Startups Enough is enough. It’s time to support startups that respect our rights. It’s hard to avoid the headlines. The personal information of tens of millions of people was scraped by a political consultant campaign, using the API of the world’s largest social network. There was no data breach; there were no hackers. The information taken from the API as designed
Amazon Echo Voice and ambient computing — for good “Alexa, what’s new?” It’s part of my morning routine — and the routine for 39 million Americans and counting [https://beta.techcrunch.com/2018/01/12/39-million-americans-now-own-a-smart-speaker-report-claims/] . As I drink my morning coffee, my smart speaker gives me short blasts from NPR News, BBC World News, and the Washington
Media Build the media platform of tomorrow. The way we learn about the world is transforming. The next wave of internet platforms is coming into view. Four years from now, over half of us will have an intelligent assistant in our home, [https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/08/voice-enabled-smart-speakers-to-reach-55-of-u-s-households-by-2022-says-report/] and over half of all internet searches will
Augmented Reality New realities are new opportunities At Matter. [https://medium.com/u/5d32fb15ef39?source=post_page-----97e2ed4ee223--------------------------------] , our mission [http://matter.vc] is to help create a more informed, inclusive, and empathetic society by investing in the next generation of media institutions. That means investing in products that establish new kinds of media habits [https://news.matter.
Media Join Matter Eight Top highlight Media is the bedrock of democracy. It’s the way we learn about the world. It connects us. It empowers us to make stronger decisions by arming us with information. The stories we hear through the media define how we relate to the people we share our society
Media 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E7: Jane Metcalfe — Co-Founder, WIRED Jane Metcalfe [https://medium.com/u/5dd36bcc5d0c?source=post_page-----95f528f5628e--------------------------------] is the founder of NEO.LIFE [http://www.neo.life/], an online publication that makes sense of the neobiological revolution. Previously, she co-founded WIRED [https://www.wired.com/]. As well as WIRED Magazine, the group owned HotBot, the internet’s
The Drunken Walk 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E6: Max Ventilla — CEO, AltSchool Max Ventilla is the founder of AltSchool [https://www.altschool.com/], a collaboration between engineers and educators to help build the future of education. He’s also an accomplished serial entrepreneur whose journey has taken him through Aardvark, Google and beyond. In this talk recorded at Matter in San Francisco,
Startup 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E5: Lindsay Stewart & Brian McNeill — Stringr Lindsay Stewart and Brian McNeill are the co-founders of Stringr, a startup that took part in Matter’s third class. Stringr allows media organizations to connect with professional and amateur videographers in order to source great footage. In this fireside chat with Roxann Stafford, our Director of Program in New
Startup 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E3: Camille Hearst — CEO, Kit Camille Hearst is Co-founder and CEO at Kit [https://kit.com/], a community for helping to find the best products for any new activity or experience you want to have in your life. Before founding Kit, she cut her teeth at Apple on iTunes, and then YouTube and Google. In
Media 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E2: Raju Narisetti — CEO, Gizmodo Media Group Our guest in this episode is Raju Narisetti, CEO of Gizmodo Media Group. Raju’s journey is inspiring: from a dairy salesman to the head of a digital media group at the heart of Univision. He speaks with Roxann Stafford [https://medium.com/u/287e0168d545?source=post_page-----e67824358a35--------------------------------] , Matter’s
Startup 🎧 The Drunken Walk, S2-E1: Morgan DeBaun — CEO, Blavity Our guest on this episode is a remarkable entrepreneur: Morgan DeBaun [https://medium.com/u/4996c04e1559?source=post_page-----d9710ddde487--------------------------------] , CEO and co-founder of Blavity [https://blavity.com/]. Together with her co-founders, Morgan figured out how to build a media business that isn’t dependent on a conventional advertising model while
Media Meet Matter Seven Top highlight This year is different. When Matter. [https://medium.com/u/5d32fb15ef39?source=post_page-----d07f02683108--------------------------------] launched in 2012, we were inspired by Clay Shirky [https://medium.com/u/dd09b2ab4ae2?source=post_page-----d07f02683108--------------------------------] ’s words on the rapidly-changing newspaper market [http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/03/newspapers-and-thinking-the-unthinkable/]: “now is
Entrepreneurship It’s time for media to step up. Top highlight Matter [http://matter.vc] has always set out to create a more informed, connected, and empowered society. We hope to invest in diverse teams [http://matter.vc/apply], and teams supporting under-represented communities. When more of our communities are involved in building media platforms, and served by our
Media Beyond targeted advertising Advertising is in crisis. More than one third of online ad traffic is fraudulent [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304026304579453253860786362], and the ads are so annoying that more than a quarter of users block them [https://www.iab.com/insights/ad-blocking-blocks-ads-win-back/]. Half of ads are never seen [https://www.comscore.
Surveillance Securing free speech This year, Matter. [https://medium.com/u/5d32fb15ef39?source=post_page-----c117eebf0b48--------------------------------] is hoping to invest in teams working on easy-to-use secure communications. It’s a new area for us, but online security and freedom from surveillance have never been more important, both for media and society. Freedom from surveillance means
Media Be part of the solution. Top highlight This moment matters. Matter [http://matter.vc] has always set out to create a more informed, connected, and empowered society, and that mission has never been more important than today. Media is an integral part of democracy, but it faces unprecedented opposition. Even the core idea of truth
Media Meet Ben! Top highlight I remember when I first walked through the garage door on Bryant St, to see Corey [https://medium.com/u/19bd8f923725?source=post_page-----3293ac936c69--------------------------------] and Lara [https://medium.com/u/1c1a19bf8966?source=post_page-----3293ac936c69--------------------------------] ’s smiling faces, welcoming us in. I remember the friends I immediately made in
Web Development How we built Known We’ve got some exciting new things in store for 2016 that solve real problems for both higher and corporate education. We’ll discuss this in a future post on the Known blog [http://stream.withknown.com]. First, though, I wanted to take a step back and explain the technical
6 honest reflections on being an early-stage startup founder This piece was originally published on my Known site at werd.io. [http://werd.io/2015/6-honest-reflections-on-being-an-early-stage-startup-founder-aside] I previously co-founded Elgg [http://elgg.org/] and served as CTO at latakoo [https://latakoo.com/], but Known [https://withknown.com/] is the first time I’ve been a CEO. Candid reflections have
Some reflections on a summer at Matter. (written on the way to demo day) (This piece was originally published on my Known site at werd.io. [http://werd.io/2014/some-reflections-on-a-summer-at-mattervc-written-on-the] Known is a simple way to publish on your own site and syndicate to your social media profiles across the web — click here to learn more [https://withknown.com/].) When the garage door
