I love social media. But at some point, social media just stopped being social.So I decided to start a friendly new open social network called DashBurst. This is #MyStartupStory: http://dashburst.com/my-startup-story-dashburst-history

1. The Story
Daniel Zeevi
#MyStartupStory

2. Hey, I’m
Dan!
And I
social media

3. Why don’t I build a
business about
social media?
So I thought…

4. The idea of DashBurst was born in Pittsburgh, PA in 2011

5. I was going to create the world’s greatest social media
“dashboard” and ultimate client for Facebook and
Twitter!

6. But at some point, social media just stopped
being social

14. Does all this hate really solve anything?

15. Our favorite social media sites and
communication networks have been severed

16. How could I risk starting a business relying on feuding
networks for data?

17. I realized I was actually on the wrong track,
on the outside looking in….

18. I started thinking about the city I live in and it hit me…

19. Where I come from, we don’t burn bridges, we build them
Pittsburgh: The City of Bridges

20. The people around us are the bridge to our happiness

21. What if
I made a
social media
site that
brought
everyone
back to the
table?

22. What is social media?
Photos
Videos
Audio
Infographics
Posts
Documents
Articles
Presentations

23. What is social media?
Photos
Videos
Audio
Infographics
Posts
Documents
Articles
Presentations

24. What if you could
share all your work
online and find your
media in one
place?

25. Problem
Apps
DataContent
Video
Images
The social web never stops putting out information. It becomes hard to consume,
navigate, and organize this information, too, because it’s so fragmented across
multiple websites, apps and unfriendly media formats.
HUMOR
MUSIC
REVIEWSSHOPPING
REPORTS
LISTS
NEWS
ANALYTICS
MOTION
GRAPHICS CHAT

26. Solution
Apps
DataContent
Video
Images
DashBurst is a social dashboard, content marketing platform, and search engine
rolled into one website. Users can share all media types and content in one place.
No more petty wars with social networks or searching through multiple sites.
News & Articles
Presentations
Quotes
Lists
Guides
Art
Photography
Infographics
Humor
Stock Photos
Mobile: Android, iPhone, Windows
Web: Websites, Chrome, Firefox
Tablet: iPad, Kindle
Software: Windows, Mac, Linux
Social: Facebook and Twitter
Real-time Internet Stats
Top Sites
Web & Social Analytics
Charts & Reports
Motion Graphics
Music
Chat

27. The Pledge
To be a truly open social network and friend to all. We’ll never block
another app just for being a competitor, even if it hates on us!

28. The MissionMake communicating fun and social again

29. Photos
Videos
SlideShare
Slides
Tweets
Status
Updates
Soundcloud
Audio
Facebook
Posts
YouTube
Videos
Infographics
Meet DashBurstAn open place to discover and
share media of all types!

30. Photos
Videos
SlideShare
Slides
Tweets
Status
Updates
Soundcloud
Audio
Facebook
Posts
YouTube
Videos
Infographics
Meet DashBurstAn open place to discover and
share media of all types!

31. Burstburst burst
(noun)
1. A high-speed transmission, or concentrated pulse of information.
2. Enables the communication of networks operating with dissimilar data.
Post any media
on DashBurst

32. DBdecibel de·ci·bel (děs'ə-bəl)
(noun)
Abbr: DB
A unit to measure the power and efficiency of a signal or transmission
(burst).

33. DB
The Signal-to-Noise Ratio
Decibels have been used to measure the relative strength and
efficiency of a radio signal or transmission broadcast.

34. Now DB’s are used to measure the strength and
engagement of your messages on social media!
Interacting With Media on DashBurst

35. Hmm…
I
like
that!

36. So who is DashBurst for?
Photos
Videos
Audio
Infographics
Posts
Documents
Articles
Presentations
Photographers
Artists
Brands
Animators
Musicians
Blogs
Informed Citizens
Authors
Businesses
Marketers
Researchers
Designers
Educators
Everyone

37. With a blueprint in place, now I needed to build a team…

38. I went through three to four years
thinking I was going to meet some
magical engineer who would build all the
stuff I was thinking about.
- Dennis Crowley, Foursquare Cofounder
…and fast

39. Initial TeamDashBurst launches as a lean team made up of 2 computer geeks!
Daniel Zeevi – CEO & Founder
Business & Technology
Daniel Zeevi is the CEO and founder of DashBurst currently responsible for
strategic direction, product development, user experience, quality assurance,
content strategy and social media. Daniel has over 10 years experience in software
and web design, testing and marketing most recently as a design verification
engineer at Phillips Healthcare. Daniel received a MS in Electrical and Computer
Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.
Matthew Lisiak – CTO & Co-founder
Technology
Matthew Lisiak is the CTO and web designer of DashBurst responsible for managing
application designs, back-end development and integration. Matthew has a BA in
Information Science also from the University of Pittsburgh with a strong penchant
for complex web algorithms, social network API’s, browser extensions and database
design.

40. Technology

41. Jan 2012:
DashBurst
Founded
Milestones

43. Launched Design & Marketing Services

44. Jan 2012:
DashBurst
Founded
February 2012:
Launched Design &
Marketing Services
Milestones

45. Jan 2012:
DashBurst
Founded
September 2012:
@DashBurst Reached
100K Followers on
Twitter
June 2012:
Reached 10K Fans on
Facebook
February 2012:
Launched Design &
Marketing Services
August 2012:
Released TweetThis
and Other Web
Tools
Jan 2013:
Launched
Blog
Milestones

46. It’s one of the top 12,000 sites on the web with
400,000 unique visitors per month!
150K Followers 13K Fans 6K Followers 3K Subscribers 3K Followers 2KFollowers 1K Followers

47. Jan 2013: DashBurst Bids
the World Hello!

48. Jan 2013: DashBurst Bids
the World Hello!
But we could sure use some more help…

49. Jan 2013: DashBurst Bids
the World Hello!
But we could sure use some more help…

50. Jan 2013: DashBurst Bids
the World Hello!
But we could sure use some more help…

51. Jan 2013: DashBurst Bids
the World Hello!
But we could sure use some more help…

52. So who is DashBurst?
Daniel Zeevi
CEO & Founder
Lauren Mobertz
Managing Editor
Nathan Swartz
Director of Research
& Development
Matthew Lisiak
CTO & Web Developer
Steven Hughes
Director of Marketing

53. May 2013: DashBurst Does the
Pittsburgh Comic Arts Festival

54. Milestones
May 2013:
Article Hits
the Front Page
of Reddit
Aug 2013:
Reached 400K Unique
Visitors Per Month
June 2013:
Presentation Gets
Featured on
SlideShare with Over
124K Views
March 2013:
Social Network
Beta Released
Privately –
Registration
Opened
July 2013:
The Bookmark
My Tabs
Chrome
Extension is
Released
Dec 2013:
Stay Tuned
for the
Launch of
the DashBurst
Social
Network!Check it Out!

55. Dec 2013: The DashBurst
Social Network Launch
Sign up here at: http://dashburst.com/signup/

56. The Game is Just Getting Started

57. What’s Next?
California in Early 2014?
See you then 

58. Thanks
3, 24, 35. He never stops thinking by IamNotUnique
http://www.flickr.com/photos/villify/9336326876/
4. Downtown of Pittsburgh (view from Mount Washington) by Pavel Ko
http://www.flickr.com/photos/_pavel_/4244455577/
6. Broken Connection
http://bit.ly/1fbjxra
15. Botstuff Cleanout Blowout Thing '07 by Michael Vroegrop
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vrogy/2133621790/
16. The Neverending Risk game in AT by Aaron Brown
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dietpoison/94326793/
18. Pittsburgh Skyline by Joseph a
http://www.flickr.com/photos/josepha/7057315949/
19. City of Pittsburgh by alliser
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alliser/2708460773/
20. Pittsburgh Bridge by Adam Gerard
http://www.flickr.com/photos/voteprime/343604037/
Daniel Zeevi
#MyStartupStory
Dashburst.com
33. WEEI radio broadcast by the Boston Public Library
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/8536518123/
37. Construction Workers by Matthew Niemi
http://bit.ly/16rqBpB
38. Emptiness: The Magic Trick, magician & assistant by Wonderlane
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wonderlane/7923402476/
42. Pittsburgh Reg Mtg Aug 09 by Tom Hamilton
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27745117@N00/3846218776/
55. Mount Washington, Pittsburgh by Hidden Peanuts
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hiddenpeanuts/15128856/
56. PNC Park, section 318, row H by William F. Yurasko
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfyurasko/8711740461/
57. Los Angeles Skyline from East LA. By Keith Skelton
http://www.flickr.com/photos/keithskeltonphoto/4107550877/