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Hot Potato

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Hot Potato connects friends and fans around live events.

We’re building tools for real-time social collaboration amongst groups who share an interest in any event or experience as it’s happening.

Whether checking in, recording your perspective, or just enjoying others contributions, it’s more fun to participate in events with Hot Potato.

Recent Milestones

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  Hot Potato — Hot Potato Acquired by Facebook. (8/20/10)
  Posted 8/20/10 at 11:15am via hotpotato.com
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  Hot Potato was acquired by Facebook for $10M. (7/28/10)
  Posted 3/24/13 at 6:47pm via techcrunch.com
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  Hot Potato received $1.42M in Series A funding. (11/25/09)
  Posted 10/26/09 at 8:36am via thealarmclock.com
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  Hot Potato added Saadiq Rodgers-King as Founder. (6/1/09)
  Posted 3/22/10 at 7:34am
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  Hot Potato added Justin Shaffer as Founder and CEO. (10/1/08)
  Posted 11/5/09 at 4:49pm
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  Hot Potato added Michael Karnjanaprakorn as Product.
  Posted 7/26/10 at 4:55pm
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  Hot Potato added William Peng as Product Designer, Mobile Lead.
  Posted 7/26/10 at 4:55pm
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  Hot Potato added Jace Cooke as Founder.
  Posted 7/27/10 at 7:43pm

Videos

Screenshots

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Above: Home Page
Uploaded: 3/16/10

Sources

1. Facebook To Pay $10 Million Cash For Hot Potato, Says Source (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Hot Potato Raises $1.42 For Event Social Networking (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
We’ve Moved to Facebook (blog.hotpotato.com) [edit]