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{ Wednesday, July 30, 2008 }

Joining Hunch

After hanging up my purple and yellow cleats, dodging some headhunters, taking a brief vacation, hanging out at some very hot board meetings and pondering the future of social software, it was fairly obvious that I was going to have to do another something. I've also inherited the Protestant Work Ethic on my father's side, and the Immigrant Work Ethic on my mother's side. I can't help it. I'm really bad at relaxing.

What to do about this? I am joining NY-based Hunch as Chief Product Officer, board member, and resident Facebook app skeptic. It's a fulltime gig, and my primary focus. I'm happy as the first bird of springtime about it.

In the time honored tradition of my various work announcements, a Mini-FAQ:

Are you moving to New York? No, but I will be spending a lot of time there, while still living in SF.
Can I see the product? Not yet, but soon -- sign up to be invited in the fall.
What is Hunch? Well, as you might assume, it is a consumer internet application, it will have a lot of user participation, and it is more than a little fun. Beyond that, we're still making it up.
Will you be working with Stewart? No, he's currently weighing various metallurgical opportunities.
How is it that you've got such good skin? Moisturizer after every shower, infrequent suntans, and heredity. Also that picture on the upper left was taken in 2001. I don't look like that any more.
What with this, and a small baby, garden care, moisturizing after every shower, guitar noodling and writing The Great American Novel, when do you sleep? I don't.

LINK | 6:40 PM | TB

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{ COMMENTS }

Yay! Congrats!

Marc Hedlund | July 30, 2008 8:04 PM

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Ooh, congratulations! I have no clue what Hunch will be doing, but it's bound to be quite interesting. Also, I'm still very much looking forward to that Great American Novel :-)

marrije | July 30, 2008 9:22 PM

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Congrats! Glad you hear you found something so tempting. Can't wait to find out what you're up to.

William Pietri | July 30, 2008 9:42 PM

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Caterina,

Congratulations, I'm so happy for you! Can't wait to hear more about Hunch, but with you on board, there's no doubt that it is going to be great!

Dave

David Sifry | July 30, 2008 9:43 PM

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wow. Cool. A new gig. Congrats Caterina. Looking forward to hearing more about the product.

Jeff Bonforte | July 30, 2008 10:01 PM

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Always a pleasure reading a big bright exciting entry here =)

In this business climate of me-toos and the gimmie-gimmie I'm profoundly thrilled you've found something you are so excited about!

Rock it!

Ted R. | July 30, 2008 10:54 PM

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i have a hunch this will work out just great, congrats! very excited for you and curious to learn more.

Daniel Raffel | July 30, 2008 11:21 PM

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Congrats to the Hunch team for getting you on board! Can't wait to see what you are up to.

"Do what you love, love what you do. You can do it forever..."

Manish Chandra | July 30, 2008 11:37 PM

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Definitely waiting to see what Hunch has in store!

techdude | July 30, 2008 11:39 PM

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Yay Cat!

Dathan Pattishall | July 31, 2008 12:24 AM

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Congratulations caterina,

I really hope that u will be doing fine at Hunch, i really wanted to thank u on the service that you have provided us at Flickr and hope that Hunch have the same Success.

Ahmed Samir
Co-founder
Tvosz.com

Ahmed Samir | July 31, 2008 1:10 AM

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Cool. Very curious what hunching will be about, though. I hope you got still time for a coffee? I'm away for a few days, back on the 7th.

Sascha | July 31, 2008 1:23 AM

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Caterina... its surprising to know that there was a woman behind the success of Flickr.

cliched line

Behind every successful man there is a woman & Behind every unsuccessful man there are more than one woman. lol

But I'm positive about your success.

Softwaremandi | July 31, 2008 2:34 AM

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Congrats! Enjoy the east coast energy--can't wait to see what Hunch truly is. Know you'll have real impact.

susan mernit | July 31, 2008 4:10 AM

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yes, it's too bad that air conditioners aren't usually handmade!

great post and all of us NY'ers are happy to have you around here more often

fred | July 31, 2008 4:43 AM

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Can't wait to see Hunch. Congrats :D

Chip | July 31, 2008 5:01 AM

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Congratulations, I would love to invite you for the PICNIC female brainstorm camp.
http://www.picnicnetwork.org/page/22796/en

simone brummelhuis | July 31, 2008 5:48 AM

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have fun. kick ass.

(& remember to kiss the baby :)

dave mcclure | July 31, 2008 5:49 AM

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Congrats on the new gig, being bi-coastal has some advantages.

Mark Interrante | July 31, 2008 6:14 AM

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Yeah, those harmonizing Work Ethics can be killer, huh?

Have fun storming the castle!

Kent Brewster | July 31, 2008 6:43 AM

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Awesome! If you're spending time in NY, you need to come by and visit Gary V. and me!

Erik Kastner | July 31, 2008 7:51 AM

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Congratulations, sounds very intriguing. I'd love to hear more details on your scepticism too.

Kevin Marks | July 31, 2008 8:07 AM

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Yay! Congrats, so happy for you... lucky hunch! Now I have two extra friends to play with when visiting NYC (you and chad!)

Bradley Horowitz | July 31, 2008 8:18 AM

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Congratulations, Caterina! I love the sound of your new gig.

Tara Kirchner | July 31, 2008 8:58 AM

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Really looking forward to your next venture. Best of luck! (and NY kicks ass, and what a great name!)

j.fisher | July 31, 2008 9:05 AM

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Wow. This is great. Congrats. Hunch is going to be very cool. Already signed up.

Victor Caballero | July 31, 2008 9:05 AM

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onward! upward!

michael sippey | July 31, 2008 9:06 AM

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Congrats and Darn-it-all at the same time!

I really love that giddy blank slate, clay-yet-to-be-molded start-up stage. But you see after meeting you in Davos, I was actually mulling over a remote hope that I could somehow convince you to start my next company with me when you were ready to dive back in!

But that niggling disappointment aside, I'd love to hear you rant for a bit on why you are such a Facebook App skeptic...

I know you'll have fun!

cheers,
-P

Phillip Alvelda | July 31, 2008 9:42 AM

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Congrats. Drop a line when in our fair city...

Mark Hurst | July 31, 2008 9:46 AM

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Really Cool.
Congrats Caterina.
I'm looking forward to hearing more about the products

Sahibinden | July 31, 2008 9:46 AM

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Awesome~! I am signed up for any announcements as well.

Finiky | Kim | July 31, 2008 10:48 AM

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congrats caterina!

kareem | July 31, 2008 12:14 PM

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congrats on the new gig! i'm looking forward to learning more about hunch...

...and "inquiring minds" (uhm, that would be me) want to know if there's a way to use hunch in an online education setting?!

;-D

cheers!

Derek Baird | July 31, 2008 12:26 PM

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yay us!

when ever you do this, we all win!

(congrats, best wishes and we'll be watching!

j david | July 31, 2008 12:48 PM

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Congratulations on the new job. Hunch sounds interesting.

Walter Higgins | July 31, 2008 12:53 PM

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Hooray! Can't wait to see your aesthetic influence on the site- your strategic and other creative prowess' aside.

BTW- tell Stewart that I just did a fabulous workshop at TinMan Tech, http://www.tinmantech.com

In the woods, middle of absolute nowhere in the Sierras, no Internet, amazing home cooking by his wife, and a great metallurgic experience that I hope will be a springboard for my own career in fire-spitting metal corsetry. Teh Internet is starting to kinda bore me...

nina | July 31, 2008 5:02 PM

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Congratulations! and wishing u all the best in your new role!

I have registered my email address with Hunch, hope you make something interesting and not just another social networking site.

Balaji | July 31, 2008 9:47 PM

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Congrats to Hunch for landing you! Be safe when in NY. Hope to see you again.

duke | August 1, 2008 6:03 AM

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thank you

evden eve nakliyat | August 4, 2008 4:14 AM

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