drew barrymore

Candidates and Clients are always asking us; who’s the hottest company in the marketplace, what companies are on the rise and on the decline, how are certain companies perceived in the eyes of the marketplace and other such questions surrounding the “who’s hot” leader board of the web world. We have strong opinions to all of these questions and often debate this not only with our clients and candidates, but amongst ourselves as well.

Truth be told, I can’t remember how or why we started comparing top web companies to top female celebrities (I kind of wish I had a better story for this). I think it started as an inside joke between my brother and I when we would actually get into some pretty heated debates over which web company and celebrity is hotter in the public eye and who’s best matched up together. And then when other people heard our debates, more fuel would be added to the fire and it all pretty much spiraled down hill from there. So after months of random debate and no clear resolution, I did what any good manager would do in this situation. I held an official meeting (after hours of course), bought some booze to foster the flow of creativity, turned off the phones and I refused to let anybody leave the room until the perfect matches were decided on once and for all.

So after a ton of laughs, a few too many drinks, some very heated arguments and a near office wrestling match , we finally came up with our official comparison of the top web companies to the top female celebrities (watch out Maxim). We hope you have as much fun reading our comparisons as we had coming up with them. Just one caveat, please don’t take them too seriously – we definitely don’t. And if we missed a good comparison or you can think of a better one than we came up with, please let us know – we’ll post all comments and ideas. Enjoy!!!

	Apple and Madonna Both cultural icons that have been around over 25 years, and are still innovative, creative, and cult like trendsetters
	Google and Angelina Jolie Arguably the hottest and most wanted web company and actress on the face of this planet. Yes there are up and comers that have the potential to decrown them, like Facebook or Megan Fox, but neither have shown the staying power to be handed the crown….just yet
	Facebook and Miley Cyrus Hot, cute, funny, sweet and everyone still likes her… for now
	Techcrunch and Tila Tequilla Came out of nowhere and now everyone wants to be on them
	Yahoo and Britney Spears We had to do it. Was anyone hotter in the late 90’s????? And now…brand names turned punch lines, the verdict is still out on whether either has a comeback left in them
	Twitter and Lindsay Lohan Crashes waaaaaaaaay too much!!
	Myspace and Paris Hilton Does anyone else get the feeling that MySpace will do anything for that extra dollar
	Digg and Scarlett Johanson Both are incredibly hot, are well respected fixtures in the hearts of others and have the staying power to be around for a long time to come
	Ning/Slide and Jennifer Lopez All have huge backing (We couldn’t resist)
	Wikipedia and Natalie Portman Smart, beautiful and out to help the world! Go Ahead…think of something negative to say about either of them. I DARE YOU!