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Tablet Leadership Competition

Coaching Tip

Amazon was late to understand the speed of that transition; Apple, which launched the iPod in 2001 and iTunes two years later, wasn’t. The other is price. Samsung, ( RIMM )RIM, and others have entered the tablet race with similar devices at those prices and above. Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, October 3, 2011.

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Remembering 9/11 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Mello Here's a link to a post I run each year at this time to make sure that I never forget the tragedy and heroism that took place on September 11, 2001. I hope your inspiring and heartfelt thoughts cause others to reflect on the great price that has been, and is continuing to be paid to protect our freedom.

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How Microsoft and Netflix Lost their Way

Harvard Business Review

Organizational leadership, we tend to assume, is akin to spatial navigation: Either leaders know where to take their company, and how to take it there — or they don't. At Microsoft, Eichenwald argues, leaders established "a corporate culture that by 2001 was heading down the path of self-immolating chaos."

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The 787's Problems Run Deeper Than Outsourcing

Harvard Business Review

It consumes 20% less fuel than an equivalent 767; which, given today's increasing fuel prices and airlines' diminishing profit margins, should make it an extremely desirable aircraft. While the first 787 was originally scheduled to be delivered back in 2008, a string of delays and cost overruns meant that deliveries didn't start until 2011.

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A History of the Job Listing and How It Just Died [Infographic]

Kevin Eikenberry

It worked: venture capital poured in and the growth propelled the company to a $436 million sale to Yahoo in 2001. The early 2000s saw Careerbuilder and Monster going head-to-head for market leadership – largely in a race for distribution. They had revenue, after all. That, precisely, was its magic.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. Many deals were put on the books in order to inflate the price of Enron stock, which the insiders sold at peak price levels. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Executives never stayed long. He has advised two U.S.