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		<title>This Is What Sheryl Sandberg Looks Like When You Refuse to Lean In</title>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:07:19 -0400</pubDate>
					<link>http://betabeat.com/2013/04/this-is-what-sheryl-sandberg-looks-like-when-you-refuse-to-lean-in/</link>
			<dc:creator>Kelly Faircloth</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Betabeat was just perusing Flickr for photos of Sheryl Sandberg, as we do, and happened upon an image of the Facebook COO in what looks like a moment of sheer disappointment. As it turns out, the photo was taken in somber circumstances: Ms. Sandberg was at Davos, dressed down <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/techonomy/2012/01/30/davos-is-about-more-than-money/">to participate in Refugee Run</a>, an educational experiment meant to teach high-and-mighty global elites a mock lesson in hardship.</p>
<p>But we can't help but think this is also the face she'd make unless you run into your boss' office and demand a raise THIS INSTANT. <!--more--></p>
<p><div id="attachment_83983" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 402px"><a href="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/4324554264_3da6c0d00a_z.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-83983" alt="(Photo via Flickr Creative Commons, © Thomas Williams/Crossroads Foundation)" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/4324554264_3da6c0d00a_z.jpg?w=300" width="392" height="259" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(Photo via Flickr Creative Commons, © Thomas Williams/Crossroads Foundation)</p></div></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/crossroads_foundation/4324554264/">She is just</a> so, SO disappointed in you for leaving before you leave.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Betabeat was just perusing Flickr for photos of Sheryl Sandberg, as we do, and happened upon an image of the Facebook COO in what looks like a moment of sheer disappointment. As it turns out, the photo was taken in somber circumstances: Ms. Sandberg was at Davos, dressed down <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/techonomy/2012/01/30/davos-is-about-more-than-money/">to participate in Refugee Run</a>, an educational experiment meant to teach high-and-mighty global elites a mock lesson in hardship.</p>
<p>But we can't help but think this is also the face she'd make unless you run into your boss' office and demand a raise THIS INSTANT. <!--more--></p>
<p><div id="attachment_83983" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 402px"><a href="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/4324554264_3da6c0d00a_z.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-83983" alt="(Photo via Flickr Creative Commons, © Thomas Williams/Crossroads Foundation)" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/4324554264_3da6c0d00a_z.jpg?w=300" width="392" height="259" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(Photo via Flickr Creative Commons, © Thomas Williams/Crossroads Foundation)</p></div></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/crossroads_foundation/4324554264/">She is just</a> so, SO disappointed in you for leaving before you leave.</p>
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		<title>Okay, Which of You Got Freaky With the CEO of a &#8216;Prominent Web Startup&#8217; at Davos?</title>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:45:14 -0400</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Kelly Faircloth</dc:creator>
				
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<p>It seems no opportunity for romance is outside the purview of dating site HowAboutWe. Hence <a href="http://www.howaboutwe.com/date-report/how-about-we-rent-a-jet-the-adventures-of-dating-in-davos/#">this recap</a> of the pickins for participants at Davos, the Model U.N. for wealthy grown-ups. Apparently, "the dynamics at Davos are basically the same as the dynamics of any other group of human beings." We're as shocked as you are!</p>
<p>The primary source for the post was a nameless tech CEO, who swore the younger attendees, at least, kept it pretty chaste:<!--more--></p>
<blockquote><p>“There’s a bizarrely non-sexual attitude in Davos,” the tech CEO said. “You can dance around with men or women with abandon…but it’s only the older delegates who seem to push to take someone up to a hotel room.”</p></blockquote>
<p>Who knew Nobel laureates and their jet-setting ilk were so handsy?</p>
<p>The after-dark scene was reportedly even a bit quieter this year, despite party boy Sean Parker's <a href="http://betabeat.com/2013/01/sean-parker-davos-lloyd-blankfein-word-economic-forum-laser-taxidermy/">best efforts</a>. "This year the mood seemed less revelrous, particularly after two of the most exclusive gatherings—Accel Partners and the Google Party—were cancelled," <a href="http://www.howaboutwe.com/date-report/how-about-we-rent-a-jet-the-adventures-of-dating-in-davos/#">says HowAboutWe</a>.</p>
<p>But it seems at least a couple of techies found the opportunity to get their freak on. And so there appears this intriguing little blind item:</p>
<blockquote><p>Despite the real estate hurdles, some managed just fine—one global shaper was overheard bragging to her friends that she’d gone home the previous night with the CEO of one of the world’s most prominent web startups.</p></blockquote>
<p>Disclaimers! First off, anyone seriously identified as a "global shaper" is, more likely than not, embroidering on the details of her conquest. We'd also wager there's a bit of telephone at work here. (There's a reason hearsay isn't admissible in a court of law.)</p>
<p>Nonetheless, to the nameless CEO, we say: You saucy devil. Also, maybe screen for discretion in your paramours.</p>
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<p>It seems no opportunity for romance is outside the purview of dating site HowAboutWe. Hence <a href="http://www.howaboutwe.com/date-report/how-about-we-rent-a-jet-the-adventures-of-dating-in-davos/#">this recap</a> of the pickins for participants at Davos, the Model U.N. for wealthy grown-ups. Apparently, "the dynamics at Davos are basically the same as the dynamics of any other group of human beings." We're as shocked as you are!</p>
<p>The primary source for the post was a nameless tech CEO, who swore the younger attendees, at least, kept it pretty chaste:<!--more--></p>
<blockquote><p>“There’s a bizarrely non-sexual attitude in Davos,” the tech CEO said. “You can dance around with men or women with abandon…but it’s only the older delegates who seem to push to take someone up to a hotel room.”</p></blockquote>
<p>Who knew Nobel laureates and their jet-setting ilk were so handsy?</p>
<p>The after-dark scene was reportedly even a bit quieter this year, despite party boy Sean Parker's <a href="http://betabeat.com/2013/01/sean-parker-davos-lloyd-blankfein-word-economic-forum-laser-taxidermy/">best efforts</a>. "This year the mood seemed less revelrous, particularly after two of the most exclusive gatherings—Accel Partners and the Google Party—were cancelled," <a href="http://www.howaboutwe.com/date-report/how-about-we-rent-a-jet-the-adventures-of-dating-in-davos/#">says HowAboutWe</a>.</p>
<p>But it seems at least a couple of techies found the opportunity to get their freak on. And so there appears this intriguing little blind item:</p>
<blockquote><p>Despite the real estate hurdles, some managed just fine—one global shaper was overheard bragging to her friends that she’d gone home the previous night with the CEO of one of the world’s most prominent web startups.</p></blockquote>
<p>Disclaimers! First off, anyone seriously identified as a "global shaper" is, more likely than not, embroidering on the details of her conquest. We'd also wager there's a bit of telephone at work here. (There's a reason hearsay isn't admissible in a court of law.)</p>
<p>Nonetheless, to the nameless CEO, we say: You saucy devil. Also, maybe screen for discretion in your paramours.</p>
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		<title>Is Foursquare on Marissa Mayer&#8217;s Silicon Alley Shopping List?</title>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:48:34 -0400</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Patrick Clark</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_77613" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/mayer-bb.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-77613" alt="(Screencap from Bloomberg TV)" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/mayer-bb.png?w=300" width="300" height="165" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(Screencap from Bloomberg TV)</p></div></p>
<p>There's rarely been a shortage of speculation on the future of Foursquare, the New York startup everyone loves and nobody knows how to monetize. Just last month, a story in <em>The Wall Street Journal </em>and had us wondering whether Apple might <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324907204578186074223787936.html">kick the tires</a> on Dennis Crowley's company as a way to buttress its iOS Maps.<!--more--></p>
<p>Now from the World Economic Forum in Davos comes reason to wonder whether another Silicon Valley giant might have its eye on the Silicon Alley starlet.</p>
<p>In an <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/video/yahoo-ceo-says-personalization-is-future-of-search-XDvwyS~OTCOMXwWq~j8m2w.html">interview</a> with Bloomberg Television's Erik Schatzker, Yahoo CEO Mariss Mayer said that location-based services are among the most exciting in the technology industry:</p>
<blockquote><p>"I think there are amazing things you get to see all the time. All kinds of amazing technologies on mobile. When you think about what it means to be location sensitive…Some of these are very basic in terms of things like being able to check in, so there's Foursquare, but if you actually know where people are and where they check in, there are all sorts of sophisticated and interesting thing you can go on to do. So I think there are amazing technologies like that."</p></blockquote>
<p>Might a New York City shopping trip be in the works?</p>
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<p>There's rarely been a shortage of speculation on the future of Foursquare, the New York startup everyone loves and nobody knows how to monetize. Just last month, a story in <em>The Wall Street Journal </em>and had us wondering whether Apple might <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324907204578186074223787936.html">kick the tires</a> on Dennis Crowley's company as a way to buttress its iOS Maps.<!--more--></p>
<p>Now from the World Economic Forum in Davos comes reason to wonder whether another Silicon Valley giant might have its eye on the Silicon Alley starlet.</p>
<p>In an <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/video/yahoo-ceo-says-personalization-is-future-of-search-XDvwyS~OTCOMXwWq~j8m2w.html">interview</a> with Bloomberg Television's Erik Schatzker, Yahoo CEO Mariss Mayer said that location-based services are among the most exciting in the technology industry:</p>
<blockquote><p>"I think there are amazing things you get to see all the time. All kinds of amazing technologies on mobile. When you think about what it means to be location sensitive…Some of these are very basic in terms of things like being able to check in, so there's Foursquare, but if you actually know where people are and where they check in, there are all sorts of sophisticated and interesting thing you can go on to do. So I think there are amazing technologies like that."</p></blockquote>
<p>Might a New York City shopping trip be in the works?</p>
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