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Andrew Torba
Andrew Torba is an American entrepreneur based in Texas.
History
Torba co-founded Kuhcoon in 2011, a “social media as a service” company.1) 2)
Torba claimed to have purchased Bitcoin when it was valued at under $200. He wrote enthusiastically about paying for an order at Subway using Coinbase on November 19, 2013.3) 4)
In late 2014, Y Combinator invested in Kuhcoon, and Torba moved to California.5) Kuhcoon changed its name to Automate Ads on June 25, 2015.6) Torba stepped down as CEO of the company in August 2016.7)
External links
1)
Ha, A. (2015, February 19). YC-Backed Kuhcoon Promises To Automate Facebook Ad Campaigns For Small Businesses. TechCrunch. http://archive.today/2023.04.27-045011/https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/19/yc-backed-kuhcoon-promises-to-automate-facebook-ad-campaigns-for-small-businesses/
2)
About Us. Kuhcoon. Retrieved March 23, 2012, from https://web.archive.org/web/20120323001149/http://kuhcoon.com/index/aboutus
3)
Torba, A. I Bought Subway with Bitcoin and It Was Awesome. Medium. Retrieved December 7, 2013, from https://web.archive.org/web/20131207144207/https://medium.com/this-happened-to-me/48c233e67ddc
4)
Jeffries, A. (2014, February 11). The Bitcoin bump: stores turn to virtual currency for a marketing boost. The Verge. https://web.archive.org/web/20230427044405/https://www.theverge.com/2014/2/11/5401044/the-bitcoin-bump-stores-turn-to-virtual-currency-for-a-marketing-boost
5)
Dickson, C. (2018, October 30). Who Is Gab Founder Andrew Torba? HuffPost. http://archive.today/2020.10.24-201348/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gab-founder-andrew-torba_n_5bd89d70e4b0dee6eececbc5?guccounter=1
6)
Pennsylvania Department of State. (2015, July 1). Automate Ads. OpenCorporates. http://archive.today/2021.02.08-024310/https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_pa/4365645
7)
Gab. StartEngine. Retrieved November 30, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20201130113341/https://www.startengine.com/gab