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Thumb
Utility-based social network that helps people get instant opinions
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Thumb (aka Opinionaided) is a utility-based social network that helps people get instant opinions. The company and service has been featured by CNN, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Ad Week, and many others as one of the first social networks with a clear value proposition. The service is growing quickly, is regularly compared to a structured version of Twitter, and has engagement numbers on par with Facebook and Angry Birds. Try it yourself at http://www.thumb.it.

Founders
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  • Dan Kurani
    2010+ Founder & CEO, Thumb, a utility-based social network 2000-09 CEO of interactive agency serving Nike, etc. 1995-99 Principal/COO of Zinnia; 200+ employees
  • Matt Holloway
    Team member of Opinionaided.
  • Michael Melli
    Co-Founder and VP, Engineering at Thumb.
Previous Investors
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  • Karl Jacob
    Keen (Ingenio), DimensionX, Wallop, Coveroo and Cloudmark. $500+ million in exits to msft, at&t etc. Early advisor to facebook.
  • Vince Monical
    Early-stage Angel. Founded 2 companies (one now public) and completed 18 angel deals. 6 yrs at Google as a GM including Mobile Ads and Commerce & Analytics.
  • Gautam Gupta
    Early stage VC at General Catalyst
  • Nihal Mehta
    CEO @ LocalResponse, GP @ ENIAC Ventures, Partner India Internet Group. 12+ years experience investing and operating across the mobile ecosystem.
  • Chris Farmer
    Venture Partner, General Catalyst (Lead seed investing); Co-Founder, Ignition Talent Group
  • Jonathan Teo
    Jonathan Teo
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    General Partner at General Catalyst Partners
Advisors
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  • Roger Dickey
    Serial entrepreneur (3 startups), Mafia Wars founder, Angel investor (10+ companies)
  • Dan Goikhman
    Co-Founder, SVP Strategic Alliances at Mojiva; Advisor at OpinionAided and Mingle! incidental catalyst and organizer at Silicon Alley Talent Fair, gosatf.com !
  • Sal A. Magnone
    Principle Partner, LAB09 LLC Member,BOA: Thumb.it (Opinionaided)
  • Alan Mazzan
    Advisor to Opinionaided.
  • Sal A. Magnone
    Advisor to Opinionaided.
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    Al Angrisani
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Employees
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  • Will Koffel
    Currently CTO at Thumb, the most amazing consumer opinions community anywhere. Previously @ Sermo physician site, Founding team at Akamai. B.S. in CS from MIT.
  • Paul Spata
    Currently Mobile Development Director for Thumb, Winner of 2011 Best Social Networking App for Android.