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Pud was so much better at this [Meltdowns]valleywag.com » Valleywag - Oct 29, 2008 Eight years ago Philip Kaplan, aka Pud, turned his anonymous rumor site FuckedCompany into a modest advertising business. Today, Kaplan is chief something-or-other at AdBrite, a Sequoia-backed startup whose CEO has … Also tagged: startups, nsfw, adbrite, meltdowns, fuckedcompany, fuckedstartups |
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AdBrite cuts 40 of 100 employees [Layoffs]valleywag.com » Valleywag - Oct 16, 2008 Cue the schadenfreude brigade: AdBrite, the online-advertising network funded by Sequoia Capital, has laid off 40 of 100 employees. Why will some view this with glee? Because, a decade ago, AdBrite founder Philip … Also tagged: online advertising, layoffs, adbrite, sequoia capital, fuckedcompany, pud kaplan |
valleywag.com » Valleywag - Sep 4, 2008
FuckedCompany creator Philip "Pud" Kaplan's ad network AdBrite just fired its VP of Sales Jim Benton. In mid-August, a tipster told us it would happen. Now the same source tells us "free lunches are next on the chop." …
Also tagged: online advertising, rumormonger, jim benton
valleywag.com » Valleywag - Aug 14, 2008
AdBrite, the online-ad network best known for its quirky founder, FuckedCompany creator Philip "Pud" Kaplan, is hiring an in-house lawyer. This is odd only in that last we heard, the online ad network already had one …
Also tagged: online advertising, adbrite, paul levine, iggy fanlo, rebecca eisenberg, jim benton, melissa vernon, mike reaves
valleywag.com » Valleywag - Jul 29, 2008
Vancouver-based NowPublic is ostensibly all about citizen journalism. But since Guy Kawasaki sold Truemors to it and signed up as an advisor, it's becoming better known for publishing flattering lists of "influencers," …
Also tagged: john battelle, robert scoble, leah culver, guy kawasaki, matt mullenweg, kevin rose, brian solis, ryan block, michael arrington, nick douglas, pete cashmore, max levchin, nowpublic, tim o reilly, marc andreessen, jack dorsey, biz stone, sarah lacy, dave mcclure, louis gray, ariel waldman, adeo ressi, the 250
valleywag.com » Valleywag - Feb 8, 2008
From the beginning, Philip Kaplan has touted AdBrite's ad stats on the ad network's homepage. Today, it proclaims "470 million impressions a day on 54,328 sites." Which sounds impressive enough. Until one consults the …
Also tagged: online advertising, adbrite
valleywag.com » Valleywag - Dec 16, 2007
Why did FuckedCompany creator Philip "Pud" Kaplan record a profane song, "Fuck," in August under the name "Farty McPoopants"? The pseudonym is easy enough to explain: His current venture is AdBrite, an …
Also tagged: feature, top, digital music, idolator, rock star, adbrite, pud
valleywag.com » Valleywag - Nov 30, 2007
How eager is AdBrite founder Philip Kaplan to get into the porn-ads business? So eager that he's counting the seconds. On AVNAds.com, the relaunch site for AdBrite's partnership with porn-trade publisher AVN, there's a …
Also tagged: online advertising, porn, adbrite, avn, sequoia capital
valleywag.com » Valleywag - Nov 16, 2007
The so-far anonymous creator of TheFunded.com, a message board which lets entrepreneurs rate venture capitalists, is going to unveil himself tonight at an event. New rumors continue to bubble up about who "Ted" might …
Also tagged: mysteries, ted, thefunded com
valleywag.com » Valleywag - Nov 3, 2007
Philip Kaplan once ran the website InternalMemos.com, a compendium of leaked company missives. Now Valleywag has obtained one from AdBrite, the online-ad network Kaplan founded. AdBrite is now run by CEO Iggy Fanlo …
Also tagged: top, online advertising, adbrite, leaks, silicon valley tool