SMW 2011: Dennis Crowley of Foursquare, "We Threw 10 Things on the Wall and it all stuck"

Dennis Crowley of Foursquare gave a keynote today in New York for Social Media Week 2011 and explained the evolution of mobile checking in "we listened to our users early on...essentially we threw 10 things against the wall to see what would stick and it all stuck." Austin Carr of Fast Company interviewed the CEO of the mobile checking-in application that has closed $21.4MM in funding since its launch in 2009.

Dennis Crowley of Foursquare gave a keynote today in New York for Social Media Week 2011 and explained the evolution of mobile checking in “we listened to our users early on…essentially we threw 10 things against the wall to see what would stick and it all stuck.” Austin Carr of Fast Company interviewed the CEO of the mobile checking-in application that has closed $21.4MM in funding since its launch in 2009. The inspiration was to get people more active in everyday life.

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