Ludicorp
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Software development |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | Stewart Butterfield, Caterina Fake and Jason Classon |
| Headquarters | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Website | www |
Ludicorp was a company, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, that created Flickr and Game Neverending.[1][2][3] It was founded in 2002 by Stewart Butterfield, Caterina Fake and Jason Classon and was bought by Yahoo! on March 20, 2005.[4][5]
Ludicorp's Structure
Team
Their team consisted of:
- Stewart Butterfield, President
- Jason Classon, Operations Lead
- Eric Costello, Client Development Lead
- Caterina Fake, VP Marketing and Community
- Craig Johannsen, Server Development Lead
- Cal Henderson, Web Development Lead
- Paul Lloyd, Developer
- George Oates, Producer
- Ben Cerveny, Game Designer and Advisor
Advisory Board
- Cory Doctorow
- Andrew Zolli
- Clay Shirky
History
Founding
Stewart Butterfield, one founder of Ludicorp earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1996 from the University of Victoria, and then went on to earn a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Cambridge shortly after.[6] Following this, he became a part of Jason Classon's startup business Gradfinder.com, which they would end up selling.[6] Butterfield then went on to marry fellow co-founder Caterina Fake, and the pair along with Classon founded Ludicorp shortly after the couple's honeymoon.[6]
References
- ^ "Game Neverending Rises From The Dead". Tech Crunch. April 2, 2008.
- ^ "SmugMug Acquires Flickr, Promises to Keep Community Alive". KQED. Apr 23, 2018.
- ^ "Yahoo acquires Flickr photo sharing service". Macworld. Mar 21, 2005.
- ^ Livingston, Jessica (2007). Founders at Work. Apress. ISBN 978-1590597149.
- ^ "Yahoo Acquires Flickr Creator". Wall Street Journal. March 20, 2005.
- ^ a b c Hernbroth, M; Hartmans, A (December 4, 2020). "The life and career of Stewart Butterfield, the Flickr cofounder and Slack CEO who just sold his company to Salesforce for $27.7 billion". Business Insider. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
External links
- Ludicorp at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
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