• Keith Rabois on the Role of a COO, How to Hire and Why Transparency Matters http://firstround.com/review/Keith-Rabois-on-the-role-of-a-COO-how-to-hire-and-why-transparency-matters/ 5 comments 6/6/2016
• Uber Hires Former Lyft COO VanderZanden http://recode.net/2014/10/06/uber-hires-former-lyft-coo-vanderzanden-to-spur-international-growth/ 2 comments 6/10/2014
• Should You Hire A COO? http://blog.eladgil.com/2013/02/should-you-hire-coo.html 3 comments 5/2/2013
• Scribd raises $9M in Series B, hires Bebo COO, and new marketing VP http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/19/scribd-raises-9-million-so-you-can-view-pdfs-online/ 17 comments 19/12/2008
• Heroku COO on RapGenius, legendary hires, and developers’ woman problem http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/28/heroku-chief-opens-up-about-rapgenius-legendary-hires-developers-woman-problem/ 26 comments 28/2/2013
• Developer Auction Hires 19 Year Old Thiel Fellow As COO http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/21/developerauction-sujay-tyle?hacker=news 11 comments 21/1/2013
• Dropbox hires a COO: Dennis Woodside, former Motorola Mobility CEO http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/02/12/dennis-woodside-has-a-new-home-at-dropbox/ 18 comments 13/2/2014
• WP Engine hints at IPO with hiring of Bazaarvoice’s Heather Brunner as its COO http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/04/03/wp-engine-hints-at-potential-ipo-with-hiring-of-bazaarvoices-heather-brunner-as-its-coo/?fromcat=all 10 comments 3/4/2013
• GitHub Hires Former Bitnami Co-Founder Erica Brescia as COO https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/11/github-hires-former-bitnami-co-founder-erica-brescia-as-coo/ 31 comments 11/6/2019

• The #Redskins announce they have hired Brian Lafemina as their new COO and President of Business Operations. Lafemina was previously a Senior VP with the NFL. https://twitter.com/craighoffman/status/996862531879735296 13 comments 16/5/2018 nfl
• Report: Panthers hire Tom Glick as team president, former COO of Manchester City FC https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/08/24/report-panthers-hire-tom-glick-as-team-president/amp/?__twitter_impression=true 15 comments 24/8/2018 nfl
• Theranos’ second lab director got $5K a month to rubber-stamp forms. COO Balwani hired his longtime dermatologist to run Theranos’ lab. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/10/theranos-hired-coos-longtime-dermatologist-as-lab-director-jury-hears/ 10 comments 15/10/2021 technology
• [Wojnarowski] Sources: Denver's Arturas Karnisovas completed a second lengthy interview with the Bulls late this afternoon, which included both owner Jerry Reinsdorf and COO Michael Reinsdorf. Karnisovas is the clear frontrunner in franchise's process to hire a new top basketball executive. http://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1248025367341916161 53 comments 8/4/2020 nba
• The Seattle NHL group has hired former #Canucks⁠ ⁠ executive Victor de Bonis as COO. https://twitter.com/sportsnetirf/status/1059542230770212864?s=21 38 comments 5/11/2018 hockey
• [Marc J. Spears] The new Historical Basketball League, the first college basketball league to compensate and educate its players based on their market value debuting June 2020, hired two-time NBA champ David West as its first COO. West will oversee the development of basketball infrastructure. https://twitter.com/marcjspearsespn/status/1063614862880854016 20 comments 17/11/2018 nba
• [N] DeepMind hires first Chief Operating Officer (COO) to continue growth: Lila Ibrahim, former COO of Coursera https://deepmind.com/blog/welcoming-lila-ibrahim-our-first-chief-operating-officer/ 5 comments 12/4/2018 reinforcementlearning
• Lindsey Thiry: Rams COO Kevin Demoff cited Tony Dungy and Jon Gruden as guys who gave advice what kind of coach to hire. McVay had the qualities. https://twitter.com/lindseythiry/status/819997316656427008 9 comments 13/1/2017 nfl