Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Brad Burnham, Partner of Union Square Ventures, talks about monetizing Twitter and Facebook

Making Money From Social Networking
Brad Burnham of Union Square Ventures on how the 'Twitters' and 'Facebooks' of the world can turn site hits into hard currency.
Brad Burnham began his career in information technology with AT&T in 1979. He held a variety of sales, marketing and business development positions there until 1990 when he spun Echo Logic out of Bell Laboratories. As the first AT&T "venture," Echo Logic was a catalyst for the creation of AT&T’s venture capital arm, AT&T Ventures. When Echo Logic was sold in 1993, Brad joined AT&T Ventures as an Executive in Residence. He became a principal at there in 1994 and a General Partner in 1996. At AT&T Ventures, Brad was responsible for 14 investments including, Argon Networks, Audible, Avesta Technologies, Classic Sports Network, Multex Systems, Physicians Online, and Paytrust.

Brad currently serves on the boards of Indeed, Pinch Media, Tumblr, Wesabe, Adaptive Blue, SimulMedia, UpCompany, Meetup, and Bug Labs. Brad has a BA in Political Science from Wesleyan University, is married with two kids and lives in New York City.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

interesting interview with brad