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Description
Tickle, Inc. is the leading interpersonal media company, providing self-discovery, and social networking services to more than 17 million active members worldwide.

Founders’ Mission
Connecting people through fun and science.

Tickle Service
Tickle offers a comprehensive set of tests, features, and services: self-discovery and networking — which help you leverage your personal and professional relationships, in a fun, useful and familiar environment.

This environment provides a safe place for members to receive deep, rich and meaningful information that connects them with others.

Tickle’s Audience
Tickle's members range in age from 18 - 55+, more than 65% of whom are women.

Tickle’s Partners and Advertisers
Tickle's customers include many Fortune 500 brands and consumer product companies. Advertising sponsors include Gillette, Pepsi, Procter and Gamble, Southern Comfort, Unilever, Visa, Volkswagon and Yahoo!

Revenue Model
Tickle has been profitable for the past seven quarters. Tickle has a combination of fees paid by consumers with credit cards and advertising sponsorships.

Management Team

Tickle Inc. was acquired by Monster Worldwide in May 2004 and is a part of the overall Monster network. The company's original backers include August Capital as well as leaders in consumer advocacy, media, consumer research and technology. Tickle's methods are built on over 80 years of consumer science research developed at Harvard, Yale, Duke, Northeastern, Washington University in St. Louis, SUNY at Albany, and The University of Kansas.

Tickle's management team consists of Internet veterans and former venture capitalists who have helped create a vision and proprietary technology that goes far beyond typical networking start-ups. The team includes:

      Anne Dwane, Senior Vice President, Monster Affinity Networks
      David Steinberger, Vice President and General Manager
         Formerly of Macromedia, CompareNet, & CMP
      Maria Szymanek, Senior Director Finance
      Dr. Jennifer Bruning Brown, Research Psychologist, Tickle Inc.

Corporate Office
Tickle Media Company
222 Sutter Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
(415) 946-5000