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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

Both Sides of the Table

Within a year, by late 2000 / early 2001 consulting firms were firing people en masse. On July 27th, 2001 Accenture IPO’s and many of the partners grew fabulously wealthy. Andersen had lost its long-time CEO, George Shaheen, was hemorrhaging staff and wasn’t exactly known as being an Internet pioneer.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

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2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Until we weren’t. Nobody cared about our valuations any more.

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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

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Is the entire sector destined to a sudden and quick demise, similar to the dot-com bust of 2001, with widespread stock market collapses and mass layoffs? Global Demand. The size of the marketplace has ballooned as a result of globalization, and this trend has been particularly good for US technology companies and their workers.

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Why GE’s Jeff Immelt Lost His Job – Disruption and Activist Investors

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So is John Rice, the head of Global Operations along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. . — In June 2017, the board “retired” Jeff Immelt and promoted John Flannery to CEO. Since then Flannery has replaced Immelt’s vice chairs responsible for innovation. Beth Comstock is out.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe. That said, for every set of global challenges there are entrepreneurs dreaming of solutions, solving big problems and ready to lead us into the next 20 years.

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[ADV] Admiral Markets – Make Your Financial Transactions Risk Free And Protected

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Being a global organization, the presence of Admiral Markets can be found all across the globe in various countries. Worldwide presence:- Right from its inception in the year 2001, Admiral Markets have successfully made a name for itself in the world market.

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Four Critical Actions Leaders Can Take Now To Build A Culture Of Accountability In 2014

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In 2001, drawing on their respective years of experience in senior global leadership at Motorola, Julie Miller and Brian Bedford joined forces to establish MillerBedford Executive Solutions. Leaders and employees must follow the same set of rules; otherwise the whole system breaks down.