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"I reached out to co-founder Jason Freedman who said that the company is not ready to disclose additional details about the funding round. That being the case,

"I reached out to co-founder Jason Freedman who said that the company is not ready to disclose additional details about the funding round. That being the case, he (or likely an underling) would have been better off not posting it on the the tech world’s version of the water cooler." ======================== Well.. I think adding the "(unannounced) Series A" to a job posting wasn't that stupid after all. On the contrary, they just got free coverage from PandoDaily. Probably when they officially announce their Series A in a few weeks they'll get press again. Jason Freedman is a pretty smart guy and I've been following his (old) blog (humbledMBA) for a long time. I would be very surprised if this was mistakenly added to the job posting. :)

jaf12duke 14y ago
Thanks Phillip--appreciate the nice words. I wish it was more calculated than it was. We've been mum about our financing because, well, it's just not necessary to talk about it yet. We like to talk about financing only in conjunction with product launches. That's why we're here anyways--to make something people want--the funding is just one part of that goal. However, a big part of recruiting is showing some likelihood of having a big impact on the world and cash in the bank can often play a large role in a prospective employee's mind. So, we released our amount but not the investors (I had promised TechCrunch that I would call them first with investor names). A similar comment had been on our jobs page for months already with no one writing about it. I was hoping that the lack of investor names would hold off a story for now. PandoDaily contacted me almost instantly. I told them I'd prefer to wait on a story, but I fully understood their right and obligation to publish. The guys at PandoDaily are first class. I'll continue to work with them on future stories because they're good journalists that still took the time to talk through the situation with me. Either way, it's out. Back to work...

jaf12duke 14y ago

Thanks Phillip--appreciate the nice words. I wish it was more calculated than it was. We've been mum about our financing because, well, it's just not necessary to talk about it yet. We like to talk about financing only in conjunction with product launches. That's why we're here anyways--to make something people want--the funding is just one part of that goal. However, a big part of recruiting is showing some likelihood of having a big impact on the world and cash in the bank can often play a large role in a prospective employee's mind. So, we released our amount but not the investors (I had promised TechCrunch that I would call them first with investor names). A similar comment had been on our jobs page for months already with no one writing about it. I was hoping that the lack of investor names would hold off a story for now. PandoDaily contacted me almost instantly. I told them I'd prefer to wait on a story, but I fully understood their right and obligation to publish. The guys at PandoDaily are first class. I'll continue to work with them on future stories because they're good journalists that still took the time to talk through the situation with me. Either way, it's out. Back to work...