Experienced Social Web Entrepreneur
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Advisor at JustGive, Inc.
- Co-Founder and Creative Director at Twitter, Inc
- Advisor at 71Miles
- Advisor at Fluther, Inc
- Past
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- Executive at Obvious, LLC
- Director of Community at Odeo Inc
- Senior Specialist for Blogger at Google Inc
- Web Specialist at Wellesley College Alumnae Association
- Creative Director at Xanga Inc
- Designer at Little, Brown and Co.
- Education
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- University of Massachusetts Boston
- Northeastern University
- Connections
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163
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- Industry
- Internet
- Websites
Biz Stone’s Summary
Biz Stone is co-founder of Twitter, Inc and also helped make Xanga, Blogger, Odeo, and Obvious. Biz sometimes writes books about what people are doing on the Internet.
Biz Stone’s Specialties:
Social Software Product Development, Art Direction and Design, Writing, Community Management and Interaction, Advising Startups
Biz Stone’s Experience
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Advisor
JustGive, Inc.
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
November 2007 — Present (7 months)
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Co-Founder and Creative Director
Twitter, Inc
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
April 2007 — Present (1 year 2 months)
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Advisor
71Miles
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
February 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)
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Advisor
Fluther, Inc
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
January 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)
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Executive
Obvious, LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
October 2006 — April 2007 (7 months)
At Obvious, I was tasked with helping the rest of the team create interesting things that matter to the world. We worked mostly on Twitter until it became a separate company.
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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 for Blogger
Google Inc
(Public Company; 1001-5000 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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Web Specialist
Wellesley College Alumnae Association
(Internet industry)
2002 — 2003 (1 year)
Hired to help build an online community strategy for Wellesley Alumnae, I also taught wintersession classes and developed social software curriculum with academic departments.
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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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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
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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.
Additional Information
Biz Stone’s Websites:
Biz Stone’s Interests:
I have authored two books. Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content (New Riders, 2002) and Who Let The Blogs Out? (St Martins, 2004). My blog is http://bizstone.com
Biz Stone’s Groups:
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
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Harvard Business School Technology Alumni member -
Forbes.com Entrepreneurs member -
Google member
Biz Stone’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
