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Social Networking for Business: Does it Really Work? :: Women on.

Women on Business

Example 1: During the 2004 election season, I connected with a new friend through a grassroots Asian Pacific Islander political group. EVEN MORE: Yet another example: a good friend of mine from the 2004 Dean campaign, who was active in the 2008 Obama campaign as well, put in a request for web developers through his Facebook e-mail.

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Craft a Remarkable Personal Brand Statement! 29 Steps & Examples

Miles Anthony Smith

I am adept at establishing policies, procedures, and technologies to enhance efficiency, financial health, and service to organize constituents. A pioneer in the field, Rand’s personal brand got strapped to a rocket when he started his company, Moz, in 2004. In 2011, he was signed to Ellen DeGeneres' label, eleveneleven.

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Protect Your Supply Chain During a Pandemic by Using Automation

Strategy Driven

In 2004, there was a severe earthquake and subsequent tsunami that resulted in profound effects to several Asian countries, including India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand and Indonesia. as well as the Tohoku earthquake in Japan in 2011. This is where technology can save the day. AUTOMATION AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN.

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Frugal Innovation: Lessons from Carlos Ghosn, CEO, Renault-Nissan

Harvard Business Review

For example, in 2004, Renault launched Logan, a small, no-frills family car. Building on Logan's success, Renault has now developed an entire line of low-cost vehicles (under the brand Dacia) all modeled after Logan's technology platform. Yet engineers and scientists love challenges. Ghosn recounts with humor how Dr. V. lakhs ($6,600).

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Do Apps Have Social Responsibility?

Harvard Business Review

But the Strava case is prescient as we continue to develop digital technologies that influence the emotions and impulses that make us so darned human. Andy O''Connell 38 Slides’ Worth What I Wish I Knew Before Pitching LinkedIn to VCs Reid Hoffman The year is 2004. Technology' So Sorry Want People to Trust You? Just asking.)

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. We were optimistic about Yahoo’s future in China as the deal closed in January 2004.

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The Dell Deal Explained: What a Successful Turnaround Looks Like

Harvard Business Review

In 2004, Michael Dell left the company, replaced by Kevin Rollins, a former Bain consultant who joined the company in 1996. In a 2011 paper , researchers from HBS, Columbia, and the University of Chicago looked at the success of 472 tech buyouts based on a novel measure: patents. By the mid 2000s, much of Dell''s competition had faded.

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