First Round killed it in the press this week

I’m a fanboy of our own portfolio… and so was the media this week.

Let’s see…   Gmail’s magical disappearing emails caused huge traffic and signsups at Backupify, thanks in no small part to the 100’s of articles that mentioned the company as a way to protect your data, like this how to from Business Insider and coverage in Time.

One King’s Lane got nice coverage in Venture Beat on how social features make e-commerce hot again.

Rocks or sucks?  Jelli told CNN now they’re putting users in control of the radio dial.

GroupMe makes brunch plans easy on the thumbs in the WSJ.

Square is now processing a million bucks a day.

Mike Arrington likes riding in style when in SF… Uber style.

 

#winning #tigerblood

Business cards are dead: Send me your card via Hashable at #SXSW

Excited about hackNY’s funding and growth