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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

Steve Blank

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. Or they may even put the entire company up for sale. Jeff Immelt ran GE for 16 years.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. As a technologist he felt the US was “ground zero&# for technology innovation.

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How Employee Experience Shapes Brand Perception

Duct Tape Marketing

Tiffani emphasizes the need for a balanced approach to company strategy that involves all stakeholders, including IT, Marketing, Sales, Operations, and HR. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Every year inbound brings together leaders across business, sales, marketing, customer success, operations, and more.

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

Steve Blank

Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. 16 years later it’s just another software company. If you think the job of a CEO is to increase sales, then Ballmer did a spectacular job. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times.

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

Steve Blank

Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. 16 years later it’s just another software company. If you think the job of a CEO is to increase sales, then Ballmer did a spectacular job. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times.

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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

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The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. Team must be purely technical. Price MUST be in a certain range.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. But everything has intrinsic value.