Chris Alden

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Christopher J. Alden
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Christopher J. Alden
NationalityAmerican
Education Dartmouth College (BA) [1]
Known forCo-founder of Red Herring

Christopher J. Alden is an American entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of Red Herring , [2] a magazine focused on the business of technology, and Rojo.com, an early web-based RSS reader. [3] Alden was chairman and chief executive officer of the blogging company Six Apart, Ltd. [4] from September 2006 to October 2010 when Six Apart was sold to VideoEgg, forming SAY Media. [5] He is a venture partner of Tugboat Ventures. [6]

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