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Foundation: Dave Morin on Maintaining Genuine Relationships Via Social Networks
For the latest episode of my Foundation series, I headed over to the Path office to sit down with founder Dave Morin. Dave talks about getting his start in student…
Dave Morin, CEO of Path: ‘If Facebook Is A Chevy, Then We’re A BMW’; ‘Family Friendly’ Network Pushes 6M Users, Launches Virtual Goods
Dave Morin, CEO and founder of Path, today likened Facebook to a Chevy, and Path to a BMW or Audi, as he attempted to draw out the differences between his…
Dave Morin At DLD: Search Traffic On Path Up 50%, Expect Premium Services This Year
Dave Morin, founder and CEO of of Path, is literally on a path towards making the private social network into a freemium business along the lines of Evernote. In an…
7 Apps That Will Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions Alive
A brand new year is upon us, and it’s time to start thinking about the changes you want to make. But it can be difficult to follow through on New…
Path Starts Looking Like The Best Place To Store Your Social Data, Thanks To Its New Search Feature
With its latest update, Path is adding an important new feature — the ability to search through all of your content, as well as your friends’ content. Co-founder and CEO…
Path Paves The Road To Asia, Adds A New Regional GM In Japan: Ex-Amazon, Apple Exec Shindo Kimihiko
Path’s growth trajectory is leading it to Asia: CEO Dave Morin said that people in Japan and Korea were behind the mobile social network’s second wave of new users after the…
Here’s What Happens When Geeks Who Like Path Get Overly Excited About Halloween
It’s that time of year to be festive and spooky, carve up some pumpkins and get the candy ready for the neighborhood kids. One uber-geek Ashley Mayer, decided to take…
Path Might Get A Bit Noisier, It Now Lets You Import Things From Facebook, Foursquare And Instagram
Remember when Path was super quiet with your nice group of fifty people? That’s all going to change now. As I broke at TNW, Path has been tinkering with the…
According To Path, Its Users Really Can’t Get Enough Of “The Hunger Games”, Here’s Their Top 10 Watched Films
If you’re a Path user, you know that you can share the movies that you’re watching with your intimate group of friends and family. It’s not a feature that I’ve…
Path CEO Dave Morin On Building A “Personal” Social Network For Mobile Devices
At the time that Path was first introduced as a new social network for mobile devices, there were already many options for connecting with friends, family, and coworkers. So why…
Path’s Competitors Aren’t Facebook And Twitter, They’re Email And SMS Says Dave Morin
“50 is the perfect number of friends” Dave Morin found when looking at the usage of his personal networking app Path, as he explained in his talk at TechCrunch Disrupt…
Tumblr Runs Into “Networking Issue” That Affects Subset Of Custom Domain Blogs (UPDATED)
If you use Tumblr to host a blog with a custom domain name, you might notice that it’s not functioning properly. That’s apparently the case for companies like Airtime, Pinterest…
Admittedly, I have a negative bias towards overhyped startups. If a company gets a lot of attention before they do anything significant, I’m less likely to try their product and…
A Polyglot Path: Mobile Sharing App Adds 7 New Languages Including Traditional Chinese, UK English
In response to Facebook’s ever-expanding social universe and the success of mobile-focused networks like Instagram, Dave Morin and company have turned Path into a more personal, mobile-centric social network. Most…
Hmmm Is A Split-Personality Social Network For Sharing Different Yous To Different Facebook Friends
You’re crazy with your friends, serious with your co-workers, and sweet with your parents. Now you can share those distinct personalities with their matching audiences thanks to Hmmm, a mobile…
Facebook’s $1 Billion Instagram Deal Didn’t Affect Path’s Valuation In Recent Raise
Why? Because the term sheets were signed weeks ago. The deal was only announced this week. (Yes, sorry, there isn’t a more interesting reason.) However, Scott Raney, a partner at…
I used Path twice. None of the people that I know are using Path. I even checked with an early adopter of social media recently and one of Path’s earliest…
Things To Consider Before Saying “I Do” To Investors
The right investor, the kind who can help startups get over the inevitable “We’re Fucked It’s Over” (WFIO) moments, can turn a startup into a multi-billion dollar company. The fact…
Two Months Removed From AddressGate, Path Starts Hashing, Anonymizing Data
Back in early February, Path met with some serious backlash when Arun Thampi revealed that the social app was uploading address book data without explicit permission from its users. Path…
Dave Morin Talks Path 2.1, Facebook’s IPO Effect, And Those New Funding Rumors [TCTV]
TechCrunch TV talked to Path co-founder and CEO Dave Morin last week while we were at the South By Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas. It’s always interesting to talk…
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Britney Spears Gets On Path, Which Is Raising Up To $30M At A $250M Valuation
So rumor (and Twitter) has it that singer Britney Spears was at Path yesterday, hanging with founder Dave Morin in their spacious offices — and actually sitting at the Path…
Live Now From SXSW: TCTV’s Webcast with Highlight, Path and Hipmunk Founders (3pm CT)
From the floor of the Austin Convention Center, TechCrunch TV is live with all the latest news from SXSW. Find out what TechCrunch writers have to say about their favorite…
Path Launches 2.1 Update: Music Match, Nike+ Support, And An API You Can’t Use Yet
Eager to put their privacy issues behind them, Path CEO Dave Morin has just pulled back the curtains on their new Path 2.1 update at an event in San Francisco,…
Dave Morin, Post-Pathgate: Dealing With Unprecedented Scale, Hopeful About The Future
In case you live under a rock (I hate that played out phrase, someone please come up with something better) Path founder Dave Morin has been through a hellish past two…
“We’re So So Sorry”: An Apology Form Letter For Startups
Sometimes it really does seem like we live in the Wild West of the digital age, the rules of the Internet get made up as we go along. Due to…
FYI. Dave Morin Didn’t Lie To Gawker About Path Storing User Data
Some people always see the good in people and some people always see the bad … Gawker just published a post with what at first seems to be some pretty…
Why Path Pissed People Off
There’s a reason why today’s news that Path was uploading its users’ entire address book to its database was stunning — all this time Path has been positioning itself as…
The Wrong Way: Path Uploads iOS Users’ Address Books Without Permission
What started as a bit of aimless tinkering for developer Arun Thampi ultimately unearthed something very surprising about life-sharing service Path. As a fan of the app, Thampi took it…
Our industry lauds cutting-edge UX. Look no further than the exceptional work of Path. One either swoons over it, or one is blind. But what if that sends a wrong…
“Goodbye, With. Hello, Path 2.” Morin Migrates Users to New App
Dave Morin and Path’s secondary standalone app With “is winding down”, according to a tweet, email, and blog post from Path. “Now tweet who you’re with directly from Path”, the…
