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Peabody graduated from in 1994 and the Academy at Charlemont in 1990.
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He is also a Venture Partner and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Greycroft Partners. The company was headquartered in Williamstown, Massachusetts, with Peabody as Chief Executive Officer. Although it would eventually focus on the internet, Tripod also published a magazine, Tools for Life, that was distributed with textbooks, and offered a discount card for students. The company was the eighth-largest site on the Internet when it was sold to Lycos in 1998 for $58 million in stock.
The terms of the sale forced him to hold onto his stock for two years -- while its value increased ten-fold.
After the lockup period expired, Peabody sold his shares about two months before the dot-com bubble burst. companies Following the sale of, Peabody has gone on to found several other companies. Most notably, he co-founded Village Ventures, a venture capital firm based in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
In 1998, he co-founded Streetmail (Waterfront Media), now called Everyday Health. Later, he co-founded VoodooVox (2000), FullTurn Media (2004) and UplayMe (2006).
Peabody also is an owner of Mezze, Incorporated, a hospitality group consisting of two restaurants in Western Massachusetts.
Peabody is the author of Lucky or Smart, published by Random House.
