Lawrence Coburn

Current

• Founder / President at RateItAll, Inc.

Past

• Director, HR at Larscom
• Manager, Network Solutions at Nortel Networks
• Director, HR at Nortel do Brasil

Education

• Goizueta School of Business (Emory University)
• Georgetown University

Recommended

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Connections

298 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• RateItAll.com
• RateItAll Blog
• Sexy Widget

Lawrence Coburn’s Summary

Internet entrepreneur and consultant with expertise in user generated content, online community, and social network theory. Pioneer in the user generated content space, and founder of one of the first commercial entities made up of 100% user generated content. Author of SexyWidget.com - a blog about web widgets and distributed web strategy.

Lawrence Coburn’s Specialties:

Internet publishing, search engine optimization, local search, consumer reviews, user generated content, online community, social network theory, widget design and distribution

Lawrence Coburn’s Experience

• Founder / President

  RateItAll, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  February 1999 — Present (9 years 11 months)

  RateItAll is the world's first long tail consumer ratings Web site. Consumers publish and manage interactive ratings lists on any topic (e.g. Best Coffee Shop in San Francisco, Best Teacher at Shipley High, etc.). Any RateItAll rating list may be published on any blog or social network page via a RateItAll widget, and list publishers earn a 50% share of any advertising revenue earned. To date, more than 25,000 lists have been published.
  
  RateItAll offers an interactive rating widget for every item in its database, and is also available on Facebook:
  
  http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=18480724104

Lawrence Coburn’s Education

• Goizueta School of Business (Emory University)

  MBA, September 1993 — June 1995

• Georgetown University

  BA, Government, September 1987 — May 1991

Additional Information

Lawrence Coburn’s Websites:

• RateItAll.com
• RateItAll Blog
• Sexy Widget

Lawrence Coburn’s Contact Settings

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