Biz Stone

Biz Stone

Experienced Social Web Entrepreneur

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Advisor at JustGive, Inc.
  • Co-Founder and Creative Director at Twitter, Inc
  • Advisor at 71Miles
  • Advisor at Fluther, Inc
Past
  • 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
  • University of Massachusetts Boston
  • Northeastern University
Connections
163 connections
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

  • Advisor

    JustGive, Inc.

    (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    November 2007Present (7 months)

  • Co-Founder and Creative Director

    Twitter, Inc

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    April 2007Present (1 year 2 months)

  • Advisor

    71Miles

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    February 2007Present (1 year 4 months)

  • Advisor

    Fluther, Inc

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    January 2007Present (1 year 5 months)

  • Executive

    Obvious, LLC

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    October 2006April 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.

  • Director of Community

    Odeo Inc

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    September 2005October 2006 (1 year 2 months)

    Left the Blogger team at Google to help shape Odeo.

  • Senior Specialist for Blogger

    Google Inc

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; GOOG; Internet industry)

    November 2003September 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.

  • Web Specialist

    Wellesley College Alumnae Association

    (Internet industry)

    20022003 (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.

  • Creative Director

    Xanga Inc

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    January 1999April 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.

  • Designer

    Little, Brown and Co.

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; TWX; Graphic Design industry)

    19941997 (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

  • 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
  • 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

  •    Harvard Business School Technology Alumni member
  • Forbes.com Entrepreneurs member
  •    Google member

Biz Stone’s Contact Settings

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  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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