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SurveyMonkey's CEO Dies While Vacationing With Wife Sheryl Sandberg
McGruber writes: Dave Goldberg, the chief executive of SurveyMonkey and spouse of Facebook COO Sheryl K. Sandberg, died on Friday night. He was 47. 'We are heartbroken by this news,' Facebook said in a statement. Mark Zuckerberg, a friend of the family, said that Mr. Goldberg died while on vacation abroad with Ms. Sandberg. Goldberg built Surveymonkey into a provider of web surveys on almost every topic imaginable, with 500 employees and 25 million surveys created. News reports said it was valued at nearly $2 billion when it raised a round of funding last year.
This was reported all over yesterday. I'm tired of the headline already (yes it's unfortunate tragedy). But Slashdot has to rehash this day old piece of news doesn't it? I'm really tired of this story
> and spouse of Facebook COO Sheryl K. Sandberg
> vacation abroad with Ms. Sandberg
n/t
i'm just glad i've got a clear conscious
isnt survey monkey the ads that were all over everything back in the early 2000s that always led to malware??? or am i thinking of a different group
have you seen my sig? there are many others like it but none that are the same
A) Sad
B) Happy
C) Indifferent
D) None of the Above
Why should I care about homeless bloodsuckers?
Dude was fat and lead a stressful life. Under these conditions, such things happen.
This is not a slight or an insult, it is a statement of fact about the general lifestyle of Americans like myself: Diet, exercise, and stress reduction, unless you want to go at 45, 50 or 60 (and 60 is the new 45) ...
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
If it were Gates/Jobs/Ellison/Woz/McNealy/Bezos/Dell....OK. That warrants a thread here.
But the CEO of some random online survey company?
Oh wait....Facebook related....gotcha.
And why about the rich ones?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Inhale that funky Zuckersnatch
Cuz they contribute to society (most of them, at least, including dave).
I count 25 'bergs on the NYT article.
Slashobituary
Maybe He Leaned In to the knife she was holding.
SurveyMonkey's CEO Dies While Vacationing With Wife Susan Sandberg
Dave Goldberg, the chief executive of SurveyMonkey and spouse of Facebook COO Sheryl K. Sandberg, died on Friday night.
Her name is Sheryl. It's fairly well-known. How do you screw this up when the correct name is in the first sentence of the summary?
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Karma.
"If any question why we died, Tell them because our fathers lied."
Come on man. Lighten up a little. He died, we're supposed to speak well of the dead. Save the hatred for the live assholes.
The summary says Sheryl and the title says Susan. Susan Sandberg is an NPR reporter famous for the cranberry relish recipe and a cute story that goes with it.
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
To all: life is short, so life it to the fullest every day. RIP Mr. Sandberg.
sigs are for losers (except to point out that sigs are for losers)
You think Surveymonkey was a contribution to society?
I didn't realize /dot was a place for obituaries. Who the fuck cares? So many people die in tech everyday but these assholes get a headline?
I think it is strange that someone is vacationing with their spouse now.
Mod up.
Mod up
Okay then, please tell me all the nice things you have to say about Hitler.
What do you call a dead Silicon Valley entrepreneur, venture capitalist and CEO?
A good start.
Damn right.
After reading the comments here, and noting the level of caring, consideration and sympathy for a family going through very difficult circumstances, I've concluded I should never die.
Lemmings are silly; dinosaurs are extinct.
They're a bit like religion. Yes, there are some good aspects, but in total, it's more of a hassle than the benefits warrant.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
I think he leaned in a bit to far and fell.
I should use this sig to advertise my book ISBN-13 : 978-1501515132.
What a bunch of assholes you all seem to be.
Someone dies. A spouse, father and son, and everyone's reaction seems to be along the lines of "good riddance". Two children are going to grow up without a father and your best attempt at humanity is "ohh another 1%-er died - so what"
Is this news - no, but it is social interest. Its a reminder to live whatever life you have to the best you can, because you never know when you'll die.
So get out of your parent's basement and do something today that makes people proud to know you.
richard - 48, overweight, stressed, 2%-er
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Yeah, way more than homeless bums do. At a very minimum, Survey Monkey provides jobs. Secondly, with their product, they help other companies that provide jobs. Tell me, how do homeless contribute?
Valued by investors with shares of SurveyMonkey, no doubt.
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I think it is strange that someone is vacationing with their spouse now.
His mistress must have had a previous engagement.
'The tyrant will always find pretext for his tyranny.' - Aesop's Fables
Okay then, please tell me all the nice things you have to say about Hitler.
He was a good public speaker.
In the end ot doesn't matter who you are or how much money you have, but how much you loved.
So beware you corporate captains of industry, in the end it's God.
I knew Dice would appreciate the sentiment ; )
Way to introduce a random topic.
An Opportunist with an axe to grind.
why this even made /. news is stupid crazy
AND he killed himself. Too late, mind you, shoulda done it at least 5-6 years earlier . . .
He "leaned in" to a bus.
When I can't say anything nice I simply say nothing at all.
They don't but that's our fault because of the way our society works. There is not enough money for every American to live an average life with the current wealth distribution. Sadly for the top 1% to exist there has to be the bottom 1%.. You also have to take into account that many of those homeless people have serious mental issues with few options to help them. The best we can do now is put them in jail, but it's not a crime to be homeless. Saying that makes me sick and there is nothing I can do about it when I'm living week to week like so many others.
Must have been something really special - like a solar eclipse on the equinox or something - usually the priest=kings of the .01% usually only work the proles to death, not the mandarins.j
Yes, let's speak well of Adolf Hitler. He's dead you know?
Cool.
When I can't say anything nice, I say something unkind. It's more honest.
Me to.
One thing you can say in favor of homeless people . . . they don't give their startups stupid names like SurveyMonkey.
I'm not asking for a full autopsy report, but I'm tired of "famous person dies from undisclosed cause." Was it natural causes or something else? I know this may not be the case here, but I hate when people celebrate a person who dies in a less than noble manner (example: celebrity role model dieing from drug overdose)
...like a fish needs a bicycle.
That's what I was thinking too
A kitten smiles.
Mr. Sandberg's wife doesn't go by Mrs. Goldberg?
If this guy is so important his death is a "second page" story, what's the cause of death?
"Unexpected" and "Suddenly" are often euphemisms obituary writers use for suicide, drug overdoses, or "sordid" circumstances. If it was a massive sudden heart attack, why not "Heart Attack". If a late-diagnosed cancer, why not "after ineffective treatment" (and then why "Vacation"?)
Sure, overweight middle aged Jewish guys suddenly dying of heart disease is not unheard of, but the near universal glaring vagueness of the circumstances of his death in the media is a bit odd.
The reason it's important is: 1) The Surviving Spouse has hawked a book about her perfect marriage and humble-bragged details of her private life. 2) Apparent deference to a well-connected Power Couple.
I heard they they were actually in Bergen County when this happened.
Test for shellfish toxin.
The spouse did it.
I'm not serious, but this whole push for people to be aggressive and have everything they could ever want isn't super healthy...
They give people like you someone to feel superior to. Without them, you'd compare pretty poorly.
I know, he's really a lot nicer now.