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Dave Balter is a serial entrepreneur with a distinguished track record of impacting various industries. He founded BzzAgent, which was acquired by Dunnhumby, and Smarterer, which was acquired by Pluralsight. His current venture, Flipside Crypto, leads the way in providing indexes and investment vehicles for cryptocurrencies.Dave's career includes executive roles at prominent global organizations and venture investments as a partner at Boston Seed. In 2024, he was honored as one of The Boston Globe's Top 50 Tech Power Players. He is also the author of several influential books, including The Humility Imperative. Dave has been an engaged 3i Member since 2023. Listen to the episode to hear: * Revolutionizing industries with data: Insights from his work with BzzAgent and Flipside Crypto * Leadership and innovation: Key lessons from his book The Humility Imperative  * The future of blockchain and cryptocurrency: Dave's Predictions and strategic outlookLearn more about 3i Members and follow us on LinkedIn for updates. 

In episode 11 of Unstack's Zero to a Million, CEO Grant Deken and VP of Sales and Marketing Zach Rego talk with the CEO of Flipside Crypto, Dave Balter, about how to lead a startup.Dave Balter is the author of The Humility Imperative, and the original article featured in Inc. by the same name.Currently, dave is CEO of Flipside Crypto, which provides business intelligence to blockchain organizations.Previously, Dave was co-founder and CEO of Smarterer, a skills assessment company acquired by Pluralsight (NASDAQ: PS) in 2014. Post-acquisition, Dave was Head of Transactions at Pluralsight and served as a Board Observer.In 2001, Dave founded and was CEO of BzzAgent, a social media marketing company, which was acquired by dunnhumby, a division of Tesco, in 2011. From 2011 to 2014, Dave sat on the Global Executive Team at dunnhumby, where he led all M&A activity and founded and led their investment arm, dunnhumby Ventures.Dave is Venture Partner Emeritus at Boston Seed Capital; personally, he is an investor or advisor to more than 75 technology organizations. A lifelong fan of the arts, Dave sits on the advisory board at Berklee Music Online, and is Vice Chair for Boston's Boch Center for the Performing Arts.Connect with Dave on LinkedIn and visit https://flipsidecrypto.com/.This episode is brought to you by Unstack.

Sam is an investor and entrepreneur, who is one of the top product leaders in the tech scene. After leading product at BzzAgent and HubSpot, he went on to be a co-founder at InsightSquared, the leading provider of revenue intelligence solutions. At Accomplice, he is focused on making investments in B2B software and marketplace companies. He's also part of the faculty at Harvard Business School where he teaches the early-stage startup course called Launching Tech Ventures. In this episode of our podcast, we cover: * How Sam's experience as a product leader and operator has helped influence his role as a Venture Capitalist. * His background story and how he ended up leading product teams. * The founding story of InsightSquared and how they built product market fit. * What led him down the path of becoming a VC again. * Lots of great tips for hiring product managers, including a useful secret on where to find them. * And so much more. If you like the show, please remember to subscribe and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play.

How does one go from being an operator to starting a venture capital fund? Rob Go, co-founder of NextView Ventures shared how he got started as a VC, how companies in NextView’s portfolio as well as NextView have been adapting to the pandemic, what’s changed for the firm since the pandemic hit, the new accelerator program and much much more. Rob Go is a co-founder and Partner at NextView Ventures. Prior to founding NextView, Rob was at Spark Capital, Ebay, as well as, Fidelity Investments and BzzAgent. Catch him on Twitter at @robgo Catch the video at https://youtu.be/3Ng8IqiBlSk --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pjain/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pjain/support

Episode Summary: In our final episode we bring together Jana Eggers, CEO of Nara Logics, Scott Kirsner, Boston Globe columnist and CEO of Innovation Leader, and Dave Balter, CEO of Flipside Crypto, to discuss the question on every Boston entrepreneur's mind: to build in Boston or Silicon Valley? This episode is a fun and enjoyable listen where you'll get to hear each guest's opinions and theories.Uncovered in this episode: The biggest differences between the two coasts when it comes to starting a businessScott's take on why so many people who start to build in Boston end up leaving to go out West  Strategies for how to keep talented entrepreneurs in Boston The misconception that big companies aren't made in BostonWhy we should stop overthinking things in Boston and “just dance”List of resources mentioned in episode:Articles written by Scott Kirsner: https://muckrack.com/scottkirsner/articlesNara Logics website: https://naralogics.com/Flipside Crypto website: https://flipsidecrypto.com/About Jana Eggers: Jana brings over 25 years of technology and leadership experience to Nara Logics from Intuit, Lycos, American Airlines, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and startups that you've never heard of. Jana is a frequent speaker, writer, and mentor on AI and startups. She is also a marathoner (most recently completing Boston) and an Ironman.About Scott Kirsner: Scott Kirsner has written a weekly column for the Boston Globe since 2000, and before that helped the Globe launch its digital publishing division with Scott Cohen and Frank Hertz, his co-founders at Innovation Leader.Scott has also been a contributing writer for Wired Magazine, Fast Company, Variety, The New York Times, BusinessWeek, and other publications. He is the author of several books on innovation and technology, including “Inventing the Movies,” which explores the challenge of bringing new ideas to a century-old, change-resistant industry: Hollywood.Scott has presented leadership strategies to corporate leaders, technologists and entrepreneurs at Harvard Business School, the MIT R&D Conference, South by Southwest, the Consumer Electronics Show, HubSpot Inbound, Tijuana Inovadora, the Connected Health Symposium, and the NAB Futures Summit. Scott has also appeared on NBC's Today Show, NPR's Science Friday, the Discovery Channel, and WBUR's Radio Boston.About Dave Balter: Dave has been active in the cryptocurrency space for years, and has learned invaluable lessons from not buying during crypto winters and at least one wallet loss.Previously, Dave was the CEO and co-founder of Smarterer, a machine-learning skills assessment company acquired by Pluralsight in 2014. Post-acquisition, Dave was the Head of Transactions at Pluralsight, while also serving as a Board Observer.Before co-founding Smarterer in 2010, Dave founded and was CEO of BzzAgent, a social media marketing company, which was acquired by dunnhumby, a division of Tesco(PLC) in 2011. From 2011 - 2014 Dave sat on the Global Executive Team at dunnhumby, where he led all venture investments and M&A activity.Dave sits on the Board of AdHawk, is an investor and/or advisor to more than 50 startups and is Vice Chairman of Boch Center for the Performing Arts, a nonprofit steward of iconic venues, providing arts, entertainment, cultural, and educational experiences to the greater Boston community.

In this Fund81 podcast interview, Dave Balter, the CEO of one of our MergeLane portfolio companies, Flipside Crypto, shared his perspective on investing in the cryptocurrency space. I invited Dave to join us for four reasons: He is one of the most engaging and entertaining speakers I know. He has the ability to explain complex things in an easy-to-understand way - something I have found rare in the cryptocurrency space. He is obsessed with and extremely knowledgeable about cryptocurrency. Because he is both a serial entrepreneur and a venture investor, he has an interesting perspective from both sides of the table. About Flipside Crypto Flipside Crypto has developed algorithms to track cryptocurrency performance indicators. Flipside licenses this data and uses its technology to provide investment opportunities for accredited investors via its indexes. The company also manages the process of acquiring and storing cryptocurrency to alleviate the headache of potentially confusing things like encryption and digital wallets. Flipside closed a $3.4 million financing round led by True Ventures three months after MergeLane’s investment. Coinvestors include the Chernin Group, Resolute Ventures, Boston Seed Capital, Converge, and Founder Collective. About Dave Balter Dave Balter is the founder and CEO of Flipside Crypto, a provider of data solutions and investment vehicles for cryptocurrencies. Dave has spent most of his career as an innovation‐obsessed builder of companies, most often as a founder and CEO, but occasionally as a board member, advisor or investor. Dave is also an active venture investor and M&A professional. As an operator, Dave is probably best known for Smaterer, which he founded, led, and sold to Pluralsight in 2014 and BzzAgent, which he founded, led, and sold to dunnhumby in 2011. Post BzzAgent acquisition, Dave acted as Global Head of Investments for dunnhumby and founded dunnhumby Ventures. Dave is also an independent angel and venture partner at Boston Seed Capital. Dave’s investments have included DraftKings, Promoboxx, FitnessKeeper, and Help Scout. Dave was named one of the 30 most disruptive people in Boston tech by Boston Magazine in 2016, was a finalist for the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year, and was recognized as a future legend by the Ad Club. He cofounded the Word of Mouth Marketing Association and authored two books on the subject including Grapevine and the Word of Mouth Manual Volume II. A long time Techstars mentor, Dave also co-founded Intelligent.ly, a classroom space that helps star employees become managers with his wife, Sarah Hodges, and sits on the Board of Directors for the Boch Center for the Performing Arts. Enjoy!

Welcome to Episode 44 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast of your most-trusted source for startup and tech jobs, news, and insights in Boston and NYC! For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Dave Balter, Co-Founder & CEO of Flipside Crypto. Dave is a serial entrepreneur having founded two companies in the Boston tech scene that have been acquired. BzzAgent was acquired by dunnhumby and then, Smarterer was acquired by Pluralsight, a company that went public back in May of this year and is aggressively growing their team in Boston. His current company, Flipside Crypto, is a venture backed startup that is providing indexes and investment vehicles for cryptocurrencies. Not only has Dave's impact been felt as an entrepreneur, but he is also an investor and advocate for the Boston tech scene. In this episode of our podcast, we cover: * The legendary Dave Balter tech prom - yes that did happen * The details behind BzzAgent, plus a fun story involving Jason Calacanis * Smarterer's pivot that led to an acquisition * A simple description on cryptocurrency and blockchain, plus what Flipside Crypto is up to and how they are helping people build a diversified portfolio * How he got into angel investing, including being one of the first investors at Runkeeper * Plus, a lot more. Lastly, if you like the show, please remember to subscribe to and review us on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!

In this episode we visit with Erik Dasque, VP of Engineering at Evertrue. In the last 12 years he's held similar roles at BzzAgent, Publicis, Nutraclick and Constant Contact - and in the last 12 years he's come up with a formula for building, changing, hiring and leading teams that we can honestly say just flat out works. His experiences have been informed by great brands, great people, and a great awareness of how to soak in the best of his surroundings and turn that positive energy loose for others around him to benefit from and enjoy. So we say to you - Enjoy!

My guest this week is Dave Balter, Founder and Partner of Flipside Crypto, a data solutions and investment club for cryptocurrencies. Dave really is a pillar of the Boston startup community… an innovation‐obsessed builder of companies, often as a Founder/CEO but also as a Board Member, advisor, or investor. As an operator Dave’s probably best known for Smarterer, which he founded, led, and sold to Pluralsight for $75 Million in 2014, and BzzAgent, which he founded, led, and sold to dunnhumby for $60 Million in 2011. Dave was named one of 30 Most Disruptive People in Boston Tech by Boston Magazine in 2016, was a Finalist for E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year, and was recognized as a Future Legend by the Ad Club. He co‐founded the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA), and authored two books on the subject including Grapevine and The Word of Mouth Manual: Volume II.  As both an independent angel and Venture Partner in Boston Seed Capital, Dave’s investments have included Draft Kings, Promoboxx, FitnessKeeper. and HelpScout. A longtime TechStars mentor, Dave also co-founded Intelligent.ly — a classroom space that helps star employees become managers — with his wife Sarah Hodges back in in 2011, and sits on the Board of Directors of Boch Center for the Performing Arts.

Dave Balter, founding CEO of companies like BzzAgent and Smarterer, sits down with us to talk about what marketers need to do when their market changes quickly. We’ll also chat about the value of word of mouth marketing in 2016, why top 5 lists are important, and what it’s like to manage a team that grows to over a hundred employees in just a couple of years. If you like this episode and are listening on iTunes, make sure to subscribe for weekly updates! Big thanks to the team at AdHawk for making this possible. AdHawk is the digital advertising assistant you've always wanted. Learn more at www.tryadhawk.com 

Serial successful Boston-based entrepreneur Dave Balter shares the real stories behind his series of winning startups, WOMMA, BzzAgent, Smarterer, and now Mylestoned. Dave also is a partner with Boston Seed, and shares the things entrepreneurs do in pitch meetings that cause a damaging gap in trust.

We had the chance to sit down and chat with co-founder Rob Go of NextView Ventures while at their offices in Boston. With a background in operational product-focused roles at eBay, Fidelity and BzzAgent, and having spent some time as a VC at Spark Capital prior to starting NextView, Rob brings a wealth of different points of view to the companies he works with.

Joe Chernov is the VP of Content Marketing for revenue performance management company, Eloqua.  He is responsible for imagining, creating, distributing and measuring content that increases awareness and drives demand. Joe also oversees public relations and analyst relations.  He joined Eloqua from BzzAgent, a word-of-mouth and social media marketing agency, where he served as VP of Communications and Associate VP of Marketing.  Joe co-chairs the Word of Mouth Marketing Association’s ethics panel.  He speaks at universities and conferences around the world on social media ethics and content marketing.  

Another of Doug Levin's events at the Vilna Shul in Boston. This one was billed as follows: "Today issues facing consumer Internet startups are very challenging. This panel consisting of thriving entrepreneurs will address customer acquisition, funding, startup and entrepreneurial dynamics, and other hot issues." The panelists were Brad Rosen, CEO of Drync, which has a wine-related iPhone app; Jeff Taylor, CEO, EONS, a web site for the Boomer-set, and Tributes, which tries to do for obituaries what his Monster.com did for Help Wanted ads; Scott Savitz, CEO of Shoebuy, a huge reseller of shoes online; and Dave Balter, CEO of BzzAgent, a word-of-mouth media network. The moderator was Jeffrey Bussgang of Flybridge Venture Partners. Recorded: February 11, 2009 Length: 1:08:53, Size: 31.5MB