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Google’s Strategy vs. Glass’s Potential

Harvard Business Review

Firms like Deloitte have predicted robust consumer demand for smart glasses, with global adoption reaching “tens of millions by 2016 and surpassing 100 million by 2020.” That suggests that they may be trying to persuade firms to buy the device and develop applications for it. Glass may yet turn out to be a great consumer success.

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Why the Rest of the World Can’t Free Ride on Europe’s GDPR Rules

Harvard Business Review

competitiveness and its position in technology development will likely be central to the lobbying that will surround any efforts to change laws or boost federal regulations. Some of Facebook’s biggest markets are in the developing world, and Facebook is experiencing its fastest growth in Asia and Africa. In the U.S., and the U.K.,

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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

Back in January 2016, I had 45 meetings in the month of January. The healthy habits that I attribute to my success as a leader are practice what I preach, set healthy boundaries, practice mindfulness, exercise, work hard and invest in my ongoing learning and personal development. I work hard day in and out and take massive action.

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Why Google Fiber Is High-Speed Internet’s Most Successful Failure

Harvard Business Review

After deploying to six metro areas in six years, however, company management announced in late 2016 that it was “pausing” future deployments. In 2009, Congress charged the Federal Communications Commission with the development of a National Broadband Plan (NBP). Seen through that lens, Google Fiber succeeded wildly.

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What Initial Coin Offerings Are, and Why VC Firms Care

Harvard Business Review

One is profits — cryptocurrency investors made some massive returns in 2016, with cryptocurrencies from Blockchain startups Monero and NEM both seeing 2,000% increases in value. ICOs are the Wild West of financing — they sit in a grey zone where the U.S.