Facebook’s newest feature is a direct threat to LinkedIn
Long gone are the days of printing out a physical copy of your resume and submitting it to a company you want to work for. Of course, everything is digital now — and websites and job platforms are making it easier than ever to one-click apply to desired job roles …
Coinbase Eyes Acquisitions With New Hire From LinkedIn
As Coinbase seeks to make more acquisitions, the popular U.S. cryptocurrency exchange has hired LinkedIn's former VP of Corporate Development. Emilie Choi took the helm as Coinbase's new VP of Corporate and Business Development on Monday (March 5), Fortune reported. While at LinkedIn … Read More
Facebook is Looking to Help You Find Your Next Job
Marcelo Ballvé, vice president of intelligence at research firm CB Insights spoke with CNN about how this expansion could help Facebook encroach on territory firmly controlled by LinkedIn, a social media site for professionals. He said: “this could be a threat to LinkedIn if a generation of folks gets their … …
Coinbase Taps Former LinkedIn Exec to Lead Acquisitions Efforts
Emilie Choi will serve as vice president of corporate and business development, according to a blog post published Monday. Having previously acted as LinkedIn's vice president of corporate development, Choi's new role will focus on bringing Coinbase to new markets, with an added emphasis on … Read More
How to Stand Out to a Recruiter
It's also important to keep an eye on the website for which new roles are coming in which you can reference on the phone or in emails. Use LinkedIn. Research by Standout CV shows that 73% of recruiters will search you on LinkedIn after seeing your CV. LinkedIn acts as …
Coinbase Signals Bitcoin M&A Appetite After Circle-Poloniex Deal
Coinbase, the largest U.S. Bitcoin exchange, has poached a top dealmaker from LinkedIn as it seeks to make bigger acquisitions, a move that could spark consolidation in the cryptocurrency industry. Emilie Choi started Monday as Coinbase's vice president of corporate and business development, the … Read More
Coinbase Hires LinkedIn’s Deals Maven to Help Ramp Up Expansion
It's raised more than $217 million from venture firms including Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures and Y Combinator. Choi started working at LinkedIn when the network for professionals was also starting up, and hopes to lead similar growth at Coinbase, she said. “I joined when the company … Read More
JM Internet Announces Social Media Marketing Book Tops 200 Reviews on Amazon
Businesses today want to learn how to market on Facebook, how to set up an ad on LinkedIn and how to tweet with the most effective return-on-investment. That said, the technical details are complicated and the strategic planning is just as much of a problem. The new, 2018 edition of …
Coinbase just poached a LinkedIn exec to lead an acquisition spree as the firm’s first M&A boss
Coinbase continues its hiring spree with the poaching of Emilie Choi, an 8-year-veteran at LinkedIn. Choi will lead mergers and acquisitions at Coinbase, as the popular cryptocurrency exchange looks to grow. Coinbase is on a mission to double its team to around 500 people by the end of the year … …
Coinbase now has a M&A boss. What sort of things would she want to acquire?
That's just one way in which doing M&A at an upstart like Coinbase will probably be very different from doing it at a place like LinkedIn. Choi acknowledged that the people who she wanted to recruit to LinkedIn generally shared a certain resume. At Coinbase, that “type” might be an …