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Kno Hires Fancy CFO, as It Preps Tablet Launch (And Possible New Funding Search)

in News on October 27, 2010 at 11:00 am PT

Kno, the Silicon Valley start-up attempting to make and market a student-aimed tablet and learning platform, has hired Stuart West as its new CFO. West has worked at Yahoo, InfoSpace, TiVo and J.P. Morgan. Kno is continuing to make key hires, as it prepares to ship the product by the end of the year, after recently raising another $46 million in funding to add to a $10 million round. It could, with West’s help now, be looking for even more investment.
Stuart West

The Dark Horse Race for Yahoo's CEO: Sarin Emerges, but Who Else Fits the Bill?

in News on December 9, 2008 at 4:39 am PT

Earlier this week, in a piece about Yahoo layoffs, BoomTown reiterated the notion that Yahoo would pick its next CEO to replace its current leader Jerry Yang from its own board or some dark horse CEO, rather than one of the Web’s more high-profile players. The Wall Street Journal raised such a name in a piece today–former Vodafone Group CEO Arun Sarin. It’s an intriguing idea, to be sure, since Sarin meets the list of six key criteria the board has created, including having public company CEO experience. But there are other dark horses who fit that bill.