Dennis Crowley
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| Born | June 19, 1976 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University (B.A. 1998) New York University (M.P.S. 2004) |
| Occupation | internet entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founder of Dodgeball and Foursquare |
| Website | |
| denniscrowley.com | |
Dennis Crowley (born June 19, 1976) is an American Internet entrepreneur best known for co-founding the popular social networking sites Dodgeball and Foursquare.
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Education[edit]
Crowley was born in Medway, Massachusetts and graduated from nearby Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, Massachusetts in 1994 and was featured in the front-cover story of Xaverian's seasonal magazine. He received a B.A. in 1998 from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and a M.P.S. master's degree in 2004 from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP).[1]
Career[edit]
Crowley co-founded Dodgeball with fellow student Alex Rainert in 2003 while attending New York University.[2] Dodgeball was subsequently acquired by Google in 2005,[3] after which Crowley along with Naveen Selvadurai developed a second version of the original Dodgeball service called Foursquare in late 2008 and launched the service at SXSW in 2009.[4] Foursquare, offering location-based social networking services via mobile devices, had over 6 million users worldwide as of January 2011,[5] 10 million users as of June 2011[6] and 25 million users reportedly in August 2012.[7]
Awards[edit]
Crowley has been a member of the Crain's New York Business 40 Under 40 in 2011; he was also named one of Fortune Magazine's "40 under 40" Business's hottest rising stars in 2010.[8][9] The online magazine AskMen.com ranked Dennis Crowley number 19 of the "Top 49 Most Influential Men 2010."[10] In 2005, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35.[11]
Controversy 2014 Boston Marathon[edit]
In 2014 Crowley admitted to producing a fraudulent Boston Marathon bib for his wife, Chelsa Crowley, to use.[12] He apologized for his actions. In a statement, Crowley admitted what he had done had "...overshadowed the event for those who ran and those who ran to honor others".[12]
References[edit]
- ^ New York University – Alumni Profile: Dennis Crowley (TSOA '04)
- ^ Adams, Tim (25 April 2010). "Will Foursquare be the new Twitter?". The Guardian.
- ^ Polytechnic University paper
- ^ https://foursquare.com/about
- ^ "So we grew 3400% last year…". January 28, 2011.
- ^ Sarah Lacy. "Foursquare Closes $50M at a $600M Valuation". TechCrunch. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ^ Sloane, Garrett. "Foursquare’s big overhaul falls flat with users". The New York Post. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ Kira Bindrim. "Dennis Crowley". Retrieved 28 June 2012.
- ^ 40 under 40 – 29. Dennis Crowley – FORTUNE
- ^ "Dennis Crowley Top49 Men". askmen.com. October 31, 2010.
- ^ "2005 Young Innovators Under 35". Technology Review. 2005. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ a b MOSENDZ, POLLY. "Foursquare CEO and Wife Fake a Bib for the Boston Marathon [UPDATED]". BetaBeat.
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