My Yearbook Launches - Yearbook World Frightened

Two High School Students Launch Fast-growing myYearbook.com Brother and sister high school duo spread myYearbook.com from one high school to 100,000 students in just one month.

Princeton, NJ (PRWEB) October 9, 2005 -- On April 18, 2005, myYearbook launched, setting off a rash of yearbook burning parties from New Jersey to the Carolinas to California and the Pacific Northwest.

"myYearbook is scary," said co-founders David, 16, & Catherine, 15. "In 6 months, yearbooks will be obsolete. In 12 months, myYearbook will be the number one way to make friends and keep track of them forever. In 18 months, myYearbook will replace real life, and everyone will consider it an improvement."

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Two High School Students Launch Fast-growing myYearbook.com
Brother and sister high school duo spread myYearbook.com from 1 high school to 100,000 students in just one month.

PRINCETON, NJ - Just in time for back to school, 2 high school students -- David & Catherine -- launched myYearbook.com. The site began in just their high school, and spread like wildfire.

With thousands of users being added, myYearbook is on pace to add 100,000 high school members in September 2005, its first full month since expanding to all high schools.

The brother and sister team have been astonished by the success of the site. "We started it in just our school, and soon just about everyone had signed up," says co-founder Catherine, age 15. "Now, people shout 'myYearbook!' as I pass them in the hall. I check my email and I have a 1,000 new friends. People have even started dating because of myYearbook. It's basically revolutionized high school social life."

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myYearbook gives every student their own online "Yearbook" and "Locker." Students sign each others' yearbook, vote for classmates for Superlatives like "Best Butt" or "Most Likely to Be on Apprentice," and share music and pictures via their "Locker."

The site also enables students to Flirt, Bully, and Secretly Admire each other at the click of a button. Users may also enter their classes to share homework and study guides with just people in their class.

"People really like to Bully each other for some reason. I also get people telling me that they started going out because they both Secretly Admired each other," says cofounder, David, a senior.

The 2 young entrepreneurs have big plans. "In 12 months, printed yearbooks will be obsolete," Dave predicts. "I can't believe this is 2005 and yearbooks are still basically the same as our parents."

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The idea came naturally. "We were flipping through a yearbook when we had the idea. Catherine scribbled 'myYearbook' on a notebook and put smiley faces in the O's - now that's our logo."

The 2 founders have been in talks with investors and music labels, receiving help from their older brother, Geoff, a self-made multimillionaire at age 24. He founded his business at Harvard.

David & Catherine think they can one up him by making their first million in high school.

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