Neil Baptista

Neil Baptista

Neil has always been obsessed with software. In 2000, he pioneered the Software as a Service (SaaS) model with hotjobs.com, leading up to their successful IPO and later sale to Yahoo. At the dawn of mobile, he worked on sms and ringtone apps and then in 2009 created an author platform for Facebook. The app had over 1 million users and produced over 1 billion news feeds about books. Neil is currently obsessed with helping people find great books at Riffle. Outside of Riffle, he has been known to photograph everything from temples in Cambodia to backstage antics at Paris fashion shows. He lives in New York, but you can find him on Riffle.

Riffle Uses Chat Bots, Big Data & Human Recommendations to Drive Book Discovery

Bookish social network site Riffle is dedicated to helping readers find new books and discuss their favorite reads with like-minded users. Riffle CEO Neil Baptista says that Riffle is an inspiration platform that drives book discovery by connecting users with fellow readers, librarians, authors, and book deals. The site is free to join and offers…