Will Coinbase lead a wave of cryptocurrency M&A?
Emilie Choi is joining Coinbase as vice president of corporate and business development, after an eight-year tenure at LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD), where she oversaw 40 transactions in her role as vice president of corporate development. In her new role at venture capital-backed Coinbase, Choi will … Read More
OLX India appoints new business head
In his new role, Sinha (LinkedIn profile) will help the company cement itself as India's “top advertising destinations”. He will report to new OLX India general manager Momtaz Moussa (LinkedIn profile) who said: “Tarun's appointment will help us build key relationships that deliver value to our clients. Read More
My two cents on P@SHA ProWomen list
Keeping this reputation in view, I expected more than a simple link to Google Sheets, filled with names pasted from LinkedIn, to be at the crux of all their effort. … Perhaps people are not updating their LinkedIn profiles as regularly as someone at P@SHA had imagined, hence the outdated …
Is Facebook Finally Ready to Challenge LinkedIn?
In its latest bid to challenge Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) LinkedIn, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) recently expanded its job search feature to 40 new countries, including the U.K., Spain, France, Germany, Italy, and Brazil, after launching it in the U.S. and Canada last year. Alex Himel, vice president of local at … Read More
Hockey Challenge has raised more than $170000 for charities
Five games involved teams from various divisions at Microsoft, LinkedIn, a women's recreational league and NHLtoSeattle. The T-Birds-Everett Silvertips game followed the five challenge games, capped off by the Celebrity All-Star Game featuring several former T-Birds. “We are thrilled with the results of … Read More
LinkedIn is cracking down on hate speech and abuse
You'd think a social network for professionals would be a professional place, yet LinkedIn can be no different from Facebook or Twitter at times when some bad actors choose to abuse and insult other LinkedIn users. With that in mind, LinkedIn appears to be cracking down on abuse and hate …
Issa Rae and Chelsea Handler Talk About Success, Politics and Shonda Rhimes
Presented by LinkedIn, talk-show host Handler and Insecure creator/star Rae participated in a discussion moderated by Chip Cutter, LinkedIn managing editor. It started as a talk about defining success and molding careers but inevitably, in this age of #TimesUp and #MeToo, added the subjects of … Read More
VCs post harassment policies, spurred by woman who spoke out about Dave McClure
"I think the industry should actively work on building a kind of industry-wide HR function, so that venture capitalists who engage in such behavior face the same sort of consequences that they would if their overtures were directed at an employee," Hoffman wrote in his LinkedIn post about his decency … …
How Financial Services CEOs Can Embrace Social and Lead By Example
LinkedIn is an important channel for financial services leaders. And because of its business-focused nature, it's a platform many CEOs easily gravitate toward. Robert Reynolds, President and CEO of Putnam Investments and Great-West Financial, has built out his LinkedIn profile to the point where he is … Read More
How Social Media Is changing the Business World
The most popular social media platforms to reach out customers are Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram among many others. The main purpose of using social media platform for your business is to improve the relationship between customer and the company. It has been observed that the more … Read More