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		<title>Five Ways Square&#8217;s Jack Dorsey Reminds Us of a Young Steve Jobs</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_10944" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 207px"><img class="size-full wp-image-10944  " title="jack dorsey" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/jack-dorsey.jpg" alt="" width="197" height="256" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Here&#039;s looking at you, Jack Jobs.</p></div></p>
<p>The <em>Wall Street Journal </em>has a profile out today on Square co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey that leaked word of Kleiner Perkins Caufield &amp; Byers leading a $100 million venture capital investment in the magic "square" that turns your smartphone into a credit card swiper. The investment quadruples the value of an eight-month old company to $1 billion.</p>
<p>But with the bonkers valuations out there and KPCB's John Doerr's suddenly ravenous appetite for all things tech (guess the taste of cleantech turned sour), a $100 million investment in a genuinely disruptive company, where a first-to-market might actually mean something, isn't too shocking. Neither is the fact that Mr. Doerr's old pal, Mary "Queen of the Net" Meeker will be taking a board seat at Square.<!--more--></p>
<p>What we were startled by was the growing feeling feeling that there's something about Mr. Dorsey that just sounds so familiar. A heavy emphasis on clean design. A charismatic presence at public announcements... wait a minute: @jack is kinda like a young Steve Jobs. Apple has even started selling Square in their retail stores. Dig the bullet point comparison.</p>
<p>1. Precocious - Mr. Dorsey began working on the dispatch system that would become Twitter as teenager. Mr. Jobs started working at HP during high school</p>
<p>2. Charismatic - Mr. Jobs's reality distortion field is the stuff of legend. @jack on the other hand, is just starting to grace the cover of glossy magazines. All in good time, grasshopper.</p>
<p>3. Salesman -  A seemingly crazy/futuristic device that will suddenly be ubiquitous? Check. A powerful presence onstage during big company announcements? Check. Getting people to pay for something that previously they were used to getting for free? Ok, Twitter is still working on that.</p>
<p>4. Hardware and Software - Mastering both sides of this coin is a trick few tech titans have pulled off. While Apple has integrated the two worlds, Mr. Dorsey is currently wrapped up in parallel projects that aim to revolutionize communication an commerce.</p>
<p>5. Relentless - Mr. Jobs has been busy revolutionizing the tech and media industries while suffering from a disease most people aren't supposed to survive for more than a year. Mr. Dorsey currently holds key positions at two billion dollar companies and apparently does not believe in vacation.</p>
<p>Sure, Mr. Dorsey hasn't established a utilitarian uniform, like Mr. Jobs' standard issue black turtleneck and jeans. But neither did Mr. Jobs <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.quantrimang.com.vn/photos/image/112009/07/SteveJobs_young.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://caimenniebi.blogspot.com/2011/06/steve-jobs-young-photo.html&amp;usg=__SuJ0RJlChQCLEsbfy3b_6DiwYLU=&amp;h=461&amp;w=400&amp;sz=40&amp;hl=en&amp;start=0&amp;sig2=jCHJ-0z_bR7_Db7bRfc8mw&amp;zoom=1&amp;tbnid=-39Gn16VkxJxZM:&amp;tbnh=122&amp;tbnw=114&amp;ei=okcLTqefPIShtweXqeyBAQ&amp;prev=/search%3Fq%3Dyoung%2Bsteve%2Bjobs%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DLUI%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1067%26bih%3D447%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divns&amp;itbs=1&amp;iact=hc&amp;vpx=757&amp;vpy=99&amp;dur=111&amp;hovh=241&amp;hovw=209&amp;tx=86&amp;ty=249&amp;page=1&amp;ndsp=12&amp;ved=1t:429,r:10,s:0">in his youth</a>. Just give @jack some time.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_10944" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 207px"><img class="size-full wp-image-10944  " title="jack dorsey" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/jack-dorsey.jpg" alt="" width="197" height="256" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Here&#039;s looking at you, Jack Jobs.</p></div></p>
<p>The <em>Wall Street Journal </em>has a profile out today on Square co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey that leaked word of Kleiner Perkins Caufield &amp; Byers leading a $100 million venture capital investment in the magic "square" that turns your smartphone into a credit card swiper. The investment quadruples the value of an eight-month old company to $1 billion.</p>
<p>But with the bonkers valuations out there and KPCB's John Doerr's suddenly ravenous appetite for all things tech (guess the taste of cleantech turned sour), a $100 million investment in a genuinely disruptive company, where a first-to-market might actually mean something, isn't too shocking. Neither is the fact that Mr. Doerr's old pal, Mary "Queen of the Net" Meeker will be taking a board seat at Square.<!--more--></p>
<p>What we were startled by was the growing feeling feeling that there's something about Mr. Dorsey that just sounds so familiar. A heavy emphasis on clean design. A charismatic presence at public announcements... wait a minute: @jack is kinda like a young Steve Jobs. Apple has even started selling Square in their retail stores. Dig the bullet point comparison.</p>
<p>1. Precocious - Mr. Dorsey began working on the dispatch system that would become Twitter as teenager. Mr. Jobs started working at HP during high school</p>
<p>2. Charismatic - Mr. Jobs's reality distortion field is the stuff of legend. @jack on the other hand, is just starting to grace the cover of glossy magazines. All in good time, grasshopper.</p>
<p>3. Salesman -  A seemingly crazy/futuristic device that will suddenly be ubiquitous? Check. A powerful presence onstage during big company announcements? Check. Getting people to pay for something that previously they were used to getting for free? Ok, Twitter is still working on that.</p>
<p>4. Hardware and Software - Mastering both sides of this coin is a trick few tech titans have pulled off. While Apple has integrated the two worlds, Mr. Dorsey is currently wrapped up in parallel projects that aim to revolutionize communication an commerce.</p>
<p>5. Relentless - Mr. Jobs has been busy revolutionizing the tech and media industries while suffering from a disease most people aren't supposed to survive for more than a year. Mr. Dorsey currently holds key positions at two billion dollar companies and apparently does not believe in vacation.</p>
<p>Sure, Mr. Dorsey hasn't established a utilitarian uniform, like Mr. Jobs' standard issue black turtleneck and jeans. But neither did Mr. Jobs <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.quantrimang.com.vn/photos/image/112009/07/SteveJobs_young.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://caimenniebi.blogspot.com/2011/06/steve-jobs-young-photo.html&amp;usg=__SuJ0RJlChQCLEsbfy3b_6DiwYLU=&amp;h=461&amp;w=400&amp;sz=40&amp;hl=en&amp;start=0&amp;sig2=jCHJ-0z_bR7_Db7bRfc8mw&amp;zoom=1&amp;tbnid=-39Gn16VkxJxZM:&amp;tbnh=122&amp;tbnw=114&amp;ei=okcLTqefPIShtweXqeyBAQ&amp;prev=/search%3Fq%3Dyoung%2Bsteve%2Bjobs%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DLUI%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1067%26bih%3D447%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Divns&amp;itbs=1&amp;iact=hc&amp;vpx=757&amp;vpy=99&amp;dur=111&amp;hovh=241&amp;hovw=209&amp;tx=86&amp;ty=249&amp;page=1&amp;ndsp=12&amp;ved=1t:429,r:10,s:0">in his youth</a>. Just give @jack some time.</p>
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