Biz Stone to scratch a long-time creative itch. Stone is also an advisor to Zoic Studios, and an Executive Producer of the documentary, "Eating Animals", along with Natalie Portman. From 2003 to 2005, Stone was employed by Google. In May 2017, Stone announced his intention to return to Twitter. Along with Jack Dorsey, Stone holds the patent for inventing Twitter. Stone has been honored with the International Center for Journalists Innovation Award, "Inc." magazine named him Entrepreneur of the Decade, "Time" listed him as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, and "GQ" named him Nerd of the Year,
Social media marketing was created in 2011 by three students at Stanford University named Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown. The application was first developed to allow users to message back and forth and to also send photographs that are only available from 1–10 seconds until they are no longer available. The app was an instant hit with social media members and today there are up to 158 million people using snapchat every single day. It is also estimated that Snapchat users are opening the application approximately 18 times per day, which means users are on the app for about 25–30 minutes