2013年8月9日 星期五

YouTube創辦人推手機短片app
YouTube創辦人陳士駿(Steven Chen)與Chad Hurley,宣布推出全新的手機拍攝與編輯軟體MixBit,不但能編輯自拍的短片,同時也能編輯別人的短片,所有編輯過後的短片,都可拿到MixBit.com播放,也可在Twitter,Facebook與Google Plus播放.

2013年8月5日 星期一

Amazon執行長Jeff Bazos給The Washington Post員工的一封信

To the employees of The Washington Post:

You’ll have heard the news, and many of you will greet it with a degree of apprehension. When a single family owns a company for many decades, and when that family acts for all those decades in good faith, in a principled manner, in good times and in rough times, as stewards of important values – when that family has done such a good job – it is only natural to worry about change.

So, let me start with something critical. The values of The Post do not need changing. The paper’s duty will remain to its readers and not to the private interests of its owners. We will continue to follow the truth wherever it leads, and we’ll work hard not to make mistakes. When we do, we will own up to them quickly and completely.

I won’t be leading The Washington Post day-to-day. I am happily living in “the other Washington” where I have a day job that I love. Besides that, The Post already has an excellent leadership team that knows much more about the news business than I do, and I’m extremely grateful to them for agreeing to stay on.

There will of course be change at The Post over the coming years. That’s essential and would have happened with or without new ownership. The Internet is transforming almost every element of the news business: shortening news cycles, eroding long-reliable revenue sources, and enabling new kinds of competition, some of which bear little or no news-gathering costs. There is no map, and charting a path ahead will not be easy. We will need to invent, which means we will need to experiment. Our touchstone will be readers, understanding what they care about – government, local leaders, restaurant openings, scout troops, businesses, charities, governors, sports – and working backwards from there. I’m excited and optimistic about the opportunity for invention.

Journalism plays a critical role in a free society, and The Washington Post — as the hometown paper of the capital city of the United States — is especially important. I would highlight two kinds of courage the Grahams have shown as owners that I hope to channel. The first is the courage to say wait, be sure, slow down, get another source. Real people and their reputations, livelihoods and families are at stake. The second is the courage to say follow the story, no matter the cost. While I hope no one ever threatens to put one of my body parts through a wringer, if they do, thanks to Mrs. Graham’s example, I’ll be ready.

I want to say one last thing that’s really not about the paper or this change in ownership. I have had the great pleasure of getting to know Don very well over the last ten plus years. I do not know a finer man.

Sincerely,
Jeff Bezos

2013年2月28日 星期四

Groupon執行長給員工的一封信


(This is for Groupon employees, but I’m posting it publicly since it will leak anyway)
People of Groupon,
After four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon, I’ve decided that I’d like to spend more time with my family. Just kidding – I was fired today. If you’re wondering why… you haven’t been paying attention. From controversial metrics in our S1 to our material weakness to two quarters of missing our own expectations and a stock price that’s hovering around one quarter of our listing price, the events of the last year and a half speak for themselves. As CEO, I am accountable.
You are doing amazing things at Groupon, and you deserve the outside world to give you a second chance. I’m getting in the way of that. A fresh CEO earns you that chance. The board is aligned behind the strategy we’ve shared over the last few months, and I’ve never seen you working together more effectively as a global company – it’s time to give Groupon a relief valve from the public noise.
For those who are concerned about me, please don’t be – I love Groupon, and I’m terribly proud of what we’ve created. I’m OK with having failed at this part of the journey. If Groupon was Battletoads, it would be like I made it all the way to the Terra Tubes without dying on my first ever play through. I am so lucky to have had the opportunity to take the company this far with all of you. I’ll now take some time to decompress (FYI I’m looking for a good fat camp to lose my Groupon 40, if anyone has a suggestion), and then maybe I’ll figure out how to channel this experience into something productive.
If there’s one piece of wisdom that this simple pilgrim would like to impart upon you: have the courage to start with the customer. My biggest regrets are the moments that I let a lack of data override my intuition on what’s best for our customers. This leadership change gives you some breathing room to break bad habits and deliver sustainable customer happiness – don’t waste the opportunity!
I will miss you terribly.
Love,
Andrew

2012年11月19日 星期一

Intel CEO宣布明年5月退休

40年來都服務Intel的執行長Paul Otellini宣布2013年5月退休,放下帶領這個微處理巨人,一直以Intel Inside自居的重責大任.

想想好像已經好久都沒有跑Intel的新聞了,以前曾經每天追著他們公司GHz的數字跑,現在,這個數字代表的重要性已經不一樣了.在現在到處以ARM based等可攜式裝置,平板電腦等充斥的時代,大家都在談新軟體,新應用,Otellini下台也代表著過去PC時代光榮戰役的結束,Intel接班人選要如何有所突破?拭目以待.

2012年5月10日 星期四

Facebook全美巡迴Roadshow

以下為Facebook上市在全美巡迴Roadshow,其中,矽谷站是5/11於Palo Alto Crowne Plaza舉行,值得注意是,每一場roadshow幾乎都是只開放受邀的大咖投資者,而不對一般的投資大眾開放.

而除了Morgan Stanely, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs等主要上市承銷商,Facebook又新增了其他承銷商,承銷商陣容強大.




  • 05/07: New York
  • NY Group Lunch: 11:45am EST/ Sheraton New York, 811 Seventh Avenue at 53rd Street, NYC
  • 05/08: Boston
    Boston Group Breakfast: 7:15am EST/ Four Seasons Hotel, 200 Boylston Street, Boston
  • 05/09: Mid Atlantic
  • 05/10: New York
  • 05/11: Menlo Park
    Menlo Park Group Lunch: 12pm PST/ Crowne Plaza, 4290 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
  • 05/14: Chicago
  • 05/15: KC/Denver
  • 05/16: Menlo Park
  • 05/17: Menlo Park / Pricing
  • 2012年4月9日 星期一

    Facebook以10億美元併購Instagram

    Facebook以10億美元現金與股票併購照片分享應用程式Instagram,而且這個消息是由Facebook執行長 Mark Zuckerberg在他的Facebook Timeline宣布.
    Instagram才成軍2年,甫於3月份僱用該公司第9名員工,該公司合夥創辦人兼CEO Kevin Systrom持有40%股權,是這宗併購案最大贏家.
    有人說Facebook併購Instagram是Facebook相當聰明的併購案,而Instagram粉絲在得知併購案,反而是對Facebook喊話,"不要搞砸了Instagram!"