Seven months ago, I was lucky enough to join Foodspotting as their first engineering hire. During that time, I've eaten some crazy good food, integrated foursquare photos, implemented instagram crossposting (among many other things), and have seriously had a blast. Foodspotting is a wonderful product, but the "special sauce" truly is in the people behind the product, whom I'll miss greatly.

Today is my last day at Foodspotting. I'm leaving to co-found a startup with a good friend of mine, Emmanuel Pozo (Zynga). It's not easy to leave such a great job and group of people and stare risk and uncertanty in the face. That said, it's my dream to found a startup. I'm passionate about what we're building, and I've got a great co-founder, which is arguably the most difficult part.

So what are we building? I mentioned five startup ideas in my previous post. One idea in particular received a great deal of enthusiasm: Spontaneous Event Organization. This idea is one that has stuck with me, as I repeatedly saw the need for it in my own life.

To recap:

Spontaneous event organization - It's still hard to organize small group events that are happening soon, or now. Even to know simply who's up for doing what you've got in mind within a matter of minutes would certainly make organizing events on the fly much easier.

Emmanuel and I have been working on a solution to this problem on nights and weekends and we're already seeing what we've been building become an essential part of our social lives. I cannot wait to see what we're able to accomplish with our full attention.

If you're interested in working with us in some way, or helping us test the product when that time comes, email me at ben.bloch@me.com.

P.S. If you're passionate about food, the web, and/or mobile, you should work for foodspotting!