Add Another Log to the Fire: HP Employees Grumble About Loss of Stock Grants

Executives at Hewlett-Packard are upset that a key stock-based benefit has evaporated before their very eyes. Even the man many blame, fired CEO Léo Apotheker, got hit.
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Management Debt

Like technical debt, management debt is incurred when you make an expedient, short-term management decision with an expensive, long-term consequence.

How SuccessFactors Signaled It Was on the Block

Signs that SuccessFactors was looking to be acquired first showed up in company SEC filings in April.
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Salesforce Is Growing, But Slower Than Analysts Thought It Would

Salesforce is growing, but not fast enough for the expectations of Wall Street analysts. Its shares are getting whacked.
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Steve Ballmer Gets a “B” Grade From Microsoft’s Board

Still, the CEO’s performance was good enough to warrant a bonus equivalent to 100 percent of his base salary. But it could have been higher. If only Windows Phone sales were better.
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HP’s New CEO Takes $1 Annual Salary and Lots of Stock Options

Meg Whitman’s annual paycheck to run Hewlett-Packard: $1. Her potential stock-based compensation: A lot more than that.
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Yahoo’s Bartz Also Gets Fired From Fortune’s Powerful Women List, While HP’s Whitman Gets Hired

It’s a tough life at the top, especially of a list.
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Now Is the (Larry) Summers of Our Silicon Valley VC: Economic Guru Joins Andreessen Horowitz as “Special Advisor”

In an unusual appointment for the longtime public servant, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will join Silicon Valley venture powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz as a part-time “Special Advisor.” Summers got to know the firm with an assist from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, who was a student of his when he was a professor at Harvard University.
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Exclusive: Skype Employees Were Briefed in Plain English — The Internal Equity Incentive Plan Deck

What did Skype employees know and when did they know it? A lot, if you’re reading this “Equity Incentive Plan” deck, which clearly outlines what happens to “good leaver” and bad leaver” execs.
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Demand Media Beats the Street in Q1 Earnings and Promises to Clean Up Its Content Act

Demand Media handily beat Wall Street expectations in its first quarter results today, released after the market closed. The company reported revenue of $79.5 million and six cents a share in adjusted net income. Investors were expecting the company to report about $69.6 million in revenue for the three months, with four cents a share in profits. On a GAAP basis, net loss per share was 13 cents compared to 94 cents a year ago.