Video Interview With Unigo Founder Jordan Goldman

This morning I met with Unigo founder Jordan Goldman at their headquarters in Manhattan. Unigo describes their service as, "a new platform for college students to share reviews, photos, videos, documents, and more with students on their campus and across the country." Jordan noted that they are the world’s largest resource for information on U.S. colleges. Currently they serve 250 colleges but are looking to cover all of the 4,200+ colleges in the U.S.

Unigo moved into public beta in September and received a lengthy writeup in the New York Times upon their launch.

In the 15-minute video interview below we discuss where the idea came from for Unigo, the 20+ person team, comparisons to Yelp and Facebook, the Unigo marketing plan and the business model.

Jordan shares his story about how he created his business plan and how he was able to find angel investors. If you are starting a business or looking for an angel investor, it’s worth listening to how he made it happen. Jordan leaves us with his thoughts on 2009.