# Daniel Terry

> Daniel Terry co-founded Pocket Gems with Harlan Crystal in 2009 while studying for an MBA at Stanford. An engineer educated at Cornell, he helped build mobile games including Tap Farm, then founded Episode Interactive and the visual learning company Imprint. Imprint identifies him as its founder, executive chairman and chief innovation officer, and as founder, chairman and former CEO of Pocket Gems and Episode Interactive.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Chairman at Pocket Gems; Founder, Executive Chairman and Chief Innovation Officer at Imprint
- **Organizations:** Pocket Gems, Episode Interactive, Imprint (Polywise, Inc.), Smartleaf
- **Education:** BA in Computer Science, Cornell University, MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded Pocket Gems and coded its first game with Harlan Crystal., Pocket Gems reported profitability within weeks of Tap Farm’s launch in its 2010 financing announcement., Founded Episode Interactive, expanding into interactive mobile fiction.

## Career timeline

- **2007-2008** — Worked as vice president of engineering at Smartleaf, according to Crunchbase.
- **2009** — Co-founded Pocket Gems with Harlan Crystal while an MBA student at Stanford; released Tap Farm.
- **2010** — Pocket Gems raised $5 million in a Sequoia-led financing.
- **2012** — Moved from CEO to chief creative officer and executive chairman; Ben Liu became CEO.
- **2014** — Episode launched publicly as an interactive mobile storytelling platform.
- **2019** — Founded Imprint, according to the July 2019 start date in Crunchbase.
- **2020** — Imprint’s mobile learning product launched.
- **2023** — Imprint was named Google Play’s Best App in its US awards.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Pocket Gems and coded its first game with Harlan Crystal.
- Pocket Gems reported profitability within weeks of Tap Farm’s launch in its 2010 financing announcement.
- Founded Episode Interactive, expanding into interactive mobile fiction.
- Founded Imprint, whose learning app received Google Play’s US Best App award for 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2023-11** — Google Play named Imprint its Best App in the United States awards for 2023.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-terry-18a9031/

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Last updated: 2026-10-11