Posted December 29th, 2009
by YukaiChou
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I can’t believe 2009 is about over. Throughout the year we have truly been on an exciting journey with the startup life, fighting many obstacles, staying flexible, and remaining passionate about making an impact on the web.
Since product conceptualization, Viralogy is now one years old, and I’d like to share with our loyal community the challenges we faced and the lessons we learned during the year. Instead of a lists of facts, I want it to be more like a story that helps you understand who we are and what we have been through. Perhaps it will help you one day when you create your own startup.
The story of the Viralogy Team
To begin talking about 2009 for Viralogy, it would be useful to first talk about how the team came about and how we led into the beginning of 2009.
Viralogy is founded by a group of UCLA Alumni who met during their undergrads. We first created a startup called FDCareer in 2007, making recruiting talents more efficient through gaming. It was doing well and even got rated on Mashable as one of the Top 10 Social Networks for Gen-Ys. This continued until the market crashed midway through our good year. As firms were looking to layoff everyone they could, a tool that helped them recruit more efficiently wasn’t needed, so after various adjustments to the market, FDCareer ended up folding. (more…)