Will Pate

Current

• Co-Host at commandN

Past

• Community Evangelist at ConceptShare
• Community Ninja at Flock
• Community Advisor at Mazava

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

Will Pate’s Summary

I’ve been a technology entrepreneur and community builder since co-founding my first business, Infinity BBS, in elementary school. My partner’s job was to keep the technology running smoothly, and mine was to build our community. I’ve grown up a lot since then, but it’s still the core of what I do.

In 2005 I co-founded Raincity Studios, Vancouver’s premiere new media design, development and web marketing firm in the “Web 2.0″ space. I was the VP Sales and Marketing and built a community of clients around the business that kept us growing. Raincity has gone on to build some great community websites, acquire our technology partner Bryght, and open a Shanghai office.

In 2006 I became the Community Ambassador at Flock, a company building a web browser for the participatory and social web. I was a bridge between community members and the entire company, and managed the community programs. My Silicon Valley experience gave me a different perspective on business and technology.

I then went on to consult for several startups. I went to Africa to study how to build a social network to help reduce harm and save lives from infectious disease, helped a local search company build their community strategy, and evangelized a design collaboration web service through a product and major partnership double launch. All the while I’ve been co-hosting one of the best weekly technology video shows on the internet, commandN.

Will Pate’s Specialties:

Community building, technology assessment, competitive analysis, web strategy, Web 2.0, sales, online marketing, blogging (personal, business and academic), market research, writing or editing,

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