• October 31st, 2012

    With 40% Of Traffic From Outside The U.S., Glassdoor Raises $20M Series D To Expand Internationally

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    Glassdoor, the jobs and career community website offering company reviews, salary comparisons and job listings, is today announcing an additional $20 million in outside funding. The Series D round was led by new investor DAG Ventures, and saw participation from Glassdoor’s existing investors Benchmark Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, and Battery Ventures. To date, Glassdoor has raised $42.2 million… → Read More

    February 14th, 2012

    In Startups And Life, You Need Plan A, B, And Z

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    An entrepreneur receives lots of contradictory advice from really smart, experienced people. For example, you’ve probably been told to be both persistent and flexible; to have a clear vision you pursue relentlessly, and yet also to change your vision as the market changes. Simple, right?

    This same tension pervades career advice. Some will tell you to think about where you want to be in ten… → Read More

    April 4th, 2009

    Let's all quit our jobs and become iPhone App developers!

    If you and a friend could stitch together an iPhone application, one that brings in thousands of dollars of revenue per month, would you quit your job? (/me Raises hand, and I’d leave the country—hello, endless summer!.) That exact scenario occasionally happens, truth be told, as the Times points out today. Spend s few months coding an App, then you’re on Easy Street thereafter. → Read More