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Toast’s Three Co-Founders Join Billionaire Club Following IPO

September 23, 2021

Toast co-founders Steve Fredette, Aman Narang, and Jonathan Grimm started the company in 2012 after their former employer, Endeca, was sold off for $1 billion. They chose to launch their restaurant hardware and software system in their home city, Cambridge, Massachusetts, by testing products on local restaurants, cafes, and bars. Company president Fredette owns 33.2 […]

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How One Founder Has Made CSR Part Of His Company's DNA And Helped 1,000 Charities In The Process

September 22, 2021

It is no secret that the UK has an ageing population. In 2016, almost 20% of people were over 65 – a figure which is only expected to rise over the next 30 to 40 years. Yet despite this, it is estimated as many as 60% of adults in the country do not currently have […]

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UK Employees To Gain Right To Request Flexible Working From Day One

September 22, 2021

Employers would also be obliged to respond to flexible working requests more promptly under the plan, which is being labelled a major reshaping of the way people work in the post-pandemic world. However, prior to the government document being officially released, unions are warning that the proposals fail to go far enough. They argue that […]

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Klarna CEO Says Market Volatility Makes Him Nervous About Potential IPO

September 22, 2021

In an interview with CNBC, Siemiatkowski said: “The volatility in the market right now makes me nervous to IPO, to be honest. I think it would be nice to IPO when it’s a little bit more sound. And right now it doesn’t feel really sound out there.” Swedish fintech Klarna is currently one of the […]

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The Future Of The Boardroom And Equitable Meeting Experiences

September 21, 2021

Simen Teigre, CEO and Founder of Neat comments on the future office and hybrid working environments. The COVID-19 pandemic radically changed the way people interact, with video now used by the masses to communicate and collaborate in their business and personal lives. Businesses also recognised that remote work is going to remain a reality moving […]

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Bill Gates Raises $1 Billion As Corporate CEOs Support Clean-Energy Push

September 21, 2021

BlackRock is making a five-year, $100 million grant to clean energy from its charitable foundation. Microsoft, alongside other supporters such as General Motors, American Airlines, and Bank of America, is providing a mix of equity capital and “offtakes”, or purchase agreements tied to the clean-energy projects. “We’re not doing this to make money,” Larry Fink […]

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How To Deal With A Bad Board Member

September 20, 2021

Paul Stark, General Manager at OnBoard, shares his tips for dealing with a bad board member. Bad board members do crop up. They miss board or committee meetings frequently or show up completely unprepared. They display antagonism toward staff or disrupt meetings with a toxic attitude. They lack sufficient financial literacy to help make informed […]

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Former Theranos Manager Says CEO Elizabeth Holmes Pushed Her To Validate Tests For Walgreens Rollout

September 20, 2021

Surekha Gangakhedkar told the court she printed off company documents to protect herself as she suspected the pending launch of the company’s blood-testing machines in Walgreens would end badly. On Friday, eight years on from quitting her role at Theranos, Gangakhedkar testified at the criminal trial of her former boss, Elizabeth Holmes, the CEO and […]

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How The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Reshaped New Leaders

September 17, 2021

While the majority of businesses are still oriented to the concept of one leader, today, it's time to evaluate whether the one single business pilot makes a good leader. The pandemic situation has made it easier for everyone to distinguish bad leaders. It's pretty much clear when a 'leader' makes the right (or rush) decision […]

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SpaceX Inspiration4 Launches Four Passengers To Orbit In Company’s First-Ever Tourism Mission

September 17, 2021

Spotlights dramatically illuminated the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and when the Inspiration4’s nine engines fired just soon after 8 pm ET, the surrounding wetlands were flooded with an explosion of light as the rocket took off into the upper atmosphere, decorating the night’s sky with an eerie light show. Orbital […]

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Cook, Musk And Huang Amongst Time’s 100 Most Influential People Of 2021

September 16, 2021

Image by NVIDIA Taiwan - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nvidia-taiwan/27097146880, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59106866 Cook’s inclusion on Time’s list comes just a day after Apple revealed its iPhone13 range alongside its new Apple Watch Series 7 and upgraded iPads. In Cook’s profile, Nike co-founder Phil Knight writes: “What separates the good from the great are intangibles such as character, […]

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Empowering The CPO To Invest In The Right Tools: Technology As An Enabler, Not A Panacea

September 15, 2021

A click here, a click there; technology has never made it easier for us, as consumers, to purchase what we need. For the corporate world, however, with a myriad of moving parts, this is a very different story. It’s easy to forget just how vastly the buying process differs for corporations versus consumers. For the […]

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