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Do meaningful changes get more acceptance or better results?

Berman: Will More Meaningful Change Create more Acceptance?

Do meaningful changes get more acceptance or better results? On February 1, 2015 hundreds of Uber drivers were efficiently moving frigid New Yorkers around the city. Exactly one year later, hundreds of Uber drivers are blocking New York traffic by staging a protest over the company’s 15% fare […]

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The Best Lesson To Be Learned From GoPro’s Poorly Managed Hyper-Growth

The Best Lesson To Be Learned From GoPro's Mis-Managed Hyper-Growth

Here we go again… GoPro is just the most recent example of poorly managed hyper-growth leading to drastic cuts. After ballooning its workforce by some 50% annually, GoPro recently announced a 7% workforce reduction as a result of disappointing 4th quarter sales. Considering the 4th quarter closed […]

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Buy Meredith, Stay Away from Time

Time Warner–and the now soon-to-be-spun-off Time Inc.–will certainly command far more headlines and attention, but I’m investing my money in Meredith Corporation.  Time Warner’s originally planned deal to sell the bulk of its magazines to Meredith may have blown up because of hard financial data, but the […]

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