{"id":232523,"date":"2010-01-26T16:38:41","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T21:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/26\/twitter-creator-dorsey%e2%80%99s-square-counts-mayer-rose-dyson-among-angels\/"},"modified":"2010-01-26T16:38:41","modified_gmt":"2010-01-26T21:38:41","slug":"twitter-creator-dorsey%e2%80%99s-square-counts-mayer-rose-dyson-among-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/232523","title":{"rendered":"Twitter creator Dorsey\u2019s Square counts Mayer, Rose, Dyson among angels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-148821\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/91b61_Square.jpg\" alt=\"Square\" width=\"499\" height=\"164\" \/>Square, the mobile payments startup from Twitter creator Jack Dorsey, revealed an <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Square\/angels\/members\">impressive roster of angel investors<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p>Among them: Google&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marissa%20Mayer\">Marissa Mayer<\/a> and husband\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/zachary-bogue\/0\/116\/25a\">Zachary Bogue<\/a>, Foursquare and Dodgeball co-founder\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/dens\">Dennis Crowley<\/a>, Twitter co-founder\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/biz\">Biz Stone<\/a>, prolific angel investor Ron Conway, Napster creator\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shawn%20Fanning\">Shawn Fanning<\/a>, Digg creator\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kevinrose\">Kevin Rose<\/a>, Delicious creator\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joshua%20Schachter\">Joshua Schachter<\/a>, Personal Democracy Forum founder\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Rasiej\">Andrew Rasiej<\/a>, a producing director of the TV show &#8216;House&#8217;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GregYaitanes\">Greg Yaitanes<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/firstround\">First Round Capital<\/a>, XPD founder\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/robinchan\">Robin Chan<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Esther%20Dyson\">Esther Dyson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Square offers a tiny white piece of hardware that you can plug into the audio jack of an iPhone. 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