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'''Ted Nash''' is an [[England|English]] [[Internet]] and [[mobile media]] [[entrepreneur]] best known for launching the site Little Gossip<ref>Levine, Nick. [http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-08/22/ted-nash-entrepreneur "Ted Nash, the young app entrepreneur, grows up"] 22 August 2012 ''Wired''. Retrieved 16 October 2012.</ref> and for founding Tapdaq, a mobile advertising exchange.<ref>Rooney, Jennifer. [http://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferrooney/2015/01/05/the-30-under-30-setting-a-new-standard-in-marketing-and-advertising/ "The 30 Under 30 Setting A New Standard In Marketing And Advertising"] 5 January 2015 ''Forbes''. Retrieved 9 January 2015.</ref> Nash is also known for developing various apps and websites<ref>Rooney, Jennifer. [http://uk.businessinsider.com/the-50-coolest-people-in-uk-tech-2014-10#42-ted-nash-9 "The 50 Coolest People in UK Tech"] 3 November 2014 ''UK Business Insider''. Retrieved 9 January 2015.</ref> and for his public speaking.<ref>Festival of Media. [http://www.festivalofmedia.com/latam/speakers/ted-nash "LATAM Festival of Media Speakers"] 1 January 2015 ''LATAM''. Retrieved 12 January 2015.</ref> In 2015, Nash was named to [[Forbes Magazine| Forbes Magazine’s]] 30 under 30.<ref>Rooney, Jennifer. [http://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferrooney/2015/01/05/the-30-under-30-setting-a-new-standard-in-marketing-and-advertising/ "The 30 Under 30 Setting A New Standard In Marketing And Advertising"] 5 January 2015 ''Forbes''. Retrieved 9 January 2015.</ref>
'''Ted Nash''' (born 1991) is an English businessman who is best known for launching the site Little Gossip<ref>Levine, Nick. [https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-08/22/ted-nash-entrepreneur "Ted Nash, the young app entrepreneur, grows up"] 22 August 2012 ''Wired''. Retrieved 16 October 2012.</ref> Nash is also known for developing various apps and websites.<ref>Rooney, Jennifer. [https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-coolest-people-in-uk-tech-2014-10 "The 50 Coolest People in UK Tech"] 3 November 2014 ''UK Business Insider''. Retrieved 9 January 2015.</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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In 1991, Edward John Nash was born in [[Taunton, Somerset]], United Kingdom to parents Andy and Linda.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/8320468/How-a-teenager-spawned-internet-monster-LittleGossip.com-from-his-bedroom.html "How a teenager spawned internet monster LittleGossip.com from his bedroom"] 12 February 2011 ''The Sunday Telegraph''. Retrieved 17 October 2012.</ref>


==Career==
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In 1991, Edward John Nash was born in [[Taunton, Somerset]], [[United Kingdom]] to parents Andy and Linda.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/internet/8320468/How-a-teenager-spawned-internet-monster-LittleGossip.com-from-his-bedroom.html "How a teenager spawned internet monster LittleGossip.com from his bedroom"] 12 February 2011 ''The Sunday Telegraph''. Retrieved 17 October 2012.</ref>
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In 2010, Nash launched Little Gossip, a controversial site that allows users to anonymously post rumours about their school peers. The site was subject to public criticism from parents, teachers and school administrators.<ref>Bryant, Ben. [https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/sex-drugs-and-the-rise-of-cyberbullying-6549239.html "Sex, drugs and the rise of cyberbullying"] 21 December 2010 ''London Evening Standard''. Retrieved 15 October 2012.</ref> The website also received coverage from [[BBC Panorama]]<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01c00y3/Panorama_Hunting_the_Internet_Bullies/ "Hunting the Internet Bullies"] BBC Panorama. Retrieved 17 October 2012.</ref> and [[BBC Radio]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/12452972 "Little Gossip website closes due to 'unwanted comments'"] 14 February 2011 BBC Radio. Retrieved 16 October 2012.</ref> It was sold to Platinum Century in 2011.


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In 2013, Nash founded Tapdaq, a mobile advertising exchange<ref>Baker, Dylan. [http://techcitynews.com/2014/09/04/tapdaq-raises-1-4m-to-continue-rapid-growth/ "Tapdaq Raises $1.4m To Let Devs Trade Ads"] 4 September 2014 ''Tech City News''. Retrieved 9 January 2015.</ref> and acts as the company's CEO.<ref>Grabham, Dan. [http://www.lifehacker.co.uk/2014/10/28/great-tips-young-entrepreneurs "Young Entrepreneur? Check Out These Great Tips For Success"] 28 October 2014 ''Lifehacker UK''. Retrieved 9 January 2015.</ref> Tapdaq raised $1.4&nbsp;million in capital in 2014 to fund commercialisation of its in-app advertising exchange.<ref>Baker, Dylan. [http://techcitynews.com/2014/09/04/tapdaq-raises-1-4m-to-continue-rapid-growth/ "Tapdaq Raises $1.4m To Let Devs Trade Ads"] 4 September 2014 ''Tech City News''. Retrieved 9 January 2015.</ref>
== Serial entrepreneur ==
Nash is known as a serial entrepreneur and has been covered extensively as being an entrepreneur at a very young age. Before the age of 15, he had created the search engine, SurfPony.com, a cloud storage platform UploadPod.com, travel agency TravelArena, and music site Clastaz.com.<ref>Grabham, Dan. [http://www.lifehacker.co.uk/2014/10/28/great-tips-young-entrepreneurs "Young Entrepreneur? Check Out These Great Tips For Success"] 28 October 2014 ''Lifehacker UK''. Retrieved 9 January 2015.</ref> Nash’s notable endeavors have met with varying degrees of success. He sold Little Gossip for a “nominal fee” after receiving “negative publicity in the tabloid press”,<ref>Levine, Nick. [http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-08/22/ted-nash-entrepreneur "Ted Nash, the young app entrepreneur, grows up"] 22 August 2012 ''Wired''. Retrieved 16 October 2012.</ref> but subsequently raised $1.4 Million in funding for Tapdaq.<ref>Rooney, Jennifer. [http://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferrooney/2015/01/05/the-30-under-30-setting-a-new-standard-in-marketing-and-advertising/ "The 30 Under 30 Setting A New Standard In Marketing And Advertising"] 5 January 2015 ''Forbes''. Retrieved 9 January 2015.</ref>


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Nash is CEO of Liquid5 with Fit or Fugly app allowed [[iPhone]] users to calculate the attractiveness of the human face using Fibonacci's [[golden ratio]].<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/17/fit-or-fugly-app-rates-yo_n_361189.html "Fit Or Fugly" App Rates Your Attractiveness"] 18 March 2010 ''HuffPost''. Retrieved 16 October 2012.</ref> It judges the symmetry of the face in an uploaded photo based on the key anchor points of nose, mouth, ears, chin and eyes.<ref>Herrman, John. [https://gizmodo.com/5406825/because-what-we-all-need-right-now-is-an-app-to-tell-us-were-ugly "Because What We All Need Right Now Is an App to Tell Us We’re Ugly"] 17 November 2009 ''Gizmodo''. Retrieved 15 October 2012.</ref>
==Little Gossip==

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In 2010, Nash launched Little Gossip, a controversial site that allows users to anonymously post rumors about their school peers.<ref>Bentley, Paul. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1340570/LittleGossip-com-Teachers-horror-website-private-school-cyber-bullies.html "Teachers' horror at website for private school cyber-bullies to be mean about pupils"] 22 December 2010 ''Daily Mail''. Retrieved 17 October 2012.</ref> The site was subject to public criticism from parents, teachers and school administrators.<ref>Bryant, Ben. [http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/sex-drugs-and-the-rise-of-cyberbullying-6549239.html "Sex, drugs and the rise of cyberbullying"] 21 December 2010 ''London Evening Standard''. Retrieved 15 October 2012.</ref> The website also received coverage from [[BBC Panorama]]<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01c00y3/Panorama_Hunting_the_Internet_Bullies/ "Hunting the Internet Bullies"] ''BBC Panorama''. Retrieved 17 October 2012.</ref> and [[BBC Radio]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/12452972 "Little Gossip website closes due to 'unwanted comments'"] 14 February 2011 ''BBC Radio''. Retrieved 16 October 2012.</ref> It was sold to Platinum Century in 2011.

==Liquid5==

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Nash is CEO of Liquid5. In 2009, at the age of 18, the company launched his Fit or Fugly application.<ref>Proctor, Shonika. [http://www.teenentrepreneurblog.com/renegade-teen-ceo-ed-nash-fit-or-fugly-iphone-app-reaches-3500-downloads-5-days-after-launch/ "Renegade Teen CEO, Ed Nash, Fit or Fugly iPhone App Reaches 3,500 Downloads 5 Days After Launch"] 19 November 2009 ''Teen Entrepreneur Blog''. Retrieved 16 October 2012.</ref> The app allowed [[iPhone]] users to calculate the attractiveness of the human face using Fibonacci’s [[golden ratio]].<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/17/fit-or-fugly-app-rates-yo_n_361189.html "Fit Or Fugly" App Rates Your Attractiveness"] 18 March 2010 ''Huffington Post''. Retrieved 16 October 2012.</ref> It judges the symmetry of the face in an uploaded photo based on the key anchor points of nose, mouth, ears, chin and eyes.<ref>Herrman, John. [http://gizmodo.com/5406825/because-what-we-all-need-right-now-is-an-app-to-tell-us-were-ugly "Because What We All Need Right Now Is an App to Tell Us We’re Ugly"] 17 November 2009 ''Gizmodo''. Retrieved 15 October 2012.</ref>

==Tapdaq==
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Nash founded Tapdaq, a mobile advertising exchange, in 2013<ref>Baker, Dylan. [http://techcitynews.com/2014/09/04/tapdaq-raises-1-4m-to-continue-rapid-growth/ "Tapdaq Raises $1.4m To Let Devs Trade Ads"] 4 September 2014 ''Tech City News''. Retrieved 9 January 2015.</ref> and acts as the company’s CEO.<ref>Grabham, Dan. [http://www.lifehacker.co.uk/2014/10/28/great-tips-young-entrepreneurs "Young Entrepreneur? Check Out These Great Tips For Success"] 28 October 2014 ''Lifehacker UK''. Retrieved 9 January 2015.</ref> Tapdaq raised $1.4 million in capital in 2014 to fund commercialization of its in-app advertising exchange.<ref>Baker, Dylan. [http://techcitynews.com/2014/09/04/tapdaq-raises-1-4m-to-continue-rapid-growth/ "Tapdaq Raises $1.4m To Let Devs Trade Ads"] 4 September 2014 ''Tech City News''. Retrieved 9 January 2015.</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://tednash.co.uk/ Ted Nash] Official site
*[http://tednash.co.uk/ Ted Nash] Official site

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Ted Nash
Born (1991-03-25) 25 March 1991 (age 33)
Taunton, Somerset, UK
OccupationBusinessman
Years active2005–present
Websitetednash.co.uk

Ted Nash (born 1991) is an English businessman who is best known for launching the site Little Gossip[1] Nash is also known for developing various apps and websites.[2]

Personal life

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In 1991, Edward John Nash was born in Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom to parents Andy and Linda.[3]

Career

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In 2010, Nash launched Little Gossip, a controversial site that allows users to anonymously post rumours about their school peers. The site was subject to public criticism from parents, teachers and school administrators.[4] The website also received coverage from BBC Panorama[5] and BBC Radio.[6] It was sold to Platinum Century in 2011.

In 2013, Nash founded Tapdaq, a mobile advertising exchange[7] and acts as the company's CEO.[8] Tapdaq raised $1.4 million in capital in 2014 to fund commercialisation of its in-app advertising exchange.[9]

Nash is CEO of Liquid5 with Fit or Fugly app allowed iPhone users to calculate the attractiveness of the human face using Fibonacci's golden ratio.[10] It judges the symmetry of the face in an uploaded photo based on the key anchor points of nose, mouth, ears, chin and eyes.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Levine, Nick. "Ted Nash, the young app entrepreneur, grows up" 22 August 2012 Wired. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  2. ^ Rooney, Jennifer. "The 50 Coolest People in UK Tech" 3 November 2014 UK Business Insider. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  3. ^ "How a teenager spawned internet monster LittleGossip.com from his bedroom" 12 February 2011 The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  4. ^ Bryant, Ben. "Sex, drugs and the rise of cyberbullying" 21 December 2010 London Evening Standard. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Hunting the Internet Bullies" BBC Panorama. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Little Gossip website closes due to 'unwanted comments'" 14 February 2011 BBC Radio. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  7. ^ Baker, Dylan. "Tapdaq Raises $1.4m To Let Devs Trade Ads" 4 September 2014 Tech City News. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  8. ^ Grabham, Dan. "Young Entrepreneur? Check Out These Great Tips For Success" 28 October 2014 Lifehacker UK. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  9. ^ Baker, Dylan. "Tapdaq Raises $1.4m To Let Devs Trade Ads" 4 September 2014 Tech City News. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Fit Or Fugly" App Rates Your Attractiveness" 18 March 2010 HuffPost. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  11. ^ Herrman, John. "Because What We All Need Right Now Is an App to Tell Us We’re Ugly" 17 November 2009 Gizmodo. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
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