Biography writing and preservation:
A message from our founder

My grandfather passed away, and shortly afterwards I realized I knew almost nothing about him. I missed him, and I wished I knew more about him. But he was gone, and with him, we lost all of his stories and memories. It was almost like he never existed.

I looked in the mirror and realized the same fate awaited me: One day, my stories and memories would be lost, just as his were. And my grandkids and great grandchildren would long to know about me, but not be able to. So I decided to write my biography as my gift to them, since a memoir really is the only legacy you can leave for the future.

And then I ran into a problem... although ancestry.com, genealogy.com and other sites are wonderful for researching your past, there are no sites for preserving and sharing your memories, your stories, your photos, your scrapbook mementos and your family tree. I couldn't believe such a thing didn't exist, how could it not? But it didn't. Luckily, my team and I are some of the most senior and experienced internet people alive (see below)... so we decided to build a service to preserve and share people's personal legacies and family heritage. And Web Biographies was born!

It took a long time to develop, as there was an incredible amount of work to do. We did things with databases and toolsets which people swore could not be done. We designed the service so it was easy to use and had a layout like a book for the journals and like a tree chart for the online family tree... and now thousands of people sign up every month. We've gotten great feedback and have been developing new and exciting features on a continual basis — with more to come very soon.

This is exciting. Where previously there was nothing, now there is a great service people are using every day. I love what I do — like the candy maker in The Alchemist, I'm lucky enough to do the thing I am passionate about. I hope you enjoy using Web Biographies!

Web Biographies Team

As a team, each and every one of us is a founder of the company. Scott, however, is what venture capitalists call the "vision keeper". Well, turning his vision into reality has been an extremely complex undertaking. It always seems that the easier something is for people to use, the harder it is to build. We have had to create things that friends of ours, very talented engineers themselves, flat out said could not be done. Thankfully the team here at Web Biographies has been involved in internet infrastructure since 1994 and we are among the most accomplished professionals in the industry. Selected items from our biographies include:

	Congressional testimony on copyright issues on behalf of the RIAA and on other legislation
	Past Board member, Commercial Internet eXchange
	Retainer on technology and security to the Recording Industry Association of America
	Creation of the 4th commercial internet backbone
	Construction of data centers in cities across the USA and Europee
	First OEM (private label) ISP service for US telecommunications companies
	Built tracking & forecasting systems for a Fortune 100 company
	Developed technology, delivery, and security systems for the major music labels downloading & streaming services
	Created platform for single source control of 40,000 member affiliate network

Our knowledge and capabilities are the ideal combination for creating complex, highly functional, secure and reliable solutions for any internet driven application... especially this one!