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Six Apart

Six Apart Ltd. (6A) is a software company known for creating the Movable Type blogware, TypePad blog hosting service, and Vox (the blogging platform). The company also is the former owner of LiveJournal. Six Apart is headquartered in Tokyo. The name is a reference to the six-day age difference between its formerly married co-founders, Ben and Mena Trott.

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Founded
September 2001; 24 years ago (2001-09) in San Francisco, California, U.S. (original) · January 2011; 15 years ago (2011-01) in Tokyo, Japan (current incarnation)
Founders
Benjamin Trott Mena Grabowski Trott
Industry
Software & Programming
Owner
Employee owned (2016–present)
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Nobuhiro Seki, CEO

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Six Apart

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Edges29
Triples78
Avg. degree1.93
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Six Apart

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related to 2003–2006 · 27
Six Apart → Anil Dash, August Capital, Barak Berkowitz, Brad Fitzpatrick, Chris Alden, Danga Interactive, David Hornik, David Marquardt, French, In, In January, In March, Its CEO, Joi Ito, Jun Makihara, June, LiveJournal, Mena Trott, Neoteny Co, Prominent
related to 2008 · 15
Six Apart → Adify, Apperceptive, December, It, Just, Leah Culver, Mike Malone, New York, On April, On December, Pownce, The, The Pownce, TypePad, TypePad Conversations
related to 2011 · 10
Six Apart → As, CEO, Infocom, Japan, Japanese, Movable Type, Nobuhiro Seki, On January, SAY Media, Tokyo
related to 2007 · 8
Six Apart → Barak Berkowitz, Chris Alden, LiveJournal, On December, On September, Russia, Russian, SUP Fabrik
related to 2010 · 4
Six Apart → Beginning, On September, September, Vox
Founded · 2
Six Apart → January 2011; 15 years ago (2011-01) in Tokyo, Japan (current incarnation), September 2001; 24 years ago (2001-09) in San Francisco, California, U.S. (original)
Founders · 1
Six Apart → Benjamin Trott Mena Grabowski Trott
Headquarters · 1
Six Apart → Tokyo, Japan
Industry · 1
Six Apart → Software & Programming
Key people · 1
Six Apart → Nobuhiro Seki, CEO

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six apart company type september 2011 typepad tokyo movable vox announced blogging software mena media ltd livejournal 2006 2010 15

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Six ApartFoundedSeptember 2001; 24 years ago (2001-09) in San Francisco, California, U.S. (original)1.00infobox
Six ApartFoundedJanuary 2011; 15 years ago (2011-01) in Tokyo, Japan (current incarnation)1.00infobox
Six ApartFoundersBenjamin Trott Mena Grabowski Trott1.00infobox
Six ApartHeadquartersTokyo, Japan1.00infobox
Six ApartIndustrySoftware & Programming1.00infobox
Six ApartKey peopleNobuhiro Seki, CEO1.00infobox
Six ApartNative nameシックス・アパート株式会社1.00infobox
Six ApartOwnerEmployee owned (2016–present)1.00infobox
Six ApartParentInfocom (Teijin) (2011–2016)1.00infobox
Six ApartPredecessor"Old" (San Francisco, California-based) Six Apart Ltd. (2001–2011)1.00infobox
Six ApartProductsMovable Type Zenback TypePad1.00infobox
Six ApartRomanized nameShikkusu Apāto kabushiki gaisha1.00infobox
Six ApartTypePrivate KK1.00infobox
Six ApartWebsitewww.sixapart.com www.sixapart.jp1.00infobox

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