Dennis Crowley

CEO and Co-founder
Foursquare

The impact of the geo-location on mobile is undeniable, and Dennis Crowley has been at the forefront of the trend at foursquare and, before that, at Dodgeball, which was acquired by Google in 2005. But–since the plains are covered with the bodies of pioneers–will Crowley's check-in and mayoral empire prevail over incursions from competitors, most especially social networking giant Facebook? And, as it evolves, can he turn the start-up from a game into a real money- making business? Crowley holds a master's degree from New York University's Interactive Telecomm- unications Program and a bachelor's degree from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University.

Posts With Dennis Crowley

Ah, So That’s What You’re Supposed to Do With Foursquare!

Peter Kafka in Social on January 27 at 1:04 pm PT

The “check-in service” explains why it’s not really a “check-in service” at all.

Foursquare’s Version of the Talent Acquisition: Summer Interns

Liz Gannes in Social on July 1, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Foursquare has done something pretty interesting with a couple of its developers: Hired them for gigs as summer interns. CEO Dennis Crowley said as much during a chat on Thursday at his company’s newly opened San Francisco office.

Foursquare Gets $50M to “Make the World Easier to Use”

Liz Gannes in Social on June 24, 2011 at 1:51 pm PT

Foursquare has raised $50 million, mostly from its existing investors, the company announced today.

Metamarkets Raises $6 Million To Help Big Web Publishers Corral Big Data

Peter Kafka in Media on May 31, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

A ad tech startup that promises to help Web publishers make sense of all the data their ad sales generate.

This Week in Goal Setting: Foursquare Aspires to Be "Clippy in Your Pocket"

Liz Gannes in Social on April 20, 2011 at 11:42 am PT

Foursquare is ultimately about offline discovery and exploration, said CEO Dennis Crowley in an interview with me last night at an event in San Francisco. He said his goal is for the app to be a sort of personalized helper with personality, like Microsoft’s terrible Clippy office assistant but smarter.

Pretty Flipboard Fundraising at an Even Prettier $200 Million Valuation

Kara Swisher in News on March 23, 2011 at 7:15 am PT

Flipboard, the high-profile and highly designed social media reading app for the Apple iPad, is out raising another round of funding at an eye-popping $200 million valuation, according to numerous sources close to the situation. The Palo Alto, CA, company declined to comment on its new funding efforts, which sources said had recently accelerated.

Viral Video: Foursquare's Dennis Crowley Is Character Approved

Kara Swisher in News on March 17, 2011 at 12:05 am PT

Recently, Foursquare was selected for an “award,” as part of an advertising campaign for USA Networks, whose motto is “Characters Welcome.” Now, a commercial featuring co-founders Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai is in heavy rotation on the cable television channel–what can BoomTown say, except, “NCIS” rocks, and thus, I have had to endure the ad 67 times so far!

Report From Austin: The Social Fragmentation of SXSW

Liz Gannes in Social on March 12, 2011 at 2:59 pm PT

Austin’s annual South By Southwest Interactive conference is bigger and glitzier than ever. But, physically and virtually, it seems more fragmented this year. That’s not to say it’s not full of lines and crowds, as per usual.

Checking In With Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley at Mobile World Congress (Video)

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 13, 2011 at 3:00 pm PT

At the outset of his first-ever trip to Barcelona for the big cellphone industry trade show, Foursquare’s chief executive sits down to talk about the future of his location-based service.

BoomTown Did Not Call Groupon's Andrew Mason a Corporate D-Bag!

Kara Swisher in News on January 31, 2011 at 6:15 am PT

Oh, to be misquoted! Last week, a lot of folks on Twitter and elsewhere thought I had called Groupon co-founder and CEO Andrew Mason a “corporate douche bag” onstage in an interview gone badly awry. While such a comment is not beyond me, the fact of the matter is that he called himself that.