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Explaining What It’s Going to Do With All That Dough, Pinterest Unveils Stats on Strong Mobile and International Usage
Yes, you may say it out loud: Has Silicon Valley lost its mind?Fortune’s Most Powerful Women List Has Lots of Tech Stars, With She-Can-Do-Anything Spotlight on Facebook’s Sandberg
I say we scramble all the private jets in Silicon Valley and get the “Lean In” book star to D.C. to lean on some pols to open the government again, tout de suite!Carrot Flop: Twitter CEO Costolo Finds Lack of Woman on Board Is No Joking Matter
Two men fight over women, of course.Former Twitter Platform Chief Sarver Joins Redpoint as Partner
Every time a bell rings, a VC gets his wingtips.ATD Week in Review: The Inside Story of Microkia, Apple in China and Yahoo’s Fashion Model Logo
The week in AllThingsD, in one convenient post. You’re welcome!Digi-Capital: Mobile Games Still Growing, but Lots of Investors Ran Away Post-Zynga
A trickle of those investment dollars came back this year, though.Yahoo Q2 Earnings Call: The Marissa and Ken Show, Now in Living Color
Hiyo, if you will, for the Internet age.News Byte
Battery Ventures Hires a Top Comms Exec: Former WSJ Reporter Rebecca Buckman
Like many venture firms in Silicon Valley, Battery Ventures has hired a top communications and content exec — former Wall Street Journal reporter Rebecca Buckman. She will be a VP at Battery, in charge of a number of media areas, including developing original content about its portfolio of investments. Buckman has also written for Forbes and, most recently, has been doing some PR work. Adding top execs to focus on media and content at VC firms has been increasing, including the recent hiring of former WSJ reporter Ben Worthen by Sequoia Capital and Wired’s Michael Copeland at Andreessen Horowitz, among others.Greycroft Keeps Betting on Ad Tech, Adds New Partner John Elton
Alan Patricof’s VC firm adds a partner it knows quite well.News Byte