Donald Trump

Meet the Prankster Brothers Behind "Jenny," the Whiteboard-Using, Farmville-Exposing, HPOA Girl

Peter Kafka in Media on August 10, 2010 at 2:00 pm PT

John and Leo Resig fooled the media in 2007 with a made-up story about Donald Trump. Now they’re making headlines again.

How It Feels to Be Fired Carol Bartz-Style: "Amazing"

Kara Swisher in News on February 24, 2009 at 2:22 am PT

A few weeks ago, BoomTown got a rather compelling email from Marion Vermazen, who once worked at Sun Microsystems with new Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz–and where Bartz actually fired Vermazen. Her take on the experience? “Amazing,” said Vermazen, given how Bartz handled it herself–driving 30 minutes to Vermazen’s office–in a very straightforward way. In other words, a kinder, classier Donald Trump “Apprentice” style, but without the cameras and bad hair. It’s instructive now, given that Bartz is likely to have to give several big Yahoo execs the heave-ho in the days ahead as she unveils her new management structure soon.

Google (With a YouTube and Donald Trump Assist) Campaigns for "The Vote Hour"

Kara Swisher in News on October 29, 2008 at 12:02 am PT

Here’s an interesting video from The Vote Hour, which is trying to get CEOs to let employees take off an hour from work to vote. But while the group is independent and bipartisan, it is also an effort that started at Google. The video includes the search giant’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, along with a panoply of well-known execs, including a lot from tech. Also included, apparently for comic relief, is real estate mogul Donald Trump.

Microsoft's Not Bluffing

Kara Swisher in News on June 13, 2008 at 8:07 pm PT

Look, it might be the biggest poker bluff in history and analysts are once again chattering that Yahoo’s ad outsourcing deal with Google might force Microsoft back to make another offer for the Internet portal. Sorry to be the skunk at Carl Icahn’s garden party, but BoomTown doesn’t think so.