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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

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It can also keep your employees employed or help you retain your job—a modicum of security in uncertain times. In 2002, McKinsey published a study of 1,000 U.S. These companies tend to over rely on reducing the number of employees. But nothing gets better if we stand still. Work can be a welcome intellectual distraction.

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Taking Corporate VC: When It Makes Sense

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I was an early employee at PayPal and back in the 2000-2001 timeframe, and we ended up taking a fairly significant amount of strategic investment (tens of millions of $) from various banks in the US, Europe, and Asia. 2) Is now the right time for us?

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

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After settling on the idea of illumination and ilumity, we went through 2 revisions to pick the ideal spelling. 2 – My Father Visited a Neighborhood. We have been running at it for just over 2 years and the name has worked perfectly! Thanks to Joseph Liu, Career Relaunch Podcast ! #2 Image Credit: Jacob Layani.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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Or, rather, more offensively to Facebook and Google employees, less offensive to.NET developers, though the underlying message is the same.). March 25, 2011 at 2:02 pm. March 25, 2011 at 2:03 pm. March 25, 2011 at 2:07 pm. March 25, 2011 at 2:11 pm.NET isn’t a language, it is a platform and a set of base libraries.

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