The latest from the frontlines of the world’s fastest growing companies and the teams doing the work. 

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Wayfair will soon have a new CTO. On March 1, Fiona Tan will step up to become the online home goods retailer's top technologist. She replaces Jim Miller, who is retiring after three years in the role.

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Wayfair Elevates Ex-Walmart Exec to CTO Amid Tech Team Expansion

The pandemic and remote work have exposed a troubling new trend.

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Why Women in Tech are Hiding Their Pandemic Pregnancies 

These are the most notable hires, promotions, and departures within the US tech community in the last week. For executive news updated daily, check out The Org's News tab.

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The Biggest Moves in Tech This Week

Over the past few years, as large tech companies begin to mature, we have seen that there has been a slow shift in leadership, with founders stepping down from the CEO role and making way for a new group of executives to take on the most senior position at their company. Learn more about non-founder CEOs and how they lead their respective companies. 

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Who are the Non-Founder CEOs in Tech?

You’ve heard of the successful startups born from the PayPal Mafia. Now learn the origins of another one of tech’s biggest accelerators—the Airbnb product team. 

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Meet the Airbnb Product Team Mafia 

Radavero is now the Country Manager for Argentina at Tiendanube, one of the latest regional unicorns with a valuation of more than $3 billion, and was previously one of the leaders behind the expansion of Despegar and Acámica (sold in 2021 to Digital House) throughout LatAm. In an interview with Radavero, The Org had the chance to pick his brain on how to grow and scale a startup in Latin America. 

Franco Radavero, Country Manager at Tiendanube. Image Courtesy of Tiendanube.

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How to Scale a Startup: Insights From a LatAm Startup Operator

In 2021, according to Pew Research, 41% of Americans under the age of 35 were invested in the stock market. Valued at $450 million and rising, Titan is looking to push that number upwards. 

The founders of Titan: Joe Percoco, Max Bernardy and Clayton Gardner.

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Founders File: Titan is Bringing Investing to a Younger Generation 

DraftKings has named its new Chief Marketing Officer, Stephanie Sherman, as the online sports betting market expands to more states.

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DraftKings Names a Marketing Chief as Digital Sports Betting Gains Steam

Uber Health, Uber’s aptly named healthcare division, has named Dr. Michael Cantor as its first-ever Chief Medical Officer. 

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Uber Health Names its First-Ever Chief Medical Officer

Last week, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal made his second significant executive change since assuming the top spot in November 2021 and will replace the company’s top two cybersecurity leaders.

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Twitter Hits Refresh on its Cybersecurity Leadership

Discover some of Microsoft's most expensive and impactful acquisitions and how they fall under its corporate umbrella.


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What Companies Does Microsoft Own?

Nearly all 21 of Amazon's earliest employees have left the company. Some started their own businesses, others run their own philanthropies. Many others have since retired. Check out who was responsible for the building blocks of one of the most valuable companies 

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The First Five Hires at Amazon

2021 was a great year for French startups. According to a report by Dealroom in partnership with La French Tech, venture capital investments in French startups have doubled in the past year alone, going from $5.8 billion (5.1 billion euros) to over $11.3 billion (10 billion euros) in 2021. In parallel, the combined enterprise value of French startups founded since 2000 was $204 billion (179 billion euros) in 2021, which is 17.7 times more than in 2010.

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10 French Startups to Watch in 2022

Mustafa Suleyman, Google’s VP of Product Management and Policy for Artificial Intelligence, has left the tech giant for a new role at venture capital firm Greylock Partners.

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DeepMind Co-Founder Leaves Google for an AI VC Role

Apple's top communications executive, Stella Low, has left her post after less than a year on the job

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Apple Names its Second Comms Leader in Less Than a Year

Eshita Nandini first heard about Bitcoin around 2018, but didn’t really spend much time learning about it until the beginning of 2020 when she, like the rest of the world, suddenly found herself with a lot of time at home at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, Nandini works as a Cryptoasset Analyst for Messari, a cryptocurrency analytics company on a mission to bring transparency to the crypto-economy. The Org spoke to Nandini to learn more about how she moved into the Web3 space.

Eshita Nandini, Cryptoasset Research Analyst at Messari. Image courtesy of Eshita Nandini.

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Women in Web3: How to Become a Cryptoasset Analyst 

Back in March 2020, OpenSea only had five employees and was making roughly $28,000 in monthly revenue. Its direct competitor ​​Rare Bits had just gone out of business, and the NFT space wasn’t looking entirely promising. This all changed in February of 2021, when the NFT market completely blew up and more people became interested in the space. The Org takes a look into the background of the leaders who are helping Finzer and Atallah shape the future of the world’s largest NFT marketplace.

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A Look Inside the Org Chart of the World’s Biggest NFT Marketplace

Time is one of those tricky things. We are usually so busy in our work days that we end up exhausted and can’t wait to collapse at the end of the day, but we never seem to get as much done as we hoped. As the un-done items from our to-do lists pile up, we ask ourselves, “where did all my time go?” 

The Org's expert contributor, Larry Spring discusses eight common time traps and ways to rectify them.


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Why Startup CEOs Never Have Enough Time — And What They Can Do About It

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Lori Castillo Martinez has been promoted as Salesforce’s new Chief Equality Officer. She had held the role on an interim basis for the past six months but has now made the change permanent.

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Meet The Team

Wayfair Elevates Ex-Walmart Exec to CTO Amid Tech Team Expansion

Why Women in Tech are Hiding Their Pandemic Pregnancies

The Biggest Moves in Tech This Week

Who are the Non-Founder CEOs in Tech?

Meet the Airbnb Product Team Mafia

How to Scale a Startup: Insights From a LatAm Startup Operator

Founders File: Titan is Bringing Investing to a Younger Generation

DraftKings Names a Marketing Chief as Digital Sports Betting Gains Steam

Uber Health Names its First-Ever Chief Medical Officer

Twitter Hits Refresh on its Cybersecurity Leadership

What Companies Does Microsoft Own?

The First Five Hires at Amazon

10 French Startups to Watch in 2022

DeepMind Co-Founder Leaves Google for an AI VC Role

Apple Names its Second Comms Leader in Less Than a Year

Women in Web3: How to Become a Cryptoasset Analyst

A Look Inside the Org Chart of the World’s Biggest NFT Marketplace

Why Startup CEOs Never Have Enough Time — And What They Can Do About It

The Biggest Moves in Tech This Week

Salesforce Names its Permanent Equality Chief Amid Diversity Push