Watch Live: James Hong Founder of Hot Or Not, Angel Investor and Startup Adviser
on Jun 15, 2009 - 6:56 PM PSTWhen: Thursday, June 18 @ 11 AM Pacific
Where: Here on Mixergy.com. Watch and interact from your desk.
About James Hong
James founded HotOrNot.com, which started as an online photo rating site. Users uploaded pictures of themselves and the community voted on each picture. It grew into one of the largest online dating site. He sold the company to a group of private investors in February 2008.
James is also an angel investor and adviser to Alive Not Dead, Bit Torrent, Brondell, Crunchyroll, Frappr, Grouper / Crackle, GreenMango.co.in, Hook Mobile, Mochi Media, Odeo, Raptr, Simply Hired, Slide, and Social Concepts.
Your input
- What you like to learn about James?
- Did you ever post your picture on HotOrNot.com?
- Do you have any anecdotes or facts that I should know?
[Thank you Nils Johnson for introducing me to James.]
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June 16th, 2009 at 12:40 am
I've love to hear details about how James started out, and if the journey has been a constant / gradual one, or were there times of sudden, big growth and success? (And what were they?)
June 16th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
I'd much rather know about his thoughts moving forward than his past, e.g. where are the angels looking to invest in the upcoming year? It seems that intuition about the next big thing is more valuable than anecdotes about the last.
June 16th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Good question.
I want to know that too. It all seems so easy in hindsight. I wonder what
the climb was really like.
June 16th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Great idea. I didn't realize how many companies he was backing. I wonder
what he looks for in investments.
June 18th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Hi Andrew,
I have a little tip for you when you post the time of a live-event.
Go to http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform… insert the date, time and timezone and click “calculate fixed time”. You then get a nice page with the time the event happens in different timezones, so your user don't have to do the math.
I'm not affiliate in any kind with them, I just like the service.
Keep up the great work
Greetings from Germany
Christian
June 18th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Of course you would link the page you get in your post, have forgotten to mention that
Christian
June 18th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Hi Andrew,
I have a little tip for you when you post the time of a live-event.
Go to http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform… insert the date, time and timezone and click “calculate fixed time”. You then get a nice page with the time the event happens in different timezones, so your user don't have to do the math.
I'm not affiliate in any kind with them, I just like the service.
Keep up the great work
Greetings from Germany
Christian
June 18th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Of course you would link the page you get in your post, have forgotten to mention that
Christian