What do we do?

Inside Network provides expert market research, data services, critical analysis, and news on the Facebook platform, social gaming, mobile applications, and social commerce.

Who is our clientele?

Our clients include application developers, marketers, investors, and advertisers in the social and mobile spheres.

Who cites our content?

Our research is cited by a variety of industry-leading technology, news, and business publications.

When were we founded?

Inside Network was founded in 2006.

Where are we based?

San Francisco, California

Who are we?

Inside Network is made up of a team of passionate perfectionists who geek out on the latest Facebook features, addictive new social games, trendsetting mobile apps, and data analysis.

Inside Network is a division of Mediabistro Inc. (NASDAQ: MBIS).

Justin Smith

Founder
Justin Smith is the founder of Inside Network. Prior to Inside Network, he was Head of Product at Watercooler, now Kabam, a leading application developer on the Facebook Platform. Prior to Watercooler, Justin was an early employee at Xfire, the largest social utility for gamers, which was sold to Viacom in 2006. Justin holds a degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Stanford University, where he was a Mayfield Fellow and a recipient of the Terman Award in Engineering.

General Manager
Scott Bialous is General Manager at Inside Network. Prior to taking the helm at Inside Network, Scott served as VP of Sales at Sequent.ial Media, VP of Sales at SAY Media, VP of Sales and Group Publisher at Jupiter Media, and Associate Publisher at the Washington Post. Scott holds a degree from Miami University.

Trevor van Woerden

Senior Sales Manager, Advertising
Trevor van Woerden is Senior Sales Manager, Advertising at Inside Network. Prior to coming over to the Inside Network team, Trevor represented the mediabistro network specializing in social media. He also spent several years focused on developer targeted accounts with QuinStreet’s B2B division: internet.com. Trevor graduated summa cum laude with degrees in Chemistry and French from the College of Idaho.

Brian Mossop

Editorial Director
Brian Mossop is the Editorial Director at Inside Network. Previously, he was the Community Editor at Wired, and the Community Manager at the Public Library of Science (PLOS). He has written about science and sports for Wired, Scientific American, Slate, Scientific American MIND, and elsewhere. Brian completed his undergraduate degree (with honors) at Lafayette College and his PhD at Duke University.

Jonathan Espinosa

Social Media Marketing Specialist
Jonathan Espinosa is Inside Network’s social media marketing expert. Before contributing original content for the Facebook Marketing Bible, he interned for the social TV start-up Miso. There, he helped manage the community and brand its social media presence. Jonathan earned his undergraduate degree in Film and Media Studies with an Asian American Studies minor from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Eric Moore

Client Services Specialist
Eric is Client Services Manager at Inside Network and has been part of the team since early 2010. He has worked throughout the country in various customer service and tech support positions. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and family, camping, and being outdoors.

Ashley Taylor Anderson

Senior Marketing Manager
Ashley joined the Inside Network marketing team in 2012 after 7 years of wrangling with physics, astronomy, and chemistry authors as development editor for Pearson Science. When she’s not working marketing magic, you’ll find her in the kitchen whipping up delectable pastries, writing in a café, cursing at a sewing machine, or losing herself in a fantastical book. As a recent transplant to New York from San Francisco, she still marvels at commonplace miracles such as snow, high-volume foot traffic, and old buildings.

Michele Pendergast

Community Manager
Michele is Inside Network’s Community Manager. Having worked in communications for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations, she’s learned that a likable brand is a successful brand. Michele hails from the South and holds a degree in Comparative World Literature from North Carolina State University. When she’s not tweeting, posting, or plusing, she spends her time backpacking, exploring the depths of the Internet, and catering to the needs of her demanding cat, Stravinsky.