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Jelly, Biz Stone’s Mysterious Startup, Reveals Bono, Al Gore, and More as Investors

Jelly, Biz Stone’s Mysterious Startup, Reveals Bono, Al Gore, and More as Investors

By Josh Wolford May 16, 2013

On April 1st, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone confirmed that he was working on a new startup called Jelly. He was kind of forced into revealing his hand, after news of the project leaked in late March. When Stone announced the …

Biz Stone Confirms New Startup 'Jelly' Biz Stone Confirms New Startup 'Jelly'

Last week, news came out that Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is working on a new startup called Jelly. Today, Stone opened up about it a bit. In a post at JellyHQ.com, Stone writes: People are basically good—when provided a tool …

Advice For Scaling Your Startup To Millions Advice For Scaling Your Startup To Millions
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Google interviewed Ben Kamens, lead developer at Khan Academy, about scaling a startup to millions of users, which the popular online learning site has been able to do. Google uploaded the video to its Developer YouTube channel this week.

Biz Stone Working on Mobile Startup Called 'Jelly' Biz Stone Working on Mobile Startup Called 'Jelly'

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is working on another startup. According to Kara Swisher at All Things D, Stone’s new project is called “Jelly,” which her source called a “native mobile” effort. That’s pretty vague, and the only other tidbit provided …

Bing Fund Adds Sonar To Its Roster Bing Fund Adds Sonar To Its Roster

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Starbucks to Sell Square's Mobile Card Readers Starbucks to Sell Square's Mobile Card Readers
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Would you like a mobile payments processing unit with your caramel macchiato? Square and Starbucks are further bolstering their relationship, building on one that already includes millions in investment and a payment option deal. Starting soon, Starbucks customers will be …

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