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Members of the press should email press@myYearbook.com to contact the founders.

Featured Press

Fortune iMeme Conference
July 12, 2007

CBS Early Show

Venture Capital Whiz Kid
Squawk Box, CNBC

The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch
CNBC
Recent Press

10-2009
myYearbook deepens push into virtual cash with toolbar, Target cash cards -- VentureBeat

08-2009
Why Don't Teens Tweet? We Asked Over 10,000 of Them -- TechCrunch

08-2009
Does social media sway online shopping? -- BusinessWeek

08-2009
myYearbook Finds Profitability In Hyper-Competitive Social Networking World -- TechCrunch

08-2009
Freemium Pays for Teen Social Net -- MinOnline

08-2009
myYearbook: Would You Pay for Social Networking Extras? -- BusinessWeek

08-2009
myYearbook Adds Premium Subscription Service -- MediaPost
05-2009
MyYearbook Making Millions With Virtual Currency Sales -- Virtual Goods News

05-2009
Teen entrepreneur Catherine Cook says myYearbook's Lunch Money adds up -- VentureBeat

02-2009
Lunch Money Adds Up to Cash Cow for myYearbook -- Mashable

01-2009
The Top 10 Social Networks for Generation-Y -- Mashable

10-2008
myYearbook Launches Causes -- Ypulse

10-2008
myYearbook Finds Success in Casual Gaming -- Mashable

03-2008
"The largest, fast-growing social network is myYearbook" -- VentureBeat

01-2008
"The fastest growing social network in 2007" -- Hitwise

07-2007
Teen's social-networking site a hit -- San Francisco Chronicle

07-2007
Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 -- Inc. Magazine

05-2007
Straight to the Top -- Entrepreneur's Startups Magazine

05-2007
Most Likely to Succeed -- Entrepreneur Magazine

02-2007
Venture Capital Whiz Kid -- Squawk Box, CNBC 

01-2007
Whiz Kids in Business -- The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, CNBC 

10-2006
myYearbook Ranks Ahead of Friendster -- The New York Times 

06-2006
Myspace Generation Going Online for Yearbooks -- CNN / Associated Press 

06-2006
She's So Cosmogirl! -- Cosmogirl (Cover) (Article)

04-2006
MTV Live Interview with Catherine & David -- MTV 

04-2006
My Dot-Com Boom -- BusinessWeek
03-05-2006 David vs. Murdoch ... er Goliath -- Om Malik's Blog

02-2006
MediaMetrix reports myYearbook Growing Faster Than Myspace and Overtakes Friendster in Just 4 Months.
02-27-2006 Can Myspace Be Beaten? -- Om Malik's Blog

02-2006
Hipness -- BusinessWeek
 
Recent Press Releases
Oct - 09 myYearbook Debuts New Toolbar for Search and Social Shopping
Aug - 09 myYearbook VIP Club Proves Freemium Subscription Model Can Work for Social Networks
May - 09 Social Network Uses Lunch Money to Save the World!
Mar - 09 myYearbook Challenges Stephen Colbert for Interstellar Domination!
Oct - 08 myYearbook.com Overtakes Wikipedia and Amazon
Oct - 08 Social Network Gives Its Members a Chance to Save the Planet!
Jul - 08 myYearbook Named 3rd Largest Social Network in the US
May - 08 200,000 Pledge To Stop Cyberbullying In Honor Of Megan Meier
Mar - 08 myYearbook.com Is Fourth Most Popular Social Network in United States
Feb - 08 Upstart Social Network myYearbook.com Shows Phenomenal 400 Percent Growth in Market Share in 2007
Jan - 08 myYearbook Tackles Online Safety with Help of SocialSafety.org
Dec - 07 Over 3 Million Virtual Trees Decorated at myYearbook.com
Sep - 07 myYearbook.com Calls on All Social Networks to Add Prominent Abuse Reporting Links
Jul - 07 myYearbook.com Launches Video Battles, myMag and a Brand New Design
Jun - 07 myYearbook.com's Internet Traffic Increases 70%
Nov - 06 Battles.myYearbook.com Launches!
Oct - 06 PIMP.myYearbook.com Launches!
Sep - 06 myYearbook.com Inks Content Deal with CliffsNotes
Jun - 06 Executive Bios: Catherine | Dave | Geoff
Management & Board
Catherine - Founder Catherine Cook
Founder.
Co-founded myYearbook in 2005.
Dave - Founder David Cook
Founder.
Co-founded myYearbook in 2005.
Geoff - CEO Geoff Cook
CEO. First Investor. Older Brother.
Past: Founded and sold EssayEdge.com and ResumeEdge.com to The Thomson Corporation. Harvard '00.
Don - VP Operations - Safety Don Eyer
VP Operations - Safety.
Past: Built Trust and Safety for eBay and Half.com. 23 years in law enforcement. BA from Colorado State in Criminal Justice and Education.
Mike - Safety Advisor Mike Amarosa
Safety Advisor.
Past: Deputy Commissioner for Technological Development for NYPD where he was directly responsible for 9-1-1 for the city of New York. JD, New York Law School.
Greg - Advertising Advisor Greg Stuart
Advertising Advisor.
Past: CEO of IAB leading industry from $6B in 2001 to $17B today and grew IAB 500%.
Richard - Strategic Advisor Richard Jalichandra
Strategic Advisor.
Present: CEO of Technorati. Past: SVP of Business Development for Fox Interactive Media. Instrumental in $650M IGN deal.
Rick - Director USVP Rick Lewis
Director. Venture Capitalist, USVP
Past: Walt Disney Imagineering. Sun. McKinsey. Autodesk. MBA, Harvard Business School.
Sergio - Director NVP Sergio Monsalve
Director. Venture Capitalist, NVP
Past: VP Product Marketing at Photobucket. Led eBay's digital goods marketplace and user-generated content efforts worldwide. MBA, Harvard Business School.
Chris - Board Observer Chris Fralic
Board Observer. Venture Capitalist, First Round Capital
Past: VP Bus Dev at del.icio.us. eBay. Early Half.com employee developing fund raising, content licensing, affiliate program, partnerships, advertising sales.
Ron Ron Conway
Founder and Managing Partner of the Angel Investors LP
Past: Named #6 in Forbes Magazine Midas list of top "dealmakers" in 2006.
Spencer Spencer Rhodes
Angel Investor. Strategic Advisor.
Present: COO, Tradewinds Investment Management. Past: Vice President at BlackRock, Venture Capital at Merrill Lynch, Harvard Business School.
Gavin - CTO Gavin Roy
Chief Technical Officer.
Past: Database & PHP Expert. Framewerk.org . PostgreSQL community member.
Jim - CFO Jim Bugden
Chief Financial Officer.
Past: Govberg Group, CFO; TurnTide, Dir of Finance; Half.com, Controller. Deloitte CPA.
Bill - VP Advertising William Alena
VP Advertising.
Past: Built Scholastic's advertising business. Doubleclick.