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Does America Care Anymore? How We Can Change The Answer To “Yes”.

YoungUpstarts

Exhibit B: Impersonal automated call technology increases the time we must wait to talk to a human (not to mention our frustration!). Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants his maturing company to start focusing on “loving the people we serve.” Here are 11 strategies to help create a caring culture in your organization: 1.

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Hubris Versus Humility: The $15 billion Difference

Steve Blank

By 1992 Research in Motion (RIM) had been in business for eight years, had 16 employees, sales of about $500,000 a year, and three or four business lines. That year the two founders decided to get serious about being a company, and hired a CEO. RIM and TiVo are two examples of getting it right and wrong. Research in Motion (RIM).

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Invest in Israel Newsletter: July 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

ICQ FOUNDER SELLS ISRAEL’S DOTOMI FOR $295 MLN. Dotomi founder Yair Goldfinger also co-founded ICQ, the technology known today as instant messaging. “In Lightech, we found extraordinary technology and business. ValueClick Inc. acquired digital marketer Dotomi Inc., GE Lighting has acquired Lightech Ltd.

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