Blavity

7 statements across 1 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 2, 2017 by Kat Manalac · said 30 times in 1 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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brought up most by Morgan DeBaun (18), Kat Manalac (12)

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Aug 2, 2017 positive
Assertion Supported
Manalac: Blavity reached 7M readers and raised $1M since 2014
“So Morgan started Blavity in 2014, and since then they've built a community of over seven million readers and they've raised a million dollars, which they announced last year.”
Kat Manalac Aug 2, 2017 ▶ 0:15 Morgan DeBaun on Reaching 20M Millennials - With Kat Manalac at the Female Founders Conference · Y Combinator
Aug 2, 2017 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
DeBaun: About 50% of Blavity content comes from community
“About 50% of our content today is actually from the community, which has its own problems but in the long run, you know, it does.”
Morgan DeBaun Aug 2, 2017 ▶ 13:08 Morgan DeBaun on Reaching 20M Millennials - With Kat Manalac at the Female Founders Conference · Y Combinator
Aug 2, 2017 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
DeBaun: Blavity's women's vertical grew faster than core brand
“And then that was actually growing faster than Blavity.”
Morgan DeBaun Aug 2, 2017 ▶ 20:13 Morgan DeBaun on Reaching 20M Millennials - With Kat Manalac at the Female Founders Conference · Y Combinator
Aug 2, 2017 positive
Disclosure
DeBaun: Blavity raised an unannounced funding round beyond $1M
“Yeah, I had a, I had another round that hasn't really been announced.”
Morgan DeBaun Aug 2, 2017 ▶ 13:41 Morgan DeBaun on Reaching 20M Millennials - With Kat Manalac at the Female Founders Conference · Y Combinator
Aug 2, 2017
Disclosure
DeBaun: Blavity left WordPress and built custom CMS for UGC
“We're not on WordPress anymore. We've built our own website and our own CMS, a content management system, So that we can enable user-generated content.”
Morgan DeBaun Aug 2, 2017 ▶ 13:01 Morgan DeBaun on Reaching 20M Millennials - With Kat Manalac at the Female Founders Conference · Y Combinator
Aug 2, 2017 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Manalac: Blavity is the largest media brand for Black millennials
“So Blavity has, you know, grown into the largest media company and lifestyle brand for black millennials.”
Kat Manalac Aug 2, 2017 ▶ 0:07 Morgan DeBaun on Reaching 20M Millennials - With Kat Manalac at the Female Founders Conference · Y Combinator
Aug 2, 2017 negative
Opinion
DeBaun: Legacy Black media failed mobile while millennial media ignored Black audiences
“Black media is moving too slow because they're antiquated in terms of magazines and newspapers. They never really made the switch to mobile first and digital first. And then millennial media, they don't care.”
Morgan DeBaun Aug 2, 2017 ▶ 6:53 Morgan DeBaun on Reaching 20M Millennials - With Kat Manalac at the Female Founders Conference · Y Combinator
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