About
…us
Envisioning a service that helps people satisfy their basic need of discovery in a simple and efficient way, Andrei has designed and built the TasteKid recommendation engine. Since then, he has been loyal to this vision and constantly worked on improving, distributing and promoting the service. He has worked as a web developer at SoftHost, a Romanian software developing company and holds a BS in Computer Science from the Politehnica University of Bucharest. Andrei is passionate about TasteKid, is interested in trends and changes, likes to debate, to travel and loves his family and friends.
Ramesh Haridas, Chairman
Ramesh has been involved in entrepreneurial ventures for the last 10 years. He has started and successfully sold two internet companies. He is also an active investor in early stage internet companies. Some of the companies he has invested in include Blip.tv, iMedix, Mashery, Lookery, CPM Advisors, LilGreenPatch, Cooler Planet, Esaya, Zedo, Webchutney (sold stake to TV18), Grisoft (sold stake to Enterprise Investors), Bbmao and Mobitrans.net. Ramesh holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. He enjoys playing squash and listening to music from all over the world.
…TasteKid
TasteKid is a recommendation engine for music, movies and books. This whole blog is dedicated to this project, so I will keep this description short. Some information about this project, from Emmy’s point of view (Emmy is the girl-robot that stands as a mascot for this project, thus Emmy is the Taste Kid) can be found on the “Who are you” page.
… this blog
I decided to start this blog so I can tell the story of TasteKid. A sort of journal of Emmy’s life as a web application, this blog will try to capture the milestones, the problems encountered and the lessons learned during this period in which I’m taking care of this project. Last, but not least, I’m thinking a blog that follows a web start-up throughout its evolution, beginning with its first steps, may prove valuable for others trying to do the same thing, regardless of the specific type of their application and regardless of Taste Kid’s degree of success.
