This week Cyrus had the chance to sit down and talk with Tim Jahn, who interviews entrepreneurs who are doing exciting work in Chicago. Check out the video after the jump, and find out about the fateful flight that started it all.

So much can happen in twelve months. This time last year, ZocDoc was chosen as one of the 40 hottest startups at the TechCrunch40 conference. We packed our bags, went to San Francisco, and presented our brand new company. This year, we are proud to be coming back as alumni to what is now TechCrunch50. From September 8-10, you can find us at the San Francisco Design Center Concourse, where we will be giving demonstrations and even unveiling our iPhone application prototype! If you're in the San Francisco area, or plan on coming to TechCrunch50, make sure to stop  by and say hello! UPDATE: Thank you to all of you who came over to check in with ZocDoc! We're so glad to have met everyone we did. A special thanks to Jefferson Graham of USA Today, who really liked the idea of being able to find doctors in your network on our website, and wrote about us on his Technology Blog! 

Look out for an article by Rebecca Buckman in today's WSJ. While she is worried that the Web 2.0 may be a bubble, her biggest worry about ZocDoc seems to be that we have only a 2% market penetration (less than three weeks after launch): Among firms presenting there was ZocDoc Inc., which lets people make appointments with doctors and dentists online. The New York company has listings for only 2% of the dentists in Manhattan and no physicians, but it has attracted interested investors, says its CEO, Cyrus Massoumi. Read the full article

It's always good to feel appreciated, but the response to our launch and press release has shown us that we are not alone in our belief that finding doctors and dentists is a major pain point for many fellow Americans.

Today at 10:45 am PST our service went live at TechCrunch40, where ZocDoc was selected as one of the 40 hottest startups globally by Michael Arrington and his team. Not a small compliment, considering they have reviewed thousands of companies in the TechCrunch Blog (one of the top 3 tech blogs worldwide).