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Eric Leebow

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

Throughout my college years, I would always think about this idea and ponder, there's got to be a better way to connect people on a college or university campus. It would be more private, community-oriented. It would be through the photos, because I would look at the photos and the pictures on the wall in the gymnasium.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

I would look at those pictures on the wall, and I'd say, wouldn't it be interesting if someday we can have some sort of bubble chat where people can communicate in these photos? This was before a lot of the social networking sites even existed. And I had a different concept and different ideologies and thoughts and theories that people are connected through these photos.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

I would look at those pictures on the wall, and I'd say, wouldn't it be interesting if someday we can have some sort of bubble chat where people can communicate in these photos? This was before a lot of the social networking sites even existed. And I had a different concept and different ideologies and thoughts and theories that people are connected through these photos.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

I would look at those pictures on the wall, and I'd say, wouldn't it be interesting if someday we can have some sort of bubble chat where people can communicate in these photos? This was before a lot of the social networking sites even existed. And I had a different concept and different ideologies and thoughts and theories that people are connected through these photos.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

And I was thinking about more ways to connect people and not just photos, but crowds. We're in crowds through classroom crowds or we're in crowds through our groups and whatnot. Some of these ideas may seem like they were sci-fi at the time. I remember my mother coming home to hand me something from Radio Shack, which was a QCAT. And that was somewhat similar to my original kind of concept.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

And I was thinking about more ways to connect people and not just photos, but crowds. We're in crowds through classroom crowds or we're in crowds through our groups and whatnot. Some of these ideas may seem like they were sci-fi at the time. I remember my mother coming home to hand me something from Radio Shack, which was a QCAT. And that was somewhat similar to my original kind of concept.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

And I was thinking about more ways to connect people and not just photos, but crowds. We're in crowds through classroom crowds or we're in crowds through our groups and whatnot. Some of these ideas may seem like they were sci-fi at the time. I remember my mother coming home to hand me something from Radio Shack, which was a QCAT. And that was somewhat similar to my original kind of concept.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

I want to make some sort of game controller that would interact with the actual picture book that would warp someone like in a video game from the picture book to the actual profile page of the person where they can interact with that person and somehow connect with that person on the other end. I didn't feel comfortable telling it to a lot of friends because I didn't know how to build the QCAT.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

I want to make some sort of game controller that would interact with the actual picture book that would warp someone like in a video game from the picture book to the actual profile page of the person where they can interact with that person and somehow connect with that person on the other end. I didn't feel comfortable telling it to a lot of friends because I didn't know how to build the QCAT.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

I want to make some sort of game controller that would interact with the actual picture book that would warp someone like in a video game from the picture book to the actual profile page of the person where they can interact with that person and somehow connect with that person on the other end. I didn't feel comfortable telling it to a lot of friends because I didn't know how to build the QCAT.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

However, this is like pre-mobile phones popularity and they weren't ubiquitous. So I thought there's got to be a better way to do it. And over time, I threw out the game controller idea and worked towards actually launching the site.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

However, this is like pre-mobile phones popularity and they weren't ubiquitous. So I thought there's got to be a better way to do it. And over time, I threw out the game controller idea and worked towards actually launching the site.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

However, this is like pre-mobile phones popularity and they weren't ubiquitous. So I thought there's got to be a better way to do it. And over time, I threw out the game controller idea and worked towards actually launching the site.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

We had some struggles getting it up and running, but sat back and said, this is something that really needs to be done because there's a really strong need for a college connection with people that you have on your campus. That's where Freeze Crowd essentially serves its purpose, where you have this platform where you can break the ice and connect with people on the other end.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

We had some struggles getting it up and running, but sat back and said, this is something that really needs to be done because there's a really strong need for a college connection with people that you have on your campus. That's where Freeze Crowd essentially serves its purpose, where you have this platform where you can break the ice and connect with people on the other end.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

We had some struggles getting it up and running, but sat back and said, this is something that really needs to be done because there's a really strong need for a college connection with people that you have on your campus. That's where Freeze Crowd essentially serves its purpose, where you have this platform where you can break the ice and connect with people on the other end.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

And people feel appreciated when they actually have someone they can connect with. So we hope people graduate, obviously, and they can come back to Freeze Crowd as a place where they can connect with their college and university community.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

And people feel appreciated when they actually have someone they can connect with. So we hope people graduate, obviously, and they can come back to Freeze Crowd as a place where they can connect with their college and university community.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

And people feel appreciated when they actually have someone they can connect with. So we hope people graduate, obviously, and they can come back to Freeze Crowd as a place where they can connect with their college and university community.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 Bonus: Eric Leebow, FreezeCrowd

We actually launched something in 2009 and the reality is they had to shut it down because it wasn't working perfectly. And it was very challenging for me because we had a lot of room for improvement and there were certain things that I wanted to do that would ameliorate the platform in some ways that would make it like no other. The first MVP, I should say, was working back then.