Roundup: Yu’s wild ride, StumbleUpon, dot-bomb travails and more

Roundup: Yu’s wild ride, StumbleUpon, dot-bomb travails and more

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The fast rise of Gideon Yu — Gideon Yu has reportedly become a junior partner at Sequoia Capital, one of Silicon Valley’s most respected venture capital firms. What a ride he’s had: He was a Yahoo treasurer until September of last year, when he was scooped up by YouTube to be their chief financial officer, a month before the acquisition by Google, where he apparently played a major role. When negotiating the sale… Continue Reading