A decade or so of various press mentions about my work or quotes on tech new.
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2019
Too big to fail? Tech's decade of scale and impunity - The Guardian
Sean Percival's method: The steps that make Appear.in increase revenue - Shifter
Appear.in breaks new millionth boundary: Here is the plan to grow further - Shifter
Neil Murray Gives Entrepreneurs A New Fund: Investing More in Norway Than Sweden - Shifter
2018
Tech company Droshi recruits another star! - Breakit
Norway Calling All U.S And U.K. Tech Hipsters - Forbes
2017
MySpace Sold As a Data Mine for Time Inc. - New York Magazine
November 2015
7 favorite pitches from 500 Startups' haunted Demo Day - Silicon Valley Business Journal
500 Startups Is Raising A Nordic-focused Fund - Fortune
500 Startups to expand global footprint with $15 mln Nordics fund - PE Hub
500 Startups announces $15M Nordic fund - Nordic Startup Bits
500 Startups sets up $15M fund to invest in Nordic countries - Vator News
Former LA Tech Champion Percival Takes Silicon Beach Experience To Norway - SoCal Tech
500 Startups Is Raising $15M For 500 Nordics - TechCrunch
500 startups launches new tech fund - will begin to invest in Sweden - Break.it (In Swedish)
Silicon Valley investor occupies Norway - DN (In Norwegian)
500 Startups invests 100 million in the Nordic countries - Digital (In Swedish)
Viking Spirit – 500 Nordics Launches USD15m Fund - SE Digital
500 Startups to Raise $15M Fund Focused on Nordics - Finsmes
500 Startups Announces $15M Nordics Fund - 500 Startups Blog
Han ble hentet inn til en milliardgigant – så falt selskapet i grus - DN (In Norwegian)
October 2015
The Next Big Thing (In Norwegian) - 3in
September 2015
Tech offers little help to founders with mental health struggles - SF Chronicle
August 2015
Investing in Oslo's fresh start-up businesses (In Norwegian) - Aftenposten
July 2015
I Got High With San Francisco’s Most Sincere Weed Delivery Startup - Buzzfeed
INTERVIEW: 500 Startups On The Opportunities & Challenges For Nordic Entrepreneurs - SE Digital
June 2015
Norwegian Frode got supermodel to share this photo -TV2
Dere har større ideer her - SE Digital
There’s a dark side to startups, and it haunts 30% of the world’s most brilliant people - Business Insider
January 2015
Cemetery Drones And On-Demand Cookies: Meet 500 Startups’ New Batch - TechCrunch
Bonafide Raises $850k to Build Reputation System for Bitcoin - Coindesk
December 2014
Follow the Coin Acquires Bubblecoin - Follow the Coin
500 Startups in deal with Enterprise Equity to fast-track Irish start-ups - Silicon Republic
Why Apple Pay may be the gateway drug bitcoin needs - GigaOm
Bitcoin, Stellar and Sidechains Feature at Future of Money Summit - Coindesk
October 2014
What Bitcoin Can Learn from Social Media's Success - CoinDesk
September 2014
500 Startups tapped Product Hunt to help it pick one lucky startup for its next batch - Venturebeat
August 2014
How Coinalytics is Building the Bloomberg for Bitcoin - Coindesk
INTERVIEW: “We’d rather people take a risk than not” - 500 Startups Venture Partner- Strategy Eye
June 2014
Sean Percival on Bitcoin at 500 Startups - Money and Tech
April 2014
ビットコインは「通貨」でなく「技術」 - Nikkei
500 Startups Funds Five Bitcoin Startups With $100,000 Each - Coindesk
March 2014
Bitcoinference: Investors And Entreprenuers, Plus A Bitcoin ATM For Silicon Valley - Follow The Coin
February 2014
‘500 Startups’ Recruits Ex-MySpace VP to Mentor Bitcoin Businesses - Coindesk
500 Startups Adds Two New Venture Partners And Announces Its Eighth Accelerator Class - TechCrunch
500 Startups reveals the companies joining its first SF accelerator class, adds two venture partners - The Next Web
Early SiliconANGLE contributor Sean Percival now a partner at 500 Startups - Silicon Angle
Bitcoin ‘Honey Badger’ and ex-Yahoo 'Super Mentor' head to 500 startups - Upstart Biz Journals
October 2013
How to Turn Off Twitter's New Photo Preview Feature - Mashable
Hires and promotions, Oct. 27 - SF Gate
Bank Calls Customer Over Detected Bitcoin Transactions - TechDirt
August 2013
The Psychological Price of Entrepreneurship - Inc. Magazine
Sean Percival Joins Topix As VP Of Marketing - TechCrunch
Wittlebee's Percival Surfaces At Topix - Socal Tech
Wittlebee co-founder Sean Percival joining Topix - Silicon Valley Business Journal
New Hires at Topix - Street Fighter Magazine
June 2013
Startup CEO: I Had To Step Down – Here's My Advice For Entrepreneurs - Business Insider
Sean Percival's Rules for Accelerated Start-Ups - Inc. Magazine
Time Expired on Monthly Model? - LA Business Journal
May 2013
Fundraising Trouble At Kids Clothing Startup Wittlebee Leads Sean Percival To Give Up CEO Role - TechCrunch
January 2013
How to get the newest, coolest Threadless shirts for your kid - Venturebeat
Kids clothing club Wittlebee offers exclusive designs to its customers with new Threadless partnership - The Next Web
Angel5 Debuts A Founder-Friendly View Of AngelList, Sorts Investors Into “Top Five” Groups By Market, Region & More - TechCrunch
Angel5 Highlights Top Angel Investors - Socaltech
AngelList’s top investors revealed - Venturebeat
Find Top Investors with Angel5 Tool - TechCocktail
Canada's Top 5 Angel Investors by AngelList Popularity - TechVibes
October 2012
Wittlebee Grabs ShoeDazzle Customer Acquisition Superstar Chris Nella - PandoDaily
August 2012
Duck, Duck, Acquisition: Wittlebee Taps Kids Clothing Company Cottonseed - PandoDaily
April 2012
Wittlebee gets 2.5 Million in Funding - All Things D/Wall Street Journal
February 2012
If The Shirt Fits: Wittlebee Kids' Clothing Club Delivers - Daily Candy
"Birchbox For Children’s Clothes" Wittlebee Wants to Automate Your Kid’s Wardrobe - TechCrunch
Science launches its third startup this month, mom-commerce site Wittlebee - Venturebeat
Wittlebee Launches, Headed by Sean Pervical, Backed by Science - So Cal Tech
Startup Series: Wittlebee A Clothing Club for Well Dressed Kids - Jessica Gottlieb
This Company Has Launched Three Startups In One Week - Business Insider
Never Want to See The Inside of a Mall Again? Sign Up For Wittlebee! - Mom Finds
Kids Clothes Go Subscription-based with Science Inc. Backed Wittlebee - TechCocktail
What happens when geeks have kids? They create shopping sites like Wittlebee - The Next Web
eCommerce Service Wittlebee Shops For Your Kid’s Clothes, Giving You Less Stress - Bubbilicious
A Surprise in Every Birchbox - Businessweek
The rise of the subscription commerce startup - Gigaom
New Site Offers Kids Clothes By Subscription - Ecommerce Bytes
Clever kids' clothing site packs a virtual shopping trip into your mailbox - Tecca
Wittlebee opens kids clothing club - Science Blog
Wittlebee: Get a Box of Children’s Clothing Delivered Each Month - "Deal"ectible Mommies
January 2012
NewME Accelerator Adds Andreessen Horowitz As Sponsor, Plus New Tech Mentors - TechCrunch
November 2011
Former MySpace CEO creates startup incubator called Science, invests in former MySpace execs - Venturebeat
An hour with Sean Percival : Internet Entrepreneur/Former VP MySpace - PR Across the Pond
August 2011
We like subcom - Initio
July 2011
Full of hustle, Los Angeles tech takes on Silicon Valley - Venturebeat
June 2011
News Corp. sells Myspace to Specific Media - CNN Money
News Corporation Sells MySpace for $35 Million - The New York Times
April 2011
AudioMicro Partners With Microsoft: Free Music, Sound Effects For Office 2010 Users - TechCrunch
Welcome Sean Percival - Ryan Born
January 2011
Instagram For The BlackBerry [Screenshot] - TechCrunch
What Instagram Would Look Like on a BlackBerry - Gizmodo
October 2010
Jesse Draper’s Valley Girl Buys LA Tech Blog Lalawag - TechCrunch
Lalawag Goes To Silicon Valley's Valley Girl - SoCalTech
September 2010
Sean Percival, VP Marketing of MySpace Talks about Web, iPad, Photoshop, and Cleaning Toilets - Tech N' Marketing
Lalawag, L.A.’s Tech Blog, Shuts Down - TechCrunch
First Facebook Phone Photo [Geeky Fun] - Techie Buzz
August 2010
Facebook Questions Get a Multi-Meme Easter Egg [VIDEO] - Mashable
MySpace Facelift - NBC News
July 2010
Earthquake Rocks L.A., Celebs Go Twitter-Crazy - Mashable
Say Hello to the New MySpace Profiles - Mashable
May 2010
Tsavo Media Sold for $75 Million - SoCalTech
Spotlight on Sean Percival - Myspace Press Room
January 2010
Launch a company for $12, sell it for $100,000. - Inc. Magazine
The $12 Startup That Was Sold On Twitter For About $100,000 – with Sean Percival - Mixergy
MySpace Hires Sean Percival To Further Socialize Their Content - TechCrunch
Never Mind the Valley: Here's Los Angeles - ReadWriteWeb
October 2009
Zivity Adds Dudes. Let Me Know How It Goes (#zividude) - TechCrunch
April 2009
LA People 2009: The “Tweethearts” — Laurie and Sean Percival - LAWeekly
Social Media Hub: Los Angeles - Mashable
December 2008
Tsavo Hires Mona, "Queen of FriendFeed" - ReadWriteWeb
LA gets its own Tech News and Gossip site Lalawag - Inquistr
Lalawag hopes to get tongues wagging about L.A. technology - Los Angeles Times
October 2008
Tsavo Names Sean Percival Director of Content - ReadWriteWeb
Tsavo Snags Percival From Docstoc - SoCalTech
Four fantastic ways to build Web cred on $100 a month - IT Business
September 2008
All The TC50 Diggs, Feeds, Tweets, and Blog Posts You Can Handle - TechCrunch
August 2008
DocStoc Rolls Out Enhanced Document Control and Analytics - Mashable
April 2008
Mahalo Adds Microformats - Mashable
Mahalo employee can afford a binary-tagged Audi A6 - Valleywag
March 2008
Ah, this is living the second life - Daily Herald
Feburary 2008
Book review: Second Life In-World Travel Guide - Massively
June 2007
Listening Post - Venezuela's Media Coup - Al Jazeera
September 2006
Uniting parents, Web designer gives them a social shield - OC Register
July 2006
Piggyback - Forbes
July 2004
Ghosts in the Machines: What Happens to Your Online Self When You Die? - Baltimore City Paper