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Homeless, Not Helpless: Entrepreneurship in Unlikely Places | In the.

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • November 13, 2011 • Branding , Life , Marketing • 5 Comments. Beneath the pier and within reach of your coins from above are 5 picnic blankets spread six-feet apart, each with novel merchandising themes to entice charitable currency. November 14, 2011 at 8:59 am. November 15, 2011 at 7:47 am.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

The previous year the company had generated more than $4 billion in gross merchandise sales through its platform, yielding about $50 million in revenue. Only legal, finance, and human resources still reported back to headquarters. Alibaba was based in the south, in Hangzhou, and had about 2,400 employees.

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Linds Redding’s Short Lesson in Perspective

In the CEO Afterlife

Towards the end of 2011, he was diagnosed with inoperable esophageal cancer. Economically I probably helped shift some merchandise. Turns out that Linds Redding, an illustrator and designer, spent most of his career crafting advertising in the UK and New Zealand, before opening an animation studio. At least creatively speaking.