Hotlist
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Hotlist is a geo-social networking aggregator that enables users to coordinate plans with friends and discover what will be happening at millions of popular venues all over the world. Hotlist's web platform and iPhone app are the only Location-based services that emphasize future plans.
The service aggregates data from across the web in order to show users which places will be trending nearby. Users can take "virtual peeks" into venues in advance to see Facebook
profile photos of the expected crowds, details on upcoming events, male:female ratios, and which of their Facebook friends plan to attend. The site and application also provide personalized recommendations based on the People, Places, and Interests that users Follow.
As of November, 2011, Hotlist utilizes over 100 million people's plans to provide social information on over 3 million venues in more than 40,000 cities.
Hotlist was founded by Gianni Martire and Chris Mirabile
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from Centurion Holdings, led by former UBS
Chairman & CEO Joseph J. Grano, Jr.
were Carlyle Court, an NYU dorm. It then relocated to the NYU Poly Incubator set up by NYU Poly and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg
. In July 2011, Hotlist moved into its own loft style office in the SoHo district of New York City.
The service aggregates data from across the web in order to show users which places will be trending nearby. Users can take "virtual peeks" into venues in advance to see Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
profile photos of the expected crowds, details on upcoming events, male:female ratios, and which of their Facebook friends plan to attend. The site and application also provide personalized recommendations based on the People, Places, and Interests that users Follow.
As of November, 2011, Hotlist utilizes over 100 million people's plans to provide social information on over 3 million venues in more than 40,000 cities.
Hotlist was founded by Gianni Martire and Chris Mirabile
Chris Mirabile
Chris Mirabile is a co-Founder and CEO of the geosocial networking technology, Hotlist., Crunchbase. Retrieved 2010-05-28., Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2011-04-18. Mirabile, a graduate of New York University Stern School of Business, was the youngest entrant to win the NYU Stern Business Plan...
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Awards
- Top 100 Websites of 2010 by PC MagazinePC MagazinePC Magazine is a computer magazine published by Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. A print edition was published from 1982 to January 2009...
- Top Five Finalist in record three categories at the 2011 Consumer Electronics ShowConsumer Electronics ShowThe International Consumer Electronics Show is a major technology-related trade show held each January in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Not open to the public, the Consumer Electronics Association-sponsored show typically hosts previews of products and new...
- Best Location-based Service
- Best Use of an API
- Hotlist's Co-Founder, Chris Mirabile, for Entrepreneur of the Year
Funding
NYU Stern gave Hotlist a $25,000 grant after winning NYU's 10th Annual Business Plan Competition. This was followed by $800,000 in angel capitalAngel investor
An angel investor or angel is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity...
from Centurion Holdings, led by former UBS
UBS AG
UBS AG is a Swiss global financial services company headquartered in Basel and Zürich, Switzerland, which provides investment banking, asset management, and wealth management services for private, corporate, and institutional clients worldwide, as well as retail clients in Switzerland...
Chairman & CEO Joseph J. Grano, Jr.
Incubation
Hotlist's first headquartersHeadquarters
Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities...
were Carlyle Court, an NYU dorm. It then relocated to the NYU Poly Incubator set up by NYU Poly and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Rubens Bloomberg is the current Mayor of New York City. With a net worth of $19.5 billion in 2011, he is also the 12th-richest person in the United States...
. In July 2011, Hotlist moved into its own loft style office in the SoHo district of New York City.
See also
- GeolocationGeolocationGeolocation is the identification of the real-world geographic location of an object, such as a radar, mobile phone or an Internet-connected computer terminal...
- Geosocial NetworkingGeosocial networkingGeosocial Networking is a type of social networking in which geographic services and capabilities such as geocoding and geotagging are used to enable additional social dynamics. User-submitted location data or geolocation techniques can allow social networks to connect and coordinate users with...
- Location awarenessLocation awarenessLocation awareness refers to devices that can passively or actively determine their location. Navigational instruments provide location coordinates for vessels and vehicles. Surveying equipment identifies location with respect to a well-known locationa wireless communications device...
- Location-based serviceLocation-based serviceA Location-Based Service is an information or entertainment service, accessible with mobile devices through the mobile network and utilizing the ability to make use of the geographical position of the mobile device....