Auctionopia

My background is what you would expect of entrepreneurs that spark at a young age. In my teens, I recall those summer days where others would be enjoying the weather, I'd be making the rounds in my neighborhoods promoting my full-service car detailing company, called 'Before & After', and it was the happiest I could have ever been.
 
At the time, I may not have fully understood the implications of my long-term path & where ultimate happiness would lead me, but it set the perfect foundation that often left me thinking, "What else can I do?".
 
Since my teens, I've been an early adopter of a multitude of products, and have carefully watched the transitional periods in technology we've had the pleasure in being a part of. I yearn for innovation and I'm unquenchably passionate about what I do. Most importantly I want to be a part of solving something “missing” in the world and at a massive, legacy leaving, level. I've surrounded myself with like-minded partners & advisors, and all around a great team of pure-blooded innovators in their respective fields. There are no inside the box ideas with my team.
 
I spent the latter years of college affiliating myself with the likes of Elance.com & Guru.com. To date, I've successfully executed over 100 projects. Some of which, I met unbelievable talent that continue to assist us in our mission and of course, some that inevitably turn into those horror stories. Even those occurrences served to teach me leadership. However, over those years, I've honed on what I like to deem as "productive innovation" trying to ask the right questions and concise profitable business decisions. It's clear that the path to success is not a straight line, but the line gets straighter with every new day’s experience.
 
The Auctionopia vision came to fruition during my college years. I was an avid eBay buyer & seller, and saw significant flaws in how communication was conducted & with their fee structure, but then it turned into something new. I began to see the evolution of the internet and did not see the same from eBay. I chose to be that evolution.

 

 

“I have been a leader in technology driven organizations for the past 30 years and deeply involved with the best e-commerce companies in the world for the past 12 years. The e-commerce industry has reached its next challenge: how do we engage consumers that are more mobile, more engaged with social technologies and are demanding a higher-level personalized experience. I am excited to be an advisor to the team at Auctionopia, a team dedicated to building the best social commerce technology in the world. I am impressed with both the team and the platform and I believe we are positioned to lead the social e-commerce space. The solution will provide companies with a platform and information to understand their customers, engage them in social shopping and deliver a level of personal engagement that others cannot in this new world.”  

 

Dave Wilson: Co-Founder & CFO - Bachelor of Arts, Virginia Wesleyan College. Masters, Economic Policy and Finance, Cornell University - http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dave-wilson/19/357/359

  

Dave is a financial guru and co-founder of Auctionopia. Dave started trading options and commodity futures as a graduate student at Cornell, where he was taught by former industry leaders. He has developed numerous financial models and has had his work on finance and entrepreneurship published in Penninsula Life Magazine.