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

February 28th, 2011

Bump Founder Talks Rapid Growth, Push Notifications

The two-year trajectory of Bump Technologies, the designers of the app that makes it easy to swap contact information, music, and other data between mobile devices, is a somewhat interesting case study in the evolution of early-stage app startups.

Speaking from the DEMO Conference today in Palm Springs, Founder Jake Mintz told the audience that Bump started as a “nights and weekends project”… → Read More