Derek Labian, CEO of MediaFire Talks Accessing Your Media Anytime, from Anywhere on Any Device – HGG177
Summary: Derek Labian from http://MediaFire.com (https://twitter.com/MediaFire) joins Jim (@jcollison) for show #177 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network, part of http://thegeeksnetwork.com/ community. On this episode, we get to know Derek a bit, ask about the formation of MediaFire, cover the current offerings that MediaFire has for cloud storage, look at what 1TB of storage actually means for the average consumer and look at what is coming in the future for MediaFire. Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: http://theAverageGuy.tv/amazon Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live or call in your questions or comments to be played on the show at(402) 478-8450 Listen Mobile: http://mediafire.com Derek Labian oversees the strategic and engineering direction of the Houston-based cloud services company. Co-Founding the company in 2006, Labian architected the site from the ground up designing, implementing and managing most of the technical components. Pursuing a nascent internet startup at the age of 16, Labian has over 15 years of experience at technology startups and large technology corporations. He has a passion for technology, a winning record and a key sense of how to engineer a successful startup. Prior to co-founding MediaFire, Labian served as the President and CEO of the FileFront companies and the Vice President and General Manager, FileFront with Ziff Davis Media Company Background Founded August 2006 in The Woodlands, TX Employees: 78 CEO: Derek Labian $2.55M Self-Funded and Privately Owned MediaFire Facts at a Glance 37 million active registered users and growing 1.3 billion unique visitors in 2012 Over 12 million daily visitors Premium customers in 230 countries Home Server Show Meetup in Indy - Sep 20 - register http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/7748-meetup-2014-registration-and-info/ LastPass Trial for Enterprise - http://theaverageguy.tv/lastpasstria Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theAverageGuyTV Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ If you’d like to subscribe to the show, click on to update your iTunes library, or for other Podcast downloading applications, please click on the RSS Feedand pick your Pod Catcher of choice! Or, you can now stream the show online at Stitcher.com at http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22271 Jim’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/jcollison Contact the show at podcast@theaverageguy.tv Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ Find this and other great Podcasts from the Average Guy Network at http://theaverageguy.tv Some links may contain affiliate codes that benefit the Average Guy Podcast Network.
