4 posts and columns on Dan Porter

Casual Games Start-Up OMGPOP Raising a Serious Funding Round

in Media on November 2, 2010 at 1:55 pm PT

Does the casual games boom have more life in it? Here’s another bet that it does: Investors are pouring more money into OMGPOP, via a round that could bring in more than $10 million for the game site.

Don’t Tell a Soul! Media, Tech Moguls Take Manhattan for Semisecret Quadrangle Conference.

in Media on November 3, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Wouldn’t you like to bump elbows with media moguls and hear from the likes of Eric Schmidt, Biz Stone and James Murdoch? Me too! Alas, Quadrangle’s Foursquare conference is closed to the public and the press. But at least I can tell you whom you won’t be hearing from.
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Is Twittermania Running Face-First Into Quittermania?

in Media on April 28, 2009 at 2:29 pm PT

Remember all the way back, a couple weeks ago, when everyone was talking about Twitter and Oprah and Ashton Kutcher and the millions of people who were joining Twitter every week? Turns out the majority of those new Twitterers–three out of every five–won’t be back in May. That’s a problem, says Web measurement service Nielsen.
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Investors Bet $5 Million on Casual Game Site OMGPOP, Hope Users Start Paying Up

in Media on March 10, 2009 at 4:00 am PT

Web start-ups that plan to make money from advertising are having a rough time raising money. But Web start-ups that say they’ll do it by charging customers something? Still possible. Today’s example: OMGPOP, the casual gaming site formerly known as iminlikewithyou, which has raised a $5 million in a round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
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