Docstoc, a place to store and organize opens public Beta
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 the contest in real time, by going to the “docsters” page and clicking on “most uploads.”
Similar to YouTube™ and Flickr™, 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.
Examples of content at Docstoc:
Legal Docs - consulting/partnership agreements, real estate documents, sample contracts
Business Docs - Sample Business Plans, Contact Lists, Sample Press Releases
Financial – financial templates, proformas,
Creative Docs – sample designs, books, Powerpoint Presentations
Educational Docs – terms papers, class notes, presentations
Resumes – users can upload their own resumes
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.
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