Tag Archives: Founders

Scoop: Skype founders gunning for Netflix with Vdio

Posted on October 17, 2011 by admin

With Skype’s sale to Microsoft finally sealed, one might wonder: What are Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, the European serial entrepreneurs that have founded KaZaA, Skype, Joost and Rdio, up to next? The surprising answer: The duo is giving online … Continue reading →

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The afterlife: When founders leave

Posted on June 29, 2011 by admin

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone officially announced Tuesday his plans to step away from Twitter’s day-to-day operations. While it’s a move that many folks in the industry have seen coming for months now — Stone has spent more time outside the … Continue reading →

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DreamIt Ventures Taps Startup Founders as It Expands Into New York

Posted on February 23, 2011 by admin

DreamIt Ventures, the Philadelphia start-up accelerator program, announced last month that it was launching a class in New York for the first time this summer. Today, it shared a list of CEOs and founders who will sit on its first Entrepreneur … Continue reading →

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Twitter Founders: Gladwell Got It Wrong

Posted on October 11, 2010 by admin

“Laughable,” “absurd,” “ludicrous” and “pointless” were words Twitter founders Ev Williams and Biz Stone used Monday night to describe a recent Malcolm Gladwell story in the New Yorker about the futility of social media to create real social change. Of … Continue reading →

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