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Mobile Advertisers Want to Know Exactly Where You Are. This Company Tells Them
August 15, 2016 by Jan Shawkey"Location specialist xAd reports a $250 million revenue run rate...Category: Distribution and Marketing Logistics, Mobile Devices, Special: ArticlesComments Off on Mobile Advertisers Want to Know Exactly Where You Are. This Company Tells Them
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Tech Startups Come Up With Some Creative Definitions for ‘Profitable’
by Jan Shawkey"Facing a tougher fundraising environment, on-demand companies are touting financial metrics to show the health of their businesses—using whichever definition looks rosiest...Category: Forms of Ownership, Special: ArticlesComments Off on Tech Startups Come Up With Some Creative Definitions for ‘Profitable’
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Grow Fast or Die Slow: Why Unicorns Are Staying Private
by Jan Shawkey"Technology companies worth more than $1 billion—and many worth $10 billion—have fewer reasons to go public than they did in the past...Category: Forms of Ownership, Special: ArticlesComments Off on Grow Fast or Die Slow: Why Unicorns Are Staying Private
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Are You Ready to Live to 100?
by Jan Shawkey"London Business School professor Lynda Gratton [photo, left] believes living longer requires individuals and corporations to change their approach to careers, life transitions, and retirement...Category: Career Planning, Special: ArticlesComments Off on Are You Ready to Live to 100?
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Corning: A 150-year Old Category Creation Machine
by Jan Shawkey"When authors Al Ramadan, Christopher Lochhead, Dave Peterson and Kevin Maney wanted to understand how businesses innovate new categories of business, they looked beyond the startups that usually capture attention, including Uber and Facebook, to a company that is more than 150 years old...Category: Special: ArticlesComments Off on Corning: A 150-year Old Category Creation Machine
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For Zappos’ Tony Hsieh, ‘Holacracy’ Is the Right Fit
by Jan ShawkeyAdam Grant (photo, left) interviews Tony Hsieh at a recent Wharton People Analytics Conference...Category: Management Roles, Functions, and Skills, Special: ArticlesComments Off on For Zappos’ Tony Hsieh, ‘Holacracy’ Is the Right Fit
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Saving Globalization and Technology from Themselves
by Jan Shawkey"This piece offers a personal perspective on the root causes and implications of the current turmoil and what corporate leaders can do to shape conditions for continued prosperity...Category: Special: Articles, The Global Marketplace, Understanding Basic EconomicsComments Off on Saving Globalization and Technology from Themselves
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Which of the 6 Leadership Styles Defines You?
August 1, 2016 by Jan ShawkeyTor Constantino (photo, left) covers the topic at Entrepreneur...Category: Management Roles, Functions, and Skills, Special: ArticlesComments Off on Which of the 6 Leadership Styles Defines You?
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The 10 Best Ways to Hire for Customer Service (and Almost Any Other Job)
by Jan Shawkey"It’s not just the application, interview and hiring that brings you the best people...Category: Customer Service, Special: ArticlesComments Off on The 10 Best Ways to Hire for Customer Service (and Almost Any Other Job)
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Tony Robbins Tells What to Do in Your 20s to Be More Successful in Your 30s
by Jan Shawkey"Tony Robbins, best-selling author of Money: Master The Game, reveals what you need to do in your 20s to have a better quality of life in your 30s...Category: Career Planning, Special: VideosComments Off on Tony Robbins Tells What to Do in Your 20s to Be More Successful in Your 30s
