Pilgrim’s Picks for November 15 – Where’s Vanessa Fox Edition

Thursday, November 15th, 2007 by Andy Beal

It’s a rainy day in Raleigh, so let’s spread a little sunshine with these bright news items.

Watch out! Vanessa Fox is on the move again. After a brief stint at Zillow, she’s now an entrepreneur in residence for Ignition Partners. Recognize that name? Yep, the same company that invested in SEOmoz recently. It looks like Rand will get Vanessa on his BOD after all.
E-tailers, are you ready for the Christmas influx? How about your customer service? E-consultancy offers 10 tips for improving customer service over the holidays.
Google’s Marissa Mayer will be one of the judges for "You Be the VC" an American Idol for start-ups.
European Commission competition authorities refused Tuesday to approve Google’s $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick and ordered further reviews of the deal. Google’s kinda upset about it. (via)
Microsoft’s Live Search Webmaster Tools Beta is now open to testing by a few. I took a look, then the next thing I know I wake up two hours later. Webmasterworld is discussing its value too.

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Dean Says:

November 15th, 2007 at 12:10 pm

Re: Vanessa Fox…

Brief Stint??? 4 months is not a “brief stint”…it’s a coffee break. Obviously, something was very wrong.
Andy Beal Says:

November 15th, 2007 at 1:22 pm

@Dean – I can’t speak for Vanessa – she can correct me if I’m wrong – but I never got the impression that Zillow was a permanent gig for her. Maybe they offered her a ton of money to spend 4 months downloading her Google data.
rcjordan Says:

November 15th, 2007 at 2:41 pm

And real estate in the US isn’t the hottest vertical to be in, either.

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