8 posts and columns on West Coast

Code Advisors Takes a $25 Million Investment From J.P. Morgan

in News on May 2 at 9:01 pm PT

Big and little investment banks join hands to take on Silicon Valley better.
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Former Top Editor Makes Another Talent Raid on AOL’s Engadget for New Competing Gadget Site

in Media on July 7, 2011 at 9:24 am PT

I love the smell of blog wars in the morning! Acting as Facebook often does to Google, a new site started by former Engadget editor Josh Topolsky just hired away yet another passel of tech journalists from the giant gadgets news and reviews organization. It is Topolsky’s second major talent raid since he left his editor-in-chief job there in March, for a new gadget property aimed at unseating Engadget.
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Index Ventures' Danny Rimer and Mike Volpi to Open Silicon Valley Office

in News on January 14, 2011 at 3:13 am PT

Two of Index Ventures’ high-profile partners–Danny Rimer and Mike Volpi–are opening a new Silicon Valley office for the Europe-based venture firm in September. The move is actually more of a return home for both men, now located in London, who had lived and worked at tech epicenter for much of their careers.

Exclusive: Comcast's Top Digital Exec Amy Banse to Open New Silicon Valley Equity Fund for Cable Giant and NBC

in News on November 15, 2010 at 12:09 am PT

Amy Banse, currently the president of Comcast Interactive Media, is shifting into a job as head of a new Silicon Valley-based equity fund aimed at making digital investments for the television cable giant, as well as its new NBC Universal unit, according to sources with knowledge of the plans. As part of the shift, sources said, Banse will be charged with combining two existing corporate investment funds: NBC U’s Peacock Equity and Comcast Interactive Capital.

Foursquare’s Next Move: A Big Funding Round

in Media on March 18, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

Start-up-of-the-moment Foursquare has lots of buzz, a rapidly growing user base and a triumphant tour of South by Southwest under its belt. Next task: Raising a pile of money. Sources tell me that the mobile social network, which lets you tell your friends where you are, is lining up a new round of financing to bolster the $1.35 million it raised last August.

AOL Earnings Tomorrow: Are You There Wall Street? It's Me, Tim Armstrong.

in News on February 2, 2010 at 5:02 am PT

AOL will report its fourth-quarter earnings results tomorrow before the markets open–thanks, CEO Tim Armstrong, from us folks on the West Coast–marking its first Wall Street outing as a newly independent company. And Wall Street is definitely wary about this close encounter of the first kind.

Top Ad Sales Exec on West Coast Departs Yahoo

in News on August 17, 2009 at 8:37 am PT

One of Yahoo’s highest-ranking premium advertising sales execs–David Dickman, VP of West Coast sales–is leaving the company, people familiar with the situation said. Sources said Dickman, who will leave Yahoo at the end of the month after three years at the company, is reportedly going to Warner Bros. to work in digital sales. This comes after another ad sales exec, Todd Taplin, who ran sales in New England and Canada, left last week.
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How to Kill the Rest of Your Friday

in Media on July 10, 2009 at 12:25 pm PT

Let’s be honest. You’re not getting anything productive done with the rest of the day. Why not sit back and watch a couple of interesting ads before the weekend starts?
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