Trip Adler
Encyclopedia
John R. "Trip" Adler III, (born June 24, 1984) is an American entrepreneur
who is best known for starting the social publishing company
Scribd
. Adler grew up in Palo Alto, California, and then
attended Harvard University
where he studied biophysics
and
graduated in June 2006. His father, John R. Adler
, is a prominent
neurosurgeon at Stanford University
and also an entrepreneur.
Harvard and had a conversation with his father about the difficulties
of publishing
academic papers. He teamed up with cofounders
Jared Friedman and Tikhon Bernstam and they attended Y Combinator
in Cambridge in the summer of 2006. Scribd was launched from a San
Francisco apartment in March 2007 and quickly grew in traffic. In
2008, it ranked as one of the top 20 social media
sites according
to Comscore. In June 2009, Scribd launched Scribd Store, and
shortly thereafter closed a deal with Simon & Schuster
to sell
ebooks on Scribd. Adler is currently the CEO of Scribd, where
he is responsible for the product and strategic direction of the
company.
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...
who is best known for starting the social publishing company
Scribd
Scribd
Scribd is a Web 2.0 based document-sharing website which allows users to post documents of various formats, and embed them into a web page using its iPaper format. Scribd was founded by Trip Adler, Tikhon Bernstam, and Jared Friedman in 2006...
. Adler grew up in Palo Alto, California, and then
attended Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
where he studied biophysics
Biophysics
Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that uses the methods of physical science to study biological systems. Studies included under the branches of biophysics span all levels of biological organization, from the molecular scale to whole organisms and ecosystems...
and
graduated in June 2006. His father, John R. Adler
John R. Adler
John R. Adler M.D. is a neurosurgeon, the Dorothy and Thye King Chan Endowed Professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford University School of Medicine and Vice Chair for Innovation and Technology in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University School of Medicine.Clinically, Dr. Adler...
, is a prominent
neurosurgeon at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
and also an entrepreneur.
Personal life
As a member of the Harvard Surfing team, Trip Participated in the first Ivy League Surf Championships in May 2003. Trip and his teammates were undaunted by Surfing Magazine writer Matt Walker's claim that there were "about 100 community colleges that could kick [their] ass." Trip is a jazz saxophone player, and he has occasionally performed on the street for tips. He also likes to race go-karts around the Scribd offices.Scribd
The idea for Scribd was originally inspired when Adler was atHarvard and had a conversation with his father about the difficulties
of publishing
Publishing
Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...
academic papers. He teamed up with cofounders
Jared Friedman and Tikhon Bernstam and they attended Y Combinator
Y Combinator
Y Combinator is an American seed-stage startup funding firm, started in March 2005. Y Combinator provides seed money, advice, and connections at two 3-month programs per year...
in Cambridge in the summer of 2006. Scribd was launched from a San
Francisco apartment in March 2007 and quickly grew in traffic. In
2008, it ranked as one of the top 20 social media
Social media
The term Social Media refers to the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue. Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0,...
sites according
to Comscore. In June 2009, Scribd launched Scribd Store, and
shortly thereafter closed a deal with Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
to sell
ebooks on Scribd. Adler is currently the CEO of Scribd, where
he is responsible for the product and strategic direction of the
company.