Stanford

Guy Kawasaki: Ten Questions with Jeffrey Pfeffer

Authored by Guy Kawasaki on July 13, 2007 - 3:19am.

Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. He is the author or co-author of twelve books. Dr. Pfeffer received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Carnegie-Mellon University and his Ph.D. from Stanford.

Spokeo Lets Members Track Over 20 Social Networking Sites

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 14, 2006 - 2:01pm.

Palo Alto, Calif. - A group of Stanford students have launched a Web 2.0 project called Spokeo, which allows members to track over 20 social networking and other sites, including MySpace, Xanga, YouTube and Flickr. The multimedia aggregation tool can track friends' blogs, photos and videos in a constantly updated news stream feed. The service also supports RSS/Atom feeds, allowing users to add other syndicated content like news, stock updates or Web comics.

Mobile Service Provider flipt Lands $5 Million in First Round

Authored by dmw on May 1, 2006 - 7:06pm.

Palo Alto, Calif. - Newly formed mobile service provider flipt said on Monday that it has received $5 million in its first round of funding, co-led by Sequoia Capital and New Enterprise Associates. The company was founded by CEO Sam Altman during his sophomore year at Stanford, where he was studying computer science. Altman said that he developed the service, which will be geared toward teens and 20-somethings, to better organize his social life. The company plans to unveil its service in the coming weeks, when it will also announce executive team additions and mobile carrier partnerships.