Leadership

Marc Randolph Reveals Why He Left Netflix In 2003

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2019

Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph recently published a book about how he was the head of the company in the early days and about the journey since then.

Flint Schools Have Approved Of Water Filtration Testing Funded By Elon Musk

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 17, 2019

Last year, Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation donated over $480,000 to install new water fountains at schools in Flint. This is an update on the project.

Greylock Hires AppDynamics CEO David Wadhwani As Venture Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 10, 2019

Greylock announced recently that it hired David Wadhwani as a venture partner. Wadhwani is coming to Greylock from AppDynamics where he was the CEO.

Bed Bath & Beyond: Mark Tritton Appointed As President And CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 10, 2019

Bed Bath & Beyond has announced it appointed Mark Tritton as president, CEO, and a member of its board of directors.

Techstars Founder David Brown: How To Deal With Different CEO Personalities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 6, 2019

Techstars founder David Brown recently discussed how to deal with different CEO personalities. These are some of the suggestions he provided.

Karen Walker Is Joining Intel As SVP And CMO

By Annie Baker ● Oct 5, 2019

Intel announced recently that Karen Walker is joining as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, effective October 23.

Goldman Sachs Names Marco Argenti As Co-CIO And Atte Lahtiranta As CTO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2019

Goldman Sachs announced it named Marco Argenti as a partner and co-CIO and Atte Lahtiranta as a partner and the CTO.

IVP Adds James Black, Becca Faust, And Karthik Ramakrishnan To Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2019

Later-stage venture capital and growth equity firm IVP has announced it added three people to its investment team including James Black, Becca Faust, and Karthik Ramakrishnan.

J2 Global Names Nate Simmons As President Of Cloud Services

By Noah Long ● Sep 6, 2019

J2 Global announced it has named Nate Simmons as its President of Cloud Services and will be reporting to J2 Global CEO Vivek Shah.

Keith Hartsfield Named As Chief Product Officer At iRobot

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 5, 2019

Consumer robots leader iRobot has announced it named Keith Hartsfield as chief product officer at the company.

Cloudflare IPO: From A Business Plan To A $3.2 Billion Web Infrastructure Giant

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 4, 2019

This is how Cloudflare went from a simple business plan to a $3.2 billion web infrastructure giant.

R. Martin Chavez Retiring From Goldman Sachs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 4, 2019

R. Martin Chavez - the global co-head securities and a partner at Goldman Sachs - is retiring from the company after working there for about 19 years.

Huda Kattan Net Worth: How This Entrepreneur Built A Beauty Brand Worth Over $1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 30, 2019

Huda Kattan is a successful entrepreneur who built a beauty brand that is worth more than $1 billion. This is how she did it.

Upfront Ventures Names Aditi Maliwal And Michael Carney As Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 22, 2019

Venture capital firm Upfront Ventures announced that it has appointed two new general partners: Aditi Maliwal and Michael Carney.

Stem Appoints Former Venmo COO Michael Vaughan To Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 22, 2019

Los Angeles-based music and payment distribution company announced it appointed former Venmo chief operating officer Michael Vaughan to the board.

Walmart’s Marketing Executives Shuffle Around As CMO Barbara Messing Steps Down

By Annie Baker ● Aug 22, 2019

Walmart’s U.S. Chief Marketing Officer Barbara Messing is stepping down on August 30. As a result, the retail giant is shuffling around its management team.

IVP’s Thomas Loverro Gets Promoted To General Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 30, 2019

IVP’s Thomas Loverro has been promoted to General Partner. He is now the 7th General Partner at the VC firm.

Stanford University Unveils Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 19, 2019

This week, Stanford announced a new institute designed for researching human-centered AI technologies called Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.

Twitter Co-Founder Ev Williams Steps Down From Board

By Annie Baker ● Feb 24, 2019

Twitter co-founder Ev Williams has stepped down from the social network company's board of directors.

Mark Pincus Reportedly Raising $700 Million For New Investment Fund

By Noah Long ● Jan 24, 2019

Zynga founder Mark Pincus is reportedly raising $700 million for a new venture firm called Reinvent Capital.

Techstars Launches A New Venture Studio And Rebrands Mobility Division

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2019

Techstars, the startup accelerator founded by David Brown, Brad Feld, David Cohen, and Jared Polis, has made some major changes.

Grab Makes $100 Million Investment In OYO To Expand Hotel Service In Southeast Asia

By Dan Anderson ● Dec 11, 2018

Southeast Asia-based ride-hailing company Grab has invested $100 million in OYO.

Revcontent Brings On Omar Nicola As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 5, 2018

Content recommendation and online advertising company Revcontent has announced that it has hired Omar Nicola as CEO, succeeding John Lemp.

Robinhood Hires CapitalG Partner Gretchen Howard As Operations Head

By Annie Baker ● Dec 1, 2018

Commission-free stock trading app company Robinhood has announced that it has hired Gretchen Howard as the head of operations.

Ellie Mae Hires Dan Madden As CFO And EVP

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 28, 2018

Ellie Mae, a Pleasanton, California-based cloud platform provider for the mortgage finance industry, has hired Dan Madden as CFO and EVP.

Airbnb Names Dave Stephenson As CFO

By Dan Anderson ● Nov 27, 2018

Airbnb has announced that it has named Dave Stephenson as the company’s CFO after the position has been vacant for nearly ten months.

Waymo Hires First Chief Safety Officer And Chief Commercial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 27, 2018

Self-driving car company Waymo has hired first Chief Safety Officer Deborah Hersman and first Chief Commercial Officer Amee Chande.

Robinhood Hires Jason Warnick As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 27, 2018

Online stock trading service Robinhood has hired Jason Warnick as chief financial officer, who has worked at Amazon for nearly 20 years.

Vetforce: A Mission To Train 35,000 Military Service Members In Salesforce Skills

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 16, 2018

Salesforce’s Vetforce program has a mission to train 35,000 military service members in Salesforce skills. Here are some details about the program.