Docstoc Goes Live, Becomes YouTube for Professional Documents; Unlimited Resource for Free Legal and Business Documents

Released on: October 30, 2007, 10:52 am

Press Release Author: Brian Solis / FutureWorks, Inc.

Industry: Electronics

Press Release Summary: Online community launches with contest, gives away an iPod
Touch every week for the month of November; Site comes out of private beta with
12,000+ documents and 7,000 users

Press Release Body: BEVERLY HILLS, CA. -- Oct. 30, 2007 -- Docstoc.com has opened in
public Beta, becoming the first online community providing a library of high quality
professional documents, forms, templates, presentations, and spreadsheets. Users can
find and share any document and organize and access their files with online storage
for access anytime, anywhere.

To get things kicked off, Docstoc will give away an Apple iPod Touch every week for
the month of November to the user who uploads the most professional documents each
week. User can check their status in real time, by going to the "docsters" page
and clicking on "most uploads."

Similar to YouTubeT and FlickrT, Docstoc harnesses the power of user generated
content (UGC) to provide a one-stop source for professional documents that can be
shared freely, discovered quickly, and organized for easy access. Docstoc is the
place to go for all content related to business, legal, technology, financial,
educational, and creative work, as well as many other professional services
industries.

Docstoc makes it easy to find, share, and access any type of content. Users can
easily search by categories or by keywords, filter search results by views,
downloads, ratings and comments, preview the documents online, and download or store
content in online personal file folders for free.

Each user on Docstoc has a profile to facilitate sharing and conversations -
social/professional networking is geared around content instead of just contacts.
Professionals can receive immediate and objective feedback on the value of their
documents and also forge potential business relationships and referral traffic.

Docstoc integrates the most useful features of private online file storage with the
ability to store, categorize, and share content found anywhere on the Web. Users can
upload their files and mark them public or private, categorize docs in their own
personalized directories, organize the files into folders, send documents to their
online storage, and share with trusted contacts or the entire community. People can
also request content, by keywords or categories, and have it delivered via email.

Files can be added online through email attachments or bulk uploading.

"Vast amounts of professional resources lie dormant and hidden away on each of our
personal computers. Imagine if we all began to share that information with the world
in an easily accessible, free environment," observed Jason Lawrence Nazar, Docstoc
Founder.

Links:

Contest - http://www.docstoc.com/promos/launch/

Leaderboard - http://www.docstoc.com/Docs/membersearch.aspx

Screenshots - http://www.flickr.com/photos/futureworks/sets/72157602796724866/

Example - http://www.docstoc.com/docs/15772

About Docstoc.com
Docstoc was founded by Jason Nazar in 2006 and has been in private beta and further
development since November. Nazar recently graduated from the Pepperdine School of
Law with his JD/MBA. He was a partner in Venature, LLC a venture consulting firm in
Los Angeles. He is joined by Alon Shwartz, an experienced technologist who most
recently headed up product development for a division of MySpace.

The company's recent Series A funding included, Scott Walchek the early stage VC in
Baidu, Brett Brewer one of the co-founders of Intermix Media the parent company of
MySpace, and Robin Richards the founding president of MP3.com.

Contact:
Brian Solis
FutureWorks
408-428-0895 x101
brian@future-works.com


Web Site: http://www.future-works.com

Contact Details: Brian Solis
FutureWorks
408-428-0895 x101
brian@future-works.com

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