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

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Perhaps one of the most notable is Google’s acquisition of Android, “which has successfully positioned Google as the market leader in smartphone operating systems, allowing significant control and access to consumer data,” Smith shares. Yahoo refused to buy Google for $1 billion in 1998 and again refused $5 billion in 2002.

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How Big Corporations Are Cutting Their Energy Usage

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In 2008, they created a program that is called the Climate Corps. So far, thanks to the efforts of Climate Corps, companies like Google, Facebook and Verizon (collectively) have been able to uncover close to a billion dollars in savings that are directly contributed to making wiser decisions as it relates to energy efficiency.

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