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      • Biz Stone Biography American blogger; co-founder of Twitter Christopher Isaac " Biz " Stone (born March 10, 1974) is an American entrepreneur who is a co-founder of Twitter, among other technology companies. Stone was the creative director at Xanga from 1999 to 2001. Stone co-founded Jelly, with Ben Finkel.
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  2. May 3, 2024 · Apr. 30, 2024, 8:27 AM UTC (TechCrunch) Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of Mastodon’s new US nonprofit. Biz Stone (born March 10, 1974, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American entrepreneur who, with Evan Williams and Jack Dorsey, founded (2006) Twitter, an online microblogging service. Stone attended two universities in Boston ...

  3. Nov 5, 2021 · The social media pioneer’s firm is chasing investments that have no expiry date. Biz Stone, the co-founder of social media platform Twitter, is running a firm called Future Positive to target ...

  4. May 2, 2016 · May 02, 2016. Image via Complex Original. In the arena of tech, failure is unavoidable and sometimes even celebrated, yet Christopher Isaac "Biz" Stone has strung together a slew of hits,...

  5. Biz Stone (Real Name: Christopher Isaac “Biz” Stone) is a popular American entrepreneur who is the co-founder of Twitter, among other technology companies. He is also the Co-founder and CEO of Jelly Industries with Ben Finkel.

    • From Christopher to Biz
    • He Was Inspired by Wile E. Coyote
    • Was A College Dropout, Now He’S A Fellow
    • He’S Got Friends in High Places
    • Believes Conscious Capitalism Will Be The Future
    • Feels Social Networking Will Help Humans Cooperate with Each Other

    What kind of parent would name their child Biz? While, not The Stones. Biz’s actual name is Christopher Isaac Stone. However, according to a post on his official blog, while trying to phonetically ear his name through his father’s Boston accent, he thought he heard his name pronounced as “Biz-ah-bah.” Fast forward several years to a birthday party ...

    Stone was in a serious rut in 2002. His first startup, Xanga, was fledgling, and he was in severe credit card debt, so he left New York City and moved into his mother’s basement in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Despite these difficult time, Stone continued to blog. In fact, Biz has stated that the “only bright spot in my life was blogging”. In an artic...

    Biz didn’t drop-out of college once, but twice from the Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts, Boston. However, that didn’t prevent some high-level universities from inviting Stone to advise. In 2011, Stone discussed entrepreneurship and innovation to M.B.A. students at the University of California at Berkeley’s Haas School of...

    When Biz’s startup Jelly closed on it’s Series A funding with Spark Capital and SV Angel on May 16th 2003, there were some very high-profile investors. This “bloom,” which is what a group of jellies is called, included: 1. Jack Dorsey, Co-founder and CEO of Square 2. Bono, Musician and Activist 3. Reid Hoffman with the Greylock Discovery Fund 4. St...

    Biz has made no secret that he donates a good portion of his wealth to help support education, poverty, the environment, health, and animal welfare by founding or supporting organizations like DonorsChoose, Product (RED), and the Biz & Livia Stone Foundation. However, Stone believes that conscious capitalism will become the norm. In an interview wi...

    When Biz returned to SXSW to promote his book earlier this year – which was the first time he’s been there since Twitter stole the show in 2007 – he was asked by CNNfor his thought on the future of social networking. “In the future, what do I think will happen? I think we’ll be able to accomplish in one year what used to take 100 years. Because whe...

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  6. Mini Bio. Biz Stone was born on March 10, 1974 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Great Green Wall (2019), Lemon Shark (2021) and Blood Stripe (2016). He has been married to Livia McRee since June 30, 2007. They have one child.

  7. Apr 1, 2015 · About. Biz Stone is an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter. A progenitor of social… Experience. Jelly Industries, Inc. San Francisco, CA. - San Francisco, CA. - San Francisco, CA. -...

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