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RealSelf layoffs: Cosmetic procedure review company cuts staff

RealSelf, a Seattle-based cosmetic treatment review and resource platform, laid off part of its workforce last week. The layoffs affected… Read More

Cosmetic treatment review platform RealSelf lays off 11 employees

RealSelf, the Seattle-based cosmetic treatment review platform, laid off 11 employees, or about 4.7% of its workforce this week. Chief… Read More

Cosmetic review platform RealSelf cuts 13% of workforce, names permanent CEO

Cosmetic treatment review platform RealSelf last month slashed 13% of its workforce, or about 40 employees, the company confirmed. It… Read More

Tech Moves: RealSelf appoints interim CEO; Hootsuite hires CFO; ex-Tune CEO lands at Roku

— RealSelf CEO James Coyle stepped down and Jeff Kizilbash has been named interim CEO of the cosmetic review platform.… Read More

RealSelf acquires cosmetic treatment platform serving users in Europe and Latin America

The news: Seattle-based RealSelf, the cosmetic treatment review platform, has acquired YNS Group, a portfolio of online destinations, including Multiestetica, that… Read More

Tech Moves: Airbnb HR leader joins Convoy; OutSystems hires Microsoft vets; Highspot’s new chief scientist; and more

—Digital freight startup Convoy announced Sunita Solao, previously an HR leader at Airbnb, as vice president of people and a… Read More

RealSelf names new CEO as cosmetic procedure review business bounces back after pandemic dip

RealSelf has a new CEO as the Seattle-based startup sees renewed interest in its cosmetic review platform. The company promoted… Read More

Cosmetic treatment review startup RealSelf cuts staff as elective medical procedures are put on hold

RealSelf is the latest tech startup to cut staff as the COVID-19 crisis forces businesses across various industries to slash… Read More

Tech Moves: RealSelf marketing exec departs; Haiku Deck founder joins Microsoft Minecraft team

— Jani Strand is out at RealSelf, just nine months after joining the cosmetic review site as chief brand and… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon hires former Washington state senator; RealSelf names two editorial leaders; and more

Cosmetic treatment review platform RealSelf named two new senior editorial hires. Tara Kraft has joined as editorial director and Carolyn… Read More

RealSelf CTO and product leader to depart, following earlier layoffs in January

More changes are going down at RealSelf, the Seattle-based cosmetic treatment review platform. RealSelf CTO Matt Woodward and vice president… Read More

RealSelf cuts 14% of staff, blames Google search algorithm change for slowing traffic

Less than a year after raising a $40 million investment round, Seattle-based cosmetic treatment review platform RealSelf is cutting staff… Read More

Working Geek: To botox or not to botox? RealSelf’s Tom Seery helps consumers find their answer

More than a decade ago, Tom Seery’s wife was the inspiration for the launch of RealSelf, a site featuring public… Read More

After 10 years, RealSelf raises $40M to ‘hit the gas’ and take cosmetic treatment review platform global

RealSelf has raised its first substantial round of outside capital to bring the cosmetic treatment review hub to users around the… Read More

Tech Moves: Jenny Lam joins Oracle as design SVP; Starbucks engineering VP joins DefinedCrowd; and more

Jenny Lam, a longtime Seattle tech design leader, is now at Oracle. Oracle confirmed to GeekWire that Lam has joined the… Read More

GeekWork Picks: BECU seeks senior cloud architect to drive new technologies

BECU is a well-known, home-grown brand to many in the Pacific Northwest. The credit union traces its roots to plane… Read More

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GeekWork Picks: Rover seeks engineers to help grow dog-sitting platform

Rover has come a long way since it was founded in Seattle in 2011. The dog-sitting tech company has acquired one… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Redfin expands engineering and data teams as it prepares to go public

Seattle-based real estate company Redfin made waves a few weeks ago when it filed for an initial public offering, possibly… Read More

RealSelf employee fought off sexual assault with training she learned at work — and now the startup is offering the class to the public

Editor’s note: This story contains explicit language. After Kelly Herron fought off a sexual offender in a bathroom at Seattle’s Golden… Read More

Tech Moves: Cray hires new SVP of R&D; RealSelf adds former Amazon, Microsoft execs; and more

Cray, the Seattle supercomputer maker, announced a new addition to its leadership team: tech veteran Stathis Papaefstathiou has joined the… Read More

RealSelf doubles Seattle footprint with new headquarters, plans hiring spree in 2017

RealSelf, an online community for people seeking cosmetic procedures and the clinicians that perform them, is on the move. The… Read More

Tech Moves: Amplero adds Santo Criscuolo as VP of sales; ReachNow hires marketing vet Leigh McMillan; and more

Amplero, a Seattle-based machine learning marketing platform, added marketing veteran Santo Criscuolo as vice president of sales this week. Criscuolo comes to… Read More

Cosmetic surgery community RealSelf launches fellowship to send doctors abroad

RealSelf, an online community for people seeking cosmetic procedures and the clinicians that perform them, is launching a fellowship program.… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Technology Alliance director heads into tech PR; RealSelf names VP of people; and more

—APCO Worldwide added former Technology Alliance executive director Susannah Malarkey as a senior advisor to its technology-focused public relations practice based in Seattle.… Read More

3 reasons getting sued was the best thing to ever happen to my startup

Editor’s note: Following news of Lifestyle Lift (a national chain of cosmetic surgery centers known primarily for aggressively advertising a… Read More

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