COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

http://youtu.be/9V1tlhGjSMc What is Nextdoor? Nextdoor is a private social network for your neighborhood. It's the easiest way for you and your neighbors—and only you and your neighbors—to talk online and make all of your lives better in the real world. And it's free. Hundreds of neighborhoods are already using Nextdoor to build happier, safer places to call home. People are using Nextdoor to: Find a new home for an outgrown bike Track down a trustworthy babysitter Quickly get the word out about a break-in Find out who does the best paint job in town Organize a garage sale Ask for help keeping an eye out for a lost dog Finally call that nice man down the street by his first name. Nextdoor's mission is to bring back a sense of community to the neighborhood, one of the most important communities in each of our lives. Who is Nextdoor? We created this company because we believe that the neighborhood is one of the most important and useful communities in a person's life. We hope that neighbors everywhere will use the Nextdoor platform to build stronger and safer neighborhoods around the world. If you are interested in joining our team, please view our current job openings. Based in San Francisco, California, Nextdoor was founded in 2010 and is funded by Benchmark Capital and Shasta Ventures. Our manifesto We are for neighbors. For neighborhood barbecues. For multi-family garage sales. For trick-or-treating. We're for slowing down, children at play. We're for sharing a common hedge and an awesome babysitter. We're for neighborhood watch. Emergency response. And for just keeping an eye out for a lost cat. We believe waving hello to the new neighbor says, “Welcome” better than any doormat. We believe technology is a powerful tool for making neighborhoods stronger, safer places to call home. We're all about online chats that lead to more clothesline chats. We believe fences are sometimes necessary, but online privacy is always necessary. We believe strong neighborhoods not only improve our property value, they improve each one of our lives. We believe that amazing things can happen by just talking with the people next door. We are Nextdoor. We are simply you and your neighbors, together. If you have any questions or comments, email us anytim