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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.

Dennis Crowley on the Difference Detween Dodgeball and Foursquare (Video)

John Paczkowski in News on December 7, 2010 at 2:01 pm PT

If Dodgeball was, as founder Dennis Crowley claims, the perfect storm of bad timing, then his latest venture, Foursquare, is a sunny day. In the video after the jump, Crowley talks about the mechanics of merchant relationships, valuations and frothiness, and the difference between Dodgeball and Foursquare.

Foursquare in Five Years

John Paczkowski in News on December 7, 2010 at 9:40 am PT

What’s the future look like for Foursquare? Founder Dennis Crowley isn’t quite sure, though he’s confident the company will grow far beyond where it is today.

Dennis Crowley Live at Dive Into Mobile

Liz Gannes in Social on December 7, 2010 at 9:14 am PT

With only nine Foursquare members currently checked in to our D:Dive Into Mobile conference, Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley may be a little out of his usual element of adoring fans. But fresh from modeling Gap’s new chunky cardigan in bus stop ads, Crowley is here to answer tough questions from All Things Digital chief Kara Swisher. Crowley’s Foursquare now has 4.5 million users, a whopping 35 employees and $20 million in funding, and it recently opened a San Francisco office.

Google Acquisitions “Paying Off Huge”–Except for the Ones That Aren’t

John Paczkowski in News on September 22, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

Say what you will about Google’s acquisition strategy, the company has made some wise wagers over the past few years. Sure, its M&A department has thrown away a fair bit of money on some regrettable investments, but it’s pulled off some killer deals as well. And those are “paying off huge,” says VP of Corporate Development David Lawee.

Location, Location, Location: Foursquare Nabs $20 Million in VC Funding at $95 Million Pre-Money Valuation (Plus Blog Posts, of Course!)

Kara Swisher in News on June 29, 2010 at 2:45 pm PT

After a very long and decidedly strange funding journey, Foursquare has finally officially landed a new round of $20 million in venture funding, with Silicon Valley’s Andreessen Horowitz leading the new investment. BoomTown reported last week that the new deal was in the bag, which puts Foursquare at $95 million pre-money valuation. Interestingly, it is only the New York-based social location start-up’s second round, and includes it current investors.

BoomTown Reimagines "Hamlet" Soliloquy for Foursquare's Crowley

Kara Swisher in News on April 19, 2010 at 12:49 pm PT

Much to the chagrin of valuation-hyping Silicon Valley VCs, Yahoo has still stayed in the running to acquire Foursquare, the hot social geolocation start-up, much longer than expected. So far, it’s been turned down flat, but turnabout could be fair play. It is apparently all in the hands of New York Web hipster and Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley now, whom one player said was doing “a very deft Hamlet act.” Could BoomTown resist a rewrite of Shakespeare? I could not!

Can Yahoo Still Nab Foursquare for $125 Million or Will VCs Prevail? The Race for the Hot Mobile Start-Up Nears Its End.

Kara Swisher in News on April 16, 2010 at 9:54 am PT

You have to give Yahoo an A for effort, if perhaps the ultimate grade in its ongoing quest to buy hot mobile social network Foursquare is an F. While Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley, who controls a large chunk of the shares of the start-up, has so far turned down several $100 million-plus offers from Yahoo, sources said the company’s newish head of mergers and acquisitions, Andrew Siegel, is back in New York today still trying to convince him to sell. So far, Foursquare appears to have developed a case of cold feet about marrying the Internet giant and seems more likely to opt for a large round of funding from venture firms.

What, Exactly, Is Foursquare? And Why Are Investors Clamoring for It?

Peter Kafka in Media on September 8, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

One of the hottest start-ups of 2009 had to fend off investors this summer–even if many people don’t understand exactly what the service does or who is supposed to use it. Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley explains.

Even Google’s Cutting Back: Firing 100 Recruiters, Dropping Projects

Peter Kafka in Media on January 15, 2009 at 3:56 am PT

Even Google, which posted profits of $1.3 billion last quarter alone, can’t keep expanding in this economy. The search giant made a series of cuts yesterday, firing 100 of its recruiters, and shutting down a handful of its many side projects. These aren’t huge moves, but they are telling ones.