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About
Hi,
Curious about Curious Jordy? You’ve come to the right place.
You can email me any time, or find me on Twitter: @curiousjordy.
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About me…
I played a LOT of chess as a kid. In fact, at the age of 10, I earned the title of US chess master, breaking the record previously held by Bobby Fischer. I also broke the record for the longest hair and roundest glasses. Since those heady days, however, the youngest-master record has since been broken, and all of the kids I used to play chess against have gone on to become super-grandmasters and compete in the world championships. So I’ve looked beyond the world of chess for my professional aspirations.
Now, at the age of 26, I am starting my first company (company name TBD) in the field of “mobile persuasion”: how mobile phones can be used to help people change their behavior: eat healthier, work out more, smoke less, call their mother more often. Think “life coach who is there wherever and whenever you need help.”
Failure is important for any entrepreneur, and while I haven’t written the book on failure (yet), I did make a video blog about it. Prior to this current venture, I was the “mobile guy” at Bebo.com, and prior to that I was an engineer and product manager at Digital Chocolate.
I received my BS in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University. In my free time, I enjoy house music, yoga, and propelling himself in all kinds of two-wheeled vehicles. And blogging.
Thanks for visiting,
Jordy
