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Social Fresh Cruise is a special event because of it’s attendees. Leading up to the Social Fresh Cruise we will spotlight one of our cruisers each week. George Junginger is our first spotlight and he is the Co Founder of Group Story, the Social Photo Book. The photo book market currently assumes that no one else is involved in your memories. Regardless of how many people are on your sports team, on a trip with you, belong to your sorority, their technology focuses on one editor to tell the group’s story. It’s very similar to the high school yearbook - 800 kids attended the high school, but the yearbook is the narrative of one person. This traditional model never tells your story, even though you were an important part of the group.

Group Story focuses on user generated content from a Group or community and then allows each member to customize the content so that it is meaningful to them. A group of people, a soccer team for example, uploads photos to a shared and private area. Each member has access to every photo and uses them to create pages of their memories, their experience as part of the group. The pages, just like the photos, are available to every member of the group. Each person picks and chooses only those pages they want in their customized book. The book can be shared online or professionally printed.

Before starting Group Story, George had another internet company, ultrasoundjobs.com. It was the recognized market leader in its industry and had 50,000 registered users in this highly specialized niche. That company was sold in March 2010.

George was also a facilitator for Startup Weekend in different cities in the United States in 2008 and 2009. The concept of Startup Weekend was to enhance community through the process of building a business over a weekend.

Why am I attending Social Fresh Cruise?

Quite simply, it’s the exposure to some of the best content in social media and the ability to interact offline with people facing the same challenges that I experience. It’s the collective wisdom of people in a room that provides solutions and pushes you to become better.

Connect with George on Twitter. There is still time to join us on the 2010 Social Fresh Cruise, checkout FAQs for details.