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Reuben Steiger

Reuben Steiger
CEO and Founder, Millions of Us

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Reuben Steiger is the CEO of Millions of Us, a company dedicated to helping businesses understand and harness the power of virtual worlds and online communities.

Prior to founding Millions of Us, Steiger was the Evangelist for Linden Lab, creators of the 3-D virtual world Second Life. In that role he was responsible for business development efforts and bringing the first wave of corporations and commercial developers into Second Life.

Until 2002, he was Chief Development Officer at OVEN Digital, where he helped build that company into the world’s largest privately-owned Internet consultancy with 11 offices and 350 employees worldwide.

Steiger holds a BA in English Literature from Brown University and lives in Marin County with his wife and two young children.

Sessions

2:40pm Wednesday, 04/23/2008
Creating and Engaging Virtual World Communities
Marketing and Community
 Location: 2009
Geoff Yang (Redpoint Ventures), Craig Sherman (Gaia Online), Reuben Steiger (Millions of Us), Daniel James (Three Rings)
This panel explores the challenges of engaging Virtual World users by enabling dialogue, balancing programmed entertainment with user-generated content, and maintaining a sense of user ownership. Read more.