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.
SoCal CTO
FEBRUARY 4, 2009
But, in running it now for the second half of January, the keyword that popped to the top was: Layoffs And this is definitely a sign of the times. This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then. Here's the rest.
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TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 19, 2019
Buying the Kik messaging platform adds another social media weapon to the arsenal for MediaLab and its chief executive, Michael Heyward. In 2017, TechCrunch reported that Whisper underwent significant layoffs to stave off collapse and put the company on a path to profitability. Heyward did not respond to a request for comment.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Jaunt's backers include Disney, Evolution Media Partners, and China Media Capital (CMC). However, in a blog posting , Jaunt said it is "letting go of a significant portion of our staff." Jaunt is based in San Francisco. READ MORE>>.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
cash & unallocated stock options) Should we raise capital, from whom, how much and at what price? Should we cut costs, do layoffs, close divisions and focus scare resources on fewer projects? Some board members spend all of their time in the meeting on electronic devices doing email or even checking social media.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 7, 2019
Assess your intellectual capital and how to increase it. More intellectual capital means that you are worth more today in the marketplace. Take advantage of any and all current opportunities, such as industry conferences and special projects, to increase your intellectual capital for current roles and gigs in the future.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
In the latter cases many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely in 05-08 and lately Invite Media, Aardvark, Dodgeball, etc.) My thesis on why this is happening is that large tech companies didn’t invest enough in R&D between 2008-2010 (Google even went through layoffs!!!) First Round Capital requires Second Round Capital.
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