Joel Cheesman

May 15

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Forget LinkedIn. Here’s Who’s Buying Monster

Wall Street was buzzing last week on rumors that LinkedIn (LNKD) was in talks to acquire Monster (MWW). According to a Reuters story,

LinkedIn Corp and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners are among a number of parties that have expressed interest in a potential deal for Monster Worldwide Inc, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Internet jobs-search company is preparing data for potential buyers.

The stock shot up on the hype. However, Business Insider and a few others quickly squashed the report as bunk, accusing Monster of desperately trying to stir-up interest.

The thought of a high-growth business like LinkedIn strapping on an albatross like Monster is a bit ridiculous if you think about it for a second. So who, one like me must ask, would buy Monster?

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“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” — Theodore Roosevelt

May 14

“Don’t make me roll my eyes at you, dad.” — Cole

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“In a small organization, there’s nothing more important than culture. People tend to get fired up about their jobs when there’s a dialogue that’s trustworthy, friendly and doesn’t require a intermediator or moderator.” — Aaron Rudenstine, CityMaps

“No one waited in line to buy the first iPod.” —

(Source: Fast Company)

May 13

“Mother!” — Danzig

May 11

“Ninety-one percent of US smartphone owners surveyed still actively use SMS, almost 2.5 times higher than the most popular social media app.” —

(Source: mobilemarketingwatch.com)

May 10

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May 09

5 Reasons I’m Actually Bearish on Facebook

The world is buzzing about the upcoming Facebook IPO later this month. And for good reason. Not since Google in 2004 has a company this exciting taken over Wall Street. Analysts are already giving it “buy” ratings before it even goes public.

Weird, wild stuff.

Don’t get me wrong, I think the company will do well, and I’m rooting for them. However, there are a few reasons to be concerned.

1. Mobile. The company has conquered the desktop. And with 500 million mobile users, one could argue they’ve conquered that too. I say, not so fast. Their current HTML5 experiment isn’t going so well. The site on my iPhone is a royal pain. Slow. Buggy. And many argued the Instragram acquisition was proof positive Facebook needs help with the Third Screen. If they don’t nail mobile, the future will belong to someone else.

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May 08

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“Who’s Elvis?” — Cole

“The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.” — Peter Medawar, Biologist

Yeah, this job site is probably out of business. Join NSFW to find out who it is.