The same way we make other decisions: by waiting for someone to decide that it’s the right thing to do, and then letting them recruit other people to work on it with them. We believe in each other to make these decisions, and this faith has proven to be well-founded over and over again.
– From page 13 of the Valve Handbook for New Employees
News Byte
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 16 at 1:32 pm PT
Zillow, which aggregates real estate information online, said it is opening a new sales office in Irvine, Calif., later this summer, with plans to hire up to 100. The Seattle company said the employees will be focused on selling subscriptions to local agents. The office will also have 20 employees from Diverse Solutions, a company Zillow acquired in November.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 29 at 4:59 pm PT
Zynga’s Neil Roseman has resigned after only 15 months at the social games company. Roseman was based in the Seattle office and oversaw its growth, including two acquisitions.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 28 at 9:16 am PT
Amazon revealed plans for its Seattle headquarters last night, including the construction of 3.3 million square feet of office space over the next eight years.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 1 at 3:40 am PT
Amazon defended its free-spending habits yesterday in a call with analysts, arguing that it continues to see new opportunities and will invest accordingly.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 12 at 6:00 am PT
The e-commerce giant has joined a growing list of companies willing to brave the rain in order to gain access to a deep pool of technology engineers in Seattle.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 11 at 9:58 am PT
Kevin Ryan is denying rumors this morning that the luxury e-commerce company is undergoing a massive restructuring; nearly all of its 900 employees and business units remain intact.
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Joseph Walker, Reporter, FINS in News on January 10 at 3:41 pm PT
In restoring the morale of Yahoo employees, Chief Executive Scott Thompson has his work cut out for him. The company’s 14,000 employees have endured five different CEOs over the past five years, several rounds of layoffs, and regular criticisms in the press of the company’s slow innovation cycle and executive mismanagement.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 3 at 7:30 am PT
The number of people playing games on Facebook tanked last week, as some game makers were unable to capitalize on people’s downtime during the holidays.
News Byte
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 12, 2011 at 9:32 am PT
Trunk Club, an online shopping service for men who don’t like to shop, has hired Rob Chesney as COO. Most recently, Chesney was an entrepreneur in residence at Greylock Partners. Before that, he served as VP of eBay’s Buyer Experience team, overseeing fashion, technology, media and home. Trunk Club, which has about 60 employees, is projecting revenues of $5.5 million this year
and raised $11 million in capital back in September.
