Thu, 2015-01-29 09:57
Sam Whitmore
Going IPO? Here's What to Do
Now that Hortonworks, New Relic and Box all have gone IPO, who's next? Perhaps a client of yours. If so, how should you be framing that client today -- while you still can -- before the SEC-mandated quiet period kicks in?? The question is vital because you don't want to be selling story lines that don't build a business case for exit.
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Former TechCrunch co-editor Erick Schonfeld is the executive producer of IDG's DEMO conference, but he also happens to be the co-founder of TouchCast, a fast-rising interactive video platform company. TouchCast lets video producers embed clickable elements -- such as a photo, a web page or even another video -- within the video frame itself. Think of it as picture-within-picture web video.
Rachael King is the nicest tough reporter you'll ever meet. The San Francisco-based scribe for the WSJ's CIO Journal is tough only because she knows exactly what she wants from PR and will not compromise. "The bar is pretty high here," Rachael told us last week. "I'm looking to interview CIOs of Fortune 500 companies... even better if it's a Fortune 100 company. What are they doing with the product? What are they doing that they couldn't do before? When I get a pitch like that, I always stop to look."
Once again we shine the Tech Edit Spotlight on 
Promoted last month from deputy editor to editor of the Wall Street Journal's CIO Journal, Steve Rosenbush has plans. He's made a job offer to a well-known IT journalist and hopes to make an announcement imminently. He's working on CIO Journal "cross-platform projects" that will run across print and digital. He's been talking with producers about a bigger CIO Journal role in WSJ Video.
If you were buying native advertising from a media brand, you'd want that brand to make the native ad content as visible as possible, right? That's why we were surprised to discover this week that many leading media brands don't always ensure that their native ads show up in their own search results.
If you've been looking for a backdoor to "thought leadership" coverage in the Wall Street Journal, here's a good one for you -- the C-Suite special report series. The latest one ran this this week in print and online; the next one is due Feb. 23. The good news is, the focus is as wide as the Kansas plains; you could pitch damn near any executive profile and have a shot.
Keep your eye on The Wall Street Journal's monthly Tech Under the Hood F2F event series. Its second installment took place this month in San Francisco where VC legend Bill Gurley was the guest. Here's the WSJ's formula:
