Xswan launch covered by BizJournal
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'In its launch, xSwan is working with Samasource again. The winning bidder for the inaugural auction scores a day with the 49ers, including lunch with the team and owner Jed York, a visit to the locker rooms and a bag full of 49er swag..'


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Xswan featured on AuctionBytes
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'...Battilana describes Xswan, a C2C online auction platform, as the first to incorporate emotional bidding, the secret element that makes live charity auction raise much more money than existing online auctions or silent charity auctions...'

Xswan and its mission get coverage in the '40 under 40' interview of co-founder Silvia
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' Silvia Console Battilana, CEO & co-founder, Auctionomics; co-founder Xswan...'


'...xswan, is a career dream of mine. We are building a new highly interactive, Facebook- and twitter-connected consumer auction platform that will allow charities to raise funds more easily. Currently, online charity auctions fail to sell items at a high price, and therefore charities have to organize events...'

xswan uses social media (facebook) to reach its audience. We have the ultimate proof of how well this works: when Silvia posted her 40 under 40 article, it had 500 people immediately looking it up and the Business Journal wrote another article about it.
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