President & CEO, Avecora | LION linkedin@markbao.com | Entrepreneur | 16 years old | formerly Steven Bao
Greater Boston Area
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- Co-Founder at DebateWare.com
- Past
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- Co-Founder; Business Operations at Student Concourse
- Founder at Facebook Idol
- Owner at Quivira Media
- Education
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- High School Junior currently
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Mark Bao’s Summary
Mark Bao (formerly Steven Bao) is 16-year-old student and web, software and advertising entrepreneur, and is the President & CEO of Avecora.
He also works at DebateWare.com, a software consultancy firm, that offers its main product DebateNet, a debate organization and event management system. It has provided consulting for customers including the Junior State of America.
Mark is also the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at TickrTalk, a stealth consumer web startup founded in 2008.
Mark also joined Jason L. Baptiste and Matt Byrd at Ramamia, a family sharing site that allows family members to share what's happening in their family.
Mark has also developed several Facebook apps, one of which was sold to Lee Lorenzen at Altura Ventures. Afterwards, with two marketing partners, he developed the application Facebook Idol, which was sold to a private investor in October 2007.
He also is the owner of AdSocial (formerly Cadmium), the targeted social application advertising network available for developers of social applications and advertisers, that extends the social advertising graph to the web, by aggregating social network profile information and targeting advertisements around the web.
Mark is inspired by technology, innovation, virtual reality, and the integration of devices with each other and the social layer.
Let's connect. Email me or call me at 617.395.5633.
Mark Bao’s Specialties:
partnerships, project management, web development, networking
Mark Bao’s Experience
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Co-Founder
Ramamia
(Internet industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
Ramamia is a simple communication utility that lets families easily and privately share photos, messages, events, and links. Joined Jason L. Baptiste and Matt Byrd. Distributed team in Silicon Valley, Boston, and Miami. Angel funded.
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President & CEO
Avecora
(Internet industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Avecora is a long-term technology innovation business that looks to shift the technology industry through web applications and integrated consumer electronics.
Avecora's products include Avecora OnDemand, an SaaS small business management and team organization web application, delivered on the web, on demand. -
CTO, Co-Founder
TickrTalk
(Internet industry)
May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
TickrTalk is a stealth consumer web startup.
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Co-Founder
DebateWare.com
(Internet industry)
February 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
DebateWare.com is an enterprise web software consultancy providing services to debate organisations.
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Co-Founder; Business Operations
Student Concourse
(E-Learning industry)
May 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 5 months)
Student Concourse is the online organizer and social network for the academic life of students.
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Founder
Facebook Idol
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
August 2007 — December 2007 (5 months)
Facebook Idol is a partnership between Steven Bao, Jean-Jacques Duclaux and Julien Jalouzet that developed and promoted the Facebook Idol application on Facebook. It was sold to a private investor in Fall 2007.
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Owner
Quivira Media
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
April 2006 — April 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Mark Bao’s Education
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High School Junior currently
2007 — 2010 (expected)
- Activities and Societies:
- Junior State of America, Student Congress, School Council, Key Club Volunteer, Business Club, Debate Club, Math Team.
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Mark Bao’s Interests:
entrepreneurship, technology, web 2.0, web 3.0, semantic web, internet, new media, emerging media, advertising, consumer electronics
Mark Bao’s Contact Settings
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