Interview With Ann Bernard

Posted by Nick O'Neill on February 8th, 2008 11:27 AM

Yesterday I had the opportunity to sit down with Ann Bernard the Founder and CEO of WhyGoSolo.com. Why Go Solo, a D.C. based startup, provides users with the opportunity to find people to attend events with. I kept trying to allude to the fact that this site would be best suited for dating but Ann insists that this is a site for platonic relationships. However WhyGoSolo.com ends up being used, it was launched last month and has been gaining users since. Ann is probably one of the most entrepreneurial people I have ever met. Her company is currently seeking a round of funding so if you are looking for a company to invest in, you should talk to her!

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Good interview nick, glad to see a interview with Ann. :)

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Bill Kocik 2 years ago 1 point
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I don't know that it was strictly necessary to mention in the write-up (yet again) your notion that WGS would best be used for dating; we all got that when we watched the interview and heard you mention it several times. I'm not sure why you felt compelled to call attention to it again in the write-up, unless you just had nothing else to say. But why would you call it a fact when it's clearly your opinion? You're re-defining what WGS has built, even though you were clearly told that's not what it is.

Intentionally or not, you're implying that WGS has built yet another dating app, except that they don't even know they have.

If it were my product, I think I'd be a little bit put off.

-Bill

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