Micah Baldwin
Micah Baldwin | |
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Occupation | CEO of Graphicly |
Website | www.graphicly.com |
Micah Baldwin is the founder and CEO of Graphic.ly, an American startup company that helps publishers to convert and distribute content digitally.[1][2][3] He is also a mentor at the startup incubators TechStars and 500 Startups.[4]
Career
Baldwin began his career in university fundraising, starting one of the first email campaigns used for alumni fundraising.[5] In 2004, Baldwin started his fifth company, Current Wisdom, an SEO agency, which was acquired by the Indigio Group in 2007.[5][6] After the acquisition, Baldwin became senior vice president of media strategy at Indigio.[7] After Indigio, Baldwin became the head of business development for Lijit, a small blogging and publishing company that was acquired by Federated Media in 2011.[2]
Baldwin was first introduced to Graphic.ly in 2009. He attracted $5.0 million in outside funding during Graphic.ly's first two years. The company acquired two competitors, iFanBoy and Double Feature.[8][9] Baldwin and Graphicly have appeared Forbes, Fast Company, and TechCrunch.[1][2][10]
Baldwin is also a mentor at the startup accelerator TechStars.[11][12]
Follow Friday
Baldwin is credited with creating the #followfriday (#ff) meme on Twitter in 2009.[13][2]
References
- 1 2 Zax, David. "Graphicly an Online Comics Community, Nabs $3 Million Funding". Fast Company.
- 1 2 3 4 Holiday, Ryan (May 9, 2012). "Graphicly's Micah Baldwin: Why Storytelling Matters". Forbes.
- ↑ Gumpert, David. "Confessions of an Angel Investor". Business Week. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ↑ Olanoff, Drew. "Micah Baldwin, Graphicly And The Future Of Publishing: You Think You Know, But You Have No Idea". TechCrunch.
- 1 2 "TechStars: Mentors". TechStars.
- ↑ "Denver-Based Indigio Group Acquires Current Wisdom". NewsWire. March 14, 2007.
- ↑ "Micah Baldwin". Startup Mixology.
- ↑ Joseph, Tartakoff (February 17, 2010). "Graphic.ly Buys Comics Community iFanboy". Paid Content.
- ↑ Reid, Calvin (November 8, 2011). "Graphicly Acquires Digital Comics Reader, Double Feature". Publishers Weekly.
- ↑ Banister, Cyan (August 31, 2010). "Speaking of tattoos – Interview with Micah Baldwin, CEO & co-founder of Graphic.ly (TCTV)". TechCrunch TV.
- ↑ "Dundee VC participates in TechStars founder's new $28m fund". Omaha.
- ↑ "Mentors: Micah Baldwin". TechStars.
- ↑ http://betabeat.com/2014/03/twitters-ff-was-born-from-a-bet-5-years-later-its-still-going-strong/ Twitter’s #FF Was Born From a Bet — 5 Years Later, It’s Still Going Strong] Betabeat.com BY JORDYN TAYLOR 3/28 11:42AM
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