| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Vlad Friedman |
Chief Technology Officer | Profile |
Oyster is the leading subscription service for books, offering readers unlimited access to over 1 million books—everything from New York Times Best Sellers and award-winners to children's titles and more. Readers can browse and discover on their own, or get expert recommendations from our editorial team. Over time, Oyster gets to know what readers like, and recommends books based on their reading habits and tastes. Oyster is available for Apple iOS, Android, Nook HD, and Kindle Fire, as well as on the web. Launched in 2013, Oyster is headquartered in New York City and is backed by Founders Fund and Highland Capital Partners.
LiquidPlanner is a company founded on the belief that even in the face of complexity, uncertainty and constant change, project management should be simple and effective. Since 2007, our team has been rethinking project management from the Web up. We`re at the forefront of a new era of project management, where teams want to be empowered to control their own project destiny. Static Gantt charts are outdated, and your team needs more than simplistic online task lists and spreadsheets. With LiquidPlanner, you get an elegant, end-to-end experience that combines the world`s most advanced scheduling engine with a powerful social collaboration framework that keeps everyone on the same page. Our patent-pending, computational horsepower gives you real-time, responsive and predictive plans, as well as integrated analytics and a true source of business intelligence. It`s easy to use, it`s online, always available, secure, and it`s accessible on your mobile device.
Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. We are driven by the excitement of building technologies, inventing products, and providing services that change lives. We embrace new ways of doing things, make decisions quickly, and are not afraid to fail. We have the scope and capabilities of a large company, and the spirit and heart of a small one. Together, Amazonians research and develop new technologies from Amazon Web Services to Alexa on behalf of our customers: shoppers, sellers, content creators, and developers around the world. Our mission is to be Earth`s most customer-centric company. Our actions, goals, projects, programs, and inventions begin and end with the customer top of mind. You`ll also hear us say that at Amazon, it`s always Day 1. What do we mean? That our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon`s very first day - to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and focus on delighting our customers.
Founded in 2000 and based in Columbus, Ohio, 2Checkout.com, Inc. is a global payments solutions provider servicing approximately 60,000 online retailers.
At Say Media we build digital magazines, we develop state-of-the-art technology, and we partner with advertisers. Our unique ecosystem for brands engages audiences and provides exceptional reader experiences. WE BUILD DIGITAL MAGAZINES We own and partner with a portfolio of influential digital magazines, including xoJane, xoVain, Fashionista, Gear Patrol, Remodelista, Honestly...WTF, Not Impossible Now, ReadWrite, LifetimeMoms, and Bio. They each have compelling, quality content and readerships that were organically grown, making them real, devoted, and hyper-engaged. WE PROVIDE AN AWARD-WINNING PUBLISHING PLATFORM CALLED TEMPEST Tempest is our next-generation publishing platform that caters to the needs of storytellers, marketers, and readers. With features like editor-friendly smart layouts, premium advertising experiences like Adaptive Ads [link to Adaptive description], and device-agnostic article pages, Tempest creates quality editorial experiences focused on driving engagement rather than inflating pageviews. WE PARTNER WITH ADVERTISERS We work with marketers to create authentic campaigns that are aligned with editorial and designed to captivate readers. Our accountable pricing models guarantee that advertisers are only charged for real consumer engagement. And we do this at scale—between our portfolio and our extended network of high-quality lifestyle sites, Say Media reaches 400 million people worldwide.