Foursquare Wants To Help Google Employees Get Massive Counteroffers, Too

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Saturday, April 9th, 2011

Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley says he wants to do his part in helping Google employees get their FUM Counteroffers from Google, too (that’s what we’re calling them now, FUM Counteroffers, you can figure it out). He writes:

>> “If you’re a Google employee and you aren’t out interviewing at Facebook, Twitter or Zynga you are a moron.”

what about foursquare, brother?!

we’re hiring faster than we can drop desks in here!

where’ the love?! :)

………………………..
Dennis Crowley
co-founder / ceo, foursquare

We’ll, there’s the love right there, Dennis. So if you’re a Googler and want tens of millions of dollars for doing nothing more than interviewing at a startup, add Foursquare to that list. And let us know if it works.

Dennis adds “we‘re hiring engineers by the boatload in both NYC and SF. i think our eng team in NY is one of the best engineering teams in the city. super smart people solving very hard problems.”

Foursquare jobs are here.

Company: foursquare
Website: foursquare.com
Launch Date: April 16, 2013
Funding: $112M

Foursquare is a geographical location based social network that incorporates gaming elements. Users share their location with friends by “checking in” via a smartphone app or by text message. Points are awarded for checking in at various venues. Users can connect their Foursquare accounts to their Twitter and Facebook accounts, which can update when a check in is registered. By checking in a certain number of times, or in different locations, users can collect virtual badges. In addition, users...

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