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A Look at the Bitcoin Price History

Strategy Driven

In 2011, Bitcoin was still trading at $17 USD. In 2013, Bitcoin started at $13 USD but closed out the year at $770 USD, which was quite a rise. At the time, most people didn’t believe in digital currencies. Bitcoin’s major selling point was that the transactions were anonymous.

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Developing a Leadership Training Program for High Potentials: A Case Study

Great Leadership By Dan

Financial management. Change management. The following functional areas exist within XYZ Widget: Finance, HR/Admin, Sales, Customer Service, Planning & Procurement, Materials Management, Manufacturing, and Quality Control. •Communication. Strategic planning. Strategic thinking. Creative thinking. Risk taking.

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Don't Abandon Crowdfunding -- Manage It

Harvard Business Review

billion in 2011, and that funding volume is on track to nearly double to $2.8 will not be legalized until 2013). will not be legalized until 2013). banks lent (without real estate as collateral) to small businesses in 2011, according to the FDIC. billion in 2012.

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How Startups Overcome the Capital Gap

Harvard Business Review

Sridhar had a small network management tools business that basically functioned as a highly profitable cash cow. He decided to go after Salesforce.com with a Software-as-a-Service Customer Relationship Management product at a price-point that was one sixth of what Salesforce.com, the market leader, charged. And play he did.

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The Leadership Blind Spots at Wells Fargo

Harvard Business Review

Former employees have alleged a “soul-crushing” culture of fear and daily intimidation by managers, where they were pressured to reach extreme sales goals, some by breaking the law. Along with fixing the sales culture, the bank will have to address these critical management issues to prevent the next scandal.

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Some Companies Are Banning Email and Getting More Done

Harvard Business Review

In February 2011, Breton announced that he was banning email. As I write about in my new book, Under New Management , an increasing number of company leaders are outlawing or at least restricting email. He’s a middle-aged former minister of finance for France and a former professor at Harvard Business School. percent to 7.5

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Could a Four-Year-Old Do What Carl Icahn Does?

Harvard Business Review

billion in 2013, making him the fifth highest-paid fund manager in the land. In 2011 it was $2 billion , good for third place. After using borrowed money in the 1980s and 1990s, then opening up a hedge fund in 2004, he has since 2011 basically just been managing his own money. Apple Finance Skill vs. luck'

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