improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources mifren news newspapers books scholar jstor free images april 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . april 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message mifren type social networking site founder s mario mckenzie owner bavolar llc website http www.mifren.com registration required launched 1st november 2010 current status active mifren pronounced my fren is an american social networking and travel website that is privately owned and operated by bavolar llc . the website offers a way for members to connect with friends and family meet people from around the world and gives them a way to share their interests . 1 the website provides members with information needed for travel to islands around the globe . travelers can find information on islands places to see and things to do popular attractions island restaurants and other resources . the site was founded by mario mckenzie a jamaican college student and entrepreneur in july 2009 but did not officially launch until november 1 2010 . contents 1 history 2 website 3 islebrity 4 references 5 external links history edit the site was founded in july 2009 by mario mckenzie a college student and entrepreneur who was 23 years old at the time attending broward college in south florida . mckenzie reportedly passed on going back to school in the fall of 2009 in order to work full time as a security guard and a logistics clerk in order to get funding because of the difficulties in getting funding through other methods . he finally accumulated enough capital and personally financed the development of mifren finally launching it on november 1 2010 . travelers are provided with information on island restaurants places to see and things to do the ability to get information from other members living on these islands and from other people who have visited . as of january 10 2011 mifren has reportedly once again begun raising funds for future development . website edit users can create free profiles with an email address and other personal information . members can communicate with each other through private messages activity feed posting and through instant chat . members can create groups to share interests with like minded people and upload photos to create albums . members can browse the island directory to read articles about islands browse island restaurants and suggest them to friends that are on the website or off . island restaurant owners can create listings about their restaurants each listing has its own page that provide members with information on the restaurant a map to find the restaurant allow customers to post and read reviews and post comments and questions that restaurant owners can respond to . islebrity edit islebrity pronounced isle ebrity is a name used on the site for celebrities that were born on an island or whose parents are island born . references edit mifren.com connecting travelers to the islands and islanders to each other . retrieved 19 june 2013 . external links edit free press release.com prlog.org addurlsumiturl.com whytehallcommunications.wordpress.com pressreleasepublic.com i newswire.com sbwire.com pressreelasecirculation.com mifren.com home page retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mifren & oldid 648007292 categories social networking serviceshidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from april 2011all articles with topics of unclear notabilityorphaned articles from april 2012all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 february 2015 at 07 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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