TogetherWeb Inc. was founded in late 1999 by three Georgia Tech alumni,
Rick
Hargett, Kirk Bauer and
Bill Thomasson. We
knew each other through our common hobby of Skydiving. TogetherWeb provided
online customer service software that allowed customer service representatives
to see exactly what an online customer was looking at (syncing browsers),
actually browse with a customer through a sale or to the correct information,
and interact with the customer through online chat. TogetherWeb joined the
ATDC* as an emerging technology company in 2000.
Click here to browse an archived version of
the TogetherWeb.com website
*ATDC = Advanced Technology Development Center, a not for profit technology
incubator on the Georgia Tech campus. Companies such as Mindspring (merged
with Earthlink) have come out of the ATDC.
Click Here for more
information about the ATDC.
SELECT TOGETHERWEB ARTICLES
Atlanta Business Chronicle Front Page - 8/14/2000
CNN Money - 9.21.2000
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Front Page Article, 9/8/2001
Tech Topics - Article in GT alumni publication, Fall 2000
ATDC Article - TogetherWeb CRM, 8/1/2001
VentureWire
- Small blurb on Proficient acquisition, 12/20/2001
...here's the article pulled from the print
version with pics (large file)
...Nick Downey, who was working with us
part time when we were indeed still in dorm rooms, gets his 15 minutes of fame
with this CNN article about "The Dormitory as the Launch Pad".
This front page AJC article profiled TogetherWeb as a startup company coping
with an economy on the downturn.
Funny story...
...and another from our early days -
6/15/2000
...and
another on the Proficient acquisition - 12/19/2001
...and
another on the successful merger - 4/29/2002
PICTURES
For many more TogetherWeb pictures, including the infamous
banner skydive,
please visit Kirk Bauer's
TogetherWeb page.
Click here to browse an archived version of
the TogetherWeb website hosted by
Stephen Wong.
Stephen, who was the TWeb web developer and graphics guy, among other things, is
simply awesome. Be sure and check out
Entertainment Insiders, Stephen's movie review and information site.
The two pictures below were taken by photographer Gary Meek at our offices at the
Advanced Technology Development Center on the
Georgia Tech campus.
TogetherWeb Team, Spring 2000 at our first makeshift office...
Left-to-Right: Nick Downey, Kirk Bauer, Bill Thomasson (sitting), Rick Hargett,
Jeff Jones, Jamie Graves. Stephen Wong had joined us by this time, but he
must have still been in class at GT at the time of the picture.
This makeshift office was a studio loft at Peachtree Lofts in midtown Atlanta.
This was something like 600 sq. ft. which includes a full kitchen and bathroom.
Things were cramped with seven of us working there! Thanks to Brian Atkins
for allowing us to use the space. Notice the desks made out of salvaged
solid core doors mounted on 4x4 posts and 2 drawer filing cabinets (the
deadbolt/doorknob holes make great wiring conduits). These make
great desks... I wish I could fit a 7' door in my current home office. I still have a couple of the doors in my garage.
photo
by Gary Meek
August 2001 |
Front- Rick Hargett Left- Jamie Graves Right-Kirk Bauer
Back-Bill Thomasson;
Notice those door desks again... The "next version release" Countdown clock
is on the
far wall (red numbers, ticking down). This was, as you can imagine, a favorite among
the TWeb developers.
George P. Burdell worked for a time at TogetherWeb. He had his own phone extension and
voicemail, but was very bad about returning phone calls. IBM was always
trying to get his attention...
photo
by Gary Meek
TogetherWeb Team, August 2001 |
Left-to-Right (back): David Scott, Jeni Raccuglia (sitting with our mascot,
Maya), Brian Ward, Chris Sidi, Stephen Wong, Mike Kirksey, Jim Dooley, Moshe
Jacobson, Jeff Jones. See above for the four guys in front.
From the
AJC, Atlanta Tech section
Kirk, Rick & Bill in our skydiving rigs