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

Steve Blank

This article first appeared on the Harvard Business Review blog. He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. GE’s gross margin was 21% last year, compared with 28% at United Technologies and 30% at Siemens.

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top 10 posts from 2008

Altgate

That’s actually about what I would have guessed had I not seen the Google Analytics numbers. Although in 2008 I did learn that this is called a “ sneeze page.&# Who knew? Tips: $75 Killver VC Pitch Deck Not much to learn here. Bookmark the permalink.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

genylabs.typepad.com

Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. New Communications Review. September 2011. August 2011. April 2011. March 2011. February 2011. January 2011. Most tech start-ups fail. Follow us on Twitter.

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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

www.xconomy.com

Tech Channels ▾ Cleantech ›. Innovation Report Shows San Diego Added 695 Tech Jobs at End of 2011. San Diego’s Free EvoNexus Tech Incubator Gains Qualcomm Expertise. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. View More in Seattle ›. View More in Cleantech ›. Health IT ›.

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Daddy, What Does a Chief Technology Officer Do?

dontbesoanalytical.blogspot.com

Dont Be So Analytical!!! From time to time, Ill address information technology, and how it impacts business and daily life. Saturday, February 16, 2008. Daddy, What Does a Chief Technology Officer Do? should rest with a COO; the CTO is a research and ad tech discipline in the strategic planning domain.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

in 2016, as an advanced e-mobility and automotive technology company with the mission to develop world-class, emotionally-compelling vehicles featuring the most forward-thinking automotive technologies in existence. In 2011, I began learning about hair restoration and started North Atlanta Hair Restoration in 2012.

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The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 1)

Software By Rob

If you haven’t followed this blog in the past, I’m a guy who launched several web startup/product ideas, acquired several more, had many failures and enough successes that I was able to shut down my consulting firm back in 2008. After co-hosting MicroConf in early 2011 I was on the prowl for the next big thing.