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Fri, April 8 2011
Larry Page Just Took A Page From Jeff Bezos With His Re-Org (GOOG, AMZN)
Silicon Alley Insider (Friday)

New Google CEO Larry Page has just made a big reorganization of the company.

The big theme is that business units like Android and YouTube will run more independently, with their leaders reporting directly to Page. (The other big theme is ...

Wed, April 6 2011
Five Twitter Strategies That Every Brand Should Know
Silicon Alley Insider (Wednesday)

In teaching a program for digital marketing executives last week, I was surprised to find how few of them were using Twitter.

This was a savvy group, thinking creatively about Facebook, mobile apps, and developing web-based services to ...

Tue, April 5 2011
Holy Moly Did Inc. Just Publish A BRUTAL Profile Of Etsy CEO Rob Kalin (EBAY)
Silicon Alley Insider (Tuesday)

Inc writer Max Chafin just published a profile of Etsy's founder and CEO Rob Kalin.

It's brutal.

Max's tone is fair, but the facts he gathered are quite damning.

Here's a few things we learned:

Kalin says idea of creatin...
Mon, April 4 2011
Microsoft Mints CEOs: 15 Successful Startups From Ex-Microsofties (MSFT)
Silicon Alley Insider (Monday)

Microsoft alums are more than twice as likely to start companies as former Googlers.

That's according to recruiting startup TopProspect, which measured the career paths of more than 1.5 million users taking data mostly from LinkedIn. The c...

Thu, March 31 2011
Those "Fun" Companies Like Zappos And Google? Yah, They're Actually Kind Of Evil
Silicon Alley Insider (Thursday)

We’ve all been there — your inbox chimes, you open a chipper email from your manager announcing some “fun” activity to boost morale, and your heart sinks as you start wondering if you can develop the flu by then.

Mon, March 28 2011
Idiotic New EU Law Could Choke E-Commerce Startups (AMZN, EBAY)
Silicon Alley Insider (Monday)

It's an old story in Europe: ham-fisted regulation stunting growth and innovation.

This time it's new legislation that could affect the e-commerce industry.

A proposed EU directive will  change online return policies, which cou...

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