Founder & CEO at RescueTime
Greater Seattle Area
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- Founder & CEO at RescueTime
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- Freelance Web Product Geek (strategy, ui, SEO, etc) at Me, Inc.
- Director of Product Development at Jobster
- Founder at Jobby, LLC
- CEO at PangoMedia, Inc.
- Web Consultant at Tony Wright, Inc
- Education
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- Washington College
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Tony Wright’s Summary
Currently am founder and CEO of RescueTime, a time management web startup that has recently received funding by YCombinator.
Previously, I was employed as Director of Product Development at Jobster in Seattle, WA. Jobster purchased a web property I launched just 3 months after it entered public beta (http://www.gojobby.com).
Before launched GoJobby, I owned my own web development firm in Anchorage, Alaska. Founded in 1996, PangoMedia grew from two guys working out of my house to a thriving consultancy with 15 employees and half a dozen contractors. I've worked with organizations such as Jobster, Monsanto, Jockey Underwear, TrueValue Hardware, the State of Alaska, University of Alaska, General Communications, Inc, Unocal, and more.
Tony Wright’s Specialties:
Web Application product strategy, UI Design, social media marketing, SEO, SEM, xhtml/css, JavaScript, Visual Design, light web programming, etc.
Tony Wright’s Experience
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Founder & CEO
RescueTime
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
June 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Okay, I suppose I should update my LinkedIn profile to reflect that RescueTime has graduated from a hobby into an actual seed-funded startup effort (driven by the traffic and interest that we've seen from our users). My role is CEO, marketing, PR, UI design, light coding, copywriting, customer service... Ahhh, fun being in a small business again!
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Freelance Web Product Geek (strategy, ui, SEO, etc)
Me, Inc.
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)
July 2007 — September 2007 (3 months)
I like to focus on is hands-on work in the following areas:
- product strategy (I've built two web companies that have had successful exit events)
- UI/UX design and light front-end coding (Arrington called Jobby's user experience "quite stunning")
- search engine strategies (in my 10 month tenure at Jobster as resident SEO guy, organic traffic has increased by about 65%)
- social media marketing (I've gotten ventures onto Techcrunch, Digg, Del.icio.us, Reddt, Netscape, etc)
- process hacking and biz stuff (I've been an web entrepreneur/biz owner for 11 years, for whatever that's worth!) -
Director of Product Development
Jobster
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
March 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 5 months)
Involved in developing the product line of Jobster.com. Jobster provides web-based recruitment management/enhancement software for employers as well as powerful job search tools for job seekers.
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Founder
Jobby, LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
August 2005 — April 2006 (9 months)
I founded Jobby, an online web 2.0 resume posting and searching tool. I conceived of the idea and worked with a co-founder to build it. I crafted the UI (which TechCrunch called "stunning"), built the prototype, did all of the marketing and SEO work, and eventually negotated a sale of the company to Jobster.
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CEO
PangoMedia, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
January 1993 — November 2004 (11 years 11 months)
CEO of web applications development firm in Anchorage, AK. Served clients such as the Unocal, the State of Alaska, GCI, and more. I sold this company in late 2004.
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Web Consultant
Tony Wright, Inc
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)
October 1991 — December 1993 (2 years 3 months)
Served as a consultant for Chicago area firms including Monsanto, TrueValue Hardware, Jockey Underwear, IPC Inc., and more. Duties included visual design, UI design, light programming, etc.
Tony Wright’s Education
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Washington College
BA, Psychology, September 1990 — May 1994
- Activities and Societies:
- Debate team, rugby, competitive sailing
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Tony Wright’s Interests:
web technologies, travel, public speaking, business management, fishing, hunting, computer games, kayaking
Tony Wright’s Groups:
Y Combinator
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The Innovators Network member
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