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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
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Brett Ratner to Bring Farmville Game to Television
Director Brett Ratner will produce a half-hour animated television series based on Zynga’s hugely popular social media game, Farmville.Voices
Start-Ups Adjust to Web’s Down Cycle
Prominent venture capitalist John Doerr coined the phrase “SoLoMo” in 2010 to describe how three technology trends — social, local and mobile — were fueling a new Internet boom.Voices
Behind Mark Pincus’s Bid to Save Zynga
The 46-year-old CEO has remained outwardly positive while Zynga’s troubles have played out publicly over the past few months. But behind the scenes, Pincus was having a more difficult time.Zynga’s Treasure
We want to build an Internet treasure.
– Zynga CEO Mark Pincus, at Fast Company’s Innovation Uncensored Conference
One More Thing …
Apple Events are the new late Friday afternoons: the remote desert where you bury bad news.
– John Gruber, responding to news that Zynga had closed its Boston office and laid off more than 100 employees from its Austin office during the Apple event
@ProfJeffJarvis
Interesting: Zynga are planning a game called Quitsville
– Fake Jeff Jarvis, via Twitter
OMGWhat?
“Bite tongue.”
–Former OMGPOP CEO Dan Porter. Two days ago Zynga announced it would take a charge of up to $95 million related to its March acquisition of Porter’s company; it paid $180 million for the game-maker plus $30 million more in employee retention payments.
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Silicon Valley’s Stock Funk
“Why would you want to work for next to nothing at the next Facebook when the real Facebook isn’t doing all that well?”Latent Gaming
I’m a latent gamer, it’s there, it’s just in the background because I’m too busy.
– Mark Pincus, in an interview with Steve Peterson of gamesindustry.biz
