Jon Brod, former president of AOL Ventures and co-founder of AOL’s community news and information site Patch, until his departure from AOL in December 2013, has emerged in January 2014 as the co-founder and president of Confide, a US-based startup which aims to provide business professionals with a Snapchat-like service of self-destructing, confidential messages.
Confide has been established by Jon Brod together with Howard Lerman, chief executive officer (CEO) of Yext, which provides marketing software for enterprise companies.
Brod joined AOL in 2009, through the company’s acquisition of Patch, which Brod co-founded and served as CEO.