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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. So is John Rice, the head of Global Operations along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. During Jeff Immelt’s tenure GE’s stock-market value fell by about half. Beth Comstock is out.

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2021 was a record breaking year for Israeli startups. What now?

VC Cafe

Israeli tech investments 2015-2021 (source: IVC ). 2021 Tech Trends: Israel is winning the global race for tech funding. Part of a global trend. Records were broken globally as well, both in terms of funding and number of unicorns. To put things in context: startup fundraising 2021 Global: $643 billion ??US:

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COVID-19 – Accelerating The Destruction Of Corporate Arrogance

YoungUpstarts

In 2015, McKinsey did a study of average corporate lifespans on the S&P 500. And today, the rate of global change is so rapid that even these four year-old estimations are optimistic. As a company grows, corporate leaders must become fixated on the stock price, internal politics and compliance.

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Gen Z Making money: From Social Media Influencers to Gig Economy

VC Cafe

To that end, travel and leisure are an important part of the work-life balance (presumably this lifestyle will return after the world sees an end to the global COVID-19 pandemic) as is sharing these experiences. The post Gen Z Making money: From Social Media Influencers to Gig Economy appeared first on VC Cafe. Show me the money.

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13 Sites You Love Built With Ruby On Rails

YoungUpstarts

As for 2015, the number of its users reached the 6 million point. Their website provides stock market information, business news, useful article – and it all looks just perfect, thanks to Rails. This ad-supported streaming service provides its users with movies, clips, TV shows and other streaming media. Couchsurfing.

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[Review] Twitter Is Not A Strategy

YoungUpstarts

Rather, effective marketing begins with deep customer insights that translate into a great brand idea that is media-agnostic. I love how it cuts through the fluff of “go digital or die” marketing while proposing a measured way to weave brand marketing into both mass and new media channels. The best engagement ideas are media neutral.

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10 of the Most Successful Investors of the Last 10 Years

The Startup Magazine

The global financial crisis started in 2007 and it went on for much of 2008. These shares propelled him to billionaire status in 2015 when the firm’s market value soared. He runs a hedge fund focused on consumers and industrial stock. In 2018, Live Current Media bought it for $5 million. Source: Pexels. Sean Belnick.

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