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Saying goodbye to the best job in the world

Do you use Groupon? If you do, you need to check out Daily Ticket! Jon Washburn, our founder here in ActiveRain, is starting out on a new venture! If it proves to be as great as our own ActiveRain, it will corner the market!!!

 

Original content by Jon Washburn

I love ActiveRain and am overwhelmed with bittersweet feelings as I write this post.  ActiveRain's core mission means so much to me.  The Community, this amazingly rare group of people have far surpassed any vision I could ever dream.  I have experienced true emotion from every part of the spectrum throughout my tenure and it's all with thanks to you.  It is not an overstatement when I say this was the best job in the world.

However, the core of who I am is a startup entrepreneur and it's my passion and purpose to create new companies with the hopes of changing the world for the better. 

With this purpose in mind, today I am announcing that I am moving out of my leadership role with ActiveRain and will be focusing on my new start-up DailyTicket.  I will continue to be an ActiveRain champion, evangelist, advisor and significant shareholder.

 

ActiveRain is a thriving community of like minded real estate professionals and a learning organization that has blessed the entire real estate industry. My initial vision for this community has been realized and it is now time for me to hand over leadership to someone with the expectation that they will continue to shepherd and uphold the values that are the foundation of our community and become the champion for a greater vision for what ActiveRain can become. The CEO selected to lead ActiveRain through this next phase is Nikesh (Niki) Parekh; he has a long history of scaling fast growing technology start-ups and worked with ActiveRain as a consultant in 2008 and earlier this year. 

 

I will continue to work with Niki as he learns about the culture of our community, and I plan to continue to share with everyone about my experiences and challenges associated with launching a new business.

 

Being a part of this community since the beginning has been an experience of a lifetime. I wish to thank everyone who has supported the mission and the vision of ActiveRain. 

 

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Comments (2)

Jon Washburn
Seattle, WA

Hi Barbara-Jo,

Thank you for sharing the DailyTicket love! We are different from Groupon in a couple of respects: 

1. Our core mission is to deliver remarkable experiences to our members every day. Some of these experiences will involve discounts from local merchants but our focus is on finding the best each city has to offer and then creating remarkable experiences around that. 

2. We are dedicated to building strong real world relationships through fostering a renewed sense of community. We are going to be the online social network that brings back the old school neighborhood bar-b-que.

3. We are expanding the company nationally by partnering with local entrepreneurs through the use of a franchising business model. I cannot over-emphasize my belief in owning your own business and with DailyTicket we will be able to help make this dream a reality for thousands of families.

4. We will be heavily focused on the use of game mechanics to encourage growth of the community and loyalty to the site. If ActiveRain Points are like a black and white television, then DailyTicket point reward system will be like a shinny new flat screen TV that pays you cash.

Apr 19, 2011 06:54 AM
Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional
Charles Rutenberg Realty - Clearwater, FL
Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor

Jon - that really sounds wonderful! I have already signed up and am waiting to see this take off!!!

Apr 20, 2011 01:33 AM