Robby Stein
Director of Product Management, Yahoo! Emerging Products & Technology
Stamped Founder Robby Stein On Launching Version 2.0 And Roping Celebrity Investors
According to founder Robby Stein, “a shared vision.” Robby has recently been frustrated with the media outlets and others who lump Stamped in with a lot of other apps that let you “rate everything.” He believes Stamped isn’t about 1 to 5 stars, which is certainly true, but by ... Read more »
Robby Stein Stamped Interview
Robby Stein left his Product Manager role at Google last spring where he worked alongside other innovates like Instagram's Kevin Systrom. He has since founded Stamped, a mobile review app for places and things that are written and curated by friends. "We started the company out of ... Read more »
Daily Report: Thinking Like a Start-Up, at Yahoo
Robby Stein, who sold Stamped to Yahoo, said he was willing to take a chance on the company given Ms. Mayer’s solid track record at Google, where she helped perfect Web search and was largely credited with the clean aesthetic of the Google home page. “After conversations with Marissa and ... Read more »
Ellen! Bieber! Seacrest! Stamped Revamps, Raises New Round From Celebs, Brian Lee, Tom Conrad, Eric...
“Because of the way other services have been launched around us, we were kind of grouped together, but that was improperly done,” says Stamped co-founder and CEO Robby Stein of the trendy rate-it-all space. “We’re not a way to rate things,” he clarifies. “We’re a way to share your ... Read more »
App Watch: Stamped Launches Version 2.0
“We want to be the centralized place of people’s favorite things,” said Robby Stein, Stamped’s co-founder and CEO. “We’re like a personalized guide to food, movies and books.” With its new round of funding, Stamped has raised a total of over $3 million, said Mr. Stein. In its new ... Read more »
Stamped relaunches, Ryan Seacrest, Justin Bieber, Ellen DeGeneres, Columbia Records, New York Times...
Stamped's three co-founders, Bart Stein, Robby Stein and Kevin Palms. Last Spring, Robby Stein and Bart Stein (not related) left their jobs at Google to start a company, Stamped. Stamped received funding from Google Ventures and others to become a mobile app that would make ... Read more »
Eric Schmidt Stamped relaunches, Ryan Seacrest, Justin ...
Stamped's three co-founders, Bart Stein, Robby Stein and Kevin Palms. Last Spring, Robby Stein and Bart Stein (not related) left their jobs at Google to start a company, Stamped. Stamped received funding from Google Ventures and others to become a mobile app that would make ... Read more »
Marissa Mayer Makes Her First Acquisition And Its One Of Her Former Colleagues
Stamped's CEO, Robby Stein, used to work for Mayer at Google where he was a product manager. He also worked alongside Instagram's Kevin Systrom there. The buyout fits every hint Mayer has dropped about her acquisition plans. She's investing in a relatively cheap social startup that she ... Read more »
Stamped Interview
Last month, Robby Stein and his team of 10 relaunched their mobile app startup, Stamped. The relaunch was supported by a star-studded list of investors including Justin Bieber, Ryan Seacrest and Ellen DeGeneres. How do Hollywood A-listers decide which startups to invest in? And how do ... Read more »
Justin Bieber, New York Times Invest in Revamped Recommendations App Stamped
Shortly after releasing that update, Stamped’s team decided to scrap the entire app and “build something bigger,” Robby Stein, one of Stamped’s three co-founders, told Mashable in an interview at Stamped’s New York office earlier this week. “There’s not one piece of [old] code in the new ... Read more »
Robby Stein Stamped Interview
Robby Stein left his Product Manager role at Google last spring where he worked alongside other innovates like Instagram's Kevin Systrom. He has since founded Stamped, a mobile review app for places and things that are written and curated by friends. "We started the company out of ... Read more »
Yahoo Buys Justin Bieber-Backed Start-Up
Five of Stamped’s nine-person team once worked at Google: Co-founder Robby Stein, was a project manager under Mayer, and co-founder Bart Stein once worked at Google Creative Lab. In a statement about the acquisition, Adam Cahan, Yahoo’s senior vice president of emerging products and ... Read more »
Stamped becomes top 100 app from Bieber tweet
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) August 3, 2012 "It definitely boosted us up the app store," CEO Robby Stein tells us of the tweet. "Chuck Norris rocketed us up the top charts. " Stein says it's not the first time Bieber has tweeted about Stamped, but it's the first message that ... Read more »
Stamped Office Tour Photos
Robby Stein and his team haven't slept in days. They've been pulling all-nighters preparing to launch a second version of their mobile app, Stamped, which went live this morning. Stamped is an app that lets you list all of your favorite things, from books, to movies, to songs and ... Read more »
Stamped Overhauls Its App, Brings on Impressive Investors
I spoke with Co-founder and CEO Robby Stein this week and they talked to me about their approach and some pretty new investors. First, the company has now raised a total of $3M, which includes a new strategic round with involvement from CrunchFund, Pandora’s Tom Conrad, Eric Schmidt... Read more »
Marissa Mayer acqui-hires Stamped, employees will help Yahoo with mobile
Stamped’s CEO is Robby Stein, who used to work for Mayer as a product manager at Google, Business Insider said. Financial terms of the deal were not reported. The acquisition seems right in line with the strategy that Mayer has been pushing. She has previously mentioned using acqui-hires ... Read more »
New Google-backed Stamped App for Recommendations.
The app was started by former Google employees Bart Stein and Robby Stein, along with Kevin Palms. Instagram Co-Founder and CEO Kevin Systrom is an advisor to Stamped, as is famed chef Mario Batali. To use it: Simply sign up with your full name, email address, username and photo. Find ... Read more »
Confirmed: Yahoo Has Bought Stamped To Lead Major Mobile Push In NYC
... said that mobile was a big focus for the company, saying: “Our top priority is a focused, coherent mobile strategy… at some point [in the near future] we’ll have to be a predominantly mobile company.” This is not the first time that Stamped’s co-founder and CEO Robby Stein has worked with Mayer... Read more »
How Crucial Is the Celebrity Effect for Start-Ups?
“You can see Justin’s collection of favorite things,” said Robby Stein, one of the founders of Stamped. “It’s a way to check out his recommendations and also see what your friends and taste makers are into.” Although Twitter had been a beloved service among the tech-minded for years, the ... Read more »
Startup CEO: Marissa Mayer Would Have To Pay Twice As Much Buy Us As 'Anyone Else'
It's also why there is a story in today's New York Times featuring Robby Stein, the former CEO of Stamped, a small New York-based startup that Yahoo acquired for a similarly low price. There is one problem with this strategy, however. Despite Mayer's personal brand, startup CEOs remain ... Read more »
