Groupon co-chief executives Ted Leonsis and Eric Lefkofsky aren't racing to find the next CEO as the current executive team is "gelling."
A rare interview with Larry Page offers some insight into his thinking and management style.
Yahoo has been around the block once or twice when it comes to picking out its CEOs, and it may be a little more protective with its latest tap, Marissa Mayer. Mayer was not on the company’s earnings call today …
What’s a big executive hire like Yahoo tapping Google’s Marissa Mayer without a look at what Silicon Valley has to say on Twitter? Mayer, who was Google’s 20th employee, started us off with her own 140-character announcement:
“I’m incredibly excited …
As if Research in Motion needed more controversy surrounding its appointment of new CEO Thorston Heins, now a RIM director is arguing that it simply couldn’t have chosen a new CEO from outside the company because the only available choices …
Editor's Pick
The first time I met Box.net chief executive Aaron Levie, he showed me a magic trick with a deck of cards.
A year later, the 26-year-old was standing on stage (in his typical electric orange sneakers) in front of 350 …
Editor's Pick
As the firing of Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz suggests, patience is wearing thin among board directors at big technology companies. Bartz’s ouster follows the firing of other CEOs for offenses that would be classified as misdemeanors at any other type …
Guest Post
(Editor’s note: Brad Feld is an early stage investor and co-founder of Foundry Group. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
I had two similar experiences recently where I heard from employees of two different companies that I’m on the …
Guest Post
(Editor’s note: Michael Schutzler is CEO of Livemocha. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
About a decade ago I was hired by the board of Classmates.com to rescue the fledgling startup from failure. We had a $350,000 monthly cash burn …
