Jeff For Banks

APRIL 25, 2014

September 2004, driving from a meeting in New York, on the grossly miss-titled Cross Bronx Expressway, Nathan Stovall, a reporter from SNL Financial gave me a call. And what is social media? The question: What was up with an upstate New York bank? He printed it as I said it. Our combination.

Community 92

Community New York Indiana Connecticut 92

Insights on Business

JANUARY 10, 2017

And Blockbuster, which in 2004 had about 60,000 employees and more than 8,000 stores, was in bankruptcy by 2010 because Netflix and other on-demand video providers figured out how to deliver a much more convenient and rewarding experience. And data can be structured in databases or unstructured in social media and video.

Customer Experience 87

Customer Experience social media Video Innovation 87

CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The housing bubble bursting that same year had the opposite effect and various penalties and real estate losses relating to Countrywide’s lending practices ended up costing BofA about $40B, all told. That skyrocketing popularity is likely what made Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp think it was worth spending $580M to acquire the social network.

Google 76

Google Software Innovation Company 76

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Zynga made social gaming history with a $7B IPO and generated huge returns for early investors like USV by building on top of existing social networks. Lending Club made changes to its business model that created new opportunities for growth. Lending Club. King Digital Entertainment. Delivery Hero. Stemcentrx.

Lending 78

Lending Capital Company Google 78