CEO of Nasza-Klasa in the interview

Arkadiusz Pernal, since November 2008 is CEO of the biggest social networking website in Poland, Nasza-Klasa.

The former CEO, Maciej Popowicz is now dedicated only to product development, when Arek Pernal manages all the company.

In the interview for Internet Standard, Mr. Pernal reveals his plans for the nearest future.

Nasza-klasa.pl is still growing with 20 000 new accounts registered daily. Mr. Pernal believes that in 2009 this growth even if not so dynamic will be continued.

Looking at competitors on the local market, Pernal says that "the market od social networking websites in Poland seems to be barren".

According to Mr. Pernal, there are only few exceptions like Fotka.pl (which is Polish hotornot.com clone). Nasza-Klasa does not see any direct competitor at the moment.

Pernal sees growth of Facebook in Poland as not significant yet, and limited to the people with friends abroad.

Looking at 2008, CEO of Nasza-Klasa says that the most important events for the website were connected with the hardware performance and moving to the new datacenter provider in Poznan.

Nasza-Klasa with its huge growth has achieved high market penetration. Last but not least, Nasza-Klasa gained new industry investor - Estonian group AS Forticom. Forticom owns similiar websites in Baltic states (One.ee, One.lt, One.lv) and Russia (Odnoklassniki.ru).

As the most important trends for future, Pernal points online games and mobile internet.

Nasza-klasa.pl is the biggest social networking website in Poland. As for the end of 2008 year it declares more than 11 million active users. Its current value is estimated on 90 million USD.

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