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Clearspring Technologies Adds a New CEO

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We are so pleased to add to the great team at Clearspring Technologies. Ramsey McGrory – formerly head of Yahoo’s Right Media group is joining founder Hooman Radfar to team and lead this fast growing company to even greater heights, as our new CEO.

Clearspring is a company that I am very fond of and I really believe in; it is located in Northern Virginia and NYC. I was one of the first investors and served as Chairman for many years. Hooman Radfar – the founder of the company – will now become founder and executive chairman; Ramsey will be CEO and I will move from Chairman to being a board member .

Clearspring is hitting its stride. It is booming in terms of usage on the network – the number of publishers that utilize the Add this button; how many times the window is activated by users; and the number of user – (more than a billion!) that share across our network.

This is fantastic news for the company and the Big Data industry; Ramsey is a true leader and great executive – and the team at Clearpring is the best; the company is ready to take the next step forward and I am grateful to be involved with this company; it is growing; it is hiring; it is creating value and serving its customers well.

Hooman Radfar

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The founder and CEO of Clearspring is a true visionary. He gets the credit for pioneering the widget movement on the web and for articulating the strategy for a “universal sharing platform” BIG IDEA and why the company acquired AddThis. I am very proud of him and am pleased to work with him as chairman of his board of directors.

AddThis is the biggest little thing on the web and now combined with Clearspring; the company is a powerhouse in the social media movement.

I Gave a Speech to Clearspring Employees

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I gave a speech to Clearspring employees yesterday. It was a fun moment. Clearspring is this hot, fast-growing startup that I have invested in and now serve as Chairman. The founder and management team, led by Hooman Radfar, are “wicked smart” and they love what they are doing and care only about their products and their customers.

The company has a chance to be a very important Web 2.0 service and new media company. We have more than 120 million worldwide unique visitors to our services on a monthly basis and we serve more than 12 billion widgets per quarter. It has an amazing growth curve. It has the best set of customers. But more importantly, it has very motivated and self-aware employees. Here is an employee’s blog who wrote about my session. Check it out.