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Sources:

• http://www.inc.com/magazine/201106/the-way-i-work-david-karp-of-tumblr.html
• http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-tumblr-office-nyc-2012-01?op=1

Overview

Investors

David Karp sold %25 of the company to a group of investors.

• Spark Capital
• Union Square Ventures
• He also worked with Vimeo founder: Jakob Lodwick

Society

• Tumblr is a blogging website
• Home to creative people
• Not as popular as Facebook or Twitter
• Gives society a simpler way to blog, unlike Blogspot

About Tumblr

• Main company building located in New York
• Has 40 employees
• Customer support team located in Virginia
• Hosts 17.5 million blogs
• Receives about 1.5 billion page views a week

David Karp

• Dropped out of high school
• Wrote codes at age 11
• Launched Tumblr in 2007
• Lives in New York City

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