Quibb lets you share what you're reading for work. Use Quibb to share news about your industry, discuss what matters, and see what colleagues are reading.
Our mission is to connect professionals over business news and informed commentary — targeting every industry, profession, and geography.
Follow @quibbQuibb includes members from 30,591 startups and companies including:
Apple
Amazon
Microsoft
Facebook
Google
Linkedin
Morgan Stanley
Hootsuite
Codecademy
Square
Grubhub
Twilio
Pivotal Labs
Zaarly
Flipboard
Hulu
Soundcloud
Skype
Nickelodeon
Pandora
Electronic Arts
We also have entrepreneurs backed by YCombinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, and other top-tier VCs.
Our acceptance rate is currently 41% for new members. Quibb is member-only with the goal to slowly grow a high-quality network.
Sandi MacPherson, Editor-in-Chief
Quibb's content, network, and product featureset are curated by Sandi MacPherson (@sandimac). She started Quibb in 2013 from the heart of Silicon Valley, in small cafes on University Ave in Palo Alto, CA.
Before starting Quibb, Sandi worked in cleantech, graduating with her MBA from Schulich School of Business after roles at Environment Canada and Social Venture Partners.
Andrew Goldner, Advisor
Mr. Goldner is a global media and publishing executive and former corporate attorney. Previously, he was Managing Director at Thomson Reuters, where he held overall P&L responsibility of platform and publishing business for Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Before that he held positions at DoubleClick and Skadden Arps. He has a Juris Doctor from Georgetown Law Center.
Christopher Schroeder, Advisor
Quibb is advised by Chris Schroeder, an active advisor/investor based in Washington DC. Most recently he co-founded and sold HealthCentral, a health and wellness startup backed by Sequoia and Polaris. Before that, Mr. Schroeder was CEO and Publisher of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, responsible for overall operations and strategy for the company's digital properties. He attended Harvard, graduating magna cum laude, and received his MBA from Harvard Business School with honors. More details
We are proud to be backed by investors including:
- Wired: Reverse Network Effects: Why Today’s Social Networks Can Fail As They Grow Larger
- TechCrunch: Quibb, The News Reader For Professionals, Taps Alphaworks To Close A $750k Seed Round
- Fast Company: Quibb: Now That Anyone Can Invest, Startups Are Rethinking Investor Marketing
- GigaOm: Fans of Quibb, a content-sharing network, can now buy shares in the company on its website
- Inc: If You Can't Wait for VCs, Try Crowdfunding Angel Investments
- Roy Bahat, Bloomberg Beta: Quibb, a professional network to talk about news
- PandoDaily: How Quibb has cleverly won over tech’s early adopters by rejecting the majority of its users
- Eze Vidra, Google: Quibb = Twitter + LinkedIn + HackerNews?
- KISSMetrics: How Quibb Keeps Daily Email Open Rates between 50% and 70%
- The Fetch Interview with Sandi MacPherson of Quibb
- Tom Tunguz, Redpoint: Debunking the Myths of Social, Viral and Community
- Nir Eyal: How to boost desire using the psychology of scarcity
- Casey Winters, GrubHub: Online News is Broken, or A Brief History of Online News and a Startup That’s Re-inventing It
- Lulu Cheng, Microsoft Incentives to participate on Quora, Quibb, Medium, and Branch
- Colin Raney, IDEO: Rebirth of the Newsletter
- Chris Bolman: Quibb: The 10 Right Ways to Launch a Modern Web App
- PandoDaily: Quibb recaptures the spirit of Google Reader’s social network and bottles it for professionals
- Entrepreneur Magazine: 4 Ways to Get Customers to Open Your Emails