valleywag.com - 10/23/2008
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Mahalo founder: "Tough times, hard decisions." Zillow founder: "Difficult times, difficult decisions." Seesmic founder: "Tough times. Tough decisions." The only thing easy in these times is what to headline your post about the employees you just laid off . Also, make sure to note that you are ...
blog.jeffhaynie.us - 10/17/2008
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blog.jeffhaynie.us —
It’s time to hunker down and take my
own advice - advice that I think every startup...
(and every business in general) should be considering right now. The economic future is uncertain for everyone around the globe - and Appcelerator is not immune ...
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Tough times, tough decisions
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Around the Web 10.23.08: Comings and (lots of) goings in the tech world
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... founder Bill Gates has a mysterious new company of his own, bgC3. TechFlash
-- Mahalo means goodbye for some employees of Jason Calacanis' start-up. TechCrunch
-- Imeem reportedly bids so long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye to as much a quarter of its staff and puts itself on the block. PaidContent.org
-- Laying off your troops means having to say you're sorry. Valleywag
-- Want to avoid being the next to march out the door? Read this. ...
How to have your layoff spin published verbatim [Great Moments In Journalism]
Gawker: valleywag —
... Got layoffs? Don't spend hours crafting the perfect "Hard Times, Hard Choices" blog post for your leader. Here's how to hack the media to deliver your message: ...
Blogging company Six Apart lays off 8 percent
VentureBeat —
... Blog posts announcing these cuts are becoming increasingly common these days. Valleywag’s Owen Thomas has even made fun of the common buzzwords and phrases. But even though Alden’s post hews to the format, but I will applaud one element that I haven’t seen with many other layoff announcements: As part of the changes, Alden himself will be taking a 15 percent pay cut. It’s hard to believe this will help much, but it lends credence to the oft-repeated claim that chief executives aren’t making ...
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gawker.com 10/3/2008 — Yes, it's true: Gawker's sibling sites are laying off 19 people . This site is one of those that will be expanding. The internal memo is after the jump. Gabriel Snyder of W magazine will indeed be replacing me as managing editor and we are hiring two ...
Loic Le Meur Blog: Tough times. Tough decisions.
loiclemeur.com 10/10/2008 — As you will no doubt know we are all operating in some very challenging and uncertain times right now. It's never easy to address topics like this but as a company we have felt the need to get Seesmic ready for what most are anticipating to be a bleak ...
Tough times, hard decisions.
calacanis.com 10/22/2008 — Given the challenging economic environment, we’ve decided to cut costs at Mahalo.
Although we’ve got a significant amount of cash on hand, and the business is ahead of schedule in terms of traffic (4m uniques a month, double where we ...
Tough times
ycorpblog.com 12/10/2008 — As we announced in October, we’ve been aggressively managing our costs to bring them in line with the challenging economic conditions. Unfortunately, that means laying off employees –- by far the toughest part of being a manager. Here’s the email I ...
Tough times. Tough decisions. (Loïc Le Meur/Loic Le Meur Blog)
techmeme.com 10/10/2008 — At this moment, the hottest stories in technology are scattered across dozens of news sites and blogs. That's an awful lot of sites for anyone to check. Fortunately, Techmeme arranges all of these links into a single, easy-to-scan page. It's ...
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