{{Short description|Author and financial analyst}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox writer |image = Howard Lindzon (26171515907) (cropped).jpg |imagesize = | alt = | name = Howard Lindzon | birth_date = | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Non-fiction writer, financial analyst, angel investor, hedge-fund manager | notableworks = ''The Wallstrip (TM) Edge: Using Trends to Make Money – Find Them, Ride Them, and Get Off'' 2009; ''The StockTwits Edge: 40 Actionable Trade Set-Ups from Real Market Pros'' 2011 | spouse = Ellen Lindzon | awards = | signature = }}
'''Howard Lindzon''' is a Canadian author, financial analyst, technical analyst and super angel investor. Lindzon manages a hedge fund, serves as managing partner of the holding company Social Leverage, limited partner at Knight's Bridge Capital Partners, and is the co-founder of StockTwits. Lindzon was named one of ''The Best Tweets for Your Money'' in 2013 by Barron's.
==Background== Lindzon went to High School at Forest Hill Collegiate Institute where he graduated in 1986.<ref name=LindzonFacebook>{{cite web |author=Lindzon, Howard |title=Facebook about tab |website=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/howardlindzon |access-date=2013-05-16}}</ref> He then went on to receive a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Ontario before moving to the United States to attend Arizona State University for a Master of Business Administration. Lindzon later received a Masters in International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in 1991.<ref name=Thunderbird>{{cite web |author=staff |title=Mr. Howard Lindzon Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits® |url=http://www.thunderbird.edu/wwwfiles/sites/11-11-11/speakers/Lindzon.htm |access-date=2013-05-16}}</ref><ref name=ThunderbirdInterview>{{cite journal |author=staff |title=Howard Lindzon: Investing in People |date=April 21, 2011 |publisher=Thunderbird School of Global Management |url=http://www.yourepeat.com/watch/?v=wUd31NJCCks&feature=youtube_gdata |access-date=2013-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063844/http://www.yourepeat.com/watch/?v=wUd31NJCCks&feature=youtube_gdata |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
While Lindzon was in high school, his parents divorced and his mother trusted him to manage their money.<ref name=Brecht2013>{{cite journal |author=Brecht, Kira |title=StockTwit's Founder Howard Lindzon's Key Lessons For Traders |year=2013 |journal=TraderPlanet Digital Journal |issue=2 |url=http://www.traderplanet.com/journal/issue/2/page/16/ |access-date=2013-06-08 }}</ref> The first stock he purchased was Clearly Canadian and the loss from that trade impacted his philosophy of defensive money management and his own characterization of risk.<ref name=Brecht2013/>
Lindzon met his future wife, Ellen, through a blind date in Phoenix, Arizona and they were married on May 7, 1994.<ref name=anniversary>{{cite web |author=@howardlindzon |title=True story...my in-laws texted Ellen and I happy anniversary...we BOTH had forgot ...but I admitted first. #phew |publisher=Twitter |date=May 7, 2013 |url=https://twitter.com/howardlindzon/status/331811872485560320 |access-date=2013-05-07}}</ref> They currently reside in Phoenix, Arizona with their two children, Max and Rachel.<ref name=LindzonCoronado>{{cite web |author=Lindzon, Howard |title=San Diego/Coronado – The Best Trade of My Life |url=http://www.howardlindzon.com/san-diegocoronado-the-best-trade-of-my-life/ |access-date=2013-05-28 }}</ref>
Lindzon's first investment was in 1994 with a company named Pro-Innovative Concepts following graduate school.<ref name=foreplay>{{cite web |author=Boris |date=April 23, 2011 |title=On Foreplay, Trust and Social Deposits… |publisher=The Next Web |url=https://thenextweb.com/eu/2011/04/23/on-foreplay-trust-and-social-deposits/ |access-date=2013-05-28 }}</ref> Phoenix resident Mark Scatterday created ''The Gripp'' that sold enough products to become a QVC hall of fame for the product.<ref name=foreplay/><ref name=seekingalphaGripp>{{cite web |author=staff |date=June 18, 2009 |title=An Exclusive Interview with Entrepreneur Howard Lindzon |publisher=Seeking Alpha |url=http://seekingalpha.com/article/143880-an-exclusive-interview-with-entrepreneur-howard-lindzon |access-date=2013-05-28 }}</ref>
In June 1998, Lindzon began managing his hedge fund.<ref name=TechStars>{{cite web |author=staff |title=Howard Lindzon |publisher=Techstars |url=http://www.techstars.com/program/mentors/hlindzon/ |access-date=2013-05-09 }}</ref> His brokerage firm endured some financial hardships in 2002 due to his partner's "thievery and fraud".<ref name=MakeLuck>{{cite journal |author=Lindzon, Howard |title=HOPE or 'Make Your Own Luck' |date=July 18, 2009 |publisher=howardlindzon.com |url=http://www.howardlindzon.com/hope-or-make-your-own-luck/ |access-date=2013-05-13 }}</ref> Lindzon was principal at Knight's Bridge Capital Partners but now serves as a limited partner. He utilizes funds for his work as an angel investor.<ref name=Donkersley2013>{{cite journal |author=Donkersley, Tishin |title=How Super Angels Use Their Social Leverage – An Interview With Howard Lindzon & Tom Peterson – AZ Tech Beat |date=April 10, 2013 |publisher=AZ Tech Beat |url=http://aztechbeat.com/2013/04/how-super-angels-use-their-social-leverage-an-interview-with-howard-lindzon-tom-peterson/ |access-date=2013-05-09 }}</ref>
==Wallstrip== Wallstrip was a daily business satire news video podcast launch in October 16, 2006. Founder and sole creator of the podcast, Lindzon described his vision for the show in the first teaser of two teasers that were released two days beforehand. The initial concept was to highlight publicly traded companies whose stock was trading at or near an all-time high. In May 2007, the program was acquired by CBS's interactive unit at an estimated value of US$5 million.<ref name=Hau2007>{{cite journal |author=Hau, Louis |title=In Pictures: Blogging Into The Mainstream |date=June 7, 2007 |journal=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/2007/06/19/blogging-stelter-jarvis-biz-media_cx_lh_0619bloggers_slide_4.html |access-date=2013-05-08 }}</ref>
Just two months short of the second anniversary show, the offerings of episodes stopped abruptly with no prior announcements after the final episode on December 12, 2008. As the podcast was not generating the anticipated revenue, despite the popularity of the show, it appeared that CBS would no longer provide on-going funding.<ref name=DEALBOOK2009>{{cite web |author=Sorkin, Andrew Ross |author-link=Andrew Ross Sorkin |url=http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/a-quiet-end-for-wallstrip-one-of-cbss-web-deals | title=A Quiet End for Wallstrip | publisher=DealBook, The New York Times | date=January 7, 2009 |access-date=2013-05-08 }}</ref> In all, around 500 episodes were produced during the 26-month period.
Lindzon published his first book ''The Wallstrip (TM) Edge: Using Trends to Make Money – Find Them, Ride Them, and Get Off'' in 2009 discussing market trends, company research, and risk management.<ref name=WalstripBook>{{cite book |author=Lindzon, Howard |title=The Wallstrip (TM) Edge: Using Trends to Make Money – Find Them, Ride Them, and Get Off |publisher=Business Plus |year=2009 |isbn=978-0446508643 }}</ref><ref name=seekingalphaReview>{{cite web |author=staff |date=April 21, 2009 |title=Book Review: Howard Lindzon's 'The Wallstrip Edge' |publisher=Seeking Alpha |url=http://seekingalpha.com/article/131990-book-review-howard-lindzon-s-the-wallstrip-edge |access-date=2013-05-28 }}</ref>
==2008 SEC short selling ban== The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) initiated a temporary ban on short selling on 799 financial stocks from September 19, 2008 until October 2, 2008 in an effort to slow the bear market.<ref name=Tsang2008>{{cite news |title=Short Sellers under Fire in U.S., U.K. After AIG Fall |date=September 19, 2008 |work=Bloomberg |author=Tsang, Michael |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aTHLqfgpnFYw&refer=home |access-date=2013-05-18 }}</ref> Lindzon was an opponent to the short lived SEC short selling ban in 2008 calling it "a disservice to investors and market participants." "I think the market was well on its way to a crash and I think it would have ended a lot faster if they hadn’t intervened this way," Lindzon said. "For people who were really doing good work on Wall Street to get punished like this, it's a shame that their models went right out the window." "<ref name=Pilon2008>{{cite journal |author=Pilon, Mary |title=Finance Bloggers Fight Over Short-Selling Rules |date=September 24, 2008 |journal=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/wallet/2008/09/24/finance-bloggers-fight-over-short-selling-rules/ |access-date=2013-05-08 }}</ref> An assessment of the effect of the temporary ban on short-selling in the United States and other countries during the 2008 financial crisis showed that it had only "little impact" on the movements of stocks, with stock prices moving in the same way as they would have moved anyhow, but the ban reduced volume and liquidity.<ref name=Oakley2008>{{cite web |title=Short-selling ban has minimal effect |last=Oakley |first=David |work=Financial Times |date=December 18, 2008 |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/024f75ee-cca3-11dd-acbd-000077b07658.html |access-date=2013-05-18 }}</ref>
==StockTwits== {{main|StockTwits}} Lindzon was an early user of Twitter but once passed on the opportunity to invest in the company.<ref name=Altucher2011>{{cite journal |author=Altucher, James |title=140Love – The Ultimate Twitter Dating Service from beginning to END |date=June 8, 2011 |journal=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesaltucher/2011/06/08/140love-the-ultimate-twitter-dating-service-from-beginning-to-end/ |access-date=2013-05-08 }}</ref><ref name=zurb2013>{{cite web |author=Ryan |title=Howard Lindzon CEO and Co-Founder StockTwits |date=February 22, 2013 |publisher=zurb.com |url=http://zurb.com/soapbox/events/41/Howard-Lindzon-ZURBsoapbox |access-date=2013-05-09 }}</ref> Lindzon still ended up with shares of Twitter due to his investment in BetaWorks when Twitter acquired Summize for its search engine.<ref name=Kuo2011>{{cite web |author=Kuo, Benjamin F |title=Interview with Howard Lindzon, StockTwits |date=April 14, 2011 |publisher=socaltech.com |url=http://www.socaltech.com/interview_with_howard_lindzon__stocktwits/s-0035096.html |access-date=2013-05-09 }}</ref>
The idea for the company came from a 2008 blog post where Lindzon suggested that Twitter would be great for stocks and markets. StockTwits began in 2009 with Lindzon and Soren Macbeth by utilizing Twitter's application programming interface (API) to integrate StockTwits as its own "highly graphical platform of market news, sentiment and stock-picking tools."<ref name=Hogan2011>{{cite news |author=Hogan, Mike |title=Tell Us How You Feel About Stocks |date=October 8, 2011 |newspaper=Barron's |url=http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052748704514704576609021483237428.html |access-date=2013-05-08 }}</ref> StockTwits received the first annual Shorty Award in the 2008 finance category.<ref name=shorty2008>{{cite web |author=staff |title=The year's best producers of short* content |date=February 11, 2009 |publisher=Shorty Awards |url=http://1st.shortyawards.com/ |access-date=2013-05-29 }}</ref><ref name=WiredShorty>{{cite magazine |author=Van Buskirk, Eliot |date=February 12, 2009 |title=The Shorty Awards: Why Nerds Hate Twitter |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/business/2009/02/shorty-award-wi/ |access-date=2013-05-29 }}</ref> Time magazine listed StockTwits as one of their 2010 "50 Best Websites".<ref name=TimeMag50>{{cite magazine |author=Staff |date=August 25, 2010 |title=50 Best Websites 2010 |magazine=Time |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2012721_2012915_2012912,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826114126/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2012721_2012915_2012912,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 26, 2010 |access-date=2013-05-28 }}</ref> StockTwits was named one of the "top 10 most innovative companies in finance" in 2012 by FastCompany.<ref name=FastCompany10finance>{{cite web |author=Staff |title=Top 10 most innovative companies in finance |url=http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2012/industry/finance |access-date=2013-05-28 }}</ref>
StockTwits utilized what some have called "cashtags" to identify a stock ticker symbol, similar to the Twitter hashtag, as a way of indexing people's thoughts and ideas about a company and the stock.<ref name=Wong2012>{{cite journal |author=Wong, Matthew |title=VCs and Start-Ups Pin Their Hopes on Pinterest |date=August 17, 2012 |journal=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2012/08/17/vcs-and-start-ups-pin-their-hopes-on-pinterest/ |access-date=2013-05-08 }}</ref> Twitter incorporated the "cashtags" into their platform in 2012 effectively "hijacking" the StockTwits idea.<ref name=Wong2012/> In response to this announcement, Lindzon blogged that "It's interesting that Twitter has hijacked our creation of $TICKER i.e. $AAPL".<ref name=Wong2012/> He went on to note that "You can hijack a plane but it does not mean you know how to fly it.""<ref name=Wong2012/> Lindzon sold all of his Twitter stock in 2012 as a result of this controversy.<ref name=Taylor2012>{{cite news |author=Taylor, Colleen |title=Howard Lindzon on Why He Sold His Twitter Stock, And The 'Hijack' Of StockTwits' Cashtags [TCTV] |date=July 1, 2012 |work=TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/08/01/howard-lindzon-on-why-he-sold-his-twitter-stock-and-the-hijack-of-stocktwits-cashtags-tctv/ |access-date=2013-05-09 }}</ref>
As of 2011, the number of monthly visitors to StockTwits had tripled over traffic from the previous year to over 100,000 users.<ref name=Hogan2011/> Lindzon encourages new traders to spend time on StockTwits learning the language.<ref name=Stalter2011>{{cite journal |author=Stalter, Kate |title=Capture Price Growth with These 6 Stocks |date=September 22, 2011 |journal=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/katestalter/2011/09/22/capture-price-growth-with-these-6-stocks/ |access-date=2013-05-08 }}</ref> He says that "You don’t learn Spanish in one day, and you’re not going to learn how to invest in stocks in one day. Treat it like a language."<ref name=Stalter2011/> Lindzon coauthored the book ''The StockTwits Edge: 40 Actionable Trade Set-Ups from Real Market Pros'' with Philip Pearlman and Ivaylo Ivanhoff to assist new users with getting the most out of the service.<ref name=StockTwitsEdge>{{cite book |author1=Lindzon, Howard |author2=Pearlman, Philip |author3=Ivanhoff, Ivaylo |title=The StockTwits Edge: 40 Actionable Trade Set-Ups from Real Market Pros |publisher=Wiley Trading |year=2011 |isbn=978-1118029053 }}</ref>
Lindzon was named one of ''The Best Tweets for Your Money'' in 2013.<ref name=Fillion2013>{{cite news |author=Fillion, Rubina Madan |title=The Best Tweets for Your Money |date=March 8, 2013 |newspaper=Barron's |url=http://online.barrons.com/article/SB10001424127887324662404578334890346873944.html?mod=wsj_article_exploremore_3 |access-date=2013-05-08 }}</ref> Later that same year, Lindzon invested $50,000 from his hedge fund to follow traders as a part of a "social investing and social leverage" collaboration with Ditto Trade and his own StockTwits network.<ref name=Lindzon50k>{{cite journal |author=Lindzon, Howard |title=Stocktwits Welcomes Premium Ditto Trade Profiles…Deeper and Lighter Social Investing |date=May 13, 2013 |publisher=howardlindzon.com |url=http://www.howardlindzon.com/premium-ditto-trade-profiles-now-available-on-stocktwits/ |access-date=2013-05-16 }}</ref><ref name=Wong2013>{{cite journal |author=Wong, Wailin |title=Ditto Trade teams up with Stock Twits for online investing |date=May 13, 2013 |journal=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/05/13/ditto-trade-teams-up-with-stock-twits-for-online-investing/ |access-date=2013-05-16 }}</ref>
As of June 2013, StockTwits has raised $8.6 million in venture capital but has not yet made a profit.<ref name=Rose2013>{{cite journal |author=Rose, Sally |date=June 4, 2013 |title=This StockTwit is no fool |journal=The Australian Financial Review |url=http://www.afr.com/p/business/companies/this_stocktwit_is_no_fool_59ikLLnzmff5wnLpEXypwI |access-date=2013-06-08 }}</ref> Fifty percent of the company's revenue comes from financial data sold to clients including Bloomberg L.P. and Google.<ref name=Rose2013/> Lindzon believes a "cultural change" is needed for the large financial institutions to embrace this technology and that change may take as long as five years.<ref name=Rose2013/>
==Mentoring== Lindzon is highly accessible and provides formal and informal mentoring to entrepreneurs. DreamIt Ventures is a startup accelerator program that includes Lindzon as a mentor.<ref name=Farrell2010>{{cite journal |author=Farrell, Maureen |title=DreamIt Ventures To Launch in New York |date=November 18, 2010 |journal=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maureenfarrell/2010/11/18/dreamit-ventures-to-launch-in-new-york/ |access-date=2013-05-08 }}</ref> He also mentors start-ups as part of the Techstars program.<ref name=Brian2011>{{cite journal |author=Brian, Matt |title=Howard Lindzon on why there's never been a better time to build a business [Video] |date=May 6, 2011 |publisher=The Next Web |url=https://thenextweb.com/eu/2011/05/06/howard-lindzon-on-why-theres-never-been-a-better-time-to-build-a-business-video/ |access-date=2013-05-19 }}</ref>
Networking is a priority for Lindzon.<ref name=Altucher2009>{{cite journal |author=Altucher, James |author-link=James Altucher |title=The Power of Networking |journal=Financial Times |date=February 2009 |url=http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2010/02/the-power-of-networking/ |access-date=2013-05-08 }}</ref><ref name=Altucher53things>{{cite journal |author=Altucher, James |author-link=James Altucher |title=53 Things I Learned from Howard Lindzon |date=January 2011 |publisher=The Altucher Confidential |url=http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/01/53-things-i-learned-from-howard-lindzon/ |access-date=2013-05-08 }}</ref> Networks include both real collaborators but could mean access to his Twitter network as he did for James Altucher in the launch of his 140Love online dating business.<ref name=Altucher2011/>
The 2010 LeWeb international technology conference hosted Lindzon as the keynote speaker.<ref name=Gobry2010>{{cite web |author=Gobry, Pascal-Emmanuel |title=StockTwits Boss Howard Lindzon Working Hard on His Keynote Speech at LeWeb |website=Business Insider |date=December 9, 2010 |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/howard-lindzon-working-hard-on-his-keynote-speech-at-leweb-2010-12#ixzz2TW3Mpo9N |access-date=2013-05-16 }}</ref> Lindzon spoke on ''why there's never been a better time to build a business'' at The Next Web Conference 2011.<ref name=Brian2011/>
==Angel investor== Lindzon is an angel investor and the managing partner for holding company Social Leverage.<ref name=AngelList>{{cite journal |author=Lindzon, Howard |title=Howard Lindzon |publisher=AngelList |url=https://angel.co/howardlindzon |access-date=2013-05-19 }}</ref> Social Leverage invests in web businesses that are early in their development.
eBay bought rent.com in 2005 for $415 million.<ref name=Olanoff2012>{{cite journal |author=Olanoff, Drew |title=Howard Lindzon, founder and CEO of Stocktwits, sells his Twitter stock |date=July 25, 2012 |publisher=The Next Web |url=https://thenextweb.com/twitter/2012/07/25/howard-lindzon-founder-and-ceo-of-stocktwits-sells-his-twitter-stock/ |access-date=2013-05-19 }}</ref> Lindzon had been an early investor in rent.com.<ref name=Olanoff2012/>
LifeLock, an identity theft protection company offering services intended to detect fraudulent applications for various credit and non-credit related services, received funding from Lindzon in 2007.<ref name=Arrington2007>{{cite news |author=Arrington, Michael |title=The Very Organized Hit Job on LifeLock |date=June 17, 2007 |work=TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2007/06/17/the-hit-job-on-lifelock/ |access-date=2013-05-19 }}</ref>
Ticketfly was started in 2008 with funding from Lindzon in concert with High Peaks Venture Partners, Contour Venture Partners and another angel investor Roger Ehrenberg.<ref name=Geron2011>{{cite journal |author=Geron, Tomio |title=Ticketfly Nabs $12M For Social Concert Ticketing |date=April 19, 2011 |journal=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomiogeron/2011/04/19/ticketfly-nabs-12m-for-social-concert-ticketing/ |access-date=2013-05-08 }}</ref><ref name=Hay2010>{{cite journal |author=Hay, Timothy |title=Ticketfly Leans on Social Media To Challenge Ticketmaster |date=June 28, 2010 |journal=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2010/06/28/ticketfly-leans-on-social-media-to-challenge-ticketmaster/ |access-date=2013-05-08 }}</ref>
Lindzon sold his interest in limos.com, and Comcast purchased golfnow.com in 2008.<ref name=Altucher2009/><ref name=Olanoff2012/>
Lindzon has invested in Betaworks and with them like he did in supporting TweetDeck.<ref name=Schonfeld2010tweetdeck>{{cite news |author=Schonfeld, Erick |title=Betaworks Leads $3 Million Series B in Highflyer TweetDeck, New Desktop Goes Live |date=May 20, 2010 |work=TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/05/20/tweetdeck-3-million-betaworks/ |access-date=2013-05-19 }}</ref>
Disqus is an online discussion and commenting service for websites and online communities that uses a networked platform that received funding from Lindzon in 2008.<ref name=Malik2008>{{cite journal |author=Malik, Om |author-link=Om Malik |title=Disqus Gets VC Funding, Releases Beta 2 |date=March 18, 2008 |publisher=GigaOM |url=http://gigaom.com/2008/03/18/disqus-gets-vc-funding-releases-beta-2/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320023859/http://gigaom.com/2008/03/18/disqus-gets-vc-funding-releases-beta-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 20, 2008 |access-date=2013-05-19 }}</ref>
UserVoice received funding from Lindzon in 2009 to continue development of their customer engagement tools. Their customer feedback aggregation tools were moved into the mainstream with this additional financing.<ref name=Wauters2009>{{cite news |author=Wauters, Robin |title=UserVoice Raises Funding, White-Labels User Feedback Facilitator |date=May 18, 2009 |work=TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/05/18/uservoice-raises-funding-white-labels-user-feedback-facilitator/ |access-date=2013-05-19 }}</ref>
Holding a previous investment in bit.ly, Lindzon decided to increase his investment to assist with the company's growth in 2010.<ref name=Schonfeld2010bitly>{{cite news |author=Schonfeld, Erick |title=Existing Investors Put Another $1.5 Million into bit.ly |date=March 1, 2010 |work=TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/03/01/bit-ly-1-5-million/ |access-date=2013-05-19 }}</ref>
InternMatch provides internship services for students, employers and educators. The site offers free internship searching, an intern blog, and a library of internship and job-search resources designed for both students and employers. InternMatch's mission is to "Help students find and explore great internships with a focus on leading technology companies and non-profits." Lindzon provided funding support for growth of the company in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.geekwire.com/2011/internmatch-scores-cash-national-internship-directory-launches-community-pages/|title= InternMatch scores cash for national internship directory, launches 'community pages' |work=TechCrunch |date=September 7, 2011 |access-date=2011-12-04}}</ref>
UsingMiles is a Techstars graduate startup that aims to make it easier for travelers to aggregate their loyalty program rewards in one place.<ref name=Rao2011>{{cite news |author=Rao, Leena |title=UsingMiles Raises $2.7 Million For Rewards Management Platform |date=April 6, 2011 |work=TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/04/06/usingmiles-raises-2-7-million-for-rewards-management-platform/ |access-date=2013-05-19 }}</ref>
When Klout was looking for investors in 2011, Lindzon was one of the people interested.<ref name=Taylor2011>{{cite journal |author=Taylor, Mike |title=New York Investors Dive into Klout's $8.5 Million Funding Round |date=January 11, 2011 |journal=The New York Observer |url=http://observer.com/2011/01/new-york-investors-dive-into-klouts-85-million-funding-round/ |access-date=2013-05-19 }}</ref>
BillGuard watches and alerts users when credit card hidden fees, scams or billing errors are present in their accounts. This project, still only a beta version, was supported by Lindzon in 2009.<ref name=Rao2011BillGuard>{{cite news |author=Rao, Leena |title=BillGuard Raises $3M To Track Hidden Fees, Billing Errors on Credit Card Bills |date=February 2, 2011 |work=TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/02/02/billguard-raises-3m-to-track-hidden-fees-billing-errors-on-credit-card-bills/ |access-date=2013-05-19 }}</ref>
GoInstant was acquired by Salesforce.com in July 2012 for US$70 million.<ref name=Williams2012>{{cite news |author=Williams, Alex |title=Salesforce.com Reported To Buy GoInstant For $70 Million |date=July 9, 2012 |work=TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/09/salesforce-com-reported-to-buy-goinstant-for-70-million/ |access-date=2013-05-19 }}</ref>
In 2012, Lindzon provided part of the $2M in funding to DailyWorth as well as serving as an advisor.<ref name=Bradshaw2012>{{cite journal |author=Bradshaw, Leslie |title=How Women Are Getting Left Out of the Venture Capital Game |date=January 10, 2012 |journal=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/lesliebradshaw/2012/01/10/how-women-are-getting-left-out-of-the-venture-capital-game/ |access-date=2013-05-18 }}</ref>
Lindzon's interest in making data available lead to his support of Plexus Engine, doing business as Little Bird.<ref name=Kolodny2012>{{cite journal |author=Kolodny, Lora |title=How a Little Bird Told Mark Cuban Where to Invest His Money |date=October 5, 2012 |journal=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2012/10/05/how-a-little-bird-told-mark-cuban-where-to-invest-his-money/ |access-date=2013-05-08 }}</ref> Little Bird has been automating the process of finding and verifying research sources, making "lists, then aggregate the blog URLs, Twitter handles, and content published" by researchers.<ref name=Kolodny2012/> Plexus Engine was selected to participate in the Portland Incubator Experiment in 2012.<ref name=Brown2012>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-28909-exclusive_new_pie_class_announced.html|title=Exclusive: New PIE Class Announced: Meet the new Portland tech startups on the block|access-date=March 19, 2013|date=July 27, 2012|first=Ruth|last=Brown|work=Willamette Week|location=Portland, Oregon|publisher=City of Roses Newspapers}}</ref>
Lindzon has been involved in funding many other start-ups including but not limited to: Foodzie, Life360, Simply Measured, Clarity, Lucky Sort, Seamless Receipts, Scopely, Colingo, Unbounce, LaunchRock, SendHub, Retrofit, Betable, Dekko, YieldBot, Embedly, New Hive, Buddy Media, Videolicious, Laffster, YCharts, Fanium, BlogTalkRadio, StationCreator, Skyscraper, TubeMogul, MyTrade, MaxMyInterest, Zentact.<ref name=AngelList/>
In 2013, Lindzon presented at AMP Capital’s Amplify Festival for angel investors in Australia.<ref name=Rose2013/>
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