Chris Alden
Encyclopedia
Christopher J. Alden is an America
n entrepreneur
best known as a co-founder of Red Herring
, a magazine focused on the business of technology, and Rojo.com, an early web-based RSS reader.
, the world's largest blogging company. In 2006 Six Apart acquired Rojo Networks, Inc., creator of an innovative RSS feed reading service, where Alden was co-founder and CEO.
Before Rojo, he was CEO of Red Herring Communications, Inc., publisher of Red Herring magazine — described by the Wall Street Journal as the “bible of Silicon Valley
” — which he helped launch out of his house in 1993. Prior to that he founded Computer Guides, a consultancy, and taught computer studies at Crystal Springs Uplands school. Alden also has a background in real estate
development and hotel management, having worked for Western Land Corporation and Woodside Hotels & Resorts.
In the non-profit realm, Alden is a board member and former board chair for Peninsula Bridge, which offers academic enrichment programs for low-income middle school students to motivate and prepare them for success in the next steps of their education. He is also a founding board member of SV2, the largest venture philanthropy partnership in the Bay Area, and is a founding board member of Lead21, an influential political organization formed by entrepreneurial business leaders, for entrepreneurial business leaders. Alden currently sits on the advisory board of the Pacific Research Institute
's Center for Technology Studies and is a former board member of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and the Tuck Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship. He was awarded the Business Leadership Award from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA in 2000 and graduated with a degree in history from Dartmouth College
in 1992.
United States
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n entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
best known as a co-founder of Red Herring
Red Herring (magazine)
Red Herring was a technology business magazine, which flourished during the dot com boom, with global distribution and bureaus in Bangalore, Beijing, and Paris. It also sponsored conferences designed to bring venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and technologists together. But the magazine went into...
, a magazine focused on the business of technology, and Rojo.com, an early web-based RSS reader.
Career
Alden is Chairman and CEO of Six Apart, Ltd.Six Apart
Six Apart Ltd., sometimes abbreviated 6A, is a software company known for creating the Movable Type blogware, TypePad blog hosting service, and Vox. The company also is the former owner of LiveJournal. Six Apart is headquartered in Tokyo and is planning to open a new, U.S.-based office in New York...
, the world's largest blogging company. In 2006 Six Apart acquired Rojo Networks, Inc., creator of an innovative RSS feed reading service, where Alden was co-founder and CEO.
Before Rojo, he was CEO of Red Herring Communications, Inc., publisher of Red Herring magazine — described by the Wall Street Journal as the “bible of Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
” — which he helped launch out of his house in 1993. Prior to that he founded Computer Guides, a consultancy, and taught computer studies at Crystal Springs Uplands school. Alden also has a background in real estate
Real estate
In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
development and hotel management, having worked for Western Land Corporation and Woodside Hotels & Resorts.
In the non-profit realm, Alden is a board member and former board chair for Peninsula Bridge, which offers academic enrichment programs for low-income middle school students to motivate and prepare them for success in the next steps of their education. He is also a founding board member of SV2, the largest venture philanthropy partnership in the Bay Area, and is a founding board member of Lead21, an influential political organization formed by entrepreneurial business leaders, for entrepreneurial business leaders. Alden currently sits on the advisory board of the Pacific Research Institute
Pacific Research Institute
The Pacific Research Institute , or officially the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, is a California-based free-market think tank founded in 1979 whose stated vision is the promotion of "the principles of individual freedom and personal responsibility"...
's Center for Technology Studies and is a former board member of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and the Tuck Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship. He was awarded the Business Leadership Award from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA in 2000 and graduated with a degree in history from Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
in 1992.