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Twolia - Stuff by women. We have what you want.
June 16, 2009 - NYC - "I am thrilled to launch Twolia's BETA site today. It is a unique destination that inspires and celebrates the talents and achievements of women from around the world. We expect great things from our community, and are excited to watch their successes unfold." - Donna Meté
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Twolia is the brainchild of company founder & CEO, Donna Meté and is the culmination of several years work building an exciting destination that appeals to the thriving and innovative community of women artists and entrepreneurs.
Twolia is a fun and interactive, new site for actresses, independent musicians, filmmakers, entrepreneurs, and creative women seeking a stage for their creativity and accomplishments. Twolia champions women by presenting their talent, art and merchandise to an eager audience seeking a new online experience. The site’s features include the sale of music by independent female musicians, an online shopping mall, talent contests, television and film awards, a Screening Room with films produced or directed by women, blogs on a variety of topics, and a series of WebTV shows hosted by actresses everywhere.
Twolia provides its members with a personalized online sales and marketing platform, along with fully supported transaction processing to enable women to promote, sell, and distribute their products anywhere in the world. It is simple and free to create a Twolia membership account and members can upload, share and sell music, films and store items within minutes of creating an account.
You can follow Twolia on Twitter www.twitter.com/Twolia. Or, find us on Facebook at Twolia Musicians and Twolia Sellers, and MySpace http://www.myspace.com/twolia09.
You can follow Twolia on Twitter www.twitter.com/Twolia. Or, find us on Facebook at Twolia Musicians and Twolia Sellers, and MySpace http://www.myspace.com/twolia09.
For more information please contact our Customer Service Division.
TWOLIA'S FOUNDER
Donna Meté, Founder and CEO of Twolia, Inc. Donna launched her entrepreneurial career over 25 years ago. She founded one of the fastest growing, privately-held conference organizations within the U.S., and produced and sold the world’s largest tradeshow on Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods to New Hope Natural Media, a division of Penton Publishing. Donna's previous company identified major industry trends impacting businesses from around the world. Her team produced hundreds of events enabling CEO's and Business Development executives to effectively formulate and execute their game plans.
In 2009, Donna produced a documentary entitled "Stock Shock!" with Mohr Productions. STOCK SHOCK! tells the story of the rescue of SiriusXM, the plight of its committed shareholders and the alledged Wall Street market manipulations which may have contributed to the 2008 plunge of the stock market. She is the author and publisher of the book "On the Mend". A self-help survival guide for women healing a broken heart. On the Mend is scheduled to be released this Winter.
Donna's interest and expertise includes Trend Spotting, Marketing, Business Development, Operations and Start-ups. In her leisure time, Donna is engaged in human and animal rights, assisting others with business ventures, exploring the latest opinions in string theory and the quantum universe, or simply experimenting with the latest vegan recipe.
TWOLIA ADVISORS
Ben Bassi, CEO, CommonPlaces e-Solutions, LLC. Ben Bassi has been at the forefront of online innovation for almost two decades, specializing in bringing companies from the start-up phase through successful acquisitions and IPO’s, including YouthStream Media, FireFly Network, and Lycos. Throughout his career, the organizations Bassi oversaw have consistently delivered triple-digit revenue growth. While maintaining this high-level, he developed and managed strategic relationships with companies including Cisco Systems, Fidelity Investments, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Warner Music, Microsoft, Bertelsmann, Viacom, Netscape, and over 250 Universities. Bassi was also responsible for the negotiation and closing of an exclusive partnership with Chinese Ministry of Education. He graduated from SUNY Forestry at Syracuse University with a BS in Paper Science Engineering (Chemical Enginneering) and a minor in Computer Science.
Erika Faust has over 12 years of marketing and business development experience in digital media. Most recently, Faust was SVP Marketing at TheStreet.com where she was responsible for its integrated marketing. Before joining TheStreet, she led business development and operations for Court TV (now TruTV) Online. Faust started her digital career at iVillage.com where she was responsible for Marketing & Content Distribution. She has an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Radio/Television/Film from Northwestern University.
Christopher Golden, CPA – CEO, Keystone Business Group, LLC. Mr. Golden is a strategic finance specialist with over 25 years experience identifying viable growth companies and helping the CEO’s of those companies dramatically increase shareholder value. Through Keystone, Mr. Golden provides a combination of strategic financial planning, hands-on operational support and extensive corporate development services for internationally focused emerging technology companies. Mr. Golden has an extensive deal portfolio of complex international projects across a broad array of industry sectors; managed often in highly leveraged, fast-paced environments.
Rhoda Ingberman has over 12 years of successful experience in analyzing data for major web sites such as the Economist.com and providing key metrics for start-up websites to facilitate growth. She also brings the necessary experience to architect enterprise ready systems for large media companies. Rhoda is skilled in identifying traffic growth drivers, and providing senior executives with key metrics. She has extensive experience with preparing and presenting strategic analysis and has facilitated critical decision making and core strategy development at the chief executive level. Rhoda is an accomplished metrics and strategy executive with a solid history of providing analysis and traffic forecasts, and maximizing the effectiveness of marketing content.
Joseph LaManna, CEO, TriCap Technology Group Mr. LaManna is a founding member of TriCap and a specialist at positioning companies for top-line success. He joins TriCap with 20+ years in technology sales and business development experience with some of the best known names in the industry. After some time spent at Goldman Sachs’ commodities trading department, Mr. LaManna moved into technology sales, marketing and business development with a number of influential technology leaders including an impressive string of successes at NYNEX/Bell Atlantic, Register.com, DoubleClick’s TechSolutions Group, and International Barcode Corporation. Mr. LaManna earned a BBA degree in Marketing & Finance from Iona College and an MBA in Finance and International Business from the Stern School of Business at New York University.
Karen Rubin, Director of Project Management. Karen has a proven track record leading the Project Management teams and Content Management efforts for some of the world's top web 2.0 companies. Her experience includes the development of sites such as MainStreet.com, Stockpickr.com, as well as day to day development efforts on TheStreet.com and GiftCertificates.com. Karen has also managed the integration of project management teams at iVillage after their acquisition by NBC, and at Promotions.com after their acquisition by TheStreet.com. She's was instrumental in facilitating the integration of Promotions into the GiftCertificates.com workflow, including the implementation of new processes, training of clients and the assimilation of a new technical development team. Most recently Karen works for HubSpot, an internet marketing company whose visionary efforts have changed the nature of internet marketing for small and medium businesses, as a product owner on their development team.
Dan Rosenbaum, SEO Strategist. Dan specializes in big sites and big SEO problems. As the SEO lead at iVillage, he helped bring searchability to a site with millions of pages, active social media, and 30 million unique visitors a month. He also works with major e-commerce sites, helping them manage page sprawl that too often keeps users from buying. Rosenbaum is a pioneer in electronic publishing. His newsletter, Wiretap, was available (and profitable) online in 1985, and he's remained active in online publishing ever since, championing electronic media at Ziff Davis, CMP, Time Inc., Mecklermedia, Pennwell, and many other companies. As the Editor of NetGuide and the founding Editor-in-Chief of Internet Shopper magazine, he's an in-demand public speaker, presenting at numerous Comdex, Internet World, and Folio: shows. His many television appearances include Good Morning America, CNBC, Extra, and The f/x Morning Show, and he's been a frequent guest on CNN networks around the world.
