社交網站MeetMe （前MyYearbook）

創始人：凱瑟琳?庫克

年齡：22歲

學校：喬治城大學

畢業時間：2011年

????庫克在上中學時轉學到一個新校區，隨后，就和她的哥哥冒出了一個想法，何不建立一個網站，方便人們（在網上）結交新朋友。Facebook將人們和熟人連結起來，MeetMe卻把人們和陌生人聯系在一起；它類似于一個約會網站，但沒有羅曼蒂克色彩。想到這個點子是在2005年，當時庫克只有15歲，等到進入喬治城大學（Georgetown University）就讀時，她已經一手打造了myYearbook網站。2011年，就在庫克畢業后，Quepasa Corporation以1億美元收購了myYearbook。

????下一步？庫克仍在為自己的公司（現已更名為MeetMe）工作，她喜歡辦公室氛圍。“常常我進到辦公室，看到我所有的東西都被翻得亂七八糟，”她大笑著說。“我們喜歡在辦公室里搞惡作劇。”創意環境讓庫克不斷思考，現在她將大量的精力花在移動業務上，希望能打造一個平臺，讓人們能在地鐵站臺上或在星巴克（Starbucks）排隊時彼此邂逅。

MeetMe (formerly MyYearbook)

Founder(s): Catherine Cook

Age: 22

School: Georgetown University

Graduation: 2011

????After a move to a new school district during their high school years, Cook and her brother were inspired to create a website that makes it easy to make new friends -- online. Facebook connects you with people you know while MeetMe connects you with people you have never met; it's similar to a dating website, sans romantic intentions. Though the idea was conceived in 2005—when Cook was she just 15—she nursed the site during her time at Georgetown University. In 2011, just after Cook's graduation, myYearbook was purchased by Quepasa Corporation for $100 million.

????Up next? Cook still works for her company, which has been rebranded MeetMe, and she loves the office environment. "It's fairly common that I'll come into my office and see all of my things flipped upside down," she laughs. "We like to play pranks in the office." The creative environment keeps Cook thinking. Working heavily on mobile, she hopes to build a platform that allows people to meet while standing on a subway platform—or waiting in line at Starbucks.