Mark Zuckerberg: The evolution of a remarkable CEO

Mark Zuckerberg: The evolution of a remarkable CEO

About six months ago, critics pummeled Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

He’d made questionable management decisions, or so it appeared from the outside. He’d fumbled the site’s redesign and botched the company’s terms of service agreement — moves that whipped up negative publicity and user… Continue Reading

Roundup: Facebook IPO talk, the video firehose, Ning’s ridiculous valuation & more

Roundup: Facebook IPO talk, the video firehose, Ning’s ridiculous valuation & more

Here’s the latest action (updated):

Airborne mash-up: lawn chair travels 193 miles –Oregon resident Kent Couch tried to fly to Idaho last weekend — in an apparatus made out of his lawn chair carried by 105 large helium balloons. He carried instruments to measure altitude and… Continue Reading

Mayfield’s Palihapitiya: “White male circle of insiders”

Mayfield’s Palihapitiya: “White male circle of insiders”

(Updated: Mayfield has responded, saying the citations from the Chamath interview were taken out of context.)

Chamath Palihapitiya, a venture capitalist with Silicon Valley venture firm Mayfield Fund makes a somewhat provocative remark about Silicon Valley in a video filmed by a French artist.

Despite his success… Continue Reading