What is Bzzster's mission?

Bzzster's goal is to be the best way to recommend videos, news stories, blog posts, etc to friends and colleagues - open, easy, opt-in, customizable, and all leading to one thing - a tool to extend conversations.

Who's behind Bzzster?

David Cancel [blog]

David is the co-founder & CTO of Lookery. Before starting Lookery he co-founded Compete.com where he was the CTO from 2000-2007. David oversaw Compete's overall technology strategy, including the design of its patent-pending architecture. Before Compete he was the CTO of BuyerZone.com, now a part of Reed Elsevier [NYSE: RUK]. In the late 90's he was a part of the founding team of Bolt.com & part of Lycos.com.

In addition to Lookery, David is on the board of directors of Geezeo.com, and the advisory boards of Compete.com, Visible Measures, MyPerfectGig, Sonian Networks and Swift. David is originally from New York City and now lives in the Boston, MA area with his superstar wife and daughter. He loves making something from nothing.

Jay Meattle [blog]

Jay is the Product Manager of Compete.com. He manages the overall development and growth of Compete.com, a rapidly growing and award winning competitive web intelligence service. Before Compete.com, Jay worked with companies such as Bank of America, Lycos, and Yahoo!, helping them better understand and leverage online consumer behavior. In 2000, he founded HEPGURU ventures, a company focused on building IT-enabled services in the consumer internet and media & marketing verticals.

Jay received a B.S. cum laude in Computer Science from Tufts University. He minored in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Multimedia Arts. At Tufts he was awarded the MacJannet scholarship. Jay now lives in Cambridge, MA and hopes to spend more time in India. He loves creating, and lives for technology and innovation.

Contacting Us

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Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 USA