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These Are the People You Need on Your Startup Team

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In the days after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), a chief executive cannot hide behind the acts of the CFO. The finance department is your business foundation so you need it to be one that you can trust. The finance department is your business foundation so you need it to be one that you can trust. Customer Service Rep.

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Want Less-Biased Decisions? Use Algorithms.

Harvard Business Review

Below is a sample of the research about what happens when algorithms are given control of tasks traditionally carried out by humans (all emphasis mine): In 2002 a team of economists studied the impact of automated underwriting algorithms in the mortgage lending industry. Improving on the Status Quo.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. search engine company Inktomi in 2002. Zhou departed in 2005 and went on to found Qihoo 360 Technology, a $12 billion company that now trades on NASDAQ.

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6 Reasons Platforms Fail

Harvard Business Review

Apple has since figured out this balance, of course, by opening the iOS platforms to app developers. If Android throws a Hawaiian luau with a five-course feast, free travel, and attendees get to meet Robert Downey Jr. Conceding defeat in 2002, eBay bought PayPal for $1.4 billion and phased out Billpoint a year later.

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The Problem With Coaching | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Related Post : The Leadership Vacuum Share and Enjoy: View Comments John Mike, I believe you are correct in that the key 'qualification' for being effective at helping others is experience and of course that is a word open to considerable interpretation. I believe also you have just kicked the elephant in the room.

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