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    Christopher Isaac " Biz " Stone [1] [2] (born March 10, 1974) [3] 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. [4] . Stone co-founded Jelly, with Ben Finkel.

  2. Mar 6, 2024 · Biz Stone, American entrepreneur who, with Evan Williams and Jack Dorsey, founded (2006) Twitter, an online microblogging service. Stone also helped launch (2014) the search app Jelly and served as an adviser to several Web companies. Learn more about his life and career.

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    • From Christopher to Biz. 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.”
    • He Was Inspired by Wile E. Coyote. 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.
    • Was a College Dropout, Now He’s a Fellow. Biz didn’t drop-out of college once, but twice from the Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
    • He’s Got Friends in High Places. 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.
  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...

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  5. Mar 5, 2024 · Biz Stone (born March 10, 1974, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.) American entrepreneur who, with Evan Williams and Jack Dorsey, founded (2006) Twitter, an online microblogging service. Stone attended two universities in Boston ( Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts) for one year each and then worked as a designer at the ...

  6. Apr 22, 2014 · Twitter Co-founder Biz Stone on the Power of the Creative Mind - Knowledge at Wharton. April 22, 2014 • 10 min read. In his new book, Things A Little Bird Told Me: Confessions of a Creative Mind, Biz Stone tells the story of his nontraditional path to co-founding Twitter and Jelly. Technology. Written By. Knowledge at Wharton Staff.

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