Foodspotting, one of the most popular social foodie apps, began in 2009 when cofounders Alexa Andrzejewski, Ted Grubb and Soraya Darabi put their heads together to address what they felt was a lack of proper food reviewing apps.
Foodspotting celebratedits one-year anniversary this January and boasts over 600,000 iPhone app users and the equivalent in website visits. It also has anAndroid app in betaand $3 million in Series A funding plus a $750,000 seed round.
Now Foodspotting is expanding rapidly, including upcoming partnerships with Seamless Web, Open Table and BBC America. Soraya took the stage at Tech Crunch Disrupt yesterday as a startup rally judge. What does it take to run a startup? “Enthusiasm and an ability to work from anywhere,” she says.
We caught up with Soraya briefly to discuss Foodspotting’s expansion and what it takes to run a startup. Watch here:
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For more from Soraya, follow her on Twitterhere.
Also, be sure to read our story on Foodspotting’s previous partnership with Single Platformhere.
Story byCourtney Boyd Myers
Courtney Boyd Myers is the founder of audience.io, a transatlantic company designed to help New York and London based technology startups gr(show all)Courtney Boyd Myers is the founder ofaudience.io, a transatlantic company designed to help New York and London based technology startups grow internationally.
Previously, she was the Features Editor and East Coast Editor of TNW covering New York City startups and digital innovation. She loves magnets + reading on a Kindle.
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