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

Steve Blank

He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. — In June 2017, the board “retired” Jeff Immelt and promoted John Flannery to CEO. So far in 2017, GE is the worst performing stock on the Dow Jones Industrial average.

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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

Since 2015, the rising interest abroad continues to contribute to steady growth. The most sought-after hires are computer programmers and interactive media developers. This generated $16 billion in annual revenues in 2015. Nova Scotia has the highest digital media tax credits being offered in Canada. Ontario a Tech Giant.

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6 Medical Professionals Who Are Killing It On Social Media

YoungUpstarts

Social Media is a funny place. Enter the new breed, the doctor blogs, the general medical academic blogs, and the nursing blogs taking social media by the horns and making waves. Her blogs are definitely more on the serious and sobering side, but she has won awards for nursing blog of the year in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.

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Marketers Focus More Attention on Mobile Gaming

YoungUpstarts

And 2015 is expected to exceed that same growth with some projecting as much as $40 billion in revenue by 2017. Here are just a few ways that might be manifested in 2015: More Brands Advertising. Newzoo, a video game research firm, reported that 2014 revenue for mobile gaming was $25 billion – up 43% over revenues from 2013.

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5 Ways To Integrate HR And Technology In 2018

YoungUpstarts

PWC’s 2017 Global HR Technology Survey found that the areas HR finds technology most valuable include recruiting, learning management and performance management. An increasing number of human resource professionals are using social media platforms to find and recruit talent.

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Startups: Jan 19 is the Release It Deadline

Austin Startup

All entries that are received before the January 19 entry deadline will be reviewed by a panel of judges comprised of technology industry experts, VCs, angel investors, and high-profile members of the media. Past winners of SXSW Release It include Abartys Health (2017), Inteliclinic Inc. 2016) and Honest Dollar (2015).

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Go global or grow local? The Kiwi startup quandary

NZ Entrepreneur

Founded in 2015, Niesh provides an app designed to meet the challenges of the modern university student, and now offers both a suite of services for brands to connect with the youth market and deals to make every student’s life easier. The business evolved and the Niesh platform followed in 2017.

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