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O’Brien: The Other Faces of Facebook
// May 19th, 2012 // Comments Off // Mercury News ColumnsZuckerberg and Sandberg are the stars. But these three, with much lower profiles, have crucial roles. Bret Taylor keeps the lights on. Chris Cox brings passion to the product. And David Ebersman kept the IPO on track.
What does Facebook IPO say about our own expectations?
// May 18th, 2012 // Comments Off // O'Brien, Silicon Beat, facebookThere’s a lot of post-mortems tonight on the Facebook IPO. The stock didn’t pop the way many
thought it would. Was it a disaster?
The argument for no: By pricing it close to where it closed, the bankers made a perfect calculation of demand….
O’Brien: HP layoffs and Facebook IPO reflect Silicon Valley’s highs and lows
// May 18th, 2012 // Comments Off // Mercury News ColumnsThere’s no time in a place like this to get sentimental over the sad deline of Hewlett Packard when a company like Facebook is buy staking its claim to the future.
O’Brien: Facebook reminds us that whatever its flaws, Silicon Valley works
// May 18th, 2012 // Comments Off // Mercury News ColumnsThere’s plenty you can find to criticize about the valley, including its obsession with money. But as Facebook goes public, let’s take a moment to remember how remarkable Silicon Valley has been for almost 80 years.
As Whitman cranks up HP layoff machine, company could top 120,000 layoffs since 2000
// May 17th, 2012 // Comments Off // O'Brien, Silicon BeatBack in 2010, I spent considerable time trying to figure out just how many job cuts Hewlett-Packard had announced over the past decade. The company, when I asked, claimed not to know. So I went digging through securities filings.
The company doesn̵…
Why is Facebook so uncool? And does it matter?
// May 15th, 2012 // Comments Off // Future of Media, O'Brien, Silicon Beat, Social Media, facebookLet me just get this out of the way: I love Facebook.
I say that without a hint of irony or embarrassment. I’m not the least bit surprised, however, that my adoration is not shared by most. In a poll released by CNBC today, the rest of the cou…
Why is Facebook so uncool? And does it matter?
// May 15th, 2012 // Comments Off // O'Brien, Silicon Beat, facebookLet me just get this out of the way: I love Facebook.
I say that without a hint of irony or embarrassment. I’m not the least bit surprised, however, that my adoration is not shared by most. In a poll released by CNBC today, the rest of the cou…
Groupon and the strange game of Wall Street earnings
// May 14th, 2012 // Comments Off // O'Brien, Silicon Beat, grouponGroupon reported earnings today, and the reaction from investors after the market closed was bullish. Less than an hour after results were released, the stock was trading up 16.66 percent. The focus was on revenues and operating income beating expectat…
O’Brien: Only remaining drama to Scott Thompson story: Will he quit or will Yahoo board push him out?
// May 10th, 2012 // Comments Off // Mercury News ColumnsGiven that every other Yahoo CEO’s tenure has ended in failure, we shouldn’t be surprised that Thompson’s has too. It’s just the speed that’s shocking. But now that it’s happened, better for Yahoo to move on quickly rather than delay the inevitable.
O’Brien: For Color founder, failure and reboots are just another day in Silicon Valley
// May 10th, 2012 // Comments Off // Mercury News ColumnsColor, the mobile photo sharing app, had the kind of terrible first year that would crush most entrepreneurs. So why is co-founder Bill Nguyen still smiling?
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