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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. — In June 2017, the board “retired” Jeff Immelt and promoted John Flannery to CEO. Then it wasn’t.

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The Decade in Tech

Start Up Blog

It’s pretty easy to forget how much a new technology changes our lives once it’s adopted. Sure, some new technologies are like shooting stars, but some change everything forever. The problem was this created a dangerous idolatry of any innovation big tech companies launched at us. This was that moment.

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

VC Cafe

Don’t take my word for it – in the roundup of venture capital predictions for 2017 , I found it to be the top recurring theme. Artificial Intelligence is an important, foundational technology that gets more important every year and will be used to solve more and more problems going forward. Chris Rust, Clear Ventures).

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5 Ways To Integrate HR And Technology In 2018

YoungUpstarts

Technology makes a lot of things in business more efficient and engaging, especially HR, where you can lost in stacks of papers for days if you don’t stay on top of organization. There are many ways to use technology in HR, recruiting process to organization. by Jessica Thiefels, owner of Honest Body Fitness. are engaged?

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Why the Former President of Nickelodeon Joined mitú as CEO.

Both Sides of the Table

(Hint: 60 million US Latinos driving US growth engine) I am beyond excited to announce the Herb Scannell has agreed to move from NYC to Los Angeles to take on the role of CEO at mitú, the fast growing Latino digital media company, serving more than 100 million monthly unique viewers. Yes, with a “B.” There is no more Latino-only market.

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Paywalls, SEO, and the Need for a Damn Good Brand

ConversionXL

Experiments run by Dan Smullen , who manages technical SEO for Independent News & Media , demonstrate that Google isn’t biased against paywalled content: Before launching our paywall in February, we implemented a soft wall—a registration wall. By early 2017, some publishers had had enough. Flexible Sampling (2017).

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Startups: Jan 19 is the Release It Deadline

Austin Startup

All entries that are received before the January 19 entry deadline will be reviewed by a panel of judges comprised of technology industry experts, VCs, angel investors, and high-profile members of the media. Past winners of SXSW Release It include Abartys Health (2017), Inteliclinic Inc. 2016) and Honest Dollar (2015).