Posts Tagged ‘foursquare’
28
Jul

josh williams gowalla The Entrepreneur Spotlight: Josh WilliamsGowalla is a location-based social networking service where users can track friends, check-in to places, and get rewarded for exploring the locations around them.  If you’re familiar with Foursquare, then you already pretty much know what Gowalla is all about.  The increasingly popular services has surpassed 150,000 users and $8.4 million in venture capitol as of 2010 with no signs of slowing down.    For this and more we take a look at entrepreneur Josh Williams in the spotlight this week. We’ll look at just how he did it and highlight what lessons any upcoming entrepreneur can learn. More »

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14
Jun

dennis crowley 300x226 The Entrepreneur Spotlight: Dennis CrowleyFoursquare is a location-based social networking site designed with the mobile platform in mind.  With the rapid growth expected to happen in the mobile space over the next five to ten years, it’s so surprise that startups like this one continue to pop-up.  Being able to launch a startup that takes into account industry trends such as this one is one of the main reasons this entrepreneur continues to find success.  For this and more we take a look at entrepreneur Dennis Crowley in the spotlight this week. We’ll look at just how he did it and highlight what lessons any upcoming entrepreneur can learn. More »

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