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Identified Hits 10 Million Users & Moves to New Office Space!

The time has finally come to jump ship! Since our public launch in September 2011, the Identified team has grown quickly in order to accomodate the swelling demand of what is now 10 million+ users (that's right, 10 million! -- talk about huge milestones, baby).

With well over 50+ employees cranking out code and prototyping up a storm, things were starting to get a little cramped at 490 2nd Street. So, after spending close to nine months in that jam-packed little office space with engineers and designers alike all smooshed together elbow-to-elbow, Identified decided it was time for a major upgrade. In part to celebrate the 10 million user milestone and, of course, to better accomodate our amazing and quickly-growing team, Identified has relocated to somewhere awesome.

*Watch the full-res, hi-def version on our YouTube Channel!

Say hello to our new home in San Francisco's China Basin, just a stone's throw away from the AT&T Ball Park and home to several up-and-coming tech startups in Silicon Valley. But those aren't the only cool things about our new digs. Here are some perks and highlights straight from the Identified team to describe just how fantastic our new office space really is:

• So much room for activities! The building is huge, clean, and spacious. We're debating picking up in-office scooters -- we definitely need them with how large our new place is!
• There's great coffee everywhere. Philz is just around the corner, the Creamery is next door (Ritual coffee for the win!), and the Focaccia restaurant downstairs makes fantastic hot lattes and espressos for all of the caffeine-craving employees occupying China Basin.
• Holy windows. It never feels like 6 o'clock with these enormous windows letting in so much light into our space. Ditch the Vitamin D pills, we've got you covered!
• We're right on the water. There's a beautiful (and clean) canal behind the building for enjoying yummy lunches by the water and admiring the sunny view. Spoiled!
• So many awesome places to eat, hang out, and visit for happy hour -- woah! Panera Bread, Lucky Strike Bowling, Twenty Five Lusk, etc!
• Not to mention the great public transportation. Tons of shuttles come in and out to deliver tuckered-out employees to and from the various neighborhoods in San Francisco, while the muni N and T lines stop just around the corner, and the Cal-Train parks right in front of the building.

Yeah.
We've got it made.

With all this extra space (we jumped from a measely 5,000 to 17,000 feet of room), we've got tons of desks to fill with more passionate employees who believe in our company vision! We're aiming to reach a total of 75 employees by this summer, and yes, we're looking at you to fill the spots. If you want to be a part of our fun team and are looking forward to sharing this great new space with us, come meet us! We have a lot of fun (we're like a big family) and we're hiring!

As always, thank you to our amazing community. Without you, Identified wouldn't be where it is today. We look forward to your feedback and to seeing you around the Web on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and beyond!

-- Team Identified

Identified at TiEcon 2012 - Thanks for the Feedback!

We had a blast on the Social Panel alongside speakers like Josh Elman, principal at Greylock, Raj Kapoor, managing director at Mayfield Fund, and Manu Rehki, venture partner at Inventus Capital Partners. But our absolute favorite part about TiEcon was the amazing feedback we received from the event's attendees.

Here are our favorites:

 

 

 

Were you at TiEcon 2012, and did you catch Identified's Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Brendan Wallace, on stage during the social panel? Let us know. We love getting your feedback. Once again, just tweet us, Facebook us, or shoot us some feedback -- we're listening!

And keep an eye on this space.
We'll be announcing any other future events Identified will be making an appearance at here. We wouldn't leave you guys hanging. 

The Top 10 Most Connected Grads in Southern California

SoCal, SoCal, SoCal -- we couldn't leave you hanging!

After revealing our list of the Top 10 Most Connected Students Graduating in the Bay Area, we received a flood of responses requesting a similar list for Southern California schools. And if there's one thing you should know about Identified, it's that we absolutely love to help young professionals and students put their best foot forward as they launch their careers. This explains the following list of the Top 10 Most Connected Grads in Southern California!

Did you make it?
Check it out below:

Name:
Matt Bouret
School: USC
Major: B.S. Business Administration
Identified Score:
86

Name:
Lindsay Feller
School: USC
Major: M.B.A.
Identified Score:
86

Name:
Justin Davidson
School: UCLA
Major: M.B.A.
Identified Score:
83

Name:
Kevin Finn
School: USC
Major: M.B.A.
Identified Score:
82

Name:
Keren Petito
School: UCSB
Major: B.S. Mathematics
Identified Score:
81

Name:
Tim Frank
School: UCLA
Major: M.B.A.
Identified Score:
81

Name:
Chetan Ankola
School: USC
Major: M.S. Multimedia, Web Design, AI
Identified Score:
80

Name:
Noah Comisar
School: USC
Major: B.S. Chemical Engineering
Identified Score:
79

Name:
Sunny Kohli
School: UCLA
Major: B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Identified Score:
78

Name:
Mo ElBibany
School: UCSD
Major: B.S. Management Science
Identified Score:
75

These 10 students represent top-ranking and highly networked grads in Southern California based on Identified data. As before, we highlighted those with Identified scores over 70 out of a possible 100, the ID score being a combination of work experience, education, and personal professional network on Facebook.

If you think you should have made the list, reach out! We're happy to take a peek.

Don't Miss Out on Identified's Co-CEO & Co-Founder Brendan Wallace at TiEcon 2012

If you're not headed to TiEcon this year, you're definitely missing out.

Identified's Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Brendan Wallace, will be speaking at TiEcon 2012's Social Panel from 10AM - 11AM on Saturday, May 19, 2012, where he'll be participating in a roundtable discussion answering the question: "What are the emerging trends and investment opportunities in social?"

A word from TiEcon 2012 about the panel:

"Social is not a pure play opportunity anymore.  It is the underpinning/plumbing of most products (similar to how mobile isnt a “nice to have” for most product development).  A well integrated social features into a product becomes a competitive advantage similar to effective SEO, site speed/latency, etc.

Moreover “social” makes a contribution to the bottom line by decreasing cost of user acquisition via word of mouth (virality) and improved conversion rates.  On the other hand it also improves loyalty via higher retention.  Incumbent consumer industries are especially prime for a massive plumbing overhaul or face disruption.  Social is also creeping into enterprise.   So what are VCs investing in these days? What are entrepreneurs looking to build out?"

 

Panelists include:

• Josh Elman, principal, Greylock
• Raj Kapoor, Managing Director, Mayfield
• Brendan Wallace, CEO, Identified (hey, that's us!)
• Manu Rekhi, Venture Partner, Inventus Capital Partners

For those of you unsure of what TiEcon actually is, TiEcon is The Indus Entrepreneurs' (TiE) annual two-day event, a gathering which attracts over 4,000+ thought leaders from around the globe who, together, are working to move the needle in high technology, life sciences, and other equally-influential worldwide ventures. Be there!

If you plan on attending, be sure to shoot us a tweet and let us know! Better yet, drop us a comment on our Facebook page, or +1 this post on Google+ -- we'd love to hear from you and shake your hand -- all that good stuff.

See you there!

Identified Hangs Out on Google+ Live with Virgin CEO Richard Branson

Tomorrow at 9AM PST, Identified's career insider, Sherilynn "HeyCheri" Macale, will be sitting down to interview Virgin CEO Richard Branson in a live Google+ Hangout as the very first interviewer in Virgin's #askrichard series. *See Branson's blog post about the event.

Send us your questions for Richard Branson!

Branson, who started his first business venture at age 16, is a self-made billionaire who has become one of the most well-recognized CEOs in the world due in part to his larger-than-life personality, as well as his aggressive professional pursuits. He was listed as the 4th richest citizen of the United Kingdom by Forbes Magazine in 2011, and has a current net worth of 4.2 billion as of March 2012. And all this, shockingly enough, while being a highschool dropout!

To the Identified community, we'd love to hear your questions and credit the best responses in our live interview! Some example questions: How important do you feel education/school is when it comes to being successful? And what was it like to start your first company at 16 years old-- did you have to face any major obstacles? Tweet us with your questions, post on our Facebook wall, and send us your suggestions -- we're listening!

And be sure to tune in at 9 AM PST (5 PM GMT) tomorrow via Google+ Hangout (be sure and add Richard as well as Cheri to your Google+ Circles) to watch the interview go down live!