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Former Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson has launched a monthly newsletter called “Chad Dickerson’s Fieldnotes.” He said he plans to cover a wide range of issues – and his time at Etsy will be on the […]
Etsy appointed a former PayPal executive to head technology, naming Mike Fisher its new Chief Technology Officer, effective immediately. Fisher will report to Etsy’s new CEO Josh Silverman and is tasked with, among other things, […]
Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson had some interesting things to say to Wall Street analysts on Wednesday, including talking about a competitive advantage that gets shoppers hooked on the marketplace. Dickerson called weddings a “gateway drug” […]
Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson wrote a letter to sellers who were impacted by the payment-processing problem the marketplace experienced last month. Those buyers and sellers who had been hoping for some form of compensation for […]
Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson will give the keynote address at his company’s first Etsy Up conference for sellers next month. The company announced the event earlier this month, and has since made available more information […]
Etsy is running two Fireside Chats on the topic of entrepreneurship, one with Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson. The next Fireside Chat will take place on January 19th, and joining host Heather Jassy, who is Etsy […]
“It’s really important to understand Etsy is not a craft marketplace,” Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson told investors and Wall Street analysts at the Citi Global Technology Conference on Thursday. Etsy operates in over 50 retail […]
Most sellers of handmade goods on Etsy are barred from using manufacturers – a policy that a majority of sellers seem to approve. But last year, the company launched a program to open the doors […]
Should companies demonstrate a sense of social responsibility? Etsy’s CEO thinks they should. In an essay published on LinkedIn, Chad Dickerson explained he was asked by the site’s editors to answer the question, “What is […]
One year after making a radical change to its policy around what constitutes “handmade” on craft-and-vintage goods website Etsy, its CEO discussed the changes on the Etsy blog. In October 2013, Etsy broadened its Handmade category to […]