yup … that’s right … Rapleaf goes live on Sunday (May 7). yeah, we’re shivering in our boots because we’re sure there are still a lot of bugs out there. so please be kind to us as we deal with each issue.

in the site we have a Wall of Fame of people who have been really helpful to us. i thought i’d post the list of people here because we’d still be wandering aimlessly in the desert without them:

* Special Thanks to:

* - Michael Birch — advised us on better understanding viral marketing
* - Ben Bleikamp — for making our snazzy logo
* - Ron Bouganim — operations help
* - Cyan Callihan — intro’d us to some great people and gave us some key ideas
* - Dave Chiu — master beta tester who found more bugs and gave us more ideas than anyone else. thanks Dave!!
* - Shannon Clark — because he has more information than anyone on the planet
* - Jeff Clavier — helped us navigate the world of identity
* - James Currier — gave us a lot of insights into our future
* - Cory Doctorow — for inspiring us with his Whuffie currency system
* - Shawn Fanning — helped us think through the tech architecture
* - Saar Gur — this guy’s got game. He’s helped us in so many areas
* - Kaliya Hamlin — (aka Identity Woman) was instrumental in helping us navigate identity and what is coming in the future
* - Dick Hardt — the identity master helped us grapple with the issues
* - Kevin Hartz — helped us with our deck and gave us some great biz ideas
* - Christine Herron — for helping us with community
* - Mary Hodder — for helping us really understand reputation
* - Joe Hurd — great big picture business ideas
* - Niall Kennedy — for giving us the tools ideas to enhance our community
* - Katie Mitic — gave us key marketing ideas
* - Craig Newmark - for advice on fraud detection. And great moral support.
* - Elliott Ng — helped us with the initial business conception
* - Alan Peterson — help w technical architecture
* - Ariel Poler — helped us prioritize
* - Anne Raimondi — for introducing us to all the movers and shakers in the classifieds world
* - Tod Sacerdoti — business model help
* - Doc Searls — for giving us identity context
* - Kakul Srivastava — she gave us insights to ratings & communities
* - Zaw Thet — business model help
* - Dave Whorton — for business model help

(of course, this is just a partial list … there are dozens of others who have helped us immensely)