Mimeo, one of the survivors of the dot-com era and a Web-based print service provider (www.mimeo.com) has been in the news of late, including selection by Red Herring Magazine as one of the top 100 private companies in technology innovation, being named as one the INC 500 fastest growing small companies, and its appointment of a new CEO. Since it has been some time since WhatTheyThink has checked in with Mimeo, we took the time to talk with Mimeo’s new CEO, Adam Slutsky, to get an update. Slutsky comes from outside the industry, as does most of Mimeo’s staff. Five weeks into the job, he brings high energy and a fresh perspective that can’t help but benefit Mimeo and its current and prospective customers.

WTT: Mr. Slutsky, thank you for taking the time to speak with us today. Perhaps you could share with us a little about your background.

AS: After getting my MBA from Columbia , I traded precious metals on Wall Street for a time, and then in 1989 started a company you may have heard of called Moviefone. It was the first national interactive telephone information system, particularly designed to provide movie information including location, show times, and later, advance ticketing. We started in New York and Los Angeles , and between 1989 and 1994 took it to 10 to 12 major metropolitan areas. We took Moviefone public in 1994 and added Web capability that taken together now draw about 6 million visitors per week. Moviefone and Mimeo have a number of similarities—perhaps most importantly, they are both about convenience. Moviefone forever changed the way we interact with movies. Mimeo will forever change the way we interact with documents.