Comments on: DropSend Acquisition – Complete!

By: Hello world! | adriancueva.info

Hello world! | adriancueva.info — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:22:41 +0000

[...] Whilst commenting on this post about the current state of global economic markets and how it has influenced spending online, I remembered a little something… A while back Carsonified announced the sale of their web app – DropSend – which didn’t really make major headlines, but seemed a very successful acquisition nonetheless (even though no figures were published). [...]

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DropSend sold - but how easy is it to flip a web app these days? — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:08:25 +0000

[...] I’m a little late to this, but it is worth noting that events guru Ryan Carson – co-founder of the Carsonified conference and training company which does the rocking FOWA – recently sold his web app DropSend, some two years after putting it on the block. [...]

By: pdr tools

pdr tools — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:08:12 +0000

between this and working with techcrunch.. you should be expecting some jealousy. I think your doing a great job! good business is good business

By: Stewart Townsend

Stewart Townsend — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:17:11 +0000

Congratulations, sometimes its time to focus on your core elements and let someone else carry on the momentum of something you care about still, but havent got the time to support. So well done and see you all in a few weeks..

By: Jack Franklin

Jack Franklin — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:14:46 +0000

Congratulations Ryan & Co!

By: Max Shanly

Max Shanly — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:02:42 +0000

I take it that the first beer is on you then Ryan!?

Max

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Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:04:17 +0000

[...] Bath’s most prolific Web 2.0 publicity machine, Carsonified, is on the cusp of its transition from being a boring old web applications company to a sexy, self-consciously trendy web events outfit, after finally selling off its original app, DropSend. The deal should come as a relief to stuntmeister-in-chief Ryan Carson – after all, it was a mere two years ago that he first started hawking the poor blighter around. [...]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:17:20 +0000

Thanks everyone!

By: Philip Wilkinson

Philip Wilkinson — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:00:05 +0000

Brilliant news Ryan – really pleased for you and the team. Nice one.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:29:58 +0000

Congrats Ryan and team! Keep up the awesome work!

By: David Myers

David Myers — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:51:18 +0000

Congratulations! I was waiting for this post after I saw your twitter update a while back.

By: Anthony Williams

Anthony Williams — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:11:06 +0000

@Ryan: Apologies – cursory glances and quick-to-judge comments make me look like an idiot!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:07:40 +0000

@Anthony – Webminds isn’t ‘crapware’ whatsoever. It’s a nice set of tools to help you clean up your PC.

@Jean-Baptiste – Thanks! Look forward to seeing you at FOWA.

By: Jean-Baptiste

Jean-Baptiste — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:40:42 +0000

Hi Ryan,

congrats, this is a great news, some kind of a tiny new start as you let your baby go !

Hope we’ll have some time to talk about that at FOWA, I’ll send you a mail soon because I’d love to demo you a few things ;)

Have a nice day,
Jean-Baptiste from Paris