College Tonight

College Tonight is a social networking service for U.S. college-aged students, graduate students, and alumni. It focuses on nightlife events and social opportunities on and near college campuses. The site is the brainchild of Emory University alumnus, Zach Suchin, and Emory University student, Jason Schutzbank. The company launched a beta version in September 2006 and will launch the official site to the public in September 2007, beginning with a nine-month nightlife tour at 192 campuses across the country. On August 13, 2007, Simex Technologies, Inc. (OTC: SMXT) announced that it had submitted a Letter of Intent to acquire College Tonight, Inc. in a reverse merger.

History

While an undergraduate at Emory University in Atlanta, Zach Suchin made money promoting events and realized there was nothing out there that offered students a chance to explore new nightlife opportunities. He conceptualized a website that not only informs people of the nightlife options in their direct area, but also helps them enjoy an interactive, networking experience that goes beyond the physical computer. Years later, Zach and current Emory undergraduate Jason Schutzbank made Zach’s dream a reality with the launch of collegetonight.com. Zach found angel investors for the initial startup capital.

Features

College Tonight is a privacy-protected, registered-users-only social network that encourages actual social interactivity. It establishes distinct networks for each U.S. college, where students can post information about parties, concerts, and social events, download contact lists to their mobile phones, and make plans to meet up. The site has many features, including The Entourage, My Hook-Ups, and My Drunk Dials. But, despite all the "party central" features, the company’s main concern is to keep users’ privacy intact and, to this end, has employed a former FBI profiler, John Douglas, as its security advisor.

Awards

In December 2006, College Tonight received the best Events Social Network on the Internet People’s Choice award on Mashable.