Come See: Odeo Reunion and Reid Hoffman at Web 2.0 Expo
If you’re in San Francisco next week, you might want to come by the Web 2.0 Expo, where I’ll be moderating a couple of sessions: a keynote interview with Reid Hoffman, and a reunion of early employees at Odeo (which birthed Twitter) who’ve all gone on to found their own companies.
A Conversation with Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Liz Gannes (All Things D)
4:25pm Wednesday, 03/30/2011
Reid Hoffman, Founder, Executive Chairman, LinkedIn, joins Liz Gannes in conversation on our main stage.
Birth of a Startup (or Eight)
Kevin Systrom (Instagram), Adam Rugel (Trazzler), Tim Roberts (Fitbit), Tony Stubblebine (CrowdVine), Evan ‘Rabble’ Henshaw-Plath (cuboxsa.com), Dom Sagolla (iPhoneDevCamp)
11:00am Thursday, 03/31/2011
In March 2006, a small podcasting startup called Odeo launched a side project. You now know that side project as Twitter. Interestingly, Twitter is just one of the companies that came out of Odeo; seven employees–or more than half of the company–went on directly to found other ventures, including Instagr.am, Square, Trazzler and CrowdVine. In this session, the various founders reunite for a conversation with Liz Gannes. Was there something special about the atmosphere at Odeo that prompted such intense entrepreneurial activity–or was it sheer coincidence? How did Twitter’s start influence these other companies? And given the range of outcomes from the start-ups, can we see what’s most important: team, product or market? This session will have lots of Q&A, so come prepared to join in.