusual to run across a people this young building solutions for 401k’s. They obviously have a deep understanding of their market place and have been fairly successful with their venture to date.
Here is a full Techcrunch article on Brightscope
San Diego Founder Institute Semester 2 Starts in Spring of 2010.
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