Alan Braverman
Alan Michael Braverman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973 Illinois, United States |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (B.S. Computer Science) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Alan Michael Braverman is an American businessman. He is co-founder and initial CTO of Xoom Corporation/Eventbrite with Kevin Hartz and Geni.com/Yammer with David O. Sacks. In 2014 Braverman worked on Sobo, "an audio version of Twitter"[1]
Braverman's Giant Pixel was described in 2014 as "his San Francisco startup incubator."[2] He is currently the co-founder and CEO of Textline, a business texting platform.
Sobo
[edit]Sobo was an app for recording and distributing six-second sound snippets.
The New York Times quoted developer Alan Braverman as saying Sobo is "an audio version of Twitter."[3] Braverman, who co-founded Yammer,[4][5] was described in 2014 as a "Silicon Valley veteran"[6] when Sobo debuted. It went from prototype to first public release in about three months.[7][8]
The app[9] was designed for use on iPhone and iPad.[10]
Education
[edit]Braverman graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, where he worked on the Mosaic browser with Marc Andreessen.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Jenna Wortham (September 20, 2014). "Pass the Word: The Phone Call Is Back". The New York Times. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ^ "Messaging App Seeks to Bring Voices Back to Phones".
- ^ Jenna Wortham (September 20, 2014). "Pass the Word: The Phone Call Is Back". The New York Times. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ^ Ishbel Macleod (September 20, 2014). "Yammer Co-Founder Creates Social Soundboard: Sobo". Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ^ Rae Votta (September 22, 2014). "Can Sobo do for 6-second audio what Vine did for video?". The Daily Dot. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ^ Christopher Heine (September 19, 2014). "Yammer Co-Founder Debuts 'Vine for Audio'". AdWeek.
- ^ Alan Braverman (August 24, 2014). "Building and Launching a Business, Part 1: Deciding What to Build". Inc.
- ^ "The Build: Fast, Good and Cheap". Inc. November 19, 2014.
- ^ "Why Chicago tech investors need to take more fliers". Crain's Chicago Business. October 28, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ^ "Messaging App Seeks to Bring Voices Back to Phones".
- ^ "Why Chicago tech investors need to take more fliers". Crain's Chicago Business. October 28, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
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