* I started this blog in 1998.
* I am the founder of Findery
* I am the co-founder of Hunch.com, which created a “taste graph” for the internet, mapping every person to every entity, be that entity a cookbook, person, web page, restaurant, travel destination, friend, New York Times Bestseller.
* I am an active angel investor, and a Founder Partner at Founder Collective. I have made investments in Etsy, Maya’s Mom (acquired by BabyCenter), Cloudera, Daily Booth, TypeKit and many others.
* I am the Chairman and board member at Etsy and on the board of Creative Commons. I also am on the board of advisors for the Berkeley School of Information.
* I am the co-founder of Flickr, almost certainly the best photo management and sharing application in the world.
* I am a founder partner at Founder Collective, and an active angel investor. I’ve invested in Etsy, Kickstarter, Stack Overload, 20×200 and many others
* Before that we built Game Neverending.
* I can be reached at caterina at caterina dot net
* My Wikipedia entry seems fairly accurate
* “Fake” is my real name. It was anglicized from the German, “Feick” in the 1500s. Fake acquired its present meaning only in the 19th century, afaik. I still maintain my grandfather had the worst of all possible names: Leverne Mucklow Fake. He was a lawyer who once met in court another lawyer named Abel Crook. He also told tall tales so who knows if this is actually true.
* Here is the standard headshot photo of me
* I was born in Pittsburgh, PA.
* Attended Choate, Smith and Vassar.
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Dear Caterina,
I am contacting you from Eagles Talent Speakers Bureau (just outside of NYC in NJ). For over 30 years, our speakers bureau has provided keynote speakers for clients holding conferences, lecture series, and business meetings.
I’m curious to know if you do speaking engagements–if so, I would love to talk with you.
Thank you so much.
Best,
Sheldon Senek
Eagles Talent Speakers Bureau
1-800-345-5607
I’m contacting you from KPCC, an NPR affiliate in Los Angeles. I’d love to chat with you about possibly joining us for a segment tomorrow about the “Fear of Missing Out.” Please e-mail me at awilliams@scpr.org with your contact info. Thanks.
Dear Caterina,
I’m writing on behalf of the Biennial of the Americas, an international forum taking place in Denver this July, co-chaired by Gov. John Hickenlooper and Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty Global.
We would like to invite you to participate in a session at the Biennial and I’m looking for the appropriate email address to send this invitation. Please feel free to email me back with this information, if you are interested in receiving an invitation.
Thanks for your time,
Lila Creighton
Programming Coordinator
Biennial of the Americas
biennialoftheamericas.org
Hi Caterina,
I’m taking a shot in the dark here! My name is Ashley and I am the Founder of KeepMii: Where Families Connect Memories Forever.
We are a BC based team working on our MVP, funded and recruiting Advisory Board members.
Without going into too much detail on this site, I am wondering if there is a chance for us to connect over email to discuss our vision, team, story and the possibility of helping a BC startup with a kick-ass product.
Thank you for your time!
Ashley
keepmii.com
Hi Caterina, I’m trying to contact you with an interview request for a magazine. I have no email address for you though, so I can’t connect with you on LinkedIn. Please get in touch, thanks.
Hi Caterina,
Might I convince you to take a look at my novel The Puzzle Of Grandpops? It is available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Thanks for considering this request.
Mark Williams
https://twitter.com/Emawms08Mark * about.me/emawms08
Hello, Caterina:
I ran across Findery at SXSW and am interested in the possibilities that augmented reality can present to communities.
The Reynolds Journalism Institute is all about strengthening communities through independent, diligent journalism and service.
Most news media are community oriented … there are about 8,000 newspapers in America, most of them weeklies, and most of them tightly integrated into their communities. We’re not talking national media such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, ABC/NBC/CBS/Fox, CNN or CNBC, Huffington Post or ProPublica (though we work with all of them).
The news industry has begun working with AR, perhaps most notably Aurasma. I see that as a “transition” use of the technology. Google Glass, of course, is getting a lot of attention. But you come at it quite a bit differently. We’d like to hear and learn more about it.
RJI is assembling an RJI Tech Day on Wednesday, May 1 here in Columbia, Missouri at the Missouri School of Journalism (the world’s first and, many say, best journalism school). The morning will be a showcase of some of the student innovation here. The luncheon presentation will be a showcase of some of the latest technological gadgets that could be utilized by journalists. We’d like the afternoon to include presentations (and-or panel) of what’s happening or on the horizon in AR, especially as it might or could resonate with local news organizations, be they legacy print or the growing universe of digital born local news and service operations.
How might local news organizations (or individuals) use or partner with Findery or its technology, to provide useful and meaningful insights and service to the community? How might a news organization use or partner with Findery to strengthen the sense of community? How might you envision your technology as a partner with local news organizations? We would like you to join us May 1 to share your vision, your ideas and to explore how Findery might work its way into the fabric of community and the local journalism that serves community.
My contact info is below. I hope we can chat soon about the possibility.
Brian Steffens | Director of Communications
Donald W. Reynolds Institute
301 RJI, Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, MO 65211 | 573.882.8251
hi Caterina i am riccardo writing you from rome i am working to an e-commerce social network and i am looking for investors i’d love to explain you what is concerning about here my e mail r.rainoni@yahoo.it
Hi Caterina ,
This is Amy Tripp, I’m a segment booker for Money For Lunch radio talk show.
My producer asked me to contact you about having you as a guest on our program and to talk about Hunch.com
If you’re interested in being one of our guest, we would like to know ASAP.
As soon as I get confirmation back from you, I will be sending you instructions in preparation to be on the show.
Thanks.
Best Regards,
Amy Tripp
Segment Booker
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