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

Steve Blank

During Jeff Immelt’s tenure GE’s stock-market value fell by about half. Its stock is trading where it was 20 years ago. So far in 2017, GE is the worst performing stock on the Dow Jones Industrial average. In 2015 Trian Partners, an activist investor, bought $2.5 billion of GE stock – about 1.5%

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Must-Haves For Your Online Store In 2015

YoungUpstarts

With continued innovation in e-commerce technologies, what should online merchants do to take advantage of such innovation to keep their online store abreast in 2015? Let’s just look at the shopping cart – there are not only many hopping cart technologies out there now, there are also of growing quality. Responsive design.

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The Great Coding School Rollup of 2015

Feld Thoughts

We were bought for a more reasonable 1x revenue (and about 4x pre-tax income) when the value of the AmeriData stock, options, and cash we took out were factored in. The post The Great Coding School Rollup of 2015 appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Consolidation and rollup rhyme also (well – actually they are synonyms.).

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Entrepreneur Finance Advice: Top 5 Monthly Dividend Stocks

The Startup Magazine

If this type of payout interests you, read on to learn more about the top stocks that pay monthly dividends. Realty Income is a commercial real estate investment trust and a popular monthly dividend stock for investors. Established in 1994, Realty Income is a quality choice for a monthly dividend stock. Realty Income.

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2022 Predictions

Eric Friedman

Bullish in this space since 2015 I see the air cover in place for institutions and private wealth managers to now take the plunge. 4/ Streaming equity – venture funds + employee stock becomes more liquid. cash + stock vs. FTEs. Since there just isn’t enough to go around, I see the price moving up. 3/ Apple acquires Peloton.

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Top 3 Security Takeaways From 2015

YoungUpstarts

With the holidays firmly in the rearview mirror and 2016 now fully underway, business leaders are taking stock of the year just passed and adjusting strategies for the coming months. So what were the top three security takeaways for 2015? by Bill Carey , Vice President of Marketing & Business Development at Siber Systems Inc. .

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8 Ways To Maximize The Value Of Your Startup Stock

Startup Professionals Musings

When an entrepreneur first incorporates his or her business, he or she may find him or herself the proud owner of 10 million shares of common stock, commonly called founder’s shares. Make sure the government waits for a stock sale to collect taxes. Spread stock issuance over an earning period. In the U.S.,

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