Welcome, Upcoming.org!
The news is out: Upcoming.org is joining us at Yahoo! Well, um. . . yahoo! More from the Upcoming.org guys: Andy, Gordon, and Leonard.
When I joined, I could have easily written what Andy wrote in this post:
I’ve always had a warm and fuzzy feeling about Yahoo. It’s been my browser homepage since forever, and I still have akebono.stanford.edu/yahoo/ stuck in muscle memory. Recently, the nostalgia has been replaced by admiration as I’ve watched them making smart decisions, acquiring great companies (Flickr, anyone?), and hiring all of my friends.
Welcome to the team, guys. It’s a very exciting time indeed. . . .
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