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Mike Jones

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Michael Jones the CEO of Science, an angel investor, board member and advisor to startups up and down the west coast. Mike is the former President of MySpace and former Senior Vice President of AOL. As founder and CEO, he built Userplane from a startup services business to an applications provider and an AOL subsidiary.

After leaving AOL Jones started Tsavo, a web media company that launched with a rumored $20m in financial backing. His time as Tsavo’s CEO was short as MySpace’s new CEO made Jones his first hire in 2009, making him COO. In February of 2010, Owen VanNatta stepped down as CEO and Newscorp promoted Jones to co-President.

Jones opened his first Web consulting business during his junior year of college, and eventually migrated his practice into PBJ Digital, a 40-person firm that served an estimated 200 companies, including Sony and UPN. After selling PBJ Digital, Jones and his partners, Nate Thelen, Kevin Prentiss, and Javier Hall, formed Userplane.

Jones has a Bachelor of Arts in International Business and Marketing from the University of Oregon and was named the University’s Student Entrepreneur of the Year in 1997.

Recent Milestones

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  Mike Jones invested in BlackJet. (10/26/12)
  Posted 10/26/12 at 2:54pm via techcrunch.com
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  Mike Jones invested in Glossi, Inc. (10/1/12)
  Posted 2/15/13 at 4:22pm
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  Mike Jones invested in Gobbler. (1/23/12)
  Posted 1/23/12 at 6:31pm via techcrunch.com
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  Mike Jones invested in Pocket Change. (11/23/11)
  Posted 11/23/11 at 6:41pm via techcrunch.com
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  Mike Jones added a position as CEO at Science. (11/1/11)
  Posted 1/12/12 at 6:03am
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  Mike Jones added a position as Angel Investor at Gobbler. (1/1/11)
  Posted 10/16/12 at 1:47pm
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  Mike Jones added a position as CEO at MySpace. (10/1/10)
  Posted 12/8/10 at 4:50pm
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  Mike Jones added a position as Advisor at CPUsage. (1/1/10)
  Posted 5/6/11 at 11:48am
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  Mike Jones added a position as CEO at MySpace. (4/27/09)
  Posted 7/22/09 at 9:33am
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  Mike Jones invested in Mobile Roadie. (1/1/09)
  Posted 8/22/11 at 11:59am
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  Mike Jones invested in Goodreads. (11/1/07)
  Posted 12/17/07 at 8:00am via techcrunch.com
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  Mike Jones added a position as Angel Investor at Ad.ly.
  Posted 2/22/10 at 12:47pm
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  Mike Jones added a position as Board member at MoVoxx.
  Posted 2/22/10 at 6:15pm
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  Mike Jones added a position as Investor at Mobile Roadie.
  Posted 2/22/10 at 12:47pm
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  Mike Jones added a position as Angel Investor at Affordit.com.
  Posted 2/22/10 at 12:47pm
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  Mike Jones added a position as Angel Investor at brizzly.
  Posted 2/22/10 at 12:47pm

Investments

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1. Uber Co-Founder Garrett Camp Launches BlackJet, The “Uber For Private Jets” (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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3. Gobbler Grabs $1.75 Million To Help Musicians Keep Track Of Their Files (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Mobile Game Monetization Platform Lunch Money Raises $1M From Google Ventures; Rebrands As Pocket Change (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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6. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]