Micah Baldwin

Micah Baldwin
Occupation CEO of Graphicly
Website www.graphicly.com

Micah Baldwin is the founder and CEO of Graphic.ly, an American startup company that helps publishers to convert and distribute content digitally.[1][2][3] He is also a mentor at the startup incubators TechStars and 500 Startups.[4]

Career

Baldwin began his career in university fundraising, starting one of the first email campaigns used for alumni fundraising.[5] In 2004, Baldwin started his fifth company, Current Wisdom, an SEO agency, which was acquired by the Indigio Group in 2007.[5][6] After the acquisition, Baldwin became senior vice president of media strategy at Indigio.[7] After Indigio, Baldwin became the head of business development for Lijit, a small blogging and publishing company that was acquired by Federated Media in 2011.[2]

Baldwin was first introduced to Graphic.ly in 2009. He attracted $5.0 million in outside funding during Graphic.ly's first two years. The company acquired two competitors, iFanBoy and Double Feature.[8][9] Baldwin and Graphicly have appeared Forbes, Fast Company, and TechCrunch.[1][2][10]

Baldwin is also a mentor at the startup accelerator TechStars.[11][12]

Follow Friday

Baldwin is credited with creating the #followfriday (#ff) meme on Twitter in 2009.[13][2]

References

  1. 1 2 Zax, David. "Graphicly an Online Comics Community, Nabs $3 Million Funding". Fast Company.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Holiday, Ryan (May 9, 2012). "Graphicly's Micah Baldwin: Why Storytelling Matters". Forbes.
  3. ↑ Gumpert, David. "Confessions of an Angel Investor". Business Week. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  4. ↑ Olanoff, Drew. "Micah Baldwin, Graphicly And The Future Of Publishing: You Think You Know, But You Have No Idea". TechCrunch.
  5. 1 2 "TechStars: Mentors". TechStars.
  6. ↑ "Denver-Based Indigio Group Acquires Current Wisdom". NewsWire. March 14, 2007.
  7. ↑ "Micah Baldwin". Startup Mixology.
  8. ↑ Joseph, Tartakoff (February 17, 2010). "Graphic.ly Buys Comics Community iFanboy". Paid Content.
  9. ↑ Reid, Calvin (November 8, 2011). "Graphicly Acquires Digital Comics Reader, Double Feature". Publishers Weekly.
  10. ↑ Banister, Cyan (August 31, 2010). "Speaking of tattoos – Interview with Micah Baldwin, CEO & co-founder of Graphic.ly (TCTV)". TechCrunch TV.
  11. ↑ "Dundee VC participates in TechStars founder's new $28m fund". Omaha.
  12. ↑ "Mentors: Micah Baldwin". TechStars.
  13. ↑ http://betabeat.com/2014/03/twitters-ff-was-born-from-a-bet-5-years-later-its-still-going-strong/ Twitter’s #FF Was Born From a Bet — 5 Years Later, It’s Still Going Strong] Betabeat.com BY JORDYN TAYLOR 3/28 11:42AM

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