HIGH POINT, N.C., April 1, 2015 – A limited number of tickets remain available for a presentation by Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter and an American entrepreneur, at High Point University on April 15.
The event, “A Discussion with HPU President Nido R. Qubein,” is a question and answer session that will be held at 4:30 p.m. in the Hayworth Fine Arts Center. The general public can RSVP until April 10 by contacting 336-841-9209 or [email protected]. The event will be filmed by UNC-TV, and it will air at a later date as part of the “High Point University Presents” series.
Later that evening, Stone will address HPU students, faculty and staff.
A progenitor of social media, Stone has been developing large-scale systems that facilitate the open exchange of information for more than 15 years. Today, he is co-founder and CEO of Jelly Industries – known for Super.me, a service for expressing emphatic statements that become small works of art.
Stone has been honored with the International Center for Journalism Innovation Award, Inc. Magazine named him “Entrepreneur of the Decade,” TIME listed him as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World,” and GQ named him “Nerd of the Year.” In 2014, The Economist recognized Stone with its annual Innovation Award. In 2015, Stone’s Twitter won an Emmy.
Stone is a Fellow at Oxford University, a filmmaker, and an author. His recent book is titled, “Things A Little Bird Told Me.” Having started out as an artist, he stresses creativity, learning from mistakes and celebrating the triumph of humanity with a little help from technology. Stone lives near San Francisco with his wife Livia and son Jacob.