Nir Eyal

Disambiguation: Not to be confused with Harvard bioethicist Nir Eyal, DPhil, leader in Effective Altruism[1]


Nir Eyal

Nir Eyal
Born (1980-02-19) February 19, 1980

Nir Eyal is an Israeli-American author, educator, and entrepreneur.[2] In addition to his personal blog, NirAndFar.com, he is a frequent contributing writer for Forbes, TechCrunch,[3] and Psychology Today – writing about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. Nir frequently writes about how technology shapes user behavior by creating new habits.

Personal life

Nir Eyal's book Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products was published by Portfolio on November 4, 2014 and debuted on the Wall Street Journal business bestseller list.[4] Hooked made several "best of" lists including being named one of the best business books of the year by Goodreads[5] and the best marketing book of the year by 1800CEOREAD.[6]

Nir is an Israeli-born American now residing in Silicon Valley, California. Nir co-founded two start-ups. The first, Sunshine Business Development was acquired in 2007. The second, AdNectar, received venture funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and was acquired in 2011.[7]

Nir holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA from Emory University.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Guan M.Y., 2014, Discussion of Utility, Fairness, and Risk With Medical Ethicist Nir Eyal Huffington Post, The Blog, 04/17/2015
  2. ↑ Nir Eyal interviewed on the TV show Triangulation on the TWiT.tv network
  3. ↑ "Nir Eyal on TechCrunch". Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  4. ↑ "NirAndFar.com".
  5. ↑ "Goodreads". Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  6. ↑ "1800CEOREAD". Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  7. ↑ "CrunchBase". Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  8. ↑ "NirAndFar.com". Retrieved August 28, 2012.
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