Jim Risner
oakland, CA (USA)
Role(s):
Votigo, Inc.
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Location:
oakland
Industry:
Internet
Year Founded:
2006
Number Employees:
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Description:
Votigo, Inc. ((URL removed)) is an online community that allows any business or individual to easily create and share their own customized video or photo contest and use it to promote their band, business, club, event, or just for fun. Since launching its initial beta on February 14, 2007 the company has powered hundreds of user-generated contests as well as partnering with companies including Michael Eisner’s Prom Queen, Epic Records, Santa Cruz Snowboards, The Motley Fool, Interscope Records, Columbia Sportswear, Gibson, and EMI Records to run contests.
Votigo had 30k unique users in May up from 20k in April.
The company was founded by Mike La Rotonda, former Lead Product Manager for Yahoo! 360° and Jim Risner, former Vice President, Interactive Design at United Online.