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Trust in Business Leadership

Coaching Tip

As late as 1976, Kodak accounted for 90% of film sales and 85% of camera sales in the United States. In 2004, Kodak shed 25% of its workforce and was de-listed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average. For over 100 years Kodak was a household name synonymous with the world of photography.

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The Aging Christopher Walken - His Greatest Performances

Building Personal Strength

In "Around the Bend" (2004) - the more serious movie - Turner is a moody man whose criminal past has isolated him from his father, son and grandson. These are two very off-beat films that didn't get wide distribution.

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Black Panther

Joseph Lalonde

A 2004 Muskegon Heights High School alum, Tywaun “Ty” Tornes, played a tribesman in Black Panther. With cameras filming, T’Challa realized the world was watching the King of Wakanda. You have to remember the important people in your life. Talent can come from anywhere: Black Panther holds a special place in my world.

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Do Apps Have Social Responsibility?

Harvard Business Review

Andy O''Connell 38 Slides’ Worth What I Wish I Knew Before Pitching LinkedIn to VCs Reid Hoffman The year is 2004. How Hollywood can Capitalize on Piracy MIT Technology Review When the rogue file-sharing site Megaupload was shuttered in 2012, legal online revenue for blockbuster films rose. Just asking.) No surprise there.

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The Secret to Alibaba’s Culture Is Jack Ma’s Apartment

Harvard Business Review

Jack Ma’s First Day Speech in Alibaba Apartment from Taluswood Films on Vimeo. The decision to launch Taobao out of the apartment that spawned Alibaba worked so well that Ma took the same approach with Alipay, the company’s digital payment business, which launched in 2004 also out of the apartment.

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How to Manage Multiple Partnerships

Harvard Business Review

Their exclusive agreement had been launched in the go-go year of 2000, but by 2004 it had landed in court. The long-standing exclusive arrangement between Xerox and Fuji Photo Film in Japan is one example; pharmaceutical licensing across markets is another. Then we learn a lot from the proceedings. It can work, but it's rare.

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A Friend’s Support Can Make Women Better Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

Working with Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) Bank , the largest women’s bank in India, we created a unique two-day business counseling program for women ages 18 to 50 who had actively saved or borrowed from the bank between December 2004 and January 2006.