A profile of new AWS CEO Matt Garman, who previously served as AWS' SVP of sales, marketing, and global services after starting as an intern at Amazon in 2005
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Q&A with Microsoft EVP of Business Development Chris Young on the AI hype, Microsoft making a business out of AI, the non-tech early adopters of AI, and more
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Report: Uber CTO Sukumar Rathnam has resigned after a year in the position amid tensions with Uber CPO Sundeep Jain
Uber (UBER.N) Chief Technology Officer Sukumar Rathnam is stepping down as the company's head of engineering, Business Insider reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Source: Insi...
Chris Sacca on his move to climate investing, Jack Dorsey's inability to confront big questions, and Travis Kalanick's weakness in managing company culture
and Travis Kalanick. https://www.newcomer.co/... Tom Dotan / @cityofthetown : Sacca said more than he probably meant to in this chat, including his disappointments with Jack Dorsey, why Uber's diminis...
Investors and employees of Toptal, a freelancing platform with ~$200M revenue and originally funded by $1.5M in convertible notes, have ended up with no equity
but it never does (aka, gotta read the fine print.) https://www.theinformation.com/ ... Tom Dotan / @cityofthetown : After its seed investment 7 years ago, Toptal promised equity for investors and emp...
Sources: Evan Spiegel spends most board meetings looking at his phone and messaging on Snapchat, seemingly dismissive of some members' “short term” concerns
not to worry about short term stock price fluctuations http://www.theinformation.com/ ... http://twitter.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : “Mr. Spiegel, who spends most board meetings looking at h...
Snap's VP of Product Tom Conrad leaving in March after 2 years; director of growth Jacob Andreou steps in at executive level, but no new title assigned to him
and formerly @pandoramusic's technology guru—is disappearing from tech. Live long and prosper @tconrad, my friend. http://techcrunch.com/... Tom Dotan / @cityofthetown : Snap has plenty of talent. But...