Oregon Considered

11/14/2006 - Portlander Launches Family-Oriented Networking Site

November 14, 2006

Two years ago, a pair of Stanford students scribbled the compound word "YouTube" on a whiteboard in their garage.

That video-sharing site recently sold for more than $1.5 billion.

If you wonder what it might have been like as Chad Hurley and Steve Chen started putting that business together, Kristian Foden-Vencil would like to introduce you to Melanie Salisbury -- a 25-year-old Portland entrepreneur who just launched her own new website.
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