• November 27th, 2011

    (Founder Stories) Bump’s David Lieb: “Stop Thinking & Just Go Build It”

    Bump co-founder, David Lieb launched an app that’s secured roughly $20 million in funding and has been downloaded approximately 60-million times. In his final Founder Stories interview with host Chris Dixon, Lieb predicts the next hot sector, discusses hiring employees and dishes out advice for future founders.

    He’s seen too many founders suffer from “analysis paralysis” and urges… → Read More

    November 26th, 2011

    (Founder Stories) Bump’s David Lieb: “We Want To Build That New UI Layer For The Real World”

    Seeking a way to reduce friction while exchanging contact information, David Lieb and his two co-founders launched Bump – a service that allows users to trade personal data (and an array of items spanning calendar events to music samples) by simply tapping their smartphones together.

    In part II of his Founder Stories interview, Lieb notes there is bigger picture at play than just swapping… → Read More

    November 25th, 2011

    (Founder Stories) Bump’s David Lieb On Getting To 60 Million Downloads

    In his first Founder Stories interview with host Chris Dixon, Bump co-founder and CEO, David Lieb relates how he conceived the idea for Bump one week into business school at the University of Chicago. He met co-founder, Jake Mintz at the same time and along with their third co-founder, Andy Huibers began building on “nights and weekends” during ”the fall of 2008.” By spring of 2009 Bump… → Read More