Reader Poll: Do you want us to regularly cover startup job cuts?

Duncan Riley — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:16:41 +0000

More startups are cutting jobs as America drives deeper into recession. Hi5 has cut 15 positions, and Zivity has cut 1/3rd of staff, according to VentureBeat.

It’s the tip of the iceberg, with many more job cuts to come as startups try to prepare themselves for the storm ahead, and as others flounder and fail outright as the money runs out.

We wrote a post last week about focusing blog content in a storm, where the options were to go heavy on the bad news, cover some of it, or ignore it, and instead focus on providing positive news that offers an escape from the negative stories elsewhere.

Our motto is “the better mix” and part of that is offering some fun stuff in with the tech news of the day. The thing is, very soon the tech industry is going to be swamped by bad news stories (it has already begun), and tone wise that may reflect on our mix.

So we thought we’d ask you: do you want us to regularly cover startup job cuts?

I say regularly, because I can never rule out covering the occasional story, where we think it’s important enough to share. But likewise, we could spend half the day writing stories about job cuts very soon as well, and I’m not sure we should be doing that, even if writing about those will make the writing teams jobs a lot easier.

Voting widget below, and we’ll respect any way the vote goes.

Cyan Banister Promotes Zivity, Exposes Boobs

Dominic Rivera — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:00:02 +0000

Shel Israel (the Puppet) today posted a video interview with Cyan Banister, Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder of Zivity. The company, with $8 million in VC money, is a community-powered showcase promoting female beauty.

In their “About Us” section, Zivity has this to say about Cyan Banister:

Cyan Banister is Zivity’s 24-7 energy dynamo and inspirational role-model/den mother for Zivity’s exploding community of models and aspiring models. She has succeeded in a dizzying array of leadership roles throughout her career, from leading technical operations teams to driving marketing campaigns to being the CTO of a nonprofit helping women master technology. Afraid of nothing, Cyan’’s mission for Zivity is putting models first and creating a safe environment to nurture artistic freedom.

Go watch the video interview and see how unafraid Cyan Banister is in putting forward her boobs. Fascinating!

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Reader Poll: Do you want us to regularly cover startup job cuts?

Cyan Banister Promotes Zivity, Exposes Boobs