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Hire by Auditions, Not Resumes

Harvard Business Review

We have a headquarters in San Francisco and it operates similar to a co-working space. For those who live in the Bay Area, they can work from the office, if they’d like. We pay a standard rate of $25 per hour, regardless of whether you’re applying to be an engineer or the chief financial officer.

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

Harvard Business Review

At the same time, members of the C-suite are measuring their potential impact using different metrics — financial, regulatory, technical, operational — leading to conflicting assessments. The chief risk officer (CRO) looks at the problem in terms of risk transfer and cyber insurance purchased.

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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.

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How to Hire the Best Employees for Your Company

Strategy Driven

It is due to these workers that success can be achieved, and that the day-to-day operations run smoothly. Every single person has a certain role to play within the business operations. For instance, you can outsource a chief financial officer that can offer advice to the company on how to best improve their profitability.

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How Western Multinationals Are Responding to the Escalating U.S.-China Trade War

Harvard Business Review

” However, there are other ways for Chinese authorities to take reprisals against Western multinationals operating in China should they so choose. Tim Cook, chief executive of Apple, a company so committed to manufacturing in China that it labels many of its products, “Designed in California. Yuji Sakai/Getty Images.