Scott Purcell

Scott Purcell was the founder of Epoch Networks, which was the fourth commercial internet backbone ever,^{[citation needed]} raised in excess of $100 million in venture capital and was at one time was the largest privately-held internet service provider in the United States.^{[citation needed]} He also served as a Board Member of the internet industry associations trade group, CIX the Commercial Internet eXchange. In the formative years of the industry he was appointed by CIX to serve as the government liaison, working with the Clinton administration and the FCC on a variety of internet and telecom related legislation and issues.

In September, 1999, he founded OnAir Streaming Networks, a music streaming and downloading company. Raising $44 million in venture capital the firm created technology and platforms for Sony, Universal Music, and other major recording labels. At this time he also accepted an appointment from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to consult on internet copyrights and represent the industry before the United States Congress.

The stock market crash of 2001 and the bursting of the dot-com bubble created an impossible funding environment and OnAir was sold to Loudeye in Seattle.^{[citation needed]} The crash also nearly wiped Mr Purcell out financially, as he had invested heavily in internet firms, both public and private as an angel investor.^{[citation needed]}

In February 2002 he founded Applied Search Technologies, later renamed Browsercast, to create search engines and monetization opportunities for non-profit businesses such as Make-a-Wish Foundation, NRA, Rock The Vote, Bible.com, and others. In 2006 Browsercast acquired Grant Media from Match.com founder and Sex.com owner Gary Kremen, with Gary becoming a partner in Browsercast.

In April, 2006, he launched WebBiographies, a social networking service for people interested in genealogy, biography and memoir writing, and building family trees.

In July 2007 he launched Kasidie.com, a social networking service and adult dating site for open-minded, sexually adventurous couples, aka swingers. Kasidie has grown rapidly to become the fourth largest site focusing on this niche of 50 million people, targeting the segment leader Adult Friend Finder.^{[citation needed]}

He has a B.S. from University of Southern California and an executive Masters of Entrepreneurship from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr Purcell is married, with no children and currently lives in Las Vegas.

References

• Rocky Mountain News: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/tech/article/0,2777,DRMN_23910_4626191,00.html
• CrunchBase: http://www.crunchbase.com/person/scott-purcell
• Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/scott-purcell/2/277/779