What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been…

I’m no longer with SingleFeed. The board has appointed an interim CEO and there is a quality team in place to help merchants continue to succeed on the shopping engines and beyond. The company is profitable, growing, and expanding into new areas like social marketing and marketplaces.

As more and more marketing channels rely on high quality structured data, I believe that SingleFeed is working on a very difficult and important problem. Merchant data feeds can power not only shopping engines and marketplaces, but are also critical for site search, personalization, PPC, SEO, mobile, local, email marketing, affiliate programs, social marketing, and more.

I still believe in SingleFeed’s vision to manage, submit, and optimize data feeds. I’m also still a significant shareholder in the business.

I’d like to thank everyone who has helped make SingleFeed possible. I couldn’t have done it without the support of friends and family, VCs (True Ventures, KPG Ventures, and NetService Ventures), many advisors/mentors/angels, the shopping engines, partners, my awesome team, and the hundreds of merchants I’ve worked with over the years.

At this point, it’s time for me to move onto my next challenge. Exploring lots of PT and FT options…but seem to be sticking with ecommerce and internet marketing. If you have ideas or want to catch up, brainstorm, and buy me lunch, please email brian at comparisonengines.com.

You’ll continue to hear from me through this blog.

Thanks for all your support!
-b

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14 Responses to What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been…

  1. Rick Backus says:

    Sorry to hear about that Brian! Good luck with whatever you decide to do next and let’s keep in touch.

    -Rick

  2. Andy Stepan says:

    Best of luck man, on to bigger and brighter I’m sure:)

  3. Ron LaPierre says:

    SingleFeed’s loss Brian. Onward and Upward!

    Ron

  4. Doron says:

    best of luck in all your future endeavors!

    Doron

  5. Warrick Taylor says:

    Sorry to hear the news Brian – their loss! Carpe Diem!

  6. davidzhawk says:

    Waiting with baited (sp?) breath for the next big thing from you Brian!

  7. Bob Caputo says:

    Best of luck! Keep us posted on your next great endeavor!

    Bob

  8. Greg Haslam says:

    Brian you should be really proud of the accomplishments you have made with Singlefeed over the past several years. Hopefully you will continue to report on the pulse of online shopping for all your devoted fans.

    All the best!

  9. Andrew says:

    Nice work w/Singlefeed and best of luck moving forward!

  10. Rysa P says:

    You should feel amazing about this success you’ve created Brian. Congratulations, and best of luck with your next round of adventures.

  11. Brian Smth says:

    Everyone – Thanks for the kind words!

  12. Brian, Congrats on your success in creating a forward-thinking and innovative feed submission service that is used by hundreds of retailers. I look forward to catching up with you as soon as possible.

    Best,
    David

  13. Sean McKnew says:

    Brian: You built an amazing company with Singlefeed and its high quality, service-oriented culture was quite noticeable as an outsider looking in. I look forward to seeing your next big thing.

    Best of luck!

  14. Ed says:

    I remember meeting you and getting a brow beating because I was sending a junky feed to the CSE’s! You saved me a lot of money plus I got a free SingleFeed t shirt.

    Thanks for all your help,

    Ed

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