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Tim Ferriss

Tim Ferriss is an American author, public speaker, and productivity guru. He is author of the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek bestseller, “The 4-Hour Workweek”.

He has been a guest lecturer in high-tech entrepreneurship at Princeton University (Electrical Engineering) since 2003 and was nominated as one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People of 2007.”

Milestones

  • Invested in Foodzie. (12/16/08)
    Posted 12/16/08 at 2:23pm
  • Invested in Posterous. (12/08)
    Posted 12/22/08 at 2:57am
  • Invested in Reputation Defender. (9/4/08)
    Posted 9/4/08 at 3:38pm
  • Invested in RescueTime. (9/08)
    Posted 9/22/08 at 4:13pm
  • Invested in Twitter. (5/08)
    Posted 4/22/08 at 10:27pm
  • Invested in Badongo.com. (2006)
    Posted 3/11/09 at 3:17pm
  • Added position as Founder & CEO (sold 2009) at BrainQUICKEN.
    Posted 9/23/08 at 1:39pm

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Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Foodzie 12/08Seed$1M9
Posterous 12/08Angel$725k11
Reputation Defender 9/08Series A$2.6M1
RescueTime 9/08Series A$900k6
Twitter 5/08Series B$15M6
Badongo.com 2006Series A15

Sources

  1. Foodzie Raises $1 Million For Its Specialty Food Marketplace (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. Group Blogging Via Email's Posterous Raises $725K (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  3. My Good Name Protector ReputationDefender Raises $2.6M In 1st Round (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  4. techcrunch.com [edit]
  5. Twitter Announces Their Funding, Calls Itself A Communication Utility (techcrunch.com) []
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