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Extending Jelly
Extending Jelly
The most popular web browser in the world just got smart. Today we launched the Ask Jelly Extension for Chrome. Upgrade your browser for…
Biz Stone
Aug 1
The Start of Something Great!
The Start of Something Great!
We set out to build a new kind of search engine. It’s only recently been launched but it’s actually working as intended—better, in fact…
Biz Stone
May 25
The Future Is Simple
The Future Is Simple
People often ask me what the future of technology is going to be. First I tell them the truth, I don’t know. Then I tell them what I hope…
Biz Stone
May 5
Introducing Jelly, A New Search Engine
Introducing Jelly, A New Search Engine
Jelly is a new kind of search engine delivering answers on demand.
Biz Stone
Apr 28
OutRanked
OutRanked
At a tech conference recently, I was only partly joking when I said, “Everyone is working on Artificial Intelligence, what about just…
Biz Stone
Apr 11
#NextSearch
#NextSearch
SXSW: Ballroom D on Monday March, 13 at 12:30pm—that’s tomorrow.
Biz Stone
Mar 13
The #BestSchoolDay Ever
The #BestSchoolDay Ever
By Biz Stone and Craig Newmark
Biz Stone
Mar 10
The Accidental Technologist and His Subjective Search Engine
The Accidental Technologist and His Subjective Search Engine
Out of high school, I called myself an artist. Then I became a graphic designer, then a web designer, then a co-founder of an early social…
Biz Stone
Mar 3
3 Ways to Keep Startup Engineering Simple
3 Ways to Keep Startup Engineering Simple
Over the past few years at Jelly, we’ve built a lot of stuff. Between a pivot, and the recently announced unpivot back to Jelly, there were…
Biz Stone
Feb 22
Do The Work You Love
Do The Work You Love
The last two engineers we interviewed wanted to know if I really work at Jelly. I was shocked when Ben told me they asked him this question…
Biz Stone
Feb 12
On Raising Venture Capital
On Raising Venture Capital
I’m not a venture capitalist but I am a sometimes angel investor. More importantly, I am an entrepreneur who has been fortunate in raising…
Biz Stone
Feb 4
The Complexity of Simple
The Complexity of Simple
A couple years ago I went to Best Buy to get a television. I only wanted something flat like they are these days. The salesman convinced me…
Biz Stone
Jan 29
CEO Advice from a New CEO
CEO Advice from a New CEO
Usually advice for new CEOs comes from those who have made a career for themselves out of those three letters. I’m new to this particular C…
Biz Stone
Jan 22
The Jelly Approach To Work
The Jelly Approach To Work
Last week I wrote about our un-pivot and that you can reserve your username early. This week I want to share some broader thinking about…
Biz Stone
Jan 14
Ask Jelly
Ask Jelly
Hey-oh. Here’s the tl;dr. We launched Jelly in 2014 to help folks get answers to questions. We are returning to our original vision with…
Biz Stone
Jan 7
Behold, The Financial Superentity
Behold, The Financial Superentity
Economic literature often depicts markets as so dynamic that they are absent hot spots of control. Nevertheless, people have always…
Biz Stone
Oct 21, 2014
Cultural Neuroscience and Startups
Cultural Neuroscience and Startups
Henry David Thoreau said, “As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind…
Biz Stone
Oct 21, 2014
On Rats, Sleep, and Startups
On Rats, Sleep, and Startups
The archetypal startup mentality is working grueling hours deep into the night and through the weekend to achieve extraordinary goals…
Biz Stone
Oct 21, 2014
Honeybees and Investors
Honeybees and Investors
Between my friend Jason Goldman’s macroeconomic neuroses, and my wife’s naturalist fascinations pervading our dinnertime conversation, my…
Biz Stone
Oct 21, 2014
Infinite Creativity
Infinite Creativity
This is a story of an apprenticeship turned friendship that taught me a powerful lesson.
Biz Stone
Mar 31, 2014
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