Props to Jed.
By Fred.
While our founder/partner Jed Simmons always is the first to give credit where credit is due for the recent Series B round of funding that allows us to stay in business a bit longer, and of course, we have our great, faithful investors to thank, I wanted to push a little love his way.
Jed’s one of the best partners someone could have (I should know, this is my second partnership with him; we first got together at Turner Broadcasting and Hanna-Barbera Cartoons in the 90s), someone who’s takes his mission incredibly thoughtfully without taking himself too seriously at all. He’s smart, focused, and tenacious (you’ve gotta be to survive a start up), and he’s the first one to recognize the value of every one of the colleagues we’ve got at our place. An amazing amount of personal sacrifice is at the heart of any entrepreneurial venture, and this year we’d also have to infinite hours of gratitude to Jed’s family for helping us too.
Thanks Jed. I told you when all this started I wouldn’t take it on without you, and I’m glad we decided the ride would be fun.
March 15th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
As I hear congratulations from tons of people on the fundraising, it’s becoming more clear what a feat it was — but it’s a testament to Jed that I never doubted a second we’d make it. He’s 100% confidence inspiring. All hail Jed!
March 22nd, 2008 at 11:31 am
Yea, OK. I’ll take my hat off to ole Jed, too. Yep, he’s even got fans living over in the South of France!
Go get’em, jed!!
April 15th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Hey mucho congrats to all of you guys on the next round. I’ve been spreading the word about what you’re up to all the old world media types that will hear me out.
I know they are watching and reading NNN content. I think they might be about to wake up to the new era in publishing.
Go change the world Jed and Fred!!!