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"The minuTe you decide you wanT To enTerTain, you can curaTe The enTire evenT from your phone." —barry hinckley grand visions. He's built and sold a company (Bullhorn) and run for the United States Senate, learning the ropes after watching his father and grandfather create Hinckley Yachts, a luxury sailing and picnic-boat company, based in Southwest Harbor, Maine. So far, YotMe has raised $500,000 in funding and boasts 5,000 members. Not bad for a barely four-month-old com- pany. It's just the tip of the cocktail iceberg, Hinckley says. "I'm trying to create a global society." goyotme.com . "More than 40 percent of the people I had never met before!" says Barry Hinckley of the guests at his 50th birthday party (below), which he organized through YotMe and hosted at his home in Newport. Although Yotme events are spontaneous, partnerships/ sponsorships are not uncommon. Here, drinks come courtesy of Crop Organic vodka and Trade restaurant. bostoncommon-magazine.com 45