In a lengthy interview with Robert S. Levin of New York Enterprise Report, former DoubleClick CEO Kevin Ryan, who helped build said company into a $3 billion entity that was eventually snatched up by Google, discusses among other things his latest business venture AlleyCorp. Keeping it within the family, Ryan teamed up with former DoubleClick CTO Dwight Merriman in 2007 to form the company, which is essentially a conglomerate comprised of blog network Business Insider, the private fashion/lifestyle-focused online community Gilt Groupe and search engine ShopWiki.
AlleyCorp aside, Levin–who fondly refers to Ryan as the “Keith Richards” of the tech set (minus the heroin)–digs into everything from man’s storied past as creator of Dilbert.com, his leap to DoubleClick and why New York is just as much of a force in the Internet sector. You can read the full story here.
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