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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

If you think the job of a CEO is to increase sales, then Ballmer did a spectacular job. He tripled Microsoft’s sales to $78 billion and profits more than doubled from $9 billion to $22 billion. The best are agile and know how to pivot – make a substantive change to the business model while or before their market has shifted.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

If you think the job of a CEO is to increase sales, then Ballmer did a spectacular job. He tripled Microsoft’s sales to $78 billion and profits more than doubled from $9 billion to $22 billion. The best are agile and know how to pivot – make a substantive change to the business model while or before their market has shifted.

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Nonprofit CEO Providing PPEs For Essential Workers

Hearpreneur

Founded in 2001, VisionSpring’s mission has always been to provide eyewear to the 2.5 Now, the company and its CEO Ella Gudwin are taking that a step further—offering their resources and capabilities to assist in the manufacturing and distribution of PPE for essential workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 effort.

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Nonprofit CEO Providing PPEs For Essential Workers

Hearpreneur

Founded in 2001, VisionSpring’s mission has always been to provide eyewear to the 2.5 Now, the company and its CEO Ella Gudwin are taking that a step further—offering their resources and capabilities to assist in the manufacturing and distribution of PPE for essential workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 effort.

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Bullpen Capital's Duncan Davidson on VC Funding and "The Era of Cheap"

ReadWriteStart

stock market: The change led by NASDAQ in early 2001 to valuing stocks in increments from one-eighth of a dollar down to one cent. IPOs by year, 1980-2011, with pre-IPO last 12-month sales less than (small firms) or greater than (large firms) $50 million (2009 purchasing power). Number of U.S.

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