Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann is stepping down and transitioning to executive chairman, to be replaced by Google's president of commerce Bill Ready
and Google's e-commerce exec takes the reins Mahira Dayal / The Information : Pinterest Bets Big on Commerce With CEO Hire; A Science Creator Shuns YouTube Ad Share Abner Li / 9to5Google : Google lose...
Crypto and blockchain startups raised $28B+ in 2021, up 4x YoY, according to PitchBook, as large tech companies lose execs and engineers to crypto companies
Tech executives and engineers are quitting Google, Meta, Amazon and other large companies for what they say is a once-in-generation opportunity with crypto. Tweets: @cdixon , @asvanevik , @apompliano ...
A look at a16z's communication efforts over the years, as the firm expands its own media operations and has largely stopped cooperating with reporters
Why media whisperer Margit Wennmachers is going direct. — Benedict Evans, Andreessen Horowitz's former in-house analyst … Tweets: @mdudas , @ajs , @jason , @jeffjohnroberts , @ajs , @sarthakgh , @sa...
Microsoft Teams vs. Slack: Teams is a part of Microsoft's vision to build an OS for the cloud whereas Slack is building an enterprise social network via Connect
On November 2, 2016, Microsoft announced Teams at a special event in New York City. Slack decided to mark the occasion: Tweets: @ldignan , @glennsolomon , @npshah , @mdudas , and @scottehartley Tweet...
As the coronavirus pandemic threatens to unravel Airbnb's business, some question whether CEO Brian Chesky can shift focus from new pursuits to preserving cash
The founder of the travel rental site has spent more than a decade building the company into one of the world's most influential startups. Tweets: @mdudas , @amir , @davidsacks , @coryweinberg , @alex...
European tech companies struggle to compensate employees with profit-sharing in a system where stock options have big restrictions and high tax rates
Lawmakers across the Continent haven't given startups the compensation tools they need to share profits with employees. That's changing. Tweets: @mdudas and @alecstapp . Thanks: @vojtech Tweets: Mike...
Recent news serves as a reminder that operators in startups and venture capital should work to ensure their investors are not bad actors
I got an email from the CEO of one of our portfolio companies last week. — It asked a very basic question, but one that I don't recall being asked before: Tweets: @gaberivera , @bznotes , @austinfis...
Behind AWS CEO Andy Jassy's strategy for expanding the cloud platform by building new features and services that sometimes compete with partners on the platform
The giant's cloud-computing business offers a look inside its model for expanding. Some partners praise the unit's chief … Tweets: @chupchap , @mdudas , @wsjtech , @hkanji , and @spicergerard Tweets:...
Dream Town, an incubator for 710 startups that was built by the government of Alibaba hometown Hangzhou, shows how China is trying to fuel tech growth
HANGZHOU, China — In Dream Town, a collection of boxy office buildings on the gritty edge of this historic city, one tiny company is developing a portable 3-D printer. Tweets: @mdudas , @nytimesbits ,...
Fred Wilson is sick and tired of operating plans focused just on growth instead of reaching sustainable profitability
Fred Wilson / AVC : Tweets: @fredwilson , @fredwilson , @jessicalessin , @pkafka , @startupljackson , @rafat , @mdudas and @semil Tweets: Fred Wilson / @fredwilson : .@techmeme if you are going to re...