CorkShare Launching to Case Western Community on November 2nd

October 30, 2009

Jim England and Huston Hoburg, students at Case Western Reserve University, and recent Case grad Tim Gasper, have started a social media company that aims to change the way people share content on the web.  Now they are looking to release it exclusively to the Case Western community to try the website out.

CorkShare.com lets you build virtual CorkBoards for sharing web content like photos, videos, and links with small groups of friends.  The site is specifically aimed at college students as it can be used to share research for team projects, act as a discussion board for a club, or simply to share funny videos and links with friends.

On November 2, 2009 at 9PM EST, CorkShare will be launching the website to all Case Western Reserve University students, faculty, and staff to participate in.  Simply go to CorkShare.com/CWRU and sign up with your @case.edu e-mail address.  There is also a quick video on that web page that explains how CorkShare works in an easy, simple way, also included in this blog post below.  Click here to visit the Facebook Event for the launch!

Welcome to CorkShare from CorkShare on Vimeo.

“We want to try out the website on a larger scale, and the Case community is the perfect place to do this,” Case senior Jim England explains.  “There are so many clubs, student groups, team projects, and other places that our website can benefit, and since there are already groups of friends and coworkers it will be easier for everyone to comment on one another’s content and work together.”

Users of CorkShare can create as many CorkBoards as they want, post as much content as they want, and add “members” - individuals that have permission to post on that CorkBoard too.  The website has everything students or faculty need to manage, share, and discuss their photos, videos, links, notes, and more.

“Creating the website was a great learning experience,” Jim notes.  “Starting a company in Cleveland, and while still in school was difficult.  But by using our free time in the summer wisely and tapping some local resources such as Goldstein, Caldwell and Associates, a Cleveland seed investment and business development company, we were able to build out most of the website.”

For information on CorkShare, please visit our website at CorkShare.com, our twitter at Twitter.com/CorkShare, or our facebook page at Facebook.com/CorkShare.  Or click here to visit the Facebook Event for the launch!