StartupDigest
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| Web address | https://www.startupdigest.com/ |
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| Commercial? | No |
| Type of site | email newsletter |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Owner | Christopher McCann, Brendan McManus |
| Launched | 2009 |
| Current status | Active |
StartupDigest is a media company that publishes curated email newsletters on startup events and educational content in 81 cities.[1][2][3] StartupDigest was founded by Christopher McCann and Brendan McManus in 2009.[4]
History
After graduating from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with an entrepreneurship degree in June 2009, McCann moved to Silicon Valley to work with Plug and Play Tech Center.[1][4] McCann didn’t know anyone in the area and started going to tech events to meet people.[5] He began compiling his own personal list of the best events in Silicon Valley and in November 2009, sent this list in an email to 22 friends.[5]
McCann and his roommate, Brendan McManus, co-founded StartupDigest after the first email.[1][6] Within 90 days, their list grew from 22 people to 12,000.[7] They took $25,000 in initial funding, and by the end of the first year, their list reached 100,000 subscribers.[4][8][9] In March 2011, they received an additional $200,000 in funding from the Kauffman Foundation.[10] Currently, StartupDigest has over 250,000 subscribers.[11]
StartupDigest was acquired by Startup Weekend in October 2012.[12]
Description
StartupDigest is a weekly curated email newsletter. The newsletter contains startup and tech related events in local communities; currently, StartupDigest operates in 81 cities, including San Francisco, Tokyo, and Vancouver.[7] The newsletter also contains job postings and article recommendations. Additionally, StartupDigest maintains a VIP program that connects engineers, designers and product managers with companies and startups, including Airbnb and TaskRabbit.[13]
StartupDigest used to generate revenue from a VIP program.[7] The company currently employs six, and has 100 curators across the world.[2][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lapowsky, Issie. The Social Butterfly of Start-ups. Inc Magazine. September 3, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 About Us. StartupDigest.
- ↑ Kessler, Sarah. 6 Ways to Recruit Talent for Startups. Mashable. June 6, 2010.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chris McCann – Startup Digest. FounderLY. August 15, 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Way, Hermione. How to go from one email to 100,000 subscribers: StartupDigest. TheNextWeb. January 25, 2011.
- ↑ Saint, Nick. 20 Hot Silicon Valley Startups You Need To Watch. San Francisco Chronicle. April 2, 2010.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Brusilovsky, Daniel. Startup Digest Launches In Tokyo, Atlanta and Vancouver. The Washington Post. January 4, 2010.
- ↑ How StartupDigest Got 100k Email Subscribers in One Year – with Chris McCann. StartupDigest. January 26, 2011.
- ↑ Kutz, Erin. StartupDigest Hits Detroit To Generate Buzz on Area Entrepreneur Events. Xconomy. January 3, 2011.
- ↑ Siegler, MG. StartupDigest Takes $200,000 To Curate Information For Entrepreneurs. TechCrunch. March 9, 2011.
- ↑ StartupDigest. 500startups.
- ↑ http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/03/startup-weekend-acquires-local-events-newsletter-provider-startupdigest-product-gets-spun-off-as-grouptie/
- ↑ VIP Program. StartupDigest.