Chris Damsen
VP Business Development, Netvibes

Chris Damsen is VP Business Development at Netvibes. During his six-year tenure as Senior Director of Business Development at Ask.com/IAC, Chris led its syndication division to more than $200M in annual revenue. He also established key relationships with more than 100 partners including AOL, Google, Lycos, BellSouth, CNET, Apple, EarthLink, and InfoSpace.

Sessions

2:15pm - 3:00pm Monday, 03/03/2008

Bring Your Own Platform (BYOP): Build, Buy, or Borrow?

General
Location: San Diego Ballroom B

Oren Michels (Mashery), Seth Sternberg (meebo), Jessica Alter (Bebo), Chris Damsen (Netvibes), Jeff Roberto (Friendster)

Facebook has Platform. Google has OpenSocial. Many social networks are choosing to also roll out their own application platform offering. See an overview of social platforms from Bebo, meebo, NetVibes, & Friendster and find out what choices they made in creating their social platforms. Read more.