If Drafted, Andreessen Horowitz Will Not Run Yahoo (But We’ll Buy It on the Cheap!)

How Shermanesque! If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve … blah, blah, blah.
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HP Sues Ex-Executive Who Joined Oracle

Hewlett-Packard Co. sued a former sales executive Wednesday, alleging that he stole trade secrets from the company before joining rival Oracle Corp.

Another One Down at AMD: COO Rivet Steps Down

The executive turnover at Advanced Micro Devices continues. Robert Rivet, who has served as the company’s COO since 2000, has left the company, according to an 8-K filing. His last day was yesterday and his executive biography on AMD’s Web site is already returning 404s.
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Remembering Rajiv Dutta, Veteran of eBay and Elevation

Rajiv Dutta, a veteran Silicon Valley executive and investor, died Monday morning after battling a recurrence of cancer.

Exclusive: Yahoo Mobile VP Michael Shim Headed to Groupon

In the latest executive departure to hit Yahoo, mobile business development head Michael Shim is leaving the company to join Groupon, Mobilized has learned.

Zendesk, Growing Like Mad, Adds a COO

Both its revenue and its number of customers have tripled in the last year, so the Web-based help desk tracker is beefing up its executive team.

Eric Schmidt Lost $300 Million in Google CEO Shake-Up and He's Still Richer Than You

Google’s just given outgoing CEO Eric Schmidt a $100 million equity award. A nice little bonus, but not large enough to offset the losses he’s suffered since announcing he is stepping down as CEO.

Is Larry Page the Consummate Anti-Social CEO?

Google’s new CEO isn’t much for the social Web. If he has a presence on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn it was created with deep privacy settings or a fake name. I couldn’t even find a fleshed-out Google profile for Larry Page.

Exclusive: HP CMO Replaced by SAP Exec

Hewlett-Packard is kicking off the new year with a bit of an executive shake-up: Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Michael Mendenhall is leaving the company. And he’s being replaced by a former SAP exec.

Viral Video: Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg on "Why We Have So Few Women Leaders”

Here is a must-see video by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg from a recent TED talk about the challenges faced by women in the workplace. Don’t miss it.

Viral Video: Facebook Live vs. Google Beat