5 posts and columns on investment banker

Dude, Where’s My Facebook IPO Filing? (Ashton’s on Hold!)

in News on February 1 at 5:50 am PT

Mr. Kutcher really wants to know what’s what this fine IPO-awaiting morning.
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How to Find Google's Next Ad Tech Acquisition

in Media on September 27, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

Earlier this year, Google spent $81 million to buy Invite Media, an ad tech start-up. There’s a very good chance that won’t be the last ad tech start-up the search giant buys, and if you want to get a sense of what it might grab next, take a look at this chart.

In IPO-Signaling Move, Zynga Adds Fancy CFO

in News on July 30, 2010 at 2:00 pm PT

Zynga, the fast-growing social gaming site, said it had hired Allen & Co. investment banker David Wehner as its new CFO. He replaces Mark Vranesh, who becomes Chief Accounting Officer, reporting to Wehner. The move is yet another indication that the San Francisco-based start-up is prepping for an initial public offering, rounding out its executive team, which is headed by founder and CEO Mark Pincus.

The Huffington Post Goes to Harvard Business School–As a Case Study, That Is!

in News on April 12, 2010 at 11:17 am PT

While a lot of people doubted Arianna Huffington when she co-founded her eponymous blog site many years ago, she can add another I-told-you-so to the pile after today’s induction of the Huffington Post as an official Harvard Business School case study. Huffington, as well we HuffPo CEO Eric Hippeau have been at the school today, answering questions from the 900 students to whom the case study has been presented.

AOL Also Likely to Eye Sale of MapQuest–Is Microsoft a Possible Buyer?

in News on November 19, 2009 at 12:23 am PT

Yesterday, BoomTown wrote about AOL’s efforts–including hiring investment bankers–to sell its ICQ instant-messaging unit. But that’s probably not going to be the end of the shedding of assets at the online site. In fact, according to sources inside and outside AOL, one of the next candidates for sale could be its MapQuest online map service.
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