User:Tylerfonda

Tyler Fonda. I am a tactical entrepreneur, reader and strategist. I am a Poli Sci major from Colgate who has spent the past few years (I’ve got my Malcom Gladwelll, 10,000 hrs under of study my belt) working to understand Internet enabled media. I believe the next evolution of commerce is the being outlined by folks like Kevin Kelly, Chris Anderson and Umair Haque. My thoughts on things can be found on my blog, You, Me and My API. The collection of my online contributions can be found here.

I'm currently a Senior Planner at Young & Rubicam. Previous to my time at Y&R I founded three companies that reflect the evolution: PlansForUs, Sympact and Bandwith. PlansForUs was built to end the content monopoly of educational publishers by empowering teachers to efficiently share their knowledge. Sympact is actively working to make the marketers dream of one advertisement for one person at one time a functional reality. Bandwith is a music technology company that helps bands harness the huge amount of available data on the Internet to maximize the value of their fan relationships.

Lately I've been helping a bit with the launch of Groop.ly which is real time group communications for all devices. Basically, it's make group chat possible no matter your device or technical proficiency. Super cool.