We had a little bit of funding at launch, mostly from angel investors. Brad and I incubated it inside my dadвЂ™s company until May 2012, when we spun it out on our own. When Brad and I were working for my dad at his company, DIC Entertainment, we started becoming frustrated with the lack of authenticity on Facebook, so we tinkered around with the idea of Whisper. OPEN Forum recently spoke with Heyward to hear about the early days of Whisper, how the company competes for tech talent and how the app is saving lives. The company, which has more than 40 employees, is based near the boardwalk in Venice, California.

Since then, the partners have attracted a reported $60 million in funding. Heyward and his co-founder, longtime colleague and friend Brad Brooks, launched the app in 2012. вЂњWhisper was designed to give people a place to share things that they normally wouldnвЂ™t have an outlet for.вЂќ (The app is similar to the now-defunct PostSecret.) вЂњFacebook is very much ego-based content itвЂ™s all about вЂLook at me! Let me show you how great my life is!вЂ™вЂќ Heyward says. Whisper is the brainchild of Michael Heyward, a 20-something techie who was tired of the lack of authenticity on Facebook and saw a gap in the market. вЂњWhenever IвЂ™m on a train, I like to look out the window and cry a little so I can fee like IвЂ™m in a Lifetime movie.вЂќ вЂњI work in a pet shop and secretly let all the hamsters free.вЂќ вЂњOrange is the New Black has made me question my sexuality.вЂќ вЂњI didnвЂ™t get dressed until 3pm today вЂ¦ IвЂ™m okay with that.вЂќ So what exactly are people posting on Whisper? Here are a few examples: Just like Facebook, users can also interact with each other by replying to posts. Just create a user name (not your real name), and you can post anything youвЂ™re thinking about the app will furnish a related illustration or photo to be featured as the backdrop to your words. How popular? According to the company, the site attracts more than 6 billion page views per month. ItвЂ™s called Whisper, and the site and its accompanying app are insanely popular. For many of us, Facebook functions as a billboard for all the wonderful things in our lives-the pregnancies, marriage proposals, vacations, babies and shameless work brags.Д«ut what about the thoughts that we're too afraid or embarrassed or ashamed or nervous to share? WouldnвЂ™t it be great if there were an anonymous social network where we could say whatever we wanted, without the fear of tarnishing our image?

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