TERRIBLYCLEVER DESIGN

Terriblyclever was started in 2007 by childhood friends [Kayvon Beykpour](/person/kayvon-beykpour) and [Joseph Bernstein](/person/joseph-bernstein). TC made a variety of branded [Facebook](/organization/facebook) applications for companies like [Best Buy](/organization/bestbuy), [Sprint](/organization/sprint-nextel) and [Comcast](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/comcast). After the release of the iPhone and subsequent availability of the iPhone SDK, TC saw the opportunity to create brande... d mobile applications for educational institutions. Their first venture into the mobile space was the creation of iStanford (in October 2008), an iPhone app that integrates a variety of services used by Stanford students and faculty. iStanford allowed users to search the campus directory and campus map, view athletics and course information, and a variety of other campus services. Terribyclever quickly productized their offering, under the name MobilEdu (http://www.medu.com) and began selling the service (as a subscription) to other institutions. In 8 months, MobilEdu was in use by almost a dozen higher-ed institutions such as Duke University, Texas A&M, UC San Diego, and University of Washington. In July of 2009, [Blackboard Inc.](/organization/blackboard) acquired Terriblyclever for $4mil, at which time TC had 5 full time employees, most of whom were close friends and current students at Stanford University. Today, TC now runs the Mobile division of Blackboard, a public company based in Washington, D.C.More