TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 26, 2022
“[W]e are shifting our technology strategy to leverage external partners for parts of our platform that we’re currently maintaining internally,” Weiss wrote in the email announcing the layoffs to staff. The tech team layoffs are notable for a beauty retailer that has often described itself as a technology company.
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 19, 2019
In a post on Kik’s blog on Friday the MediaLab said that it has “finalized an agreement” to acquire Kik Messenger. “ Kik is one of those amazing places that brings us back to those early aspirations,” the blog post read. .” Now we know the the company: MediaLab.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 7, 2019
Every employee or entrepreneur needs to build a competitive reputation on the Internet, through a website, blog, LinkedIn profile, and social media. Don’t wait for your next company layoff to get you started. Build your reputation and visibility beyond your company. Market your business expertise.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 26, 2013
One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures. This is true on all of the major tech blogs. People scoop company layoffs, mergers, key people leaving a company or being fired and the like.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 24, 2008
Hollywood-based, music-related blog and content firm Buzznet has reportedly cut employees, according to a report from Digital Music News. Buzznet operates an online social networking and social media site focused on music and bands, and is backed by Anthem Ventures, Interscope, Redpoint Ventures, and others.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 29, 2009
He had 2 weeks’ cash left in the bank and was facing massive layoffs or potentially bankruptcy. In another post I’ll talk about how PR has changed dramatically in the past 10 years or you can just read Brian Solis’s blog or buy his book on the subject. Press doesn’t mean anything other than free advertising.
Berkonomics
MARCH 23, 2023
It won’t be long before another round of layoffs comes, and these new tools will create new jobs to fill the gap. The true value to us will be in analyzing unstructured data, estimated to be 80% of all data stored, from blogs, social media, pictures and video. We bypass the middle person for services and information.
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