As Rafat Ali reported earlier today, I am joining Yahoo as Senior Director, Product, for the Personals team, starting January 23rd.
I’m excited by the opportunity to focus on one product, energized by both the team and the general Yahoo ethos (and campus-wide talent), and delighted to be working 7 miles from home–a huge change from my usual cross-country commute.
I’ve had some good opportunities in the past few months, but I’ve always thought working for Yahoo would be a good fit, and Personals seems like a wonderful spot for someone obsessed both with transactional sites and with social media(that would be me.)
5ive will continue under the leadership of my business partner, Steven Madoff; we’ll be updating the site to include some of the behind the scenes players of the past few months.
More on this as life unfolds!
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Great news Susan. Congratulations!
Congratulations! It’s a plum job, for sure.
Congrats!?
Congrats & welcome to Yahoo! As a fellow Yahoo! and a frequent reader of your blog, I’m looking forward to seeing what you have in store for Y! Personals.
Wow. Congratulations, Susan.
Congrats!
Congrats Susan, I have been lurking on your blog for a while and decided to delurk and say Congrats
Yay! I think Yahoo! is very lucky to have you.
Does this mean you’re going to stop writing about matters relating to AOL? You’re probably one of the best people to read regarding insight into public news about AOL and the impact it has.
Good luck with the new gig!
Congrats, Susan. I think this is a great move for Yahoo and you! Good fit, for sure.
Congratulations, Susan! Great hire by Yahoo!
Welcome aboard!
Congratulations, Susan! Now, Yahoo has a very interesting mixture of promising technologies and smart people…
Susan: Personals is a great vertical. Good luck with the new job. I’ll look forward to talking with you about it when you are settled in.
Susan, very happy to hear the news. Yahoo truly is becoming the center of the social media universe. Let me know if you need someone to take those frequent flyer miles off your hands. :~)
Hey Susan — been checking in on you now and then since our early adventure with nj.com — congrats on your new position. MSO misses you!
Congratulations Susan! Maybe you can join the Berkeley office of Yahoo?
Congratulations, Susan! They are lucky indeed to have you.
Great news Susan! Congrats! Reporting to A.Z?
congrats! say hi to stewart, caterina and cal for me!
One more good reason for having lunches at URL Cafe :-). Congratulations Susan :-).
Congrats Susan! Yahoo is incredibly lucky. The east coast already misses you…
Congrats!
Congratulations Susan! Yahoo is very lucky!
good going Susan!
thanks everyone–your congrats are much appreciated
Congratulations!
Welcome onboard. Lets grab coffee at URLs when you get settled.
Let me add my congrats to Yahoo for a stellar hire. Susan, your blog has been one of my favorite reads since my Feedster days. I’m already enjoying learning more about the web personal space here.
Great news Susan… good move for both parties…!
Have fun there! I always love visiting Yahoo! Even visited the Personals section! Great set of people, you’ll have a great time working with them.
That is fabulous, Susan. Congratulations and welcome to the yahooplex.