Kevin McCurdy

Since 1995, Kevin has founded several Internet-related companies including bamboo.com, Zinio, and Picaboo. Kevin co-founded bamboo.com in 1995 with college friend Howard Field. Conceived on a napkin over a beer, bamboo.com was started from Kevin's living room and later moved to offices in Palo Alto, CA. Living on little more than cherry cheese danishes and coffee, Kevin, Howard, and lead programmer, 'Jut', developed innovative 360-degree panoramic imaging technology that would form the basis by which bamboo.com would become the world's leading supplier of virtual tours for real estate. Kevin served as bamboo.com's CEO from 1995 to 1999, playing a key role in developing the company's core product, forging strategic alliances, raising over $25 million of private financing, and completing a successful IPO on Nasdaq. The company would go on to become the world's leading provider of imaging infrastructure for the Internet. In early 2000, Kevin founded Zinio Systems in San Francisco after he became frustrated that he could not download any of his favorite magazines. Kevin served as Zinio's CEO from 2000 to 2002, where he played a key role in developing the company's award-winning technology, raising $16 million of VC financing, and signing up publishers to distribute digital editions of their magazines. Zinio became the world's leading digital magazine delivery system, with most major magazines distributed in Zinio format. Zinio was sold in 2007 to Gilvest LP and became on of the world's top-grossing paid news apps, and ultimately become a leading platform for the magazine industry to distribute magazines on the Apple News and Google platforms. In 2002, Kevin co-founded Picaboo with Howard Field in Palo Alto, CA. Picaboo was a pioneer of the photo book industry and became one of the world's leading providers of photo books. Picaboo raised venture capital and was sold in 2018 to SoftPrint Holdings.