Experienced Social Web Entrepreneur
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Co-founder at Twitter, Inc
- Past
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- Director of Community at Odeo Inc
- Senior Specialist at Google Inc
- Creative Director at Xanga Inc
- Designer at Little, Brown and Co.
- Education
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- Northeastern University
- University of Massachusetts Boston
- Connections
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195
connections
- Industry
- Internet
- Websites
Biz Stone’s Summary
Biz Stone is co-founder of Twitter, a messaging network changing the way we communicate. For the past decade, Stone has been working on large scale projects that facilitate the open exchange of information starting with social networking and blogging service Xanga in 1999. In 2003, Stone moved to Google where he met and collaborated with Twitter co-founder Evan Williams—the pair would later exit the search company. Twitter was founded in 2007.
Stone has published two books on the origins and social significance of our changing communication landscape and has lectured around the world on this subject as well as others including creativity, opportunity, and entrepreneurism. Together with his wife Livia, Biz focuses his philanthropic endeavors on education, health, and environmentalism. Originally from Boston, Stone lives with his wife in Marin County California.
Biz Stone’s Specialties:
Social Software Product Development, Art Direction and Design, Writing, Communications, Entrepreneurial Advice
Biz Stone’s Experience
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Co-founder
Twitter, Inc
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
April 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)
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Director of Community
Odeo Inc
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
September 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 2 months)
Left the Blogger team at Google to help shape Odeo.
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Senior Specialist
Google Inc
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GOOG; Internet industry)
November 2003 — September 2005 (1 year 11 months)
Recruited to work on the Blogger team after it's acquisition by Google in 2003. My duties included product development, community outreach, and product marketing management.
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Creative Director
Xanga Inc
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
January 1999 — April 2001 (2 years 4 months)
Helped create and launch Xanga.com. My product management and design work helped steer us toward a strong weblogging and social networking community.
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Designer
Little, Brown and Co.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; TWX; Graphic Design industry)
1994 — 1997 (3 years )
Dropped out of an arts scholarship to accept a position as a designer at Little Brown and Company in Boston. Cranked out lots of cool covers and had a blast!
Biz Stone’s Education
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Northeastern University
Writing
Community scholarships sent me to Northeastern after high school. The classes and professors were great but I didn't love the culture so I only studied for one year.
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University of Massachusetts Boston
Arts
I took a full four-year scholarship to this school but it didn't keep me there. I left after a year.
- Activities and Societies:
- Chancellor's Scholarship for Excellence in The Arts
Additional Information
Biz Stone’s Websites:
Biz Stone’s Groups:
Advisor, Trazzler, Inc.
Advisor, Fluther, Inc.
Advisor, JustGive.org
Advisor, Plinky, Inc.
Member, International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
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Harvard Business School Technology Alumni -
Googlers & Xooglers
Biz Stone’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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