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Monthly Archives: December 2006

Interview with Kevin Hartz of EventBrite

“Eventbrite”:http://www.eventbrite.com is the best way to publish, promote, and sell-out your next event.
Kevin has founded 3 Internet companies, Connect Group (acquired by Lodgenet Entertainment), “Xoom”:http://www.xoom.com, and most recently “Eventbrite”:http://www.eventbrite.com. He has invested in advised in a number of start ups including PayPal, “Flixster”:http://www.flixster.com, and “Trulia”:http://www.trulia.com. He is also a limited partner in three venture funds, […]

Interview with Ariel Poler of Textmarks

“TextMarks”:http://www.textmarks.com makes it very, very easy to do one-to-many or many-to-many communications via text messages. It enables this with text message alert lists and with keywords that users can text to the short code (41411) to receive up-to-date information that is relevant to them.
Ariel Poler has been starting Internet companies since 1994. His first company […]

Interview with Joe & Carol Suh of MyChurch

“MyChurch”:http://www.mychurch.org is a social network for local churches to outreach and build community by networking their congregation.
Joseph & Carol Suh are a husband and wife team, both UC Berkeley Computer Science grads, who have a passion for meaningful technology.

What do you hope that people will get out of MyChurch?
Joe: Our hope is that MyChurch will […]

Interview with Amy Andersen of Linx Dating

“Linx”:http://www.linxdating.com is an invite-only Bay Area based dating and social networking society that links high caliber professionals to one another through traditional approaches as well as through exclusive “Link and Drink” parties. Based on a large network of friends and referrals to their friends, Linx is able to maintain its exclusivity.
Amy Andersen is from Marin […]

Lara Abrams

*Email*: Lara| laraabrams | com
*Company*: “Lara Abrams Communications, LLC”:http://www.laraabrams.com
*Interests*: the outdoors, skiing, ice hockey and street hockey, my hubby, life, and cooking.
*Looking for*: Interesting projects to work on, interesting minds to connect with, and nice people to work with and know!

Interview with Doug Hirsch of Daily Strength

“DailyStrength”:http://www.dailystrength.org is a social network focused on health and life challenges.
Doug Hirsch is an Internet geek who has a passion for bringing people together.

What inspired you to start DailyStrength? Did something happen in your own life or the life of a loved one that led you to the concept?
DailyStrength was, in a way, born from […]

Interview with Noah Glass of Mobo

“Mobo”:http://www.gomobo.com is a mobile food ordering service that allows customer to order and pay with a one-digit text message and skip the line at busy coffee and lunch spots.
Noah N. Glass is a 25-year-old mobile entrepreneur who set to work building Mobo after waiting in line 10 minutes for a cup of coffee and […]

Michael Tsai

*Email*: m_tsai | berkeley | edu
*Company*: “SyncTonic LLC”:http://www.synctonic.com, Wei Laboratories
*Interests*: entrepreneurship, marketing, biotechnology
*Looking for*: professional opinions and eye-opening opportunities

Carmen Hughes

*Email*: carmen | ignitepr | com
*Company*: “Ignite P.R.:”http://www.ignitepr.com
*Interests*: 2007 schedule opps for high tech entrepreneurs
*Looking for*: sponsorship opps for our local, high tech clients

Interview with Auren Hoffman of Rapleaf

“Rapleaf”:http://www.rapleaf.com is a portable global reputation system.

What’s your background - why did you decide to start Rapleaf?
We started Rapleaf to make the world more profitable to be ethical. We want to reward people for good behavior and encourage people to help others.
My background is I have started a few Internet companies in the […]