The father of social networking – with Andrew Weinreich
Joining me today is the father of social networking.
In 1996, Andrew Weinreich founded SixDegrees, a social network that pre-dated Facebook by about 7 years. He even got the first patent on social networking.
SixDegrees was sold in 1999 for a reported $125 million.
He followed it up with multiple companies, including MeetMoi, a location-based dating site that he sold to Match.com’s parent company.
And Xtify, a cross channel messaging platform. One of their components is a software company which enabled app makers to send push notifications based on their users’ locations. He sold that company to IBM.
Today, he’s running Andrew’s Roadmaps, a bootcamp for entrepreneurs that offers a crash course on everything a digital entrepreneur could confront.
Andrew Weinreich
SixDegrees
Andrew Weinreich founded SixDegrees, a social network that pre-dated Facebook by about 7 years. He even got the first patent on social networking.
Andrew Warner: Hey there freedom fighters, my name is Andrew Warner. I am the founder of mixergy.com, home of the ambitious upstart, and frankly I consider this site home of the stories of how the internet… of how the wired world was built. And today I’ve got you one of the pioneers. Joining me is the father social networking. In 1996, Andrew Weinrich founded Six Degrees. A social network site that predated Facebook, Myspace, and so many others by over half a decade. He even got the first patent on social networking. Six Degrees was sold in 1999 for a reported 125 million dollars. He followed it up with multiple companies, including Meetmoi, which was a location-based dating site. He sold that one to Match.com’s parent company, and he created Extafy [sp?], a cross-channel messaging platform.
One of Extafy’s components is software that enables app makers to send push notifications based on their user’s locations. He sold that one to IBM. Today...
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