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It’s Not the End: Why Creating an Exit Strategy Sets Your Business Up for Long-Term Success

Success

Yahoo refused to buy Google for $1 billion in 1998 and again refused $5 billion in 2002. “Yahoo is one of the best examples of failing to acquire other exiting companies and failing to maximize on their own exit,” Smith recalls. In 2023, Google has a market cap of $1.7 billion and instead sold themselves to Verizon in 2016 for only $4.6

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5 Things Every Office Should be Replacing with Online Technology

Tips From T. Marie

Filing Cabinets- Electronic documents are much easier to deal with than traditional paper documents, take up less room and are easier to secure. Get rid of the filing cabinets and replace them with a good scanner so like the NeatDesk so that any paperwork can immediately be turned into an electronic document.

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Ann Hiatt on What It Takes to Be an Executive Assistant

Go Burrows

In 2002, Ann Hiatt was fresh out of college, starting her first post-university job supporting Jeff Bezos’ at Amazon in Seattle. Amazon was made up of less than 1000 employees in 2002, compared with today’s 1.3 This position, one she would hold for the next three years, would change the trajectory of her whole life.

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The Panama Papers Breach: Don’t Blame WordPress

Tips From T. Marie

So much so that I’m no longer shocked to find a paralegal asking me to send a.doc formatted document because they are still running Word 2002 or to find out the operating system they are on is Windows 98. In my experience many law offices often have antiquated computer equipment and software.

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Local SEO: Four Tips for Ranking High in Your City

Andrea Kalli

With the prestigious number one spot came a huge increase in demand; alongside knowing web design, the company ultimately must have known how to market their clients as well as themselves.

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Leading with Kindness: 14 Most Charitable Celebrities

Success

In 2002, Kendra Scott designed her first jewelry collection with just $500 in the spare bedroom of her home. Sophia Bush’s philanthropic work is wide-ranging and well-documented. Guy Fieri was featured in the June 2016 issue of SUCCESS. She’s supported causes from women’s rights to environmental justice to natural disaster relief.

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3 Podcast Production Styles – Which is Right For You?

Andrea Kalli

My name is Andy Robbins and I started my podcast production company , AudioFile Solutions, in 2002 after spending the previous 9 years in the audio production industry as an audio engineer. During that time, the birth of the World Wide Web created a host of new opportunities in audio production.