Tumblr CEO David Karp's Farewell Blog to President John Maloney

Today Tumblr CEO David Karp bid farewell to his friend and mentor John Maloney, who is leaving Tumblr after serving as the company’s president since September 2008. In a blog post this morning, Karp described how he met the UrbanBaby founder in New York City and how he’s had an impact on Tumblr ever since.

From the blog post:

In 2002, we were introduced over the phone by my then boss (and John’s friend). John needed a programmer in a pinch after his startup, UrbanBaby, was featured on the news (Good Morning America, I think) and its database was maxing connections.

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