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Forbes Magazine Harvard Reuters Adam Tanner Reviews

  • Apr 21, 2014

Elevation Partners, owns 40% of Forbes Media, parent company of Forbes Magazine. Elevation Partners, wanted to utilize the Forbes brand to increase equity in their portfolio companies and at the same time utilize the name and recognition of top universities (Harvard) and thereby being able to imply an endorsement.

Traditional editing would need to be ignored and from this over 1,000 contributed writers were hired which were all hired, vetted, curated and on a compensation program. The content is almost indistinguishable and can be shared on social media just like any other article on Forbes. Except - 'contributed' content has NO traditional editing of the contributors copy prior to publishing.Forbes also realized that some of the most widely known and respected trademarks in the world were Univerisites such as Harvard. As a result of Harvard's name recognition value and prestige, entrepreneurs all over the world have attempted to exploit Harvards name - and imply an endorsement. How do I now of all of this? It's simple: I worked with Adam Tanner and was present at a party when he bragged about being hired as an attack dog for Forbes and how he would hide behind the Harvard name in securing interviews with his victims.

Example of Harvard, Forbes, Adam Tanner in action:

Elevation Partners, invested up to $100 million into Yelp in 2010.

Yelp is a portfolio company of Bessemer Venture Partners.

Bessemer Venture Partners led the initial funding of $8.65 million for Michael Fertik's Reputation Defender.

Bessemer Venture Partners participated in the $41 million raised under the new name of Reputation.com.

Elevation Partners invests into Yelp a portfolio company off Bessemer Venture Partners which is invested heavily into Reputation.com.

Ripoff Report launches a new revenue model 'Verified Safe', which is seen a threat to Yelp and its local business reviews.

Elevation / Forbes dispatches Adam Tanner. Defame the new business model which would compete with Yelp, and drive business to Reputation.com.

Examples of Tanner article:

""...Magedson says he will not remove the posting. (There's a way to get it removed from Google, though.) the hyperlink in the article use to take you to Reputation.com, they have since directed the hyperlink else where. Later the same article states, ""The negative reviews have fueled businesses such as Reputation.com which seeks to obscure negative publicity for clients.

Michael S. Perlis, the president and chief executive of Forbes Media, said brand are never allowed to make a direct pitch to consumers in its articles. Unless your a VC firm or own 40% of Forbes?

Weeks before the article on Ripoff Report, I called to warn Mr. Magedson and other victims. I understand why Magedson didn't believe me. Who would believe an anonymous phone call warning you of a journalist with Harvard who was nothing more than a paid attack dog for Elevation Partners and Bessemer. That this article was to destroy his new venture before it launched and an open pitch for Reputation.com. I tried for 3-days to post this same information on Forbes.com, they refused to publish what is shared above.

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