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James Currier
CEO, Tickle.com
SVP Consumer, Monster.com
In 1999, Currier founded Tickle, a 70-person online (social) media company in San Francisco where he serves as president. Through Tickle’s self-assessment tests, social networking and matchmaking services, 50 million Tickle members have answered over 7 billion questions. Some 50,000 new members join daily and the company has been profitable for nine consecutive quarters..com acquired Tickle in May 2004.
Previously Currier was a Battery Ventures associate, where, in 1994, he became an early website developer and investor. Prior to Battery, he worked at Hong Kong’s STAR TV, Asia’s satellite television broadcasting company.After graduating Princeton in 1990, he joined GTE New Ventures in Los Angeles, developing and funding broadband applications for the entertainment industry.
Outside of work, Currier has founded Richter Scales a 15-person San Francisco-based a-cappella singing group. He has hosted a TV show in Boston called High Tech Fever and sailed across both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.