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Here’s How The New York Times Fell Victim To A Replyallpocalypse
“Hello, please remove me from this list, thank you!”
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An Afternoon In The Park With The Soylent CEO And A Star Of “Silicon Valley”
Josh Brener, or Big Head to fans of the HBO show, delivered an anti-pitch for Soylent’s latest meal-in-a-bottle. The Soylent CEO, meanwhile, was dreaming of life in a shipping container.
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Zenefits Settles With Tennessee Regulators Over Insurance Violations
The deal, which will allow Zenefits to continue operating in Tennessee, gives the startup a precedent to use in negotiations with regulators in other states.
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Confidential Document Shows How Peter Thiel Really Feels About Palantir
Thiel’s venture capital firm privately values Palantir — the data analysis company of which he is chairman — at a 40% discount.
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Zenefits Slashes Valuation To $2 Billion In Deal With Big Investors
The deal will allow the company to avoid lawsuits stemming from its regulatory compliance scandal, it said on Thursday.
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Ousted Zenefits Founder Tests A Non-Poaching Agreement
Parker Conrad, the Zenefits co-founder who was forced to resign in February, has hired two Zenefits engineers for a new startup, a person with knowledge of the matter said.
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8 Big Decisions That Will Be Made By Whoever Wins The Election
Whoever wins in November will have to make some big calls. Register to vote!
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Palantir Seeks To Muzzle Former Employees
To participate in a company-arranged stock sale, former Palantir employees first had to promise not to poach the company’s staff, or to talk to the media without its approval.
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129 Zenefits Staff Quit After Offer From CEO
“I’m extremely proud of the 90% of you that have chosen to stay with the company,” Zenefits chief David Sacks told staff in an email.
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How Hired Hackers Got “Complete Control” Of Palantir
Palantir hired a cybersecurity firm last year to test its digital defenses. A confidential report shows how the pro hackers were able to dominate the tech company’s network.
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An Old Beef Haunts Zenefits
Tensions between the HR startup and industry giant ADP boiled over in mid-2015. Now, as Zenefits lays off more staff, ADP sees an opportunity.
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Zenefits Laying Off 100 More Employees, Will Pay Others To Quit
The once high-flying startup is remaking itself after a scandal and a period of fast growth. It will lay off 106 employees, in its second major overhaul this year.
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Palantir To Buy Up To $225 Million Of Stock From Employees
The “liquidity event” will offer current and former employees $7.40 a share for their common stock — a price above where some large investors value their own Palantir stakes.
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Zenefits Co-Founder Sold Stock Months Before Scandal
Parker Conrad sold $10 million of stock months before the public learned of compliance failures that led to his resignation. The new CEO says he has changed the company’s values. “Everyone’s shit stinks” is now “Put the customer first.”
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Inside Palantir, Silicon Valley’s Most Secretive Company
A cache of internal documents shows that despite growing revenue, Palantir has lost top-tier clients, is struggling to stem staff departures, and isn’t collecting most of the money it touts in high-value deals.
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Twitter Hits 310 Million Users, But Revenue Falls Short
Twitter’s stock fell more than 10% after the embattled social media company reported earnings on Tuesday.
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This Venture Capitalist Is On Snapchat Giving Corporate Finance Lectures
“Do entrepreneurs really give a fuck what I ate for sushi last night?”
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Lunches At Facebook Often Contained Maggots, Former Exec Says
“But we were there because we believed, and it didn’t matter.”
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DocuSign’s Incoming CEO Bolts At The Last Minute
“Another company with unlimited resources approached him with an offer,” DocuSign said.
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Instacart Fires Its Delivery Drivers In Minneapolis
The four-year-old grocery delivery startup continues its quest for profitability.
