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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. — In June 2017, the board “retired” Jeff Immelt and promoted John Flannery to CEO. So far in 2017, GE is the worst performing stock on the Dow Jones Industrial average.

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What Does it Mean to be American? Why Trump is Just a Blip on the Radar

Both Sides of the Table

Starting back in 2015 and throughout much of 2016 people started commenting that my blog had become a lot more political. Being transparent in 2010 felt like more of an anomaly but being transparent in 2017 feels like more of a requirement to me. I guess I didn’t see it quite that way. You should, too. It is beautifully done.

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Neuromarketing Ethics: How Far Is Too Far?

ConversionXL

His “Torches of Freedom” campaign in the 1920s promoted smoking among women as a symbol of liberation, opening a new market to cigarette companies. Neuromarketing maps neural activity to consumer behavior to help marketers craft more valuable, science-based campaigns. These aren’t hypothetical concerns. Conclusion.

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

Both Sides of the Table

It conjures up a range of emotions anytime I’ve privately expressed my opinion to thought leaders in our industry that I believe it is one of the most innovative companies in digital media. Some, of course, agree with me that BuzzFeed has been and continues to be the gold standard innovator in digital media to emulate.

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Magnificent Mobile Website And App Analytics: Reports, Metrics, How-to!

Occam's Razor

Here's a graph that shows how US adults consume media, it shows time in hours. The post is written in these six steps: Step 1: Tag every shared link with campaign tracking parameters. Media-Mix Modeling/Experimentation. Step 1: Tag every shared link with campaign tracking parameters. Tag your mobile website.

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The Great Austin Ride-Hail Battles of 2015–2017: A New Beginning

Austin Startup

Uber and Lyft got their way in the end, but at a huge cost (both metaphorical and literal) — and there’s no guarantee either company will be able to overcome the substantial amount of ill will generated among Austinites by the Prop 1 campaign and its aftermath. I’ll start by noting this is a story with no outright winners.

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Startup Funding – A Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

Funding is not an indicator of success, irrespective of the impression that you might get from the news and media. Participating and winning Startup competitions can also help you to accumulate some funds along with gaining some credentials and as well as getting some media mentions. billion dollars in 2017.

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