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Hire by Auditions, Not Resumes

Harvard Business Review

We pay a standard rate of $25 per hour, regardless of whether you’re applying to be an engineer or the chief financial officer. If you’re an engineer, you’ll work on engineering problems. The aphorism is true: You can’t manage your way out of a bad team. If you’re a designer, you’ll design.

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Why the Entire C-Suite Needs to Use the Same Metrics for Cyber Risk

Harvard Business Review

The chief information security officer (CISO) or chief information officer (CIO) reports the technical vulnerabilities that his or her team has successfully remediated. The chief risk officer (CRO) looks at the problem in terms of risk transfer and cyber insurance purchased.

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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business Review

In our recent HBR article , we argued that financial statements fail to capture the value created by modern digital companies. Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies.

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How to Hire the Best Employees for Your Company

Strategy Driven

If you are looking to hire someone that can fill up a graphic designer role, an electrical engineer, an architect or anything else it might be, you want to make sure the person has the experience or background in that field. First, the manager should consider whether or not they were clear about their expectations. Treat them well.

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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. search engine company Inktomi in 2002.