Dan Caulfield, TweetPhoto
BANNED BY WILSON SONSINI
Photos for twitter? Sounds like a natural, so that's what former Tech Coast Angel Dan Caulfield has jumped into: TweetPhoto. Is it another case of "it's more fun to be an entrepreneur than an angel"? Well, not exactly, because now he's ex-CEO and there's trouble in paradise.
TweetPhoto works with TweetDeck, which is on my desktop already, so I tried it. Works great, and for a photographer like me, I can see myself tweet'ing out lots of my favorite shots.
So, if you're a former Tech Coast Angel, I'd assume you take your deal back to your friends, right? No, Dan has jumped in bed with LA-based Maverick Angels. "I was in a hurry," so he didn't mind paying to pitch.
Dan had a piece of the realtime web, now he's trying to buy out the founders.
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8 Dec 2009 the Puerto Rico Venture Forum in San Juan
Comments
Frank, this was a great episode. I remember Dan from pitching TCA.
What a story! Everything about this company happens super fast! His entrance, their growth, their deals, their success, and his final departure. ;)
Posted by: Steve Mock | November 16, 2009 07:01 PM
I am much skinnier than I was in that picture. :)
Posted by: Dan Caulfield | November 16, 2009 09:26 PM
Wow, great interview. I personally know of web companies that would love to hire Dan as their President. In that respect, I am certain Dan's next opportunity will be much bigger than TweetPhoto.
Posted by: Carlos Tobin | November 16, 2009 11:09 PM
Dan said in the interview that if he were still with the Marines,
one of the founders would receive a Navy/Marine commendation for
all their hard work.
Following that military metaphor: since Dan said the founders later
forced him out - was he "shot by his own trooops"?
Posted by: Tom | November 18, 2009 03:59 PM
Shouldn't the link to the audio be down after what happened with Tweetphoto firing the CEO?
Posted by: Guillaume | November 18, 2009 07:44 PM
good article as usual!
Posted by: forex robot | November 18, 2009 07:48 PM
Wow, what an interview. If I was involved in the company or Kodak, I would be ticked!
Posted by: Jay | November 19, 2009 07:51 AM