As summer is nearly over, it is time for me to return to college. Sam introduced me in his “Thank You” post, but for those of you who missed it or didn’t read that one, my name is Steve Preefer and I’ve been manning the ship as Workstreamer’s community manager for the summer. It’s been a great experience working with and learning from Sam Huleatt and Ben Schippers, our co-founders and CEO’s. The life of a startup company is really fun and interesting, especially once you consider the macro-trends in web 2.0.

Workstreamer is currently working out of Brooklyn Heights and we have a small, cozy office. Although I don’t have significant work experience, this environment is much more relaxed than anything I’ve ever seen and we still finish everything we need to. The life of a startup entrepreneur is fantastic and it’s easy to see why web 2.0 is a burgeoning business.

I’ve really enjoyed my time here and want to thank Ben and Sam for the opportunity. It’s been a fun summer guys, thanks! I also want to thank our loyal Workstreamer blog readers. Hopefully those of you who believe in our product will help us take off and make Workstreamer the next big company on the internet. Thanks.

Steve

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By Stowe Boyd, Lead Designer

I was in New Delhi for almost a week, and it was — on one level — an assault on the senses. The zig-zag driving, with endless honking of horns, and a streaming chaos of bikes, pedicabs, motorscooters, cars, trucks, and semi-immobile sacred cows makes for a harrowing experience.

But I wasn’t visiting Delhi for a vacation: I was there with my partners in Workstreamr, Ben Schippers and Sam Huleatt, to kick off the engineering development on the product, which will be the first real workstreaming application. We are working with Global Logic’s newly formed Version 1.0 group, and the progress we are making is extraordinary. We have been working with Saumitri Chaudhury of Global Logic for several months on the conceptual design, and he has become an invaluable partner, especially to me, in my role as designer. Workstreamr is truly my baby, but the Global Logic folks are doing a great job of playing midwife. An amazing bunch, and the level of their expertise will be obvious when we roll out the beta in a few months. They showed me the first working demo on the first day of our meetings: wow. It took my breath away.

We also overlapped with Global Logic’s first annual Partner’s Conference, where I met several dozen partners and the executives from Global Logic.

Here’s Peter Harrison, the CEO, who I have known over five years. I first worked with Global Logic — then known as Indus Logic — in 2001, when the company was only 16 employees: it is now almost 3000. Peter announced raising another venture round of $30M from a groups of firms, including Sequoia and Draper Atlantic. Lots of growth ahead.

While New Delhi challenged me in very fundamental ways, there is a dynamic explosive feeling there. I can understand why Peter said to me at the party that he considered moving to New Delhi, to be right there in the center of that economic revolution.

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