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Checking Into Foursquare? Yahoo’s CFO Talks About Next Mobile M&A — Including Importance of “Localization.”
Hey, Dennis Crowley, that sounds like you!
Content Gains Allow Demand Media to Beat Wall Street Expectations on Q1 Earnings and Revenue
Strong performance of media properties added to the results.
Associated Content Founder Beatty to Helm TechStars Boulder Program
A star to help potential stars.
News Byte
Social Media Marketing Firm HubSpot Adds $35 Million in Funding
HubSpot, which helps users with marketing via social media, has completed a new funding round of $35 million. The Cambridge, Mass., software company had previously raised about $65 million. The latest investment included previous investors Altimeter Capital and Cross Creek Capital, as well as, reportedly, Fidelity Investments. Earlier fundings have included General Catalyst Partners, Matrix Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures, Salesforce.com and Charles River Ventures. The new money will be used for international growth and acquisitions.After Pinterest, Japan’s Rakuten Makes Another U.S. E-Commerce Investment — This Time in Daily Grommet
Are you ready for “Citizen Commerce”?
News Byte
Also Gone From Yahoo: Top Sales Exec Grabowski (and Expect More TK)
Ross Levinsohn is not the only media and advertising departure from Yahoo today — top sales exec Marc Grabowski also is departing, said sources. A nearly 10-year veteran, he had most recently headed Yahoo’s sales office in Boston and headed the combined Interclick and mid market sales teams at the company. Expect a lot more media-side shoes to drop at Yahoo in the coming days under the new CEO regime of former Google exec Marissa Mayer.Accel, Breyer Capital and Polaris Join Harvard-Area’s Experiment Fund
More help in keeping innovation in Boston.
Former CEO Thompson Might Be Gone, But Internal Investigation Into ResuMess Still a Hot Potato at Yahoo
The mystery of the botched bio lingers on.
In 2009 Interview, Yahoo CEO Does Not Deny He Has a CS Degree, and Calls Himself an “Engineer” (Audio)
Mistakes pile atop of mistakes for Scott Thompson in computer science degree controversy.
Yahoo’s Board Will “Review” Resume Discrepancy of CEO
Shoes start to drop, as shoes tend to do.
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