"Chairman after Dick Costolo replaced Williams as the CEO. On June 10, 2015, Costolo announced that he was resigning as CEO of Twitter, effective July 1, 2015. Dorsey would assume the post of Interim CEO upon Costolo's departure. He was named permanent CEO of Twitter on October 5, 2015. On the day after the controversy about Twitter's new algorithms for tweets, Dorsey responded to the trend, saying it was only a hoax. In May 2016, Dorsey announced that Twitter would not count photos and links in the 140-character limit to free up more space for text. This move was an"
"company in Oakland to dispatch couriers, taxis, and emergency services from the Web. His other projects and ideas at this time included networks of medical devices and a ""frictionless service market"". In July 2000, building on dispatching and inspired in part by LiveJournal and by AOL Instant Messenger, he had the idea for a Web-based realtime status/short message communication service. When he first saw implementations of instant messaging, Dorsey wondered whether the software's user status output could be shared easily among friends. He approached Odeo, which at the time happened to be interested in text messaging. Dorsey and Biz Stone"
"Busey in 2013. The company created games including the interactive, collectible card game ""NBA Breakaway""; the puzzle game ""Dragon Academy""; and the collectible card game ""Elements: Broken Lands"". In 2016, Team Chaos was acquired by San Francisco-based Zynga. In 2016, Ben Lamm and Andrew Busey founded Conversable, an enterprise conversational intelligence platform for creating intuitive, on-demand, automated experiences on any messaging or voice channel including Facebook Messenger, Twitter, SMS, Amazon Echo and Google Home. The company represented innovations in conversational content, conversation commerce, and customer care for the digital age. Notable clients of the company include Viacom, Wingstop, Pizza Hut,"
"Pardot, and product recommendations and intelligence engine, iGoDigital, later in 2012. Salesforce.com acquired ExactTarget for $2.5 billion in June 2013 at a 50% premium. Dorsey stepped down as chief executive officer of Salesforce ExactTarget Marketing Cloud in May 2014. In 2015, Dorsey co-founded the venture studio, High Alpha, alongside Kristian Andersen and former ExactTarget executives Mike Fitzgerald and Eric Tobias. High Alpha raised $35 million in initial funding in June 2015 from Emergence Capital, Greenspring Associates, and Hyde Park Venture Partners. Dorsey has also played a prominent role in the Indianapolis sports community, serving as a board member for Indiana"
"path to personal fitness."" In February 2016, Costolo joined Index Ventures as a partner. Dick Costolo Richard William Costolo ( ) (born September 10, 1963) was the CEO of Twitter from 2010 to 2015; he also served as the COO before becoming CEO. He took over as CEO from Evan Williams in October 2010. On June 11, 2015, it was announced that Costolo would step down as CEO on July 1, 2015 and would be replaced by Twitter co-founder and chairman Jack Dorsey on an interim basis until the Board of Directors could find a replacement. On August 8, 2015,"
"played a crucial role in facilitating smooth leadership changes at Twitter in October 2008 and later October 2010—ousting Jack Dorsey to install Evan Williams in 2008, and ousting Williams to install Dick Costolo in 2010. In November 2013, shortly after Twitter's IPO, Sabet wrote a blog post expressing his gratitude to Twitter, both as an investor and as a user of the service. A ""Forbes"" article about Spark Capital quoted Sabet as attributing Spark Capital's success to the fact that the partners themselves used the products of the companies they invested in (such as Twitter) enabling them to better understand"
"Dragon Dynasty Dragon Dynasty is a joint venture started by Bleecker Street, The Weinstein Company and Genius Products. The company was created on May 23, 2006 for the sole purpose of distributing East Asian films on DVD in the U.S., whose licenses are held by, or will be acquired by, The Weinstein Company. Dragon Dynasty showcases classic and contemporary Asian cinema, particularly those films which fall under the action and martial arts genre. Quentin Tarantino, who is well recognized for his passionate interest and broad knowledge of Asian cinema, was said to actively work with the Weinsteins in all aspects"
"Buzztime, an interactive television company. The company was known for its bar trivia online games. He was Chairman and CEO of NTN for 10 years. Kinsey became CEO of Nigel Power LLC in 2005, a manufacturer of wireless communications equipment based in San Diego. Kinsey built and moved the company forward, incorporating in 2006 and becoming an acquisition and subsidiary of Qualcomm in 2009. Kinsey is currently an advisor with Board-level responsibilities to multiple companies. Stan Kinsey Stan Kinsey is a former Disney executive and co-founder of Iwerks Entertainment, along with Oscar winner and Disney Legend Don Iwerks. Kinsey is"
"Erik Voorhees Erik Tristan Voorhees is an American startup founder. He is co-founder of the bitcoin company Coinapult, worked as Director of Marketing at BitInstant, and was founder and partial owner of the bitcoin gambling website Satoshi Dice (subsequently sold in July 2013 to an undisclosed buyer). He was fined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an unregistered stock offering related to SatoshiDice. He is also the creator and CEO of the instant bitcoin and altcoin exchange ShapeShift.io, having founded and operated it under the alias Beorn Gonthier, until revealing his true involvement with the company, as part"
"star. Magic Stone is also in development on ""Destroy"", a fast-paced dark comedy. Magic Stone Productions Magic Stone is a film and television production company directed by husband-and-wife team, Michael Stephenson and Lindsay Stephenson. Launched in 2009, Magic Stone is a production company whose films include Best Worst Movie and The American Scream, two award-winning feature documentaries that rose to critical and commercial success. Most recently, Magic Stone executive produced Zero Charisma, an indie comedy that won the 'Audience Award' in the 2013 SXSW festival. Magic Stone announced it will produce Bob Odenkirk's feature, ""Girlfriend's Day"". Odenkirk, who penned the"
"the biotechnology firm Genentech and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's startup Square his first two major clients. In 2010, Lisagor founded the Los Angeles-based video advertising company Sandwich Video. The firm specializes in helping startups and apps get noticed with short, entertaining, informative videos, and has earned notice for frequently accepting a combination of cash, equity and revenue sharing from a client in lieu of full payment. Their videos are typically one-and-a-half to two minutes long. They also work with larger clients and ad agencies, and produce television commercials in addition to online video ads. Sandwich's clients include Square, Airbnb, Warby"
"New York Times"", ""Mr. Dorsey and Mr. Costolo forged a close relationship"" when Williams was away. According to ""PC Magazine"", Williams was ""no longer involved in the day-to-day goings on at the company"". He was focused on developing a new startup, and became a member of Twitter's board of directors, and promised to ""help in any way I can"". In 2011, Stone was still with Twitter but was working with AOL as an ""advisor on volunteer efforts and philanthropy"". In January 2014 Stone announced the release of Jelly, a 'social Q&A network for mobile'. Dorsey rejoined Twitter in March 2011,"
"Securities and Exchange Commission for selling unregistered securities. Erik Voorhees Erik Tristan Voorhees is an American startup founder. He is co-founder of the bitcoin company Coinapult, worked as Director of Marketing at BitInstant, and was founder and partial owner of the bitcoin gambling website Satoshi Dice (subsequently sold in July 2013 to an undisclosed buyer). He was fined by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an unregistered stock offering related to SatoshiDice. He is also the creator and CEO of the instant bitcoin and altcoin exchange ShapeShift.io, having founded and operated it under the alias Beorn Gonthier, until revealing"
"season 6 of ABC's Shark Tank for their company Reviver Clothing Wipes. Gary Kusin Gary M. Kusin (born 1951) is an American entrepreneur. In 1984, Kusin co-founded videogame retailer Babbage's, which is now known as GameStop. In February 1995, one year after Babbage's merger with Software etc., Kusin resigned as President of the company. Following his resignation, Kusin, alongside Janet Gurwitch, founded cosmetics company Kusin Gurwitch Cosmetics. He also served as CEO and President of FedEx Kinko's from 2001-2006. Kusin has been serving on the board of Electronic Arts since 1995, and on the board of Radio Shack from 2004-05."
"stepped down as chief executive officer of Salesforce ExactTarget Marketing Cloud in May 2014. Dorsey was born in Northeast Ohio and grew up in Naperville, Illinois. He attended Indiana University and received a Bachelor's in Marketing from the Kelley School of Business. He later went on to receive his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 1999. Dorsey, Baggott, and McCormick co-founded ExactTarget in late 2000. In 2004, ExactTarget raised $10.5 million from Insight Venture Partners and grew to $31.2 million in revenues by 2006 before filing to go public in December 2007. In May 2009,"
"dividend and the other a growing company that would have greater investment opportunities and therefore would not be expected to pay a dividend. A new company, the present Viacom, was created and was headed by Freston. It comprises BET Networks, MTV Networks, and Paramount Pictures Corporation. In June 2005, Viacom announced its purchase of Neopets, a virtual pet website, along with GameTrailers, GoCityKids, and IFILM. That December, Paramount announced it would acquire DreamWorks. All indications were that the whole of DreamWorks—both live-comedy film and TV studios, albeit not the DreamWorks archive (which was sold to a group led by George"
"Violin"", in 1999. He and Feltheimer, a former Sony Pictures and New World Entertainment executive, orchestrated a $33 million preferred equity financing in December 1999. Following the recapitalization, Feltheimer and Burns formally joined Lionsgate as Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman, respectively. Lionsgate soon generated a string of fiercely independent hits such as ""Monster's Ball"", which earned a Best Actress Academy Award for Halle Berry in 2002, ""Fahrenheit 9/11"", the highest-grossing documentary film of all time, ""Crash"", which surprised the Hollywood community by winning three Oscars, including Best Picture, in 2006, and ""Saw"", acquired for $1 million from 90 seconds"
"Vuze secured $20 million in its C round of funding. This round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with existing investors Redpoint Ventures, Greycoft Partners, BV Capital, and Jarl Mohn participating. As a result of the investment, TiVo Co-Founder and former CEO Mike Ramsay joined the Vuze Board of Directors. In December 2006, the BBC announced that hundreds of episodes of its programs will be made available through Vuze (restricted by DRM). Vuze, Inc. Vuze, Inc. (formerly Azureus, Inc.) is a company formed by some of the core developers of the open source BitTorrent client Azureus. Based in San"
"Howard Gibson Howard Gibson (born September 12, 1973) is an American filmmaker, serial entrepreneur and brand executive. Currently, EVP of Brand Partnerships & Content Strategist for Cetera Technology. In 2007, Gibson started Have A Blast!, a technology company which developed augmented reality experiences for the film and gaming industry. In 2015, Gibson sold the company. By 1999 Gibson started his own production company Howard Gibson Productions with a primary focused on the straight to DVD films. There he wrote Time Warner ""Vicious Circle"", wrote and directed Lionsgate Home Entertainment,""Guilty by Association"", starring actor Morgan Freeman. Produced Sony Pictures Entertainment """""
"produced by Nigel Sinclair of White Horse Pictures. Roswell co-produced ""I Saw The Light"", directed and written by Marc Abraham, starring Tom Hiddleston, who portrays the legendary singer-songwriter Hank Williams. The soundtrack album was produced by Rodney Crowell, Roswell, Carter Little, and Ray Kennedy. Roswell is currently the Founder and CEO of TunesMap, makers of a mobile and TV app that contextually organizes and presents high quality content from preferred partners and artists. Roswell lives in the Pacific Palisades with his wife Karen, and his son, Cal del Valle. G. Marq Roswell G. Marq Roswell is an American tech entrepreneur,"
"produced feature films, and developed large consumer product and digital businesses. Popular characters and shows included: ""Blue's Clues"", ""Beavis and Butthead"", ""SpongeBob SquarePants"", ""Daria"", ""The Daily Show"", ""Jackass"", ""South Park"", ""Drawn Together"", ""Crank Yankers"", ""The Fairly Oddparents"", ""Aeon Flux"", ""Chappelle's Show"", ""I Love the..."", ""Behind the Music"", """", ""The Colbert Report"", ""Wonder Showzen"", ""Ren & Stimpy"", ""The Real World"", ""Dora the Explorer"", ""Rugrats"", and ""Star Trek"" (from """" to """"). In 2004, after Viacom President & COO Mel Karmazin stepped down, Freston was named Co-President & Co-COO of Viacom (along with Leslie Moonves). Freston oversaw MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Famous"
"Other shows include ""Hollyscoop"" on FOX and ""ENTV"", an entertainment show, for ION Television, Yahoo, and AOL, and the nationally syndicated show THE LIST. He won an Emmy for his talent on the E. W. Scripps Company owned show THE LIST in 2016. In 2017 he won his second Emmy Award as best TV Host in a syndicated series for E. W. Scripps Company That same year he launched a car brand called Corsetti Cruisers, where just for fun he restores classic 60 series Toyota Land Cruiser trucks. Brian Corsetti Brian Stephen Corsetti is an American television personality, and producer."
"vision and the leadership he contributed to TWINLAB over the years. Blechman is currently the host of his own online radio talk show where he speaks to guests from all over the world on an array of topics including sports, lifestyle, politics, entertainment, business, family and current affairs. Blechman is an executive producer on the film ""Greystone Park"", a horror film written and directed by Oliver Stone's son Sean Stone and released in 2012. Dean Blechman Dean Blechman is an American businessman, movie producer, entrepreneur, and currently the Founder and Host of The Dean Blechman Show. Blechman was one of"
"stopped operations in 2008. Revelations Entertainment Revelations Entertainment is an independent movie production company founded by actor Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary in 1996 with a mission to ""reveal truth."" The company is known for producing thought-provoking entertainment that has artistic integrity and soul. In 2006, Revelations became the first film production company in history to distribute a film (""10 Items or Less"") online while the movie was still playing in theaters. This was achieved by using ClickStar (also founded by Freeman and McCreary as a joint venture with Intel Corporation) as their online distribution site. Revelations Entertainment is behind"
"Mohawk tribe. In 2003 he merged Catskill Development with Alpha Hospitality, creating Empire Resorts. From 2002 to 2005, Berman served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Empire Resorts, a publicly traded NASDAQ (“NYNY”) gaming company. Berman is also General Partner of Avon Road Partners, LP a private entity that owns Real Estate and broadcast assets including WVOS (AM) & FM. In March 2016, Berman and James (Jim) McCarthy founded KeyStone Solutions, Inc. In 1993 Berman began a project involving an Internet lottery venture in collaboration with the Coeur d'Alene people tribe in Idaho. The project campaigned towards bringing Native"
"(which was acquired by eBay in June 2005 for $635 million), Georges Harik, a developer of Google AdSense, and Richard Rosenblatt, current CEO of Demand Media and former CEO and Chairman of Myspace, together provided Vator's first round of funding in May 2007. After launching in June 2007, Vator ran competitions with Demand Media to rank start-up business plans with user-generated ratings. Redpoint Ventures launched a ""wine 2.0"" competition with Vator. The venture capital firm was looking for wine-related businesses to fund. Vator implements a web 2.0 platform for entrepreneurs to submit a company profile and videotaped two-minute ""elevator pitches,"""
"Magic Stone Productions Magic Stone is a film and television production company directed by husband-and-wife team, Michael Stephenson and Lindsay Stephenson. Launched in 2009, Magic Stone is a production company whose films include Best Worst Movie and The American Scream, two award-winning feature documentaries that rose to critical and commercial success. Most recently, Magic Stone executive produced Zero Charisma, an indie comedy that won the 'Audience Award' in the 2013 SXSW festival. Magic Stone announced it will produce Bob Odenkirk's feature, ""Girlfriend's Day"". Odenkirk, who penned the script, will star and Michael Paul Stephenson will direct. Amber Tamblyn will also"
"Hein Mevissen Hein Mevissen (born January 3, 1972) is a Dutch director, artist, designer, photographer and entrepreneur with a Jewish Catholic background. He started John Doe in 2001. He is the developer and designer of the John's Phone with Diederiekje Bok: they created the phone in 2006 and launched it into the market in 2010. John's Phone is also on display in the Museum of Ideas and Inventions in Barcelona. Some of Hein Mevissen’s design and art work is part of the permanent collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the Netherlands. Mevissen has directed short films and television commercials"
"a welfare program. After being acquired in 1999 and moving to New York City, Smith and his co-founders bought ""VICE"" back, and moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2001. Initially publishing print articles based on offbeat alternative culture, ""VICE"" moved to creating news content and social criticism on multiple media platforms in 2006. Smith remains an owner of the company, and ""The New York Times"" has described Smith as ""a cross between a punk rocker and ""Fortune 500"" Executive"". In 2006, on the advice from the company's creative director Spike Jonze, VICE Media began expanding into digital video. This led to"
"6 Point Harness 6 Point Harness (6PH) is a Los Angeles-based animation studio that develops and produces animated television programming, feature films, commercial, music videos and web based content. In business for ten years, some of their most notable productions have included Tom Hanks' ""Electric City"", Fox's """", MTV's ""Good Vibes"", Nick Jr.'s ""Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!"", Nickelodeon's """", the animated feature """", and the web series ""Dick Figures"" for the YouTube channel Mondo Media. 6PH also released """", an in-house production developed from the company's web series. 6 Point Harness uses employees and collaborators nationwide. 6PH's founder, Brendan Burch, has"
"Genius Brands Genius Brands International (GBI) is an entertainment company head by Andy Heyward. The company was formed in a merger of Genius Brands International and A Squared Entertainment. A couple of future A Squared Entertainment properties originated at Andy Heyward's previous company, DIC Entertainment. DIC signed a TV series production deal in July 2003 with Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment for ""Stan Lee's Secret Super Six"". In 2006, DIC was in development on ""Secret Millionaires Club"" with Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett. A Squared Entertainment (A, A Squared) was formed by Heyward and his wife, Amy Moynihan Heyward, in 2009"
"the style of ""Eton Path"". Corner Stone Cues was founded in 2006 and is owned by Nathan D. Duvall. The company is based in Los Angeles, California Requiem for a Tower was released in September 2006. Since its release, the ""Requiem for a Tower"" track was licensed by British broadcasting company Sky Sports as the theme for Soccer Saturday. Other licenses included Wimbledon, 2006 & 2008 Olympics, 2007 Super Bowl, 2007 Rose Bowl, 2007 NASCAR Championship, and the 2008 & 2009 NBA Finals. Sassy, released in September 2006, features music from Kinky. Mexican Radio was licensed for the in game"
"Scott Dorsey Scott Dorsey (born July 1, 1967) is an American entrepreneur, investor, and startup advisor. He is a co-founder and managing partner at High Alpha, a venture studio that conceives, launches and scales enterprise technology companies. In late 2000, Dorsey, Chris Baggott, and Peter McCormick co-founded ExactTarget, a provider of digital marketing automation and analytics software and services. ExactTarget raised $161.5 million in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in 2012 and was acquired by salesforce.com for $2.5 billion in 2013. During his career at ExactTarget, Dorsey held the positions of chairman and CEO. Dorsey"