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Brusilowski: Imoji has six co-founders

Daniel Brusilowski · From 0 to 1 Billion Impressions With Imoji Founders Daniel and Jason EP 204: · Mar 14, 2016 · at 1:54

Daniel Brusilowski, co-founder of sticker and visual messaging startup Imoji, explains the origins of the company to Nathan Latka.

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“So there's actually six founders of Imoji.”

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Imoji was founded by six co-founders.

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Assessment

Contemporaneous press reports from the company's July 2014 launch (including Forbes, PCMag, Digit, and VICE) as well as startup directory listings confirm that Imoji was founded by a team of six co-founders: Dan Brusilovsky, Kirk Lacob, Jason Stein, Ben Draa, Nima Khoshini, and Tom Smith.

Forbes (July 24, 2014) reported at launch that Imoji was created by six friends: Dan Brusilovsky, Kirk Lacob, Jason Stein, Ben Draa, Nima Khoshini, and Tom Smith.
Contemporaneous July 2014 coverage from PCMag, Digit, and VICE consistently referred to Tom Smith as one of Imoji's six founding members.
Startup database Ineur explicitly lists the exact six founders: Jason Stein, Tom Smith, Ben Draa, Daniel Brusilovsky, Kirk Lacob, and Nima Khoshini.

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[1] forbes.com [2] forbes.com [3] pcmag.com [4] digit.in [5] vice.com [6] wordpress.com [7] about.me [8] facebook.com

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