Leah Culver
Encyclopedia
Leah Culver is an American businesswoman and entrepreneur.
Culver is a 2006 computer science
graduate of the University of Minnesota
. In 2007, she co-founded the micro-blogging site Pownce
, acquired by Six Apart
in December 2008. She left Six Apart
in February 2010 and is now CEO and co-founder of Convore
, focused on real time chat .
Culver was named among the Most Influential Women in Web 2.0 by Fast Company Magazine in November 2008.
Culver is a 2006 computer science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
graduate of the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
. In 2007, she co-founded the micro-blogging site Pownce
Pownce
Pownce was a free social networking and micro-blogging site started by Internet entrepreneurs Kevin Rose, Leah Culver, and Daniel Burka. Pownce was centered on sharing messages, files, events, and links with friends. The site launched on June 27, 2007, and was opened to the public on January 22, 2008...
, acquired by Six Apart
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...
in December 2008. She left Six Apart
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...
in February 2010 and is now CEO and co-founder of Convore
Convore
Convore is a real-time chat web application created by co-founders Eric Florenzano, Leah Culver, and Eric Maguire. The founders were funded by Y Combinator in 2011.PC World said" sites like Convore are the future of social media crowdsourcing...
, focused on real time chat .
Culver was named among the Most Influential Women in Web 2.0 by Fast Company Magazine in November 2008.