YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2019

What can you do if you have an employee or leader who has poisoned the well? The bar tab will leave you with a hangover that may cost you your company’s reputation. Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Likely higher.

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Leadership Cost Reputation Global 127

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Back in 1999, Amazon patented a feature and changed their own process and on-line commerce forever: One-click purchasing, versus re-entering name, address, and credit card information for every transaction. Focus on reputation over brand. Focus on reputation over brand. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 10/22/2018.

Artificial Inteligence 205

Artificial Inteligence Reputation Viral America 205

ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

“Rare is the business that has a formal disaster plan, let alone one that covers a global Black Swan event.” It can also keep your employees employed or help you retain your job—a modicum of security in uncertain times. These companies tend to over rely on reducing the number of employees. Tim Stewart, trsdigital. Pragmatic.

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Marketing Campaign Non-Compete Lean 121

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

You know our employees are our most important asset.&#. So we launched a global initiative to come up with our own unique strategy based on our years of strategy experience in advising (but never running) companies. I strongly recommend against it.&#. That’s the classic definition of Grin Fucking. Don’t be a grin fucker.

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Framework Reputation Global Employee 378

Ben's Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

After raising our first round of funding for Loudcloud in 1999, we went to visit our new venture capital firm and meet their full team. Superior network – Great professional CEOs know lots of outstanding executives and employees. How did such a new venture capital firm raise so much money?

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Venture Capital Portfolio Cofounder Partner 78

Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Piracy became so associated with startups that when, in 1999, the cable network TNT released a movie about the heated rivalry between Steve Jobs and Apple, and Bill Gates and Microsoft, it was titled, “Pirates of Silicon Valley.” Dara has a reputation for running a no-drama operation (a classic naval leader, in other words).

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Software Review Employee 38