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If you have an idea and 10 minutes, you can create
your own interactive Web site, thanks to Webs.com.
You don't need money, design skills or a contract
with a webmaster. That was the goal when brothers
Haroon, Zeki and Idris Mokhtarzada formed
FreeWebs (now Webs.com) in 2001…
Success Magazine, 8-10-2009
HourTown Rebrands to BookFresh; Debuts Fresh Look, Website and Partnership
SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - June 25, 2009) - HourTown today unveiled a new brand and
announced a strategic partnership with Webs.com. Now BookFresh, HourTown rebranded to
better reflect the company's service and mission of helping small
businesses harvest more customers with less overhead by enabling them …
Marketwire, 7-7-2009
Haroon Mokhtarzada, CEO Of Webs.com
Haroon Mokhtarzada, CEO Of Webs.com
SNW INTERVIEW -- Apr 4 -- Webs.com competes with Ning.com and Homestead.com. Here's my interview with Haroon Mokhtarzada, the CEO of Webs.com. - Mark Brooks
What is your background?
I studied economics at the University of Maryland. My brother, co-founder of Webs.com, was studying computer science there. That's how we started Webs.com; back then it was called Freewebs.…
Social Networking Watch, 4-4-2009
The World's First DIY Social Website Platform Releases Community Photo Application
Webs.com, the social publishing platform
that more than 20 million living websites call home, announced the release
of its next generation photo gallery application today.…
Marketwire, 3-23-2009
The Download: Navigating the Downturn
Washington's technology community is about to get another test.
It's only been a few years since the dot-com crash wiped out many of the area's high-flying telecom firms and Internet start-ups. And with the economy now facing another dramatic downturn, entrepreneurs and investors are once again bracing for tough times.…
Washington Post, 12-1-2008
Webs.com brings social media platform to FreeWebs
By Allan Maurer
SILVER SPRING, MD; It started in 2001 like many other Internet stories, with two brothers, $2,000, a server in a closet and the goal of creating a Web building service simple enough for their mother to use called FreeWebs.…
TechJournal South, 11-21-2008
FreeWebs Rebrands to Webs; Launches New Platform
Written by Allen Stern - November 18, 2008
Earlier this month I spoke with FreeWebs CEO & Co-Founder Haroon Mokhtarzada about how FreeWebs was doing and what updates were in the pipeline. The first bit of news that Haroon shared was that they planned to rebrand the site into Webs.com. Webs began operations in 2001 and raised a round of funding in 2006. Haroon shared that the company has 30 million monthly unique visitors and 20,000 new site signups each day.…
CenterNetworks, 11-18-2008
3 Minute Interview: Haroon Mokhtarzada
In 2001, Haroon Mokhtarzada and his brothers had a wild idea: Create a computer program so simple that even their mother could build a Web site. Now 28, Mokhtarzada’s initial (and successful) plan has grown into Silver Spring-based Webs.com, with more than 20 million Web sites to its credit.…
DC Examiner, 11-13-2008
Webs.com
(formerly Freewebs) today announced that it ranked number 119 on Deloitte's
2008 Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology,
media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America…
Marketwire, 11-12-2008
Webs.com has been named to Deloitte's
prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for the Greater Washington region, a
ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications,
and life sciences companies in the area by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP…
Marketwire, 9-25-2008