Andrew Weinreich
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Andrew Weinreich is an American businessman and Internet executive in New York City’s Silicon Alley
. Weinreich is the founder of sixdegrees.com
, Joltage, and I Stand For. He is currently the CEO of meetMoi and the Chairman of Xtify.
Since 1995, Weinreich has been a “classic trailblazing entrepreneur.” He has described the motivation behind each of his ventures as the search for a “paradigm shift” in a new industry. The idea for sixdegrees – widely acknowledged as the Internet’s first ‘social network,’ originated from Weinreich when he was first practicing law. “Long before the founders of YouTube sold out for $1.65 billion and the creators of MySpace cashed in for $580 million, there was Andrew Weinreich . . . . The online community for young adults began as an idea scribbled on paper.” As Weinreich described it years later: the idea behind building a social network on the Internet was motivated by making the process of “meeting people you don’t know through the people you do know” more efficient. The company was ultimately sold to YouthStream Media Networks in December 2000. Weinreich has been a mainstay of Silicon Alley since.
In July 2001, Weinreich founded Joltage, an infrastructure services business devoted to building out a global network of WiFi hotspots. Wired Magazine referred to Joltage as the “first [network for unregulated radio spectrum] to focus on mom-and-pop operators with a single base lying around the house, allowing them to become "micro-ISPs." In December 2003, Weinreich founded I Stand For, Inc., which he sold in February 2006. I Stand For offered a complete technology solution to political campaigns, including the construction of online communities; online fundraising tools; a full content management system and a customer relationship management system.
In 2008, Weinreich spun off the persistent tracking technologies of meetMoi into a separate company called Xtify
. Xtify is the “first platform for geo-targeted mobile messaging.”
, and then the University of Pennsylvania
where he graduated cum laude with a major in American History. He also holds a Juris Doctorate from Fordham University School of Law
.
Silicon Alley
Silicon Alley is a nickname for an area with a concentration of Internet and new media companies in Manhattan, New York City. Originally, the term referred to the cluster of such companies extending from the Flatiron District down to SoHo and TriBeCa along the Broadway corridor, but as the location...
. Weinreich is the founder of sixdegrees.com
SixDegrees.com
SixDegrees.com was a social network service website that lasted from 1997 to 2001 and was based on the Web of Contacts model of social networking. It was named after the six degrees of separation concept and allowed users to list friends, family members and acquaintances both on the site and...
, Joltage, and I Stand For. He is currently the CEO of meetMoi and the Chairman of Xtify.
Biography
Weinreich spent a year as a financial analyst at Merrill Lynch before returning to school to study law at Fordham and earning a Juris Doctorate. He subsequently practiced law for two years, before leaving his position as General Counsel of the Hertz Technology Group to found sixdegrees.com – his first Internet start-up.Since 1995, Weinreich has been a “classic trailblazing entrepreneur.” He has described the motivation behind each of his ventures as the search for a “paradigm shift” in a new industry. The idea for sixdegrees – widely acknowledged as the Internet’s first ‘social network,’ originated from Weinreich when he was first practicing law. “Long before the founders of YouTube sold out for $1.65 billion and the creators of MySpace cashed in for $580 million, there was Andrew Weinreich . . . . The online community for young adults began as an idea scribbled on paper.” As Weinreich described it years later: the idea behind building a social network on the Internet was motivated by making the process of “meeting people you don’t know through the people you do know” more efficient. The company was ultimately sold to YouthStream Media Networks in December 2000. Weinreich has been a mainstay of Silicon Alley since.
In July 2001, Weinreich founded Joltage, an infrastructure services business devoted to building out a global network of WiFi hotspots. Wired Magazine referred to Joltage as the “first [network for unregulated radio spectrum] to focus on mom-and-pop operators with a single base lying around the house, allowing them to become "micro-ISPs." In December 2003, Weinreich founded I Stand For, Inc., which he sold in February 2006. I Stand For offered a complete technology solution to political campaigns, including the construction of online communities; online fundraising tools; a full content management system and a customer relationship management system.
Current work
In February 2006, Weinreich started meetMoi, “the first location-based mobile dating startup in the United States.” The company charges a monthly subscription fee appended to a user’s cellular phone bill.In 2008, Weinreich spun off the persistent tracking technologies of meetMoi into a separate company called Xtify
Push technology
Push technology, or server push, describes a style of Internet-based communication where the request for a given transaction is initiated by the publisher or central server...
. Xtify is the “first platform for geo-targeted mobile messaging.”
Personal
Weinreich was born in New York City and grew up in Westchester County. He attended Edgemont High SchoolEdgemont High School
Edgemont Junior - Senior High School is a high school in Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, serving students in grades 7 -12. Its feeder schools are Greenville School and Seely Place School, where students graduate in the sixth grade...
, and then the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
where he graduated cum laude with a major in American History. He also holds a Juris Doctorate from Fordham University School of Law
Fordham University School of Law
Fordham University School of Law is a part of Fordham University in the United States. The School is located in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City, and is one of eight ABA-approved law schools in that city.-Overview:According to the U.S. News & World Report, 1,516 J.D. students attend...
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