Yahoo employees don’t think much of ousted CEO Carol Bartz
Yahoo employees are celebrating the fact that their chief executive, Carol Bartz, has been fired.
Former Yahoo vice president Brad Garlinghouse greeted the news with a gleefully nasty tweet: “Ding dong the witch is dead.”
He’s not alone. According to a survey by Glassdoor, Bartz’s approval rating among Yahoo employees has nosedived quarter after quarter to a dismal 24% in the second quarter of 2011, before bouncing slightly to 33% in the third quarter. That … Continue Reading
Not just Zuckerberg: 62 Facebook employees join Google+
Mark Zuckerberg isn’t the only Facebook employee using Google’s new social offering, Google+. At least 62 Facebook employees have signed up for the competing social service, according to an unofficial list compiled by Huffington Post Senior Editor Craig Kanalley.
“Why are people so surprised that I’d have a Google+ account?” Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, said in a text message to tech news personality Robert Scoble last week.
Presumably, many of his employees share their … Continue Reading
8 things I wish I knew before starting a business
(Editor’s note: Don Rainey is a general partner at Grotech Ventures. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.)
In the world of startups, success or failure can be hard to consistently predict. One thing that’s sure, however, is that anyone who starts a business is changed by the process. The continual challenges of meeting the opportunities and issues that arise make it fun and always interesting. I think it is why many people continue to start … Continue Reading
Just getting started? Focus on this to get to the next level
(Editor’s note: Don Rainey is a general partner at Grotech Ventures. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.)
In the world of startups, success or failure can be hard to consistently predict. One thing that’s sure, however, is that anyone who starts a business is changed by the process. The continual challenges of meeting the opportunities and issues that arise make it fun and always interesting. I think it is why many people continue to start … Continue Reading
