We’re stoked to have a leader in the field of location based social networking applications presenting and participating in the 2011 Snowcial conference. Josh Williams is CEO of Gowalla, an application that lets us socialize around travel, sightseeing and exploring new places.
Mr. Williams will be sharing his ideas on how location based social networks can change how we interact around the real world.
UPDATED 12/29/2010
Where Are We Going?
While much is being made of the marketing impact of today’s generation of location-based services, there is a bigger story that lies beneath the surface — one where social, mobile and location come together to unlock an extraordinary new way of interacting with our friends and the world around us. This will be a thought provoking look at the growing industry of location-based services and how they are fusing mobile and social interactions into one.
About Josh Williams
Josh Williams is CEO and co-founder of Gowalla, a mobile and Web service that gives people around the world a new way to communicate and express themselves through the everyday places and extraordinary settings they enjoy. Gowalla empowers everyone to capture and share their journey as they go while following the happenings of family and friends. Josh is responsible for building and growing the business while leading the product design team. Gowalla was launched in 2009 and is backed by notable investors including Greylock Partners, Alsop-Louie Partners, Founders Fund, and other prominent angel investors.
Josh has a long history of entrepreneurial pursuits and successful businesses. Prior to Gowalla, Josh founded Blinksale, one of the first online invoicing services for small businesses, which was acquired by Doublewide Labs in 2009. Concurrently to Blinksale, Josh started Alamofire, the producer of PackRat, a pioneering collectible card game on Facebook. Previously, Josh was founder and principal at Firewheel Design from 2001-2008, a preeminent UI-design consultancy specializing in interface and icon design for desktop, mobile and web, where his clients included Microsoft, Samsung, Hewlett Packard, Thompson Reuters and Causes.
Josh is a self-taught designer and artist who has been creating online for over 15 years. Josh loves mid-century modern design, architecture, skiing, snowboarding and longboarding. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and two young daughters.
We’re stoked to get the chance to learn from, mingle and shred with Josh Williams this January at Snowcial. .
-Mike
