Ted Nash (entrepreneur)

Ted Nash
Ted Nash
Born Edward John Nash
25 March 1991
Taunton, Somerset, UK
Residence London, England
Occupation Entrepreneur, CEO of Tapdaq
Years active 2005–present
Awards Forbes 30 under 30

Ted Nash is an English Internet and mobile media entrepreneur best known for launching the site Little Gossip[1] and for founding Tapdaq, a mobile advertising exchange.[2] Nash is also known for developing various apps and websites[3] and for his public speaking.[4] In 2015, Nash was named to Forbes Magazine’s 30 under 30.[5]

Personal life

In 1991, Edward John Nash was born in Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom to parents Andy and Linda.[6]

Serial Entrepreneur

Nash is known as a serial entrepreneur and has been covered extensively as being an entrepreneur at a very young age. Before the age of 15, he had created the search engine, SurfPony.com, a cloud storage platform UploadPod.com, travel agency TravelArena, and music site Clastaz.com.[7] Nash’s notable endeavors have met with varying degrees of success. He sold Little Gossip for a “nominal fee” after receiving extensive “negative publicity in the tabloid press”,[8] but subsequently raised $1.4 Million in funding for Tapdaq.[9]

Little Gossip

In 2010, Nash launched Little Gossip, a controversial site that allows users to anonymously post rumors about their school peers.[10] The site was subject to public criticism from parents, teachers and school administrators.[11] The website also received coverage from BBC Panorama[12] and BBC Radio.[13] It was sold to the company Platinum Century in 2011.

Liquid5

Nash is CEO of Liquid5. In 2009, at the age of 18, the company launched his Fit or Fugly application.[14] The app allowed iPhone users to calculate the attractiveness of the human face using Fibonacci’s golden ratio.[15] It judges the symmetry of the face in an uploaded photo based on the key anchor points of nose, mouth, ears, chin and eyes.[16]

Tapdaq

Nash founded Tapdaq, a mobile advertising exchange, in 2013[17] and acts as the company’s CEO.[18] Tapdaq raised $1.4 million in capital in 2014 to fund commercialization of its in-app advertising exchange.[19]

References

  1. ↑ Levine, Nick. "Ted Nash, the young app entrepreneur, grows up" 22 August 2012 Wired. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  2. ↑ Rooney, Jennifer. "The 30 Under 30 Setting A New Standard In Marketing And Advertising" 5 January 2015 Forbes. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Rooney, Jennifer. "The 50 Coolest People in UK Tech" 3 November 2014 UK Business Insider. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Festival of Media. "LATAM Festival of Media Speakers" 1 January 2015 LATAM. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Rooney, Jennifer. "The 30 Under 30 Setting A New Standard In Marketing And Advertising" 5 January 2015 Forbes. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "How a teenager spawned internet monster LittleGossip.com from his bedroom" 12 February 2011 The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  7. ↑ Grabham, Dan. "Young Entrepreneur? Check Out These Great Tips For Success" 28 October 2014 Lifehacker UK. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  8. ↑ Levine, Nick. "Ted Nash, the young app entrepreneur, grows up" 22 August 2012 Wired. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  9. ↑ Rooney, Jennifer. "The 30 Under 30 Setting A New Standard In Marketing And Advertising" 5 January 2015 Forbes. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  10. ↑ Bentley, Paul. "Teachers' horror at website for private school cyber-bullies to be mean about pupils" 22 December 2010 Daily Mail. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  11. ↑ Bryant, Ben. "Sex, drugs and the rise of cyberbullying" 21 December 2010 London Evening Standard. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  12. ↑ "Hunting the Internet Bullies" BBC Panorama. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  13. ↑ "Little Gossip website closes due to 'unwanted comments'" 14 February 2011 BBC Radio. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  14. ↑ Proctor, Shonika. "Renegade Teen CEO, Ed Nash, Fit or Fugly iPhone App Reaches 3,500 Downloads 5 Days After Launch" 19 November 2009 Teen Entrepreneur Blog. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  15. ↑ "Fit Or Fugly" App Rates Your Attractiveness" 18 March 2010 Huffington Post. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  16. ↑ Herrman, John. "Because What We All Need Right Now Is an App to Tell Us We’re Ugly" 17 November 2009 Gizmodo. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  17. ↑ Baker, Dylan. "Tapdaq Raises $1.4m To Let Devs Trade Ads" 4 September 2014 Tech City News. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  18. ↑ Grabham, Dan. "Young Entrepreneur? Check Out These Great Tips For Success" 28 October 2014 Lifehacker UK. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  19. ↑ Baker, Dylan. "Tapdaq Raises $1.4m To Let Devs Trade Ads" 4 September 2014 Tech City News. Retrieved 9 January 2015.

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