Apologies for those who couldn’t get to VentureBeat’s website yesterday. Traffic was robust, and our servers aren’t as capable as we thought.
At least we haven’t been taken over by Russian hackers. That’s what happened with Blueprint Ventures’ website. Worse, it’s been turned into a pornography link page (for squeamish, not worth going there).
“It’s a pain in the ass,” Blueprint’s Bart Schachter told PE Week. “It’s in Russia, so there’s no legislative or regulatory things you can do over there.” For now, you can reach the Blueprint team by dropping the “s” on the end of the URL and email extensions, as in www.blueprintventure.com.
Related, but quite different, from the string of Chinese clone sites that imitated Silicon Valley venture firms a couple of years ago.
Tags: inv:Blueprint-Ventures, people:Bart-Shachter4 Comments
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Jan said:
It’s a pain in the a** for business owners. You have to spend an unfair amount of time protecting against spam and unwanted intrusion. It really impacts your business in a negative way. Isn’t it time to ask for some help from government agencies against this problem? When you try to trace these culprits, you often end up on a server somewhere in the U.S. But you can be sure it originates in Eastern Europe or Russia.
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bart said:
It’s worth adding that the new and temporary address for our website is http://www.blueprintventure.com (no “s” before the .com)
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directory said:
A pleasure to look at, go on with this! Thanks!
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Adargybrorkar said:
Not only do they try to rip you off, they send your email out and you get a ton of junk mail.
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Venture Midwest » Snowmen and IPOs said:
[...] Hello Readers. Unfortunately, the only “White” this Chistmas will be the underwear and socks I will inevitably receive. The unseasonably warm weather, however, did not prevent Gary Snoman of BluePrint Ventures from returning to spread Holiday Cheer Venture Capital style. I wonder if Gary is a player in the porn industry. View his sorjourn as an iced investor on YouTube. Thanks to American Venture CEO Tim O’ Malley for the link. Also, yesterday’s post briefly discussed the NVCA 2007 predictions which may have become obsolete after only one day of posting. The report predicted IPOs of VC backed companies to remain stagnant, a fairly safe estimate. However, Dan Primack of Private Equity Hub posted a blog to illustrate the increase in 2007 IPOs with more scheduled in the near future. Techcrunch also commented on venture backed IPOs through coverage of NetSuite’s suggested $1Billion valuation. The NVCA might return to their crystal balls or team with Andrewdamus for more accurate premonitions. [...]
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The VC Snowman : Olson’s Observations said:
[...] I had to post about this as soon as I saw it on VentureBeat this morning. The guys at Blueprint Ventures have put together a holiday video starring Gary the Snowman. In the 2005 video Gary was an entrepreneur but now he’s decided to be a VC. You have to hand it to the guys at Blueprint for their sense of humor especially in the wake of their site being hacked. Nice job guys! The VC lifestyle piece with the dual blackberries (below) is priceless. [...]
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Web Strategy by Jeremiah » Blueprint Venture Capital Parody Animation: “What about China and India” said:
[...] I give credit to this hilarious snowman video parodying the VC world from Blueprint Venture Capital. It was created with help from this Interactive Shop Iron Creative, Link via VentureBeat. [...]