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Rick Thompson

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Rick is a serial entrepreneur, in a good way. Prior to founding Playdom, Rick co-founded and served as CEO and/or chairman of two successful Internet technology companies, Adify and FlyCast Communications. Rick was also on the founding team of Octel Communications, a leading manufacturer of voice information processing systems. As the oldest (and, um, wisest) member of Playdom’s founding team, Rick helps shape business strategy and reminds us to always think big. Rick holds a BS in psychology from UCSC and an MBA from the Wharton School.

Milestones

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  Rick Thompson added a position as Chairman of the board at Funzio.
  Posted 5/10/11 at 3:46am
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  Rick Thompson added to Wild Needle.
  Posted 12/29/10 at 4:57am
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  Rick Thompson added a position as Co-founder & Chairman at Playdom.
  Posted 5/28/09 at 11:02am
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  Rick Thompson invested in Iddiction. (11/1/11)
  Posted 11/15/11 at 8:59am via gigaom.com
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  Rick Thompson invested in Tykoon. (9/27/11)
  Posted 9/27/11 at 7:16pm via techcrunch.com
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  Rick Thompson invested in Red Robot Labs. (1/1/11)
  Posted 9/16/11 at 12:46pm
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  Rick Thompson invested in Slice. (5/25/11)
  Posted 5/26/11 at 5:37am via techcrunch.com
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  Rick Thompson invested in Airy Labs. (8/3/11)
  Posted 8/2/11 at 11:09pm via techcrunch.com
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  Rick Thompson invested in Funzio. (5/5/11)
  Posted 5/10/11 at 6:03pm via finsmes.com
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  Rick Thompson invested in NoiseToys. (5/3/11)
  Posted 5/3/11 at 3:51am via techcrunch.com
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  Rick Thompson invested in ViKi. (12/8/10)
  Posted 12/8/10 at 8:04am via techcrunch.com
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  Rick Thompson invested in SocialShield. (10/5/10)
  Posted 10/5/10 at 9:24am via techcrunch.com
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  Rick Thompson invested in Udemy. (8/31/10)
  Posted 8/31/10 at 8:38am via techcrunch.com
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  Rick Thompson invested in Triangulate. (3/15/10)
  Posted 3/15/10 at 1:31pm via sec.gov
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  Rick Thompson invested in Playdom. (11/11/09)
  Posted 11/11/09 at 12:41pm via techcrunch.com

Investments

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1. Stealth startup Iddiction gets $3.5M to help apps get discovered (gigaom.com) [edit]
2. Tykoon Raises $1.4M To Help Parents Teach Kids Fiscal Responsibility (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Social Learning Game Developer Airy Labs Raises $1.5M From Google Ventures, Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. Online Shopping Startup ProjectSlice Raises $9.4 Million From Eric Schmidt, Michael Birch And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Funzio Raises $20m in Series A Venture Capital Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
6. Social App Maker NoiseToys Raises $1.2M (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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8. ViKi Raises $4.3 Million from VC All-Stars to Translate the World’s Video (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. TechCrunch - Udemy (techcrunch.com) [edit]
11. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
12. Exclusive: Playdom Raises A Huge Round At A Huge Valuation (techcrunch.com) [edit]