Kerpoof Acquired By Disney
Congrats to all my friends at Kerpoof – it was announced a few weeks ago that Kerpoof was acquired by Disney . Krista Marks – the CEO and co-founder – emailed me the Kerpoof mouse ears photo which inspired me to blog about them. It’s another great example of a local Boulder software / Internet company that had a passion, made something happen, and had a great exit. I met Krista and her co-founders at a CSIA event and then again while they were gearing up for the 2007 TechCrunch 40 . I gave them feedback on their presentation, started playing around with Kerpoof, and decided that Krista was a star. They weren’t raising money at the time (they were self funded through consulting work they were doing while building out their service) so I gave them feedback whenever they asked and stayed close to them. I encouraged Krista to have Kerpoof join the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado – which they did. ...