Who We AreWebs, now a Vistaprint company under Cimpress N.V, was founded by three brothers over 17 years ago with one goal in mind: to help people get online without technical skills or a big budget. And while our team of bright, talented people has continued to grow, and our office has expanded, that singular goal remains unchanged years later. Our team is passionate about our purpose, and obsessed with innovation. From the engineers who write the code, to the support team that's here to help you use it, everybody knows what we're here to do - and we have a lot of fun doing it.
What We DoWebs makes small business marketing simple. Whether you need to get online, want to engage your customers, or are ready to grow your business, our online marketing platform can help you reach your goals. Don't own a small business? Our features are powerful yet easy to use, so they're a great choice for personal users and non-profits too.
Build a professional website fast with beautiful, flexible templates and an intuitive drag-and-drop interface - no programming required. Get found using features like SEO Booster, and measure your traffic with Website Stats.
Vistaprint Acquires Webs for $117 MillionWebs was acquired by Vistaprint in 2011 for $117 Million in cash and stock so it's now a Vistaprint Co. Webs had earlier acquired Facebook Pages creator PageModo and lightweight CRM tool ContactMe. We now generate over $1 Billion in yearly revenue, oversee over 7000 employees and about 20 million customers.
Token Generation Event TimelinePresale: 18th June to 20th July 2018
Public Sale: 25th July to 31st Aug 2018
Token InformationToken Symbol: WBS
Token Classification: Utility Token
Token Platform: Ethereum
Token Standard: ERC- 20
Soft Cap: 5,000,000 USD
Hard Cap: 30,000,000 USD
Pre-sale Bonus: 20%
Token Price: 1 WBS = 0.0002 ETH
Token Supply: 5,000,000,000 WBS
Accepted Currencies: ETH
Minimum Investment: 0.1 ETH
*WBS allocated a security buffer in the amount of tokens allocated for distribution during the token generating event. Thus, we protect ourselves against price changes of Ethereum. We will only sell tokens worth $30,000,000. All tokens that we will not sell will be shared with all contributors, so in the end everybody will get more tokens than they bought. Also, the 35% on sale include bonuses and affiliate tokens.
WBS tokens will be used across the Webs platform for domain purchases as well as premium upgrades which include the Starter package; Great for Basic Sites, Enhanced Package; Perfect for Businesses and our most popular Pro Package; Ideal for Online Stores. WBS tokens will also be used on websites created on the Webs platform to accept payments.
Token DistributionThe generated tokens will be distributed among the following categories. Tokens reserved for the team are vested over a period of two years:
Public sale: 35%
Site Builder Advancement: 27%
Operations: 13%
Marketing: 10%
Team: 10%
Advisors: 5%
Use of ProceedsThe proceeds of the Token Generation Event are intended to be used for the following:
Marketing & Sales: 45%
Site Builder & SEO Booster Advancement: 37%
Operations: 15%
Legal: 3%
Development RoadmapThe following timeline displays the planned timeline for the development of the Webs platform
June 2018 - July 2018 : WBS Pre-sale
July 2018 - August 2018 : Public Sale
September 2018 - Listing of WBS tokens on major exchanges around the world
October 2018 - December 2018 : Integration of WBS on Webs sitebuilder platform, SEO Booster, Web Store & e-Commerce and Domain purchasing platform.
Q1 2019 : Release Beta : The release of Webs new platform with limited functionality
Q2 2019 : Webs new version will be fully released to the public. WBS tokens can now be fully used for transactions on the Webs platform.
TeamTrynka ShinemanCEO, Vistaprint, Webs Parent CompanyAs CEO, Trynka spends a lot of her time developing a deeper understanding of micro business owners and what they need, and then working with the organization to consistently evolve our e-commerce site, innovate our products, and create new tools that make the lives of our micro business owners easier so they can focus on continuing to make an impact.
Trynka oversees a company that has over 7,000 employees globally, over $1 billion in revenue, and about 20 million customers. She holds an MBA, Finance & Marketing from Columbia Business School and a BA in Psychology from Cornell University.
LinkedInHaroon MokhtarzadaChief ICO AdvisorMr. Haroon Mokhtarzada co-founded Webs, Inc. 2001 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Mokhtarzada serves as Vice President, Digital Innovation at Vistaprint. He also serves as a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners. Mr. Mokhtarzada is also an Advisor of Infusd, Inc. and LaunchBox Digital. He holds JD from Harvard Law School. He studied undergraduate degrees at the University of Maryland.
LinkedInZeki MokhtarzadaChief Technology AdvisorZeki Mokhtarzada is a technology innovator. At the height of the dot-com era in 1999, Zeki helped create the world’s first web-based operating system. The next year, Zeki and his brothers founded FreeWebs, a platform that offers digital marketing products to small businesses. He served as engineer, architect, and CTO overseeing all of the technology for the site, which eventually grew to serve tens of millions of visitors each month.
FreeWebs (later called Webs) was acquired by Vistaprint in 2011 and Zeki served as Lead Architect and Engineering Manager of Digital Products. Zeki is a co-founder of Truebill, a subscription management tool that helps consumers discover and cancel unwanted subscriptions. Zeki is also an advisor and investor to several early stage technology companies.
Zeki has publications in numerous scientific journals including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the field of computational neuroanatomy relating to the application of genetic algorithms and other AI techniques to the field of neuroscience.
LinkedInJeff Uller Sr. Director Vistaprint Finance & Decision AnalysisJeff is passionate about: - Driving P&L value - High quality analysis - Developing business insights - Developing people - Mentorship Specialties: Strategy, Business Planning, Marketing, Finance, Business Development, Product Management, Product Development and Engineerin.
He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA), Strategy & Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management and a BSE, Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan.
LinkedInJeremy PallaiDevelopment / Core (Team Leader)Experienced leader specializing in product management, innovation, and strategy.
He has spent the last decade at Vistaprint in a variety of roles and helping to grow revenue from ~$50MM to $1.5BN+. He's currently leading the Product and UX teams, focused on our customer design experience. He's also responsible for Hatchery, Vistaprint's innovation lab, which he founded in 2015.
LinkedInSarah Yellin NunesDirector, Marketing at Vistaprint, Webs Parent CompanyMarketing executive with deep expertise in both brand and direct response strategies across acquisition and retention channels. Highly strategic thinker grounded in the customer who leverages data to create robust and profitable marketing strategies. Proven record of building, leading, and motivating global teams to achieve results.
Specialties: Marketing, Content Marketing, Social Media, Brand Strategy, Performance Marketing, Strategy & Planning, Integrated Marketing Plans, Team management, Marketing Execution and Optimization, Public Relations, Research & Analysis, Relationship Management, Process Improvement, Sales.
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