Kristopher Tate

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name = Kristopher Tate


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caption = Kristohper Tate, March 26, 2007
birth_date = birth date and age|1988|5|1
birth_place = Seattle, Washington
occupation = Founder, Chief Technologist of Zooomr & BlueBridge
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website = http://zooomr.com/kristopher
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Kristopher Tate (born 1 May 1988 in Washington), is the founder and chief technologist of the Zooomr website and BlueBridge, a company that works on metadata enhanced communication technologies.Fact|date=July 2008

Kristopher is most famous for single-handedly competing with Flickr / Yahoo! Inc. at scale via his work on Zooomrref|flickrafraidref|techcrunch and is also jump-starting the Web industry in Japan through his company BlueBridge.ref|nikkeielectronics Multiple books have been written about him including Jon Swartz's "Young Wealth: Trade Secrets from Teens Who Are Changing American Business"ref|youngwealth

Born in Seattle, Washington, Kristopher started writing HTML at age 4, started programming in Think-C at age 5 and started Zooomr at age 17. Kristopher's knowledge of computers and IT is completely self-taught.ref|netmagref|techcrunch Because of Kristopher's early jump into entrepreneurship, he is widely known as a role-model for young minds everywhere.ref|youngwealth

In August, 2007, Kristopher moved Zooomr's HQ to Harajuku, Japan and has since grown a team of dedicated people to help him with his projects.ref|blognationref|nikkeielectronics

Kristopher's popularity has expanded in Japan as he has also been spottedref|tokitoami with Japanese pop-idols like Ami Tokito.

Footnotes

# [http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/11/flickr-has-some-catching-up-to-do/ "Flickr has some catching up to do" - Michael Arrington, TechCrunch, 11 March, 2006]
# [http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/16/why-is-flickr-afraid-of-zoomr/ "Why is flickr afraid of Zooomr?" - Michael Arrington, TechCrunch, 16 June, 2006]
# [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1600080138/ref=sib_dp_srch_pop?v=search-inside&keywords=kristopher+tate&go.x=0&go.y=0&go=Go%21 Amazon Search referencing "Kristopher Tate" in "Young Wealth: Trade Secrets from Teens Who Are Changing American Business" - Jon Swartz, 30 September, 2006]
# [http://www.netmag.co.uk/zine/discover-interview/kistopher-tate Kristopher Tate Interview - .NET Magazine] , December, 2006
# [http://jp.blognation.com/2007/12/09/zooomr-conquering-the-world-from-japan/ Blognation - Zooomr Conquering the World from Japan] , 9 December, 2007
# [http://www.zooomr.com/z/photos/zoom/5105364/size-16/ Nikkei Electronics Magazine - Kristopher Tate] , 16 June, 2008
# [http://www.zooomr.com/z/photos/zoom/5217435/size-8/ Kristopher Tate with Ami Tokito] , 7 July, 2008

External links

* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/kristophertate Kristopher Tate on LinkedIn]
* [http://zooomr.com/kristopher Kristopher's Zipline on Zooomr]
* [http://bbridgetech.com/ Kristopher's Company - BlueBridge]