Jonathan Abrams

Jonathan Abrams is an engineer, entrepreneur, and investor. He's best known as the founder of Friendster[1] where he worked from 2002-2005. He then founded Socializr, where he was from 2005 to 2010, and Nuzzel, where he stayed from 2012 to 2018.

Today Abrams is a Board Member of Girls in Tech, an investor, and a Co-founder and Managing Partner of Founders Den.[2]

Friendster

Friendster was an early social network that once boasted over 75 million users and was the inspiration behind MySpace[3] and other more modern social networks. Google tried to buy the company in 2004 for $30 million dollars. The $30 million dollars in Google stock would be worth a billion dollars today. The Board Of Directors replaced him with Scott Sassa as CEO of Friendster, making him the chairman.

Startups

Abrams has continued working with startups, founding Socializr, another social network for sharing events with friends, which was purchased by Punchbowl. Then Nuzzle, an app for providing news and media intelligence. Abrams is currently a founder and managing partner of startup incubator Founders Den.

gollark: It's *technically possible* to make somewhat repairable phones, it's just... unfortunately not something the majority of users care about, so it's mostly confined to niche products like pinephones and fairphones.
gollark: Manufacturers tend to limit authorized technician stuff a lot and/or overcharge massively.
gollark: Okay? I'd like to be able to, and I'd like it to be possible without expensive specialized equipment.
gollark: Also, Linux on DeX is... cancelled or something.
gollark: <@151391317740486657> It's not the only bad thing. phones are also nigh impossible to repair and more expensive (per computing power unit or whatever) than a desktop/laptop.

References
  1. "Friendster Founder Tells His Side of the Story, 10 Years After Facebook". Mashable. February 3, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  2. "Jonathan Abrams". Crunchbase. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  3. "Friendster Sells for $100 million". Inc.com. Retrieved August 12, 2019.


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