Two friends... two beers... a napkin and a pen.

Ever wonder what happens after the statement, "We should do this."?

(We don't.)

On a rainy day in early June 2004, Search-To-Phone co-founder Carmin Turco was talking to his friend and soon-to-be-business-partner, Sebastian Replanski. The local businesses that made up a majority of Carmin's boutique Internet marketing company were frustrated. "They don't care about clicks... they just want the phone to ring."

Sebastian's vast expertise in telephony and database design went to work and over the next several hours the pair hashed out on a napkin what would later become the Search-To-Phone system. Since that day the project has taken the two friends all over the country as they search for adoption of this new technology.

During the summer of 2007, the company attended the TechStars technology accelerator in Boulder, Colorado and in October of that same year closed their first round of financing.

Search-To-Phone is a patent-pending technology and is a registered trademark of WeBe Yellow, Inc. We are a privately funded enterprise with offices in Boulder, Colorado and New York City's Upper West Side.

Carmin Turco, Founder

Carmin has many years of experience as a technology entrepreneur. Since 1997 he has owned several boutique Internet companies which focused on website design, Internet marketing and new, experimental user experiences. He functioned as a liaison between a team of programmers in his employ and his clients - overseeing and managing the design and deployment of hundreds of web projects... including many of his own.

Carmin is also the recipient of the Sennhesier Songwriter of the Year Award and has released two full-length CDs. He has traveled extensively throughout the United States on tours sponsored by MasterCard, Merrill Lynch and Amtrak and even performed on Broadway at the historic, Hudson Theater. In 2001, Carmin was eligible for a Grammy nomination - a great success for any independent artist.

Sebastian Replanski, Founder

Sebastian has an extensive background in engineering and years of experience in software development as both a programmer and an IT manager. His former clients include BC Tel Mobility, GTE Telecom (now part of Verizon), Nortel and AeroInfo Systems (now a division of Boeing).

As a programmer, he developed TCP/IP distributed applications; numerous telecom applications; digital-imaging applications; workflow and digital asset-management systems; and large-scale SQL databases using Microsoft SQL 2000, Oracle, and Sybase.

Sebastian received a BS in electrical engineering from the University of British Columbia, Canada.

About Our Investors:

Brad Feld, Managing Director, The Foundry Group

Brad has been an early stage investor and entrepreneur for over twenty years. Prior to co-founding Foundry Group, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and, prior to that, founded Intensity Ventures, a company that helped launch and operate software companies and later became a venture affiliate of the predecessor to Mobius Venture Capital. [more]

Jared Polis, Congressman (D) Colorado, Entrepreneur

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 bluemountainarts.com, an online greeting card website which he sold to Excite@Home three years later. In 1998, he launched a web company to sell flowers direct from growers to consumers (ProFlowers.com) that has expanded to become Provide Commerce, Inc. (PRVD), one of the fastest-growing and most successful online start-ups; Provide Commerce was acquired by Liberty Media Corporation in 2006.

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

In November 2008, Jared was elected to the United States Congress to represent the second Congressional district of Colorado. [more]

David Cohen, Executive Director, TechStars

David has a soft spot for technology startups and enjoys helping innovative early stage technology companies succeed. He also has a passion for Colorado and believes it’s a fantastic community for any startup. The TechStars program combines these passions with capital, connections and real-world experience to provide a unique opportunity for early stage startups.

David is a founder of several software and web technology companies including Pinpoint Technologies (now ZOLL Data Systems) of Broomfield, Colorado. While at ZOLL Data Systems, David was also the CTO. The company was acquired by ZOLL Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: ZOLL) in 1999. You can read about it in No Vision, All Drive [Amazon]. David was also the founder and CEO of earFeeder.com, which was sold to SonicSwap.com in 2006. [more]

GoldSystems, Inc.

"We're pleased to be increasing our investment with Search-To-Phone and to be involved with a fast growing local company showing great potential. The company's unique approach to the market should change how we think about 411 services." [more]

- Terry Gold, CEO, Gold Systems