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When I ran into former Facebook COO Owen Van Natta at last night's Fast Company party, he was in high spirits, claiming to enjoy life as an unemployed dad. But he's made no secret of his desire to get back into the startup game at some point — this time as CEO, not a dispensable No. 2. Which is why this photo, sent by a tipster, of Van Natta doing shots of Jägermeister with ex-Facebooker Darian Shirazi, got us thinking. Shirazi has a startup, Redux, which raised $3.5 million in funding last month. Redux is working on automated ways of finding friends online, but it's better known for its FlickIM instant-messaging client for the iPhone. It may not be the next Facebook, but one has to think Van Natta could do worse than running Redux, and Shirazi could do worse than landing Van Natta.
Could Owen Van Natta toast a reunion with another ex-Facebooker?
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2:00 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Owen Thomas
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Jager shots? How old are these people?
I believe that Owen would like to be a CEO but I wonder if he has the fire in the belly to pull it off.
If he goes there, would he scale back the wordiness of their copy? [redux.com] I much preferred Owen (Thomas') 10 word version: "Redux is working on automated ways of finding friends online".
@SnarkTard: It's not really how old they are but how gullible they are. Jagermeister is a triumph of marketing. Convincing twentysomethings that your product is hip is like having a license to print money. And you don't have to worry that your product is crappy.
you call that a shot? what a bunch of kids! what is that like 1.5 ounces? obviously they did not go to college in the SEC
who is mr glasses?
"... may not be the next FadBook?"
You are writing it as if any company wants to be.
Pump and dump.
@Rick: That's Darien, right?
@SnarkTard, bugz321: Darien is 21 (according to his Wikipedia article), though he doesn't look too excited by the prospect of a Jager shot in that shot. Owen, on the other hand, is something like 38, and looks bemused by the whole thing. I suspect that the idea must have come from the yet to be identified balding man in the back, who looks to me to be sweetly anticipating this fraternity [umm, sorry] redux.
Suit and tie? WTF
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