Dustin Moskovitz

Flipboard CEO McCue Likely to Step Down From Twitter Board Over Potential Future Conflicts (Or Closer Cooperation)

Kara Swisher in News on May 7 at 1:37 pm PT

There is a growing feeling that the social communications companies are on a product collision course, with a possible troubled or perhaps more attractive result.

Asana Launches to Public — Finally Moving Out of Private Beta

Kara Swisher in Enterprise on November 2, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

In Sanskrit, “asana” means “sitting down” and refers to strong but relaxed postures in yoga, presumably so frustrated workers can achieve a digital form of nirvana.

Exclusive: Flipboard Confirms $50 Million Funding at $200 Million Valuation

Kara Swisher in News on April 14, 2011 at 1:23 pm PT

Late last month, BoomTown posted about a huge venture funding effort by the high-profile and even more highly designed social media reading app for the Apple iPad, Flipboard. Today, its co-founder and CEO Mike McCue confirmed a $50 million round at an eye-popping $200 million valuation, in a wide-ranging interview at the start-up’s Palo Alto, Calif., HQ.

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.

Asana Hires "COO-Type"–Van Zant First Biz Side Hire for Workplace Collaboration Start-Up

Kara Swisher in News on March 21, 2011 at 6:19 pm PT

As it gets ramped up for a wider launch, Asana, the high-profile group collaboration start-up founded by top former Facebook execs, has hired former SolarWinds product strategy exec Kenny Van Zant in a “COO-type of role.” Co-founders Dustin Moskovitz and Justin Rosenstein remain at the top of the leadership at the San Francisco company, which–perhaps in keeping with its yoga-style name–does not have official titles. But Van Zant will essentially fulfill the COO role, focusing on bringing Asana to the enterprise market in a socially-fueled “bottom-up” approach.

Path: The Social App That's Not Viral (By Design)

Liz Gannes in Social on November 14, 2010 at 9:00 pm PT

While there are many interesting photo-sharing apps out these days, Dave Morin and Path are the most convincing about there being a larger idea behind what they’re doing. San Francisco-based Path is stubbornly focused on close personal connections–a.k.a. real friends.

"The Social Network" Is Just as Brutal as Mark Zuckerberg Feared

Peter Kafka in Media on September 13, 2010 at 10:41 am PT

It’s hard to feel sorry for a billionaire. But here I am, feeling bad for Mark Zuckerberg. If you see the “The Social Network” you’re probably going to feel bad for him, too. I’ve seen the film, and can report back that it’s just as rough on the Facebook CEO as his people feared it would be.

Another Teaser Trailer for The Facebook Movie: 100 Percent More Poking of Zuckerberg!

Kara Swisher in News on July 8, 2010 at 4:08 pm PT

Here’s another teaser trailer for “The Social Network,” which makes it clear that the movie is going to be a warts-and-all-and-then-more warts portrait of the beginnings of Facebook. Most maligned: Co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who seems to be portrayed as a social networking sociopath.

Asana Gets $9 Million (No, It’s Not a Yoga Stance–It’s a Workplace Productivity Start-Up From Former Facebookers)

Kara Swisher in News on November 24, 2009 at 10:00 am PT

Yet another goofy Silicon Valley name did not prevent Asana–the productivity software start-up founded by former Facebookers Dustin Moskovitz and Justin Rosenstein–from nabbing $9 million in funding from Benchmark Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. The round, which was announced today, will be used to turbocharge Asana and its small team, who are aiming at the very dull and unexciting but very large and problematic workplace collaboration and communications market. In Sanskrit, “asana” means “sitting down” and refers to strong but relaxed postures in yoga–so presumably, Moskovitz and Rosenstein are trying to help frustrated workers achieve a digital form of nirvana.

How to Use Facebook for Something Besides Hooking Up and Throwing Sheep

Peter Kafka in Media on December 4, 2008 at 5:00 am PT

Some of us cynical types used to wonder if Facebook would ever amount to anything beyond a place to throw sheep at your friends. Silly us! While we were really talking about Facebook’s ability to generate revenue, and eventually a profit, Facebook’s users have had more ambitious goals: Changing the world. That, at least, is the theme of the grandly named “Alliance of Youth Movements Summit,” which kicks off today at Columbia Law School.