Gordon Platt of Gotham Media came by our office yesterday and interviewed me about what’s going on at Buzzr.
Here’s the tape: http://blog.gothammediaventures.com/?p=621
Good interview. But I need to remember to sit up straight!
December 9, 2009
Buzzr Joins NYU/Poly Incubator
We’re pleased to have been accepted by the NYU/Poly Incubator, sponsored by the NYC Economic Development Corporation.
The incubator has been getting a lot of press lately, including stories in the New York Times and BBC.
A few hundred applied and about 30 were accepted.
Aside from a fairly swank office in downtown NYC, we’re happy to be surrounded by a couple of dozen other entrepreneurs — from one person start ups to 10-person early stage companies.
We’ve also got small digs over at Rose Tech Ventures, where another group of remarkable entrepreneurs work. Lots of VC-backed companies at Rose’s operation — called “Spark Space.” And free lunch on Fridays!
Lots of space now. Time to grow!
November 17, 2009
Buzzr update from CMS Wire
Interviewed (via e-mail) last week by Dee Ann LeBlanc of CMS Wire. Story came out today — http://bit.ly/LdDcF
Nice to see a journalist covering the inside pool of Drupal with real understanding.
Highlights:
“Staying with Drupal 6 lets the Buzzr team wait until they feel all of the necessary Drupal 7 modules are ready and stable before migrating the platform to the new version. Unlike many Drupal 6 users, however, Buzzr users may barely notice the change. No doubt they’ll get new functionality along with the update, but Buzzr is a usability layer on top of Drupal.”
and:
“Sussman hints that in addition to the main Buzzr release, they’re also working on “providing white label multi-site solutions for enterprises interested in rolling out social-media friendly sites quickly and efficiently…”
