History
YouSendIt was founded on July 7, 2003 by Khalid Shaikh, Amir Shaikh and Ranjith Kumaran (founder of PunchTab) with the goal of finding a way to send large files from one entity to another. In the beginning stages, YouSendIt was using HTTP-Tunnel Corp resources, including equipment, data center and R&D to build the company. Jimmy Vienneau, who was working at HTTP-Tunnel Corp full time, co-created the marketing platform, negotiate equipment, search and hire talent, negotiate logistic contracts and help design the business plan. Romel Haq built and managed the hardware requirements from the ground-up. Francis Wu was the lead designer for the web site and the YouSendIT logo. YouSendIt received their first round of funding following presentations at TieCon 2004 in May. At this point, YouSendIt had about 300,000 transfers per day. Individuals were sharing files through YouSendIt and that created viral growth.
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