Social Network eegoes Becomes The First Social Media Start-Up Selected for SwissMedia Incubator Program
By Eegoes, PRNESunday, October 24, 2010
BOSTON, October 25, 2010 - Following its recent successful launch, social network eegoes continues
to impress with its novel approach to online communities and organisation of
social data and media. Start up incubator program SwissMedia has selected
eegoes as a fast-growing innovative technology businesses which deserves to
be recognised and nurtured. This comes at a time when the eegoes team also
continues to expand, hiring further developers to continue rolling out new
features and functionality.
Social network eegoes, officially launched last month, is pleased to
announce its selection for the SwissMedia incubator program for IT and
multimedia start ups, as the first ever web start-up included.
Since its launch a few weeks ago, eegoes has been enjoying very positive
coverage, both from users as well as social media enthusiasts who have been
singing its praises as it seeks to simplify 'social', remove clutter and
allow a 'back to basics' approach to networking and sharing online. The
vision of founders Guillaume Molter and Al Zane, eegoes aims to arrange the
overwhelming amount of data we deal with daily, to focus on 'what matters to
you'.
SwissMedia, (Swiss Association of Information Technology and Multimedia),
is a professional organization dedicated to supporting SME start ups active
in the IT and multimedia sectors, sponsored by the State of Vaud.
In particular SwissMedia provides assistance with economic, business and
legal advisory and gives members access to investor networks and business
angels. By encouraging shared skills and competence and providing support
resources, SwissMedia enables start ups to develop. During this new growth
phase, eegoes' European branch and team will relocate to the SwissMedia
building in Vevey.
This is the first time SwissMedia has chosen to back a web-based social
media start up.
Bernard Degex, Assistant General Secretary of SwissMedia, says he is
thrilled about the decision to select eegoes as one of their start ups. "This
is our first sponsorship of a social media start up, we normally deal with
more traditional business and revenue-making models. With eegoes, we see
great potential, an innovative product with a young, creative and dynamic
team and we chose based on the interesting proposition and technically
excellent product we feel eegoes presents."
Speaking of this achievement, Guillaume Molter, CEO and co-founder of
eegoes, says: "Having SwissMedia recognize eegoes makes us very proud. This
additional support allows us to continue to rapidly roll out the
functionality and applications we are working on."
The eegoes team is also growing again. This young team consists of highly
skilled developers from the US, Spain, Portugal, France and Switzerland. The
larger team will allow projects to move forward even faster, with a focus on
fresh ideas and creativity.
Guillaume explains, "At eegoes, we are determined to be at the forefront
of technology. Everyone here is in touch with our end user base, shares a
passion for eegoes and is comfortable with all emerging new technology as
well as the very latest techniques and applications out there."
As well exciting things happening at eegoes, there has been excitement on
the network too as the launch competition came to a close. Ten lucky members
won iTunes and Amazon gift vouchers after their posts received top votes and
one lucky member won an Apple iPad after simply posting one picture to enter
the draw.
Guillaume is looking forward to the next few months as the eegoes team
and support network keep growing. "For us the next stage is to continue
rolling out new features and improvements, taking on board what our users are
saying and as always, keeping the surprises coming for members."
About eegoes: eegoes.com is a new generation of social networking site,
whose aim is to provide a user-friendly and innovative platform for social
interaction. Users can enjoy discussions around their areas of interest and
exchange links, videos, photos and more. eegoes is structured around
categorized 'Networks' which are themed into Travel, Sports, Music and more.
Within these, it allows users to create their own 'Groups' where they can
host discussions.To sign up now please visit www.eegoes.com/signup.
Contact: About eegoes: eegoes, LLC 60 State Street - Suite 700 Boston,MA 02109 pr@eegoes.com About Swiss Media: SwissMedia 12, rue du Clos CH-1800 Vevey Tel: +41-21-925-80-30 www.swissmedia.ch
About eegoes: eegoes, LLC; 60 State Street - Suite 700, Boston,MA 02109, pr at eegoes.com; About Swiss Media: SwissMedia, 12, rue du Clos, CH-1800 Vevey, Tel: +41-21-925-80-30; Guillaume Molter, CEO & Co-founder, guillaume at eegoes.com, Telephone: +1-617-878-2126
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