Zynga’s Mark Pincus Talks About His Management Style, Acquisitions and Mobile

Zynga’s founder and CEO Mark Pincus talks about Facebook, acquisitions and more at D: All Things Digital in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. May 30, 2012 at 9:15 am PT

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Founder and CEO
Zynga Inc.

Fourth time’s apparently the charm. On his route to founding Zynga, Pincus started three other companies. In 2003, he launched Tribe.net, an early social network. Before that, he founded and took public Support.com, a pioneer in automating tech support. And, back in 1995, he launched FreeLoader, the first Web-based consumer push company. He also is an active angel investor, including making founding investments in Napster, Brightmail, Twitter and Facebook.

Posts With Mark Pincus

Zynga Beats by a Nickel as Monthly Users Decline

in Social on April 24 at 1:09 pm PT

It’s a slim beat for the social gaming company, but the biggest issue is how many users the company is losing quarter after quarter.
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CEOville

I thought of myself as C.E.O. at every company I was at. Not many companies are set up so people low in the hierarchy can challenge everything like a C.E.O.

– Zynga CEO Mark Pincus, explaining to the New York Times’ Andrew Goldman why he got fired so often

Kleiner’s Doerr Joins Zynga Board of Directors

in Social on April 5 at 5:45 am PT

The legendary Valley VC will soon advise the struggling social gaming giant.
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Zynga Rejiggers Comp in a Bid to Retain Top Execs and Tie to Performance

in News on April 4 at 2:07 pm PT

Money makes the world go around, but can it turn around the online gaming giant?
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News Byte

Mango Health App That Games Taking Meds Launches With Target Partnership

in Mobile on April 2 at 5:30 am PT

San Francisco-based Mango Health — a new mobile app aimed at allowing people to manage their personal health by tracking medications and nutritional supplements they take — is launching after a 16-week pilot program and a strategic deal with retail giant Target. The app rewards users with gift cards or allows them to make charitable donations for correctly following their medical regimens by using game design principles. Consumers can also check for interactions between medications, supplements and foods, and get dosage reminders. Mango has raised $3.1 million in seed funding from venture firms First Round Capital, Floodgate and Baseline Ventures, as well as angel investors Mark Pincus and Keith Rabois.

Yahoo Acquires Hipster Mobile News Reader Summly for Close to $30 Million

in Mobile on March 25 at 6:13 am PT

Yup.
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Zynga’s Plan: Make More Money, Spend Less

in Commerce on February 5 at 2:00 pm PT

Zynga has a plan to generate additional revenue from mobile and real-money gaming while also saving money by cutting back on the number of games it plans to develop.
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Zynga Shows Investors It Has a Chance

in Commerce on February 5 at 1:28 pm PT

A little relief for the company, which beat analyst expectations and exceeded its own forecasts for the quarter.
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ATD Q&A: Zynga’s President of Games Steve Chiang

in Commerce on February 4 at 10:00 am PT

Here are some highlights from a recent interview with Steve Chiang, Zynga’s new president of games.
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Getting Back Into the Game: Can This Trio — Chiang, Ko and Cottle — Revive Zynga?

in Commerce on February 4 at 6:00 am PT

Meet the three executives that Zynga’s Mark Pincus is hoping can turn the company around.
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The First Signs of Zynga’s Online Gambling Efforts Go Live in the U.K.

in Commerce, December 21, 2012 at 1:46 pm PT

Behind Mark Pincus’s Bid to Save Zynga

in News, November 15, 2012 at 5:40 pm PT

Zynga’s Treasure

Zynga Isn’t Blaming Anybody for Its Problems (Not Even Facebook)

in Commerce, October 24, 2012 at 1:35 pm PT

Why Zynga Is Foreclosing on The Ville After Four Months on the Market

in Commerce, October 24, 2012 at 12:39 pm PT

Zynga Confirms 5 Percent Staff Reduction, 13 Game Closures

in Commerce, October 23, 2012 at 3:04 pm PT

As Expected, Zynga Trims Workforce Ahead of Earnings

in Commerce, October 23, 2012 at 1:31 pm PT

Zynga’s Next Gamble: An Ad Platform

in Commerce, October 23, 2012 at 5:00 am PT

On Tap This Week: Apple and Microsoft Events, Earnings Galore

in News, October 21, 2012 at 5:28 pm PT

Zynga’s Former General Manager of Poker Cashes in His Chips

in Commerce, October 8, 2012 at 3:03 pm PT

Should Mark Pincus Take Zynga Private?

in Commerce, October 7, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

Betting the Farm: Zynga Gives Its Top Facebook Game a Major Facelift

in Commerce, September 5, 2012 at 12:00 pm PT

Zynga Hires a New Executive to Lead Online Gambling Ambitions

in Commerce, August 30, 2012 at 7:07 pm PT

Exclusive: Zynga’s Chief Creative Officer Mike Verdu Exits to Start a New Company

in Commerce, August 28, 2012 at 2:59 pm PT

How to Become an App Store Millionaire: Make a Hit App, and Don’t Make Anything Else

in Media, August 23, 2012 at 7:56 am PT