Biz Stone

Co-Founder
Twitter

Stone helped found things besides Twitter: Xanga, Blogger and Odeo. He worked for Google with Blogger. He once won a debate at Oxford Union.

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Jelly, Biz Stone’s Startup, Raises a Round (With a Little Help From Friends)

Mike Isaac in Mobile on May 16 at 11:39 am PT

Jelly, the stealthy startup founded by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, announced Thursday that the company just closed its Series A round of venture capital. The round was led by Spark Capital; Bijan Sabet — an early Twitter investor — will join Jelly’s board. Other noteworthy investors include Jack Dorsey, U2’s Bono, Reid Hoffman, Steven Johnson, Evan Williams and Jason Goldman, Roya Mahboob, Greg Yaitanes and former vice president Al Gore.

Twitter Music Chief to Depart for Jelly, Biz Stone’s New Startup

Mike Isaac in Social on April 24 at 5:56 pm PT

Cue exit music.

Social Movement Site Neighborland Gets a New Look

Mike Isaac in Social on March 13 at 11:07 am PT

A grassroots-like startup aims to better communication between community members, and to make cities better as a result.

Former Wired Digital Editor Heads to Obvious Corp.

Mike Isaac in Media on March 7 at 3:19 pm PT

The digital veteran journalist makes a move into the startup space, with an aim to change how content platforms work.

Prepare to Cringe: Your Tweeted Life, Now Available for Download

Mike Isaac in Social on December 19, 2012 at 8:42 am PT

Thousands upon thousands of tweets on what we were eating for breakfast.

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Ex-Twitter Designer Joins Ex-Twitter Pals at Obvious Corp.

Mike Isaac in Social on October 12, 2012 at 3:04 pm PT

Dave Gamache, a designer who recently left his job at Twitter, announced Friday that he would soon join the ranks of Obvious Corp. It’s the outfit founded by Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Jason Goldman, three of the earliest Twitter employees (the first two are founders), who are all no longer with the microblogging service. Gamache’s arrival announcement comes soon after news that Ian Ownbey, another Twitter employee, said he would join Branch, a social start-up advised by none other than Obvious Corp.

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Ex-Twitter Employee Joins Social Start-Up Branch

Mike Isaac in Social on October 9, 2012 at 2:30 pm PT

Recent Twitter defector Ian Ownbey will soon join Branch, the New York-based start-up aimed at curating “high-quality public discourse.” Engineer Ownbey will move to the East Coast to join Branch’s eight-man outfit, which is backed and mentored by the Obvious Corporation, a group composed of ex-Twitterers Biz Stone, Evan Williams and Jason Goldman. Branch’s other investors include SV Angel, Betaworks and Lerer Ventures (and more), with advisers such as Jonah Peretti of BuzzFeed.