Ben Parr
Co-founder of The Peep Project, Columnist at CNET
15Five Wants Employees To Have A Voice, Raises $1M From Yammer’s David Sacks, 500 Startups, Ben Parr...
... that it has raised its first VC money, a seed round of $1 million from a list of investors including Richmond Global, 500 Startups, Yammer Founder David Sacks, USTREAM founder John Ham, Jason Calacanis, ex-Mashable editor Ben Parr’s Dominate Fund, Sincerely CEO Matt Brezina, and Ben Ling... Read more »
Hot Or Not? Ben Parr And Others Talk About What The Breakout App Is This Year
We talked to Joseph Corriero, director of digital marketing at Bank of America ; Jonathan Kopp, global director at Ketchum, a fan of Highlight; Ben Parr, former Mashable editor-at-large; and LJ Rich, a freelancer for BBC's technology show Click... Read more »
#DominateFund badly misses the celebrity integration mark
It was launched by former Mashable editor-at-large and current CNET columnist Ben Parr, in partnership with digital-music marketing company Tracks.by co-founders Matt Schlicht and Mazy Kazerooni. While the celebrity integration riddle is one that has yet to be perfected by the broader ... Read more »
On Journalists Turning Into VCs
"When Journalists Believe They Are VCs, Beware," startup survivor Ben Rooney writes in the Wall Street Journal, of former Mashable editor Ben Parr becoming a venture capitalist at the whimsically named #DominateFund, along with two young startup founders. VentureBeat reporter Jolie ... Read more »
Customer Intimacy
According to Ben Parr, Editor-at-Large of Mashable, "Facebook's goal is to become the social layer that supports, powers, and connects every single piece of the web, no matter who or what it is or where it lives. " Facebook, as the world's largest social network at around 750 million ... Read more »
Gary Sharma’s Highlights from F.ounders NY 2012, the Michael Jordan of Tech Events
) I picked up my pass and sauntered down into the lobby, where I ran into Ben Parr, cofounder of The Peep Project & ex-Mashable scribe, holding a tall glass of beer. I got a high-five from Ben and we were soon joined by Accel Partners’ Daniel Levine and the lovely Kelsey Falter ... Read more »
Ouya, apps, and the future of gaming
Hardcore games are next, says Ben Parr. The annual Game Developers Conference, which attracts tens of thousands from the gaming industry, had all of the usual players this year: Nintendo, Sony, EA, Activision, etc. But they weren't the only players in town this week at GDC. There was ... Read more »
Ouya, apps, and the future of gaming
Hardcore games are next, says Ben Parr. The annual Game Developers Conference, which attracts tens of thousands from the gaming industry, had all of the usual players this year: Nintendo, Sony, EA, Activision, etc. But they weren't the only players in town this week at GDC. There was ... Read more »
The Sheryl Sandberg I Know
CNET columnist Ben Parr talks about why the Sheryl Sandberg he knows isn't superhuman and why that's a good thing. It was a sunny and warm afternoon in July when I dropped by Facebook's old headquarters on California street in Palo Alto, just two blocks from Stanford University. As the ... Read more »
Why the Z10 and Q10 will not save BlackBerry
commentary Before you eviscerate CNET contributor Ben Parr in comments, let him explain himself. It's all about the children. And apps. BlackBerry is betting its future on the Z10 and its new OS, but neither will be enough to prevent its inevitable demise. By every standard, the ... Read more »
Should Yahoo fire CEO Scott Thompson?
This time, activist investor Dan Loeb and the entire tech world, according to Ben Parr over at CNET, want the head of Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson. To be more specific, they want him out. Loeb wants him out by today. The tech industry hasn't been that specific. But why? I mean, why in the ... Read more »
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson's piñata party
" Ben Parr wrote on CNET that the something called "the entire tech industry" is out for Thompson's head, and the "tech elite are beginning to call for Thompson to step aside," citing Yahoo's decision to sue Facebook as a reason to thrown the CEO overboard. In other words, according to ... Read more »
15Five Secures $1M in Seed Funding To Fuel Marketing and Product Development...
15Five announced additional investment participation from 500 Startups, David Sacks (Founder, Yammer), John Ham (Founder, USTREAM), Jason Calacanis (Founder, Mahalo/LAUNCH) and Ben Parr (Co-founder, #DOMINATEFUND and Former Editor, Mashable), Matt Brezina, founder of Xobni (and now CEO ... Read more »
Live Stream From The London Web Summit 2012
The conference features Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom, Google’s Chief Business Officer Nikesh Arora as one of a number of keynotes, including Shervin Pishevar (investor in Uber), Lars Hinrichs (HackFWD), Jason Goldberg (Fab.com), Morten Lund (Tradeshift/Everbread), Ben Parr (formerly ... Read more »
London Web Summit Startup Winner Will Get A £50,000 Convertible Loan
... Chief Business Officer Nikesh Arora as one of a number of keynotes, including Shervin Pishevar (Silicon Valley VC), Lars Hinrichs (HackFWD), Jason Goldberg (Fab.com), Morten Lund (Tradeshift/Everbread), Ben Parr (formerly Mashable), Reshma Sohoni (Seedcamp) and Alex Dauchez (Deezer) among others... Read more »
Win Free Tickets To The London Web Summit, March 19, London
Niklas Zennstrom, one of Europe’s top tech entrepreneurs and investor, has now confirmed he will be speaking and joins Google’s Chief Business Officer Nikesh Arora as one of a number of keynotes, including Shervin Pishevar, Lars Hinrichs, Jason Goldberg, Morten Lund, Ben Parr and Reshma ... Read more »
Niklas Zennstrom To Speak At The London Web Summit
Zennstrom, the founder of Skype and Kazaa, is now a prolific investor through his venture capital fund Atomico and joins Google’s Chief Business Officer Nikesh Arora as one of a number of keynotes, including Shervin Pishevar, Lars Hinrichs, Jason Goldberg, Morten Lund, Ben Parr and ... Read more »
SOPA/PIPA And What It Means To You: Ben Parr Explains It All ...
Sorting through all the SOPA/PIPA related news today is bound to get overwhelming. Sites like Wikipedia, Reddit, those in the Cheezburger network, Boing Boing, Mozilla and more are dark to protest the proposed anti-piracy laws. We've roped in a few industry experts and veterans to help sort out what Read more »
Britney Spears, Ashton Kutcher, Justin Bieber among Hollywood stars getting in bed with Silicon Vall...
The trend is so pronounced that tech commentator and former Mashable Editor Ben Parr just raised a seed venture fund, called #DOMINATEFUND, entirely from Hollywood celebrities. Parr declined to discuss the details, but he noted the outfit has already invested in a number of new ... Read more »
Rumor Roundup: AOL Is Sunsetting QLabs, Ron Jeremy Has Friends In Tech Places
“All I can tell you is they’re excellent engineers that built good products.” WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS A cadre of Silicon Alley citizens–including Onswipe CEO Jason Baptiste and CNET columnist Ben Parr–headed to Vegas two weeks ago for some end-of-summer partying and ended up having a meet ... Read more »
