Author Archives: michaelaris

The Future of Social Media – More like the Future of Business.

michaelaris   March 15, 2015
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Organization Name:  think with Google Name of Contacts: Brian Solis, Altimeter Group – @briansolis @thinkwithgoogle Industry: Digital Marketing Web references:  Think with Google Past, Present, and Future of Social Media Social media has been a tool that has been unknowingly immersed in our everyday interactions from as early as the invention of the early stages of postal services originating in 500 B.C. When… Read more »

The Ice Bucket Challenge Pours the Cold Truth on the Power of Social Media

michaelaris   March 9, 2015
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Organization Name:  ALS Association Name of Contacts: The ALS Association: @alsassociation Industry: Non-Profit Charity Organization Web references: The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge What is the ALS Association: Founded in 1985, the ALS Association is a non-profit organization established to fight the Lou Gehrig’s disease. Through their Transitional Research Advancing Therapies for ALS, also known as the TREAT ALS program, the ALS… Read more »

The Software Supply Chain: Conquered by Slack

michaelaris   February 22, 2015
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Organization Name: Slack Name of Contacts: Stewart Butterfield, Founder, Slack – @stewart Industry: Enterprise Social Networking Web references: Slack – @slackhq  FooPlugins – @FooPlugins Company Overview: Slack is a team communication tool created in 2013 by the co-founder of Flickr, Scott Butterfield. After he left Flickr/Yahoo in 2008, he co-founded an online game company, Tiny Speck. During their developments they found themselves… Read more »

Built Together, Built Better with GitHub

michaelaris   February 15, 2015
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Organization name: GitHub Name of Contacts: Tom Preston-Werner, Co-Founder and Former President, GitHub Chris Wanstrath, Co-Founder and CEO, GitHub PJ Hyett, Co-Founder and COO, GitHub Industry: Code Sharing Network – Social Networking Site for Programmers Web references: GitHub  – @GitHub Twitter – @Twitter  Mark Otto – @mdo Jacob Thornton – @fat Company Overview College drop out, Chris Wanstrath began development of GitHub in October of 2007. By… Read more »

Customer Engagement ‘is’ Kickstarter

michaelaris   February 6, 2015
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Customer Engagement ‘is’ Kickstarter Organization Name: Kickstarter Industry: Crowdfunding Services Name of contact: Perry Chen, Founder, Kickstarter Yancey Strickler, Founder, Kickstarter Charles Adler, Founder, Kickstarter Web references: Kickstarter Formlabs Company Overview:   Born in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, New York – Kickstarter officially launched on April 28th, 2009 by founders Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler and Charles Adler with the artist world in… Read more »

Airbnb Is More than Just a Company; It’s a Family.

michaelaris   February 1, 2015
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Airbnb Is More than Just a Company; It’s a Family. Organization Name: Airbnb Industry: Social Networking Service Name of contact if available: Brian Chesky, CEO and Founder, Airbnb Nathan Blecharczyk, CTO & Co-Founder, Airbnb Joe Gebbia, CPO & Co-Founder , Airbnb Natalie Harrison, Head of International PR, Airbnb Stewart Butterfield, CEO and Co-Founder, Slack Web references: https://www.airbnb.ca/, https://slack.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/Airbnb, wsj.com,  Company Overview:  What initially began… Read more »