@Jack (Dorsey) quits Instagram, putting the first-name handle up for grabs

The @jack handle on Instagram is back up for grabs. Today, Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey, now Block CEO, announced he has deleted his Instagram account — the one with the coveted

Kevin Systrom talks AI and his post-Instagram social app at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023

When Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger co-founded Instagram in 2010, they basically invented photo-based social networking in the modern mobile era. Fast-forward to 2012 and a $1 billion acquisition by F

‘Graceful way out’: Investors propose some struggling founders close shop and return funding

Their argument is that some startups simply raised too much, and that at this point a clean, well-planned exit is better than a messy one.

Zula Pivotes Into ZCast, A Podcasting Platform For The Masses

Thomas Korte Of AngelPad On Its “Disproportionate Success” With European Founders

In another week or so, AngelPad, a five-year-old accelerator that twice a year chooses roughly a dozen startups to coach over a three-month period, will host an invite-only “demo day” for a coup

Twitter Stock Up 4% On Report That Jack Dorsey Will Become Permanent CEO

Today, Re/code reported that Jack Dorsey would be installed as permanent CEO after many months of speculation. Investors and those close to the company have been calling for Dorsey to take the post, b

Yo Dawg, I Heard You Like Coaching, So Coach.Me Put Coaching In Your Coaching

You don't just wake up an expert on how to write a crappy headline; someone has to coach you. Thanks to Panz, you are now reading this gem. Coaching is a big business, though, and there's a platfor

Snoop Dogg For CEO Of Twitter

Snoop Dogg should become CEO of Twitter and I'm about to tell you why. But first, leave Dick Costolo, the outgoing CEO, alone. When Dick became CEO, Twitter was valued at about $3 billion (now it's

Ev Williams’ Obvious Ventures Is A Fund For Investing In ‘World-Positive’ Startups

Serial entrepreneur Ev Williams has made a fortune over the years, and now want to invest some of his riches into startups. But not just any startups -- the co-founder of Blogger and Twitter is lookin

Before You Make That Pivot

According to Eric Ries, A pivot is a “structured course correction designed to test a new fundamental hypothesis about the product, strategy, and engine of growth.”[1] The rise of the Lean Startup

The Man Who Scans The Interwebs So You Don’t Have To

The man behind the popular NextDraft newsletter, Dave Pell has a slight smirk on his face as he slowly makes his way out of his dimmed SOMA office to greet me. He’s tall. I surmise about 6&#8217

How Biz Stone’s Biggest Mistake Spawned Twitter

"The first, second, third company I went to work for, somehow I screwed them all up. Doing startups is all about making mistakes," Biz Stone nervously admitted onstage at the New Context Conference ye

The Three Reasons Twitter Didn’t Sell To Facebook

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg tried to acquire Twitter not once but twice, through official channels and via co-founder Jack Dorsey. The details of the efforts are revealed in Nick Bilton’s n

Twitter’s Silent Chairman

Last week, when Twitter’s S-1 filing dropped, the media pored over it with a fine-toothed comb, extracting every bit of juice possible from under the freshly peeled-back rind of the intensely se

“That’s The Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Heard Of.”

When Twitter <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/twitter/status/378261932148416512">broke the news</a> last week about its forthcoming IPO, I got a bit sentimental. In 2006, when Twitter was

Twitter Co-Founder Evan Williams’ Blogging Platform Medium Opens Signups To All

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams has a new blogging platform called Medium, which has been a closed-signup affair since its introduction. Today, the platform sent out an email with the news that anyon

On The Internet, If You Don’t Die, You Win Sometimes, Says Winner Evan Williams

Serial entrepreneur <a target="_blank" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/evan-williams">Evan Williams</a> spoke onstage at <a target="_blank" href="http://wiredbusinessconference.com/agenda.htm

Instagram’s Kevin Systrom To Join Us For Disrupt NY 2013

In case you’re not vigorously refreshing our Disrupt NY events page like we are, TechCrunch Disrupt is coming up. We’re receiving a record number of Startup Battlefield applications an

The Next Seven Years For Twitter Hang On Its Ability To Remain A Pure Communication Platform

Twitter turned seven years old today. The company posted a fun video about its history, which we already know plenty about. We’ll get to that later, though. Another thing we know about Twitter i

Ev Williams: Medium Wants To Help Build A Sustainable Economic Model For Journalism

At the <a target="_blank" href="http://festival.launch.co/index.html">Launch Conference</a> in San Francisco today, Twitter co-founder Ev Williams took the stage to talk to conference founder Jason Ca
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