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Carolyn Marsan
@techoptimist
High-Tech Business Writer
Joined December 2008
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Carolyn Marsan
@techoptimist
8 Aug 2019
Two Milwaukee girls cheering for the
@RedSox
#fenwayphotos
Carolyn Marsan
@techoptimist
16 Jan 2014
#yahoo
executive comp: Miss your goals & fight w/your boss for 1 year, & you get $42M severance. Wish I could fail that spectacularly.
Carolyn Marsan retweeted
cdorobek
@cdorobek
20 Nov 2013
Only 1 in 10 engineers are women. We should probably fix that.
#dontunderestimategirls
@GoldieBlox
(via
@Upworthy
)
shrd.by/M7A6S3
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Carolyn Marsan
@techoptimist
20 Nov 2013
#flashback
re: WSJ story about Yucca Mtn nuclear waste site. That was one of the 1st stories I covered for Wash. Tech. in `87.
#stillwaiting
Carolyn Marsan
@techoptimist
18 Nov 2013
#snapchat
rejecting $3B
#facebook
bid reminds me of
#digg
, which turned down $200M from
#google
in 2008 only to sell for $500K in 2012.
Carolyn Marsan
@techoptimist
18 Nov 2013
Having read NYT roundup of
#entrepreneurs
discussing buyout offers they did & didn't take, I say: Sell.
Carolyn Marsan retweeted
The New York Times
@nytimes
18 Nov 2013
Start-Up Leaders Recount Choice to Cash In or Stay Independent
nyti.ms/1f80o90
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SmartBrief
@SmartBrief
15 Nov 2013
Amy Errett of Madison Reed, on Finding Your Genius -
NYTimes.com
@nytimes
ow.ly/qRz55
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Carolyn Marsan
@techoptimist
15 Nov 2013
Madison Reed CEO on
#management
:``My job is to find your genius and to help you find your genius. And if we can do that, that's the magic.''
Carolyn Marsan
@techoptimist
25 Oct 2013
Warby Parker CEO on
#innovation
: A lot of companies don't expect or ask their team members to come up with ideas, but we demand it.
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Carolyn Marsan
@techoptimist
16 Oct 2013
Media bias? NYT headline: Sharp Rise in Revenue for
#Twitter
. WSJ headline:
#Twitter
's Loss Widens.Truth is Q3 revs doubled & loss tripled.
Carolyn Marsan
@techoptimist
15 Oct 2013
Talk about
#diversity
! New
#apple
retail chief
#Ahrendts
is a Hoosier,
#christian
& grad of non-elite Ball State.
buswk.co/17G6rsm
Carolyn Marsan
@techoptimist
15 Oct 2013
Stephens in WSJ: Best metric for nation's greatness "is ability to produce, cultivate, attract and retain intellectial greatness."
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Carolyn Marsan
@techoptimist
14 Oct 2013
How do you lose $460M in 6 years? Ask the
#philly
Inquirer. Value dropped from $515M in 2006 to $55M in 2012.
nyti.ms/1aEcFvR
Carolyn Marsan
@techoptimist
11 Oct 2013
StubHub founder on motivating
#engineers
:We're trying to create a sense of empowerment & autonomy.
nyti.ms/19vkDZW
#spreecast
.
Carolyn Marsan
@techoptimist
10 Oct 2013
#hootsuite
CEO: Improving
#compsci
in public schools & getting girls to participate is only way to break open IT's old boys club.
#diversity
Carolyn Marsan
@techoptimist
9 Oct 2013
US college grads lack math/reading/tech skills, but avg pay for US public univ presidents is $441K & four make > $1M.
bit.ly/10CoX2i
Carolyn Marsan
@techoptimist
9 Oct 2013
US
#college
grads lack skills but US parents spend more on it than foreign peers. US ranks last of 13 nations in higher ed affordability.
Carolyn Marsan
@techoptimist
9 Oct 2013
#OECDSkills
: US college grads lag foreign peers in math, literacy & tech skills. College CEOs must replace party culture w/study culture.
Carolyn Marsan retweeted
OECD Education
@OECDEduSkills
9 Oct 2013
Get the key findings from the
#OECDSkills
Outlook 2013 – free pdf
bit.ly/1bsPN7F
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