Listed as a member of Vanity Fair’s “New Establishment” (2011, 2012) Over the period of time, Denis has also made some personal investments in various entities, some of which include: – Dash, Electric Objects, Thredhq, Timehop, Svpply, Metamarkets and Square. Other than that, he also works as an accessory Professor at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) Prior to this, he was the CEO for roughly seven years. Recently, Dennis has stepped back and moved on to the position of Executive Chairman of Foursquare (the company), where he would be taking care of strategic vision for product and innovation. To give you a short brief – Dennis Crowley is the co-founder of Foursquare, which is a combination of location awareness, social networks, and game functionality to persuade and lure the masses in exploring the world that surrounds them.