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Mint CEO Patzer: "I personally don't think Mint ... should even be covering this particular topic"
June 18, 2010: 5:03 PM ETThis is one in a series of articles leading up to Fortune Brainstorm Tech, which takes place July 22-24 in Aspen, Colo. The articles will look back at the progress of companies that presented at Brainstorm in 2009 as well as look forward to those that will present this year.
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By Shelley DuBois, reporter
Earlier today, Fortune wrote about an infographic on the dangers of immigration -- containing misleading information -- that was posted on Mint.com's "mintlife" blog. We had reached out to Mint.com CEO Aaron Patzer and he responded just as the post went live.
In short, Patzer -- who is also the vice president and general manager of Intuit's (INTU) Personal Finance Group -- disapproves, and says he's dealing with the problem. He wrote this in an email: More
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Mint watches the Twittersphere turn on it -- and then tells the world
A personal finance site learns the danger of personal blogging
UPDATE: Mint CEO Patzer responds.
Social media can be a glorious way to reach customers -- and to let them return the love in a very public way. But, as Mint -- a division of Intuit (INTU) -- is learning, sometimes showing off how much people are talking about you can quickly turn into a business nightmare.
The story starts with a recent MORE
Shelley DuBois, writer-reporter - Jun 18, 2010 4:47 PM ET
