Jared Polis – Founder

Jared was still in college when he co-founded his first company, American Information Systems, an Internet access, Web hosting and application service provider. Growing up in the family’s Boulder-based greeting card and publishing business, Blue Mountain Arts, he succeeded his grandmother as sales manager in 1996. Jared caught the attention of the e-business world by co-founding bluemountain.com, an online greeting card Website that he sold to Excite@Home three years later. In 1998, Jared launched Proflowers.com, a Web company that sells flowers direct from growers to consumers, that expanded to become Provide Commerce, Inc. (PRVD), one of the fastest-growing and most successful online start-ups; Provide Commerce was recently acquired by Liberty Media Corporation.

Frustrated with the task of managing his multiple email and social networking accounts, Jared founded Fuser in early 2006 and launched the first version of the Fuser tool in 2007. As the first and only online free tool that allows users to easily and efficiently manage their email and social networking communications in one place, Fuser will help thousands of Internet users simplify their digital lifestyles.

Jared was named an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2000 and one of the top ten young entrepreneurs by Success Magazine.