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Report: WeWork has a new CEO and he’s a real estate — not a tech — exec
If WeWork wanted to cement the impression that it no longer strives to be viewed as a tech company but rather as a real estate giant focused on leasing space to millennials and enterprise customers, it would probably choose a veteran from the real estate world. That’s just what it…
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At CAA, Michael Yanover is still betting startups can change Hollywood’s agencies
In a large office scattered with drums, family mementos, and a well-used whiteboard, on the second floor of Central Artist Agency‘s Los Angeles glass, steel, and marble headquarters, Michael Yanover is busy plotting which CAA-repped talent could be the next big entrepreneur. Over a seventeen year career at one of…
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Ginni Rometty leaves complex legacy as she steps away as IBM CEO
When Ginni Rometty steps down as CEO at IBM in April and her replacement Arvind Krishna takes the helm, more than eight years will have passed since she took the reins at Big Blue. The executive helped lead a massive transformation, but IBM has had a bumpy financial ride throughout…
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Google wants to sell you a printed photos subscription service
Google is trialling a monthly subscription service that makes physical prints of your best photos and delivers them directly to your door – a way of preserving your “best memories” in a way that you can hang on the wall or stick on the fridge. As spotted by 9to5Google, the…
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Startups Weekly: One Medical IPO raises unicorn hopes
Everybody’s talking about revenues after WeWork, but maybe you still don’t need to have all the right numbers in place to achieve a strong IPO? That’s the initial takeaway Alex Wilhelm has after One Medical’s successful debut this week. One might think it looks like a tech-enabled unicorn, that doesn’t…
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Justin Kan opens up (Part 1)
‘I’ve always liked engaging in social media for my own entertainment’ Greg Epstein 10 hours Greg Epstein Contributor Greg M. Epstein is the Humanist Chaplain at Harvard and MIT, and the author of The New York Times bestselling book “Good Without God.” Described as a “godfather to the [humanist] movement”…
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