Bo Peabody | |
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Born | 1970 |
Nationality | United States |
Education | Williams College (1994) |
Occupation | Venture capitalist |
Employer | Village Ventures |
Known for | Founder of Tripod.com |
Bo Peabody (born 1970) is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist and Internet executive who co-founded Tripod.com, one of the earliest dot-coms, in 1992.
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Tripod.com originated in 1992 with two Williams College classmates, Bo Peabody and Brett Hershey, along with Dick Sabot, an economics professor at the school. The company was headquartered in Williamstown, Massachusetts, with Peabody as CEO. Although it would eventually focus on the internet, Tripod also published a magazine, Tools for Life, that was distributed with textbooks, and offered a discount card for students.[1] The company was the eighth-largest site on the Internet when it was sold to Lycos in 1998 for $58 million.[2] [3]
Following the sale of Tripod.com, Peabody has gone on to found several other companies. Most notably, he co-founded Village Ventures, a venture capital firm based in Williamstown, Massachusetts and is currently Managing General Partner.
In 1998, he co-founded Streetmail, renamed Waterfront Media. Later, he co-founded VoodooVox (2000), FullTurn Media (2004) and UplayMe (2006).
Peabody also is an owner of Mezze, Inc, a hospitality group consisting of three restaurants in Western Massachusetts.
Peabody graduated from Williams College in 1994 and the Academy at Charlemont in 1990.
Peabody is the author of Lucky or Smart, published by Random House.
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