Jake Lodwick

Jake Lodwick (born July 25, 1981) is a software engineer, serial entrepreneur and investor, best known as co-founder of Vimeo.

Biography

Lodwick was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland and attended college at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Lodwick was the initial web developer for CollegeHumor and the resulting Connected Ventures in 2004. When he was a part of the founding team at Connected Ventures, Lodwick co-created Vimeo and came up with the name, a portmanteau of video and me. In 2006 Vimeo was acquired by Barry Diller's IAC/Interactive Corp, and Lodwick was fired in late 2007.

After departing Vimeo, Lodwick worked as an independent creative engineer, launching Pummelvision, software that assembles your photos into stories with music.

Today Lodwick serves as CEO of the software company Elepath. he founded in 2012. He splits his time between Brooklyn and San Francisco.

In the years since Vimeo's sale to IAC, Lodwick has invested in other technology startups including Tumblr and Makerbot.

Jakob

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Jakob (band)

Jakob is a New Zealand post-rock band, based in the Hawkes Bay city of Napier. The band consists of guitarist Jeff Boyle, bassist Maurice Beckett, and drummer Jason Johnston. They have been compared to such bands as Mogwai, Sonic Youth, and High Dependency Unit, though they largely eschew any vocals or samples in their songs.

History

The band formed in July 1998, and began by opening for New Zealand bands Salmonella Dub and Pitch Black at the local pub O'Flaherty's. They toured extensively throughout 1999, releasing that same year a self-titled EP recorded with David Holmes at Napier's Venn Production Studios. The year 2000 brought a gig at The Event New Years party in Napier, and the 7" single Erfo, a limited release on the Crawlspace Records label.

Jakob returned to Venn Studios in March 2001 to record their debut album with engineer David Holmes (also known from the band Kerretta). Subsets of Sets was released April 2002 through New Zealand's Midium Records to good reviews and a nomination at the bNet independent music awards. Jakob continued touring with artists such as HDU and fellow Midium artists Avotor and Meterman, as well as playing at the 2002 Big Day Out.

Jacob (surname)

Jacob is a surname, ultimately from the Biblical figure Jacob. Jakob is the German form of the name.

For the meaning of the name, see Jacob (name).

Notable people with the surname Jacob