Scale don’t fail: 3 proven fixes for your company’s growing pains

February 27, 2013 4:46 PM Farhan Thawar

Guest Post When scaling a company, it’s the easy things that become most difficult. Bigger teams often mean bigger headaches.

Apple reportedly fires Apple Maps lead

November 27, 2012 10:40 AM Meghan Kelly

Meghan Kelly

Fool me once, you're fired: Apple has reportedly canned the man in charge of Apple Maps.

New York startup Profitably loses all but one employee, CEO Adam Neary (exclusive)

March 23, 2012 5:37 AM Ben Popper

Ben Popper

Simply Hired fires a big part of its staff (exclusive)

February 2, 2012 4:08 PM Sean Ludwig

Sean Ludwig

Updated at 5:03 p.m. PT with more info about which teams were let go.

VentureBeat has learned that job search startup Simply Hired has laid off approximately 20 percent of its staff, according a source close to the company.

After …

Report: Meg Whitman will likely be named HP’s new CEO later today (updated)

September 22, 2011 9:49 AM Sean Ludwig and Dean Takahashi

Former eBay CEO and Calif. governor hopeful Meg Whitman will likely be named the new full-time CEO of Hewlett-Packard after markets close later today, according to All Things D.

Whitman will replace current HP boss Léo Apotheker, who has attracted …

Bartz’s comments about Yahoo’s board could cost her money — like $10M

September 8, 2011 10:39 PM Tom Cheredar

Tom Cheredar

Former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz might be at risk of losing money from her severance package due to offensive comments made about company’s board of directors in an interview published Thursday.

Yahoo put a non-disparagement clause in Bartz’s employment contract, …

Carol Bartz says Yahoo “f—ed me over,” and f—s over Yahoo in the process

September 8, 2011 10:54 AM Matt Marshall

Matt Marshall

Barely 24 hours after getting fired from her position as CEO via a phone call from Yahoo’s chairman of the board, Carol Bartz tells Fortune, ”These people fucked me over.”

It’s sad that in her first interview since the firing, …