Estimates of the size of the group travel market range from $31 to $87 Billion and between families, college students, wedding and events there is no shortage of groups desiring to travel together. David Chait saw an opportunity when he and his friends had difficulty
In the world of online advertising agencies, Marty Weiss is a true veteran: a seasoned executive, designer and art director, he’s morphing his latest venture (Meter Industries) into a new agency based in New York called “Marty Weiss and Friends.” An art director with a
Olapic, the e‑commerce-focused photo-sharing startup based in New York, recently took a major step forward in expanding awareness about its unique approach to e‑commerce marketing after securing a Series A round amounting to $5 million. But e‑commerce analysts and other professionals working in e‑commerce media
Keen business development managers searching for innovative ways of boosting their agency’s fortunes might consider emulating Collective, a New York digital marketing services company which has just launched a branding campaign to promote itself. The campaign uses the same techniques normally reserved for clients, and
Should job seekers mail a shoe or a ticking timer to a prospective employer? Lisa Evers, host of Hot97’s Street Soldiers Top Rated radio show questioned a panel of experts as to the best methods to get a job. Issues addressed include what to say
New York-based startup Timehop, which began life in 2011 under the name “4SquareAnd7YearsAgo”, has just raised an additional $3 million in funding, taking its total to a princely $4.12 million. The latest round was led by its existing investor, Spark Capital, with participation from O’Reilly
A New York tech startup, RockThePost, is aiming to revolutionize seed funding for other tech startups. If it proves a success, the number of vacancies for tech product managers in the Big Apple could expand significantly. Online pitching to multiple investors Launched in October 2010
New York-based mobile advertising platform StartApp is going 3D, a move which should come as little surprise to anyone holding media jobs in mobile advertising agencies. Feeling the mobile pulse Let’s be more specific: StartApp, which was founded in 2010, has kept a keen eye
The UK-based augmented-reality advertising startup ‘Blippar’, which was launched in 2011, has just celebrated its first anniversary in the U.S. – and it’ll excite the interest of innovation-hungry art directors and account managers working in traditional advertising agencies. The startup’s total of 3 million users