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Online Personals Watch (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
THE INDEPENDENT – Nov 11 – James Hong, co-founder of HotOrNot was interviewed by Viral Loop author, Adam L. Penenberg. Hong recounts the origins of HotOrNot and its rise to fame as one of the world's first viral phenomenons. The site was launched on October 9th, 2000 with an email sent to 42 of Hong's friends. By the end of the day, the site had 37,000 unique...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Adam L Penenberg's book Viral Loop examines the spread of "virals" - ads, films and emails that get forwarded by so many poeple that they become global phenomenoms - and how they have become the business model for some of today's most celebrated companies. Here, Adam intervews James Hong, a co-founder of 'HotOrNot', one of the first viral phenomenoms.
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Silicon Valley Watcher (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
... ; Craig Newmark, Founder of Craigslist; Christopher Sacca, Head of Special Initiatives, Google; James Hong, Founder Hot or Not; Biz Stone of Twitter ; John Warnock, co founder and former Chairman, Adobe Systems; Alex Welch, CEO, Founder Photobucket; Evan Williams, founder Blogger; Pete Flint, co-Founder & CEO, Trulia ; Professor, Baroness Susan Greenfield, University of Oxford;...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Adam L Penenberg's book Viral Loop examines the spread of "virals" - ads, films and emails that get forwarded by so many poeple that they become global phenomenoms - and how they have become the business model for some of today's most celebrated companies. Here, Adam intervews James Hong, a co-founder of 'HotOrNot', one of the first viral phenomenoms.