This CEO Saved His Company By Taking A Drive To Central California -- Then Later Sold It For $3.4 Billion
n December, Lars Dalgaard sold his company, SuccessFactors, to German software giant SAP for $3.4 billion.
But if he hadn't taken a drive through central California in 2008, the story would have had a very different outcome.
Dalgaard started SuccessFactors in the darkest days after the dot-com bust in 2001, so he understood that good times don't last forever.
But in early 2008, the company was booming, growing around 100% per year. Despite loud rumblings about big problems in the housing market, most people in Silicon Valley were oblivious to what was about to happen.
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Apple Supplier List Revealed: Audit Uncovers Environmental Violations In Supply Chain
Apple revealed its once closely guarded list of global suppliers on Friday, taking a dramatic and unprecedented step in response to harsh criticism that it was turning a blind eye to dismal working conditions at partner factories.
The move, unusual in an industry that relies heavily on foreign component suppliers to drive margins but rarer still for an infamously secretive company, underscored some speculation that new Chief Executive Tim Cook has ushered in an era of greater transparency. Predecessor Steve Jobs, who died in October, kept an iron grip on the internal workings of the company he founded and made great.
"With every year, we expand our program, we go deeper in our supply chain, we make it harder to comply," Cook told Reuters in an interview. "All of this means that workers will be treated better and better with each passing year. It's not something we feel like we have done what we can do, much remains to be done."
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This CEO Saved His Company By Taking A Drive To Central California -- Then Later Sold It For $3.4 Billion
n December, Lars Dalgaard sold his company, SuccessFactors, to German software giant SAP for $3.4 billion.
But if he hadn't taken a drive through central California in 2008, the story would have had a very different outcome.
Dalgaard started SuccessFactors in the darkest days after the dot-com bust in 2001, so he understood that good times don't last forever.
But in early 2008, the company was booming, growing around 100% per year. Despite loud rumblings about big problems in the housing market, most people in Silicon Valley were oblivious to what was about to happen.
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Apple Supplier List Revealed: Audit Uncovers Environmental Violations In Supply Chain
Apple revealed its once closely guarded list of global suppliers on Friday, taking a dramatic and unprecedented step in response to harsh criticism that it was turning a blind eye to dismal working conditions at partner factories.
The move, unusual in an industry that relies heavily on foreign component suppliers to drive margins but rarer still for an infamously secretive company, underscored some speculation that new Chief Executive Tim Cook has ushered in an era of greater transparency. Predecessor Steve Jobs, who died in October, kept an iron grip on the internal workings of the company he founded and made great.
"With every year, we expand our program, we go deeper in our supply chain, we make it harder to comply," Cook told Reuters in an interview. "All of this means that workers will be treated better and better with each passing year. It's not something we feel like we have done what we can do, much remains to be done."
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This CEO Saved His Company By Taking A Drive To Central California -- Then Later Sold It For $3.4 Billion
n December, Lars Dalgaard sold his company, SuccessFactors, to German software giant SAP for $3.4 billion.
But if he hadn't taken a drive through central California in 2008, the story would have had a very different outcome.
Dalgaard started SuccessFactors in the darkest days after the dot-com bust in 2001, so he understood that good times don't last forever.
But in early 2008, the company was booming, growing around 100% per year. Despite loud rumblings about big problems in the housing market, most people in Silicon Valley were oblivious to what was about to happen.
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Apple Supplier List Revealed: Audit Uncovers Environmental Violations In Supply Chain
Apple revealed its once closely guarded list of global suppliers on Friday, taking a dramatic and unprecedented step in response to harsh criticism that it was turning a blind eye to dismal working conditions at partner factories.
The move, unusual in an industry that relies heavily on foreign component suppliers to drive margins but rarer still for an infamously secretive company, underscored some speculation that new Chief Executive Tim Cook has ushered in an era of greater transparency. Predecessor Steve Jobs, who died in October, kept an iron grip on the internal workings of the company he founded and made great.
"With every year, we expand our program, we go deeper in our supply chain, we make it harder to comply," Cook told Reuters in an interview. "All of this means that workers will be treated better and better with each passing year. It's not something we feel like we have done what we can do, much remains to be done."
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This CEO Saved His Company By Taking A Drive To Central California -- Then Later Sold It For $3.4 Billion
n December, Lars Dalgaard sold his company, SuccessFactors, to German software giant SAP for $3.4 billion.
But if he hadn't taken a drive through central California in 2008, the story would have had a very different outcome.
Dalgaard started SuccessFactors in the darkest days after the dot-com bust in 2001, so he understood that good times don't last forever.
But in early 2008, the company was booming, growing around 100% per year. Despite loud rumblings about big problems in the housing market, most people in Silicon Valley were oblivious to what was about to happen.
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Apple Supplier List Revealed: Audit Uncovers Environmental Violations In Supply Chain
Apple revealed its once closely guarded list of global suppliers on Friday, taking a dramatic and unprecedented step in response to harsh criticism that it was turning a blind eye to dismal working conditions at partner factories.
The move, unusual in an industry that relies heavily on foreign component suppliers to drive margins but rarer still for an infamously secretive company, underscored some speculation that new Chief Executive Tim Cook has ushered in an era of greater transparency. Predecessor Steve Jobs, who died in October, kept an iron grip on the internal workings of the company he founded and made great.
"With every year, we expand our program, we go deeper in our supply chain, we make it harder to comply," Cook told Reuters in an interview. "All of this means that workers will be treated better and better with each passing year. It's not something we feel like we have done what we can do, much remains to be done."
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This CEO Saved His Company By Taking A Drive To Central California -- Then Later Sold It For $3.4 Billion
n December, Lars Dalgaard sold his company, SuccessFactors, to German software giant SAP for $3.4 billion.
But if he hadn't taken a drive through central California in 2008, the story would have had a very different outcome.
Dalgaard started SuccessFactors in the darkest days after the dot-com bust in 2001, so he understood that good times don't last forever.
But in early 2008, the company was booming, growing around 100% per year. Despite loud rumblings about big problems in the housing market, most people in Silicon Valley were oblivious to what was about to happen.
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Apple Supplier List Revealed: Audit Uncovers Environmental Violations In Supply Chain
Apple revealed its once closely guarded list of global suppliers on Friday, taking a dramatic and unprecedented step in response to harsh criticism that it was turning a blind eye to dismal working conditions at partner factories.
The move, unusual in an industry that relies heavily on foreign component suppliers to drive margins but rarer still for an infamously secretive company, underscored some speculation that new Chief Executive Tim Cook has ushered in an era of greater transparency. Predecessor Steve Jobs, who died in October, kept an iron grip on the internal workings of the company he founded and made great.
"With every year, we expand our program, we go deeper in our supply chain, we make it harder to comply," Cook told Reuters in an interview. "All of this means that workers will be treated better and better with each passing year. It's not something we feel like we have done what we can do, much remains to be done."
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This CEO Saved His Company By Taking A Drive To Central California -- Then Later Sold It For $3.4 Billion
n December, Lars Dalgaard sold his company, SuccessFactors, to German software giant SAP for $3.4 billion.
But if he hadn't taken a drive through central California in 2008, the story would have had a very different outcome.
Dalgaard started SuccessFactors in the darkest days after the dot-com bust in 2001, so he understood that good times don't last forever.
But in early 2008, the company was booming, growing around 100% per year. Despite loud rumblings about big problems in the housing market, most people in Silicon Valley were oblivious to what was about to happen.
Link
Apple Supplier List Revealed: Audit Uncovers Environmental Violations In Supply Chain
Apple revealed its once closely guarded list of global suppliers on Friday, taking a dramatic and unprecedented step in response to harsh criticism that it was turning a blind eye to dismal working conditions at partner factories.
The move, unusual in an industry that relies heavily on foreign component suppliers to drive margins but rarer still for an infamously secretive company, underscored some speculation that new Chief Executive Tim Cook has ushered in an era of greater transparency. Predecessor Steve Jobs, who died in October, kept an iron grip on the internal workings of the company he founded and made great.
"With every year, we expand our program, we go deeper in our supply chain, we make it harder to comply," Cook told Reuters in an interview. "All of this means that workers will be treated better and better with each passing year. It's not something we feel like we have done what we can do, much remains to be done."
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This CEO Saved His Company By Taking A Drive To Central California -- Then Later Sold It For $3.4 Billion
n December, Lars Dalgaard sold his company, SuccessFactors, to German software giant SAP for $3.4 billion.
But if he hadn't taken a drive through central California in 2008, the story would have had a very different outcome.
Dalgaard started SuccessFactors in the darkest days after the dot-com bust in 2001, so he understood that good times don't last forever.
But in early 2008, the company was booming, growing around 100% per year. Despite loud rumblings about big problems in the housing market, most people in Silicon Valley were oblivious to what was about to happen.
Link
Apple Supplier List Revealed: Audit Uncovers Environmental Violations In Supply Chain
Apple revealed its once closely guarded list of global suppliers on Friday, taking a dramatic and unprecedented step in response to harsh criticism that it was turning a blind eye to dismal working conditions at partner factories.
The move, unusual in an industry that relies heavily on foreign component suppliers to drive margins but rarer still for an infamously secretive company, underscored some speculation that new Chief Executive Tim Cook has ushered in an era of greater transparency. Predecessor Steve Jobs, who died in October, kept an iron grip on the internal workings of the company he founded and made great.
"With every year, we expand our program, we go deeper in our supply chain, we make it harder to comply," Cook told Reuters in an interview. "All of this means that workers will be treated better and better with each passing year. It's not something we feel like we have done what we can do, much remains to be done."
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This CEO Saved His Company By Taking A Drive To Central California -- Then Later Sold It For $3.4 Billion
n December, Lars Dalgaard sold his company, SuccessFactors, to German software giant SAP for $3.4 billion.
But if he hadn't taken a drive through central California in 2008, the story would have had a very different outcome.
Dalgaard started SuccessFactors in the darkest days after the dot-com bust in 2001, so he understood that good times don't last forever.
But in early 2008, the company was booming, growing around 100% per year. Despite loud rumblings about big problems in the housing market, most people in Silicon Valley were oblivious to what was about to happen.
Link
Apple Supplier List Revealed: Audit Uncovers Environmental Violations In Supply Chain
Apple revealed its once closely guarded list of global suppliers on Friday, taking a dramatic and unprecedented step in response to harsh criticism that it was turning a blind eye to dismal working conditions at partner factories.
The move, unusual in an industry that relies heavily on foreign component suppliers to drive margins but rarer still for an infamously secretive company, underscored some speculation that new Chief Executive Tim Cook has ushered in an era of greater transparency. Predecessor Steve Jobs, who died in October, kept an iron grip on the internal workings of the company he founded and made great.
"With every year, we expand our program, we go deeper in our supply chain, we make it harder to comply," Cook told Reuters in an interview. "All of this means that workers will be treated better and better with each passing year. It's not something we feel like we have done what we can do, much remains to be done."
Link
This CEO Saved His Company By Taking A Drive To Central California -- Then Later Sold It For $3.4 Billion
n December, Lars Dalgaard sold his company, SuccessFactors, to German software giant SAP for $3.4 billion.
But if he hadn't taken a drive through central California in 2008, the story would have had a very different outcome.
Dalgaard started SuccessFactors in the darkest days after the dot-com bust in 2001, so he understood that good times don't last forever.
But in early 2008, the company was booming, growing around 100% per year. Despite loud rumblings about big problems in the housing market, most people in Silicon Valley were oblivious to what was about to happen.
Link
Apple Supplier List Revealed: Audit Uncovers Environmental Violations In Supply Chain
Apple revealed its once closely guarded list of global suppliers on Friday, taking a dramatic and unprecedented step in response to harsh criticism that it was turning a blind eye to dismal working conditions at partner factories.
The move, unusual in an industry that relies heavily on foreign component suppliers to drive margins but rarer still for an infamously secretive company, underscored some speculation that new Chief Executive Tim Cook has ushered in an era of greater transparency. Predecessor Steve Jobs, who died in October, kept an iron grip on the internal workings of the company he founded and made great.
"With every year, we expand our program, we go deeper in our supply chain, we make it harder to comply," Cook told Reuters in an interview. "All of this means that workers will be treated better and better with each passing year. It's not something we feel like we have done what we can do, much remains to be done."
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This CEO Saved His Company By Taking A Drive To Central California -- Then Later Sold It For $3.4 Billion
n December, Lars Dalgaard sold his company, SuccessFactors, to German software giant SAP for $3.4 billion.
But if he hadn't taken a drive through central California in 2008, the story would have had a very different outcome.
Dalgaard started SuccessFactors in the darkest days after the dot-com bust in 2001, so he understood that good times don't last forever.
But in early 2008, the company was booming, growing around 100% per year. Despite loud rumblings about big problems in the housing market, most people in Silicon Valley were oblivious to what was about to happen.
Link
Apple Supplier List Revealed: Audit Uncovers Environmental Violations In Supply Chain
Apple revealed its once closely guarded list of global suppliers on Friday, taking a dramatic and unprecedented step in response to harsh criticism that it was turning a blind eye to dismal working conditions at partner factories.
The move, unusual in an industry that relies heavily on foreign component suppliers to drive margins but rarer still for an infamously secretive company, underscored some speculation that new Chief Executive Tim Cook has ushered in an era of greater transparency. Predecessor Steve Jobs, who died in October, kept an iron grip on the internal workings of the company he founded and made great.
"With every year, we expand our program, we go deeper in our supply chain, we make it harder to comply," Cook told Reuters in an interview. "All of this means that workers will be treated better and better with each passing year. It's not something we feel like we have done what we can do, much remains to be done."
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This CEO Saved His Company By Taking A Drive To Central California -- Then Later Sold It For $3.4 Billion
n December, Lars Dalgaard sold his company, SuccessFactors, to German software giant SAP for $3.4 billion.
But if he hadn't taken a drive through central California in 2008, the story would have had a very different outcome.
Dalgaard started SuccessFactors in the darkest days after the dot-com bust in 2001, so he understood that good times don't last forever.
But in early 2008, the company was booming, growing around 100% per year. Despite loud rumblings about big problems in the housing market, most people in Silicon Valley were oblivious to what was about to happen.
Link
Apple Supplier List Revealed: Audit Uncovers Environmental Violations In Supply Chain
Apple revealed its once closely guarded list of global suppliers on Friday, taking a dramatic and unprecedented step in response to harsh criticism that it was turning a blind eye to dismal working conditions at partner factories.
The move, unusual in an industry that relies heavily on foreign component suppliers to drive margins but rarer still for an infamously secretive company, underscored some speculation that new Chief Executive Tim Cook has ushered in an era of greater transparency. Predecessor Steve Jobs, who died in October, kept an iron grip on the internal workings of the company he founded and made great.
"With every year, we expand our program, we go deeper in our supply chain, we make it harder to comply," Cook told Reuters in an interview. "All of this means that workers will be treated better and better with each passing year. It's not something we feel like we have done what we can do, much remains to be done."
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This CEO Saved His Company By Taking A Drive To Central California -- Then Later Sold It For $3.4 Billion
n December, Lars Dalgaard sold his company, SuccessFactors, to German software giant SAP for $3.4 billion.
But if he hadn't taken a drive through central California in 2008, the story would have had a very different outcome.
Dalgaard started SuccessFactors in the darkest days after the dot-com bust in 2001, so he understood that good times don't last forever.
But in early 2008, the company was booming, growing around 100% per year. Despite loud rumblings about big problems in the housing market, most people in Silicon Valley were oblivious to what was about to happen.
Link
Apple Supplier List Revealed: Audit Uncovers Environmental Violations In Supply Chain
Apple revealed its once closely guarded list of global suppliers on Friday, taking a dramatic and unprecedented step in response to harsh criticism that it was turning a blind eye to dismal working conditions at partner factories.
The move, unusual in an industry that relies heavily on foreign component suppliers to drive margins but rarer still for an infamously secretive company, underscored some speculation that new Chief Executive Tim Cook has ushered in an era of greater transparency. Predecessor Steve Jobs, who died in October, kept an iron grip on the internal workings of the company he founded and made great.
"With every year, we expand our program, we go deeper in our supply chain, we make it harder to comply," Cook told Reuters in an interview. "All of this means that workers will be treated better and better with each passing year. It's not something we feel like we have done what we can do, much remains to be done."
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This CEO Saved His Company By Taking A Drive To Central California -- Then Later Sold It For $3.4 Billion
n December, Lars Dalgaard sold his company, SuccessFactors, to German software giant SAP for $3.4 billion.
But if he hadn't taken a drive through central California in 2008, the story would have had a very different outcome.
Dalgaard started SuccessFactors in the darkest days after the dot-com bust in 2001, so he understood that good times don't last forever.
But in early 2008, the company was booming, growing around 100% per year. Despite loud rumblings about big problems in the housing market, most people in Silicon Valley were oblivious to what was about to happen.
Link
Apple Supplier List Revealed: Audit Uncovers Environmental Violations In Supply Chain
Apple revealed its once closely guarded list of global suppliers on Friday, taking a dramatic and unprecedented step in response to harsh criticism that it was turning a blind eye to dismal working conditions at partner factories.
The move, unusual in an industry that relies heavily on foreign component suppliers to drive margins but rarer still for an infamously secretive company, underscored some speculation that new Chief Executive Tim Cook has ushered in an era of greater transparency. Predecessor Steve Jobs, who died in October, kept an iron grip on the internal workings of the company he founded and made great.
"With every year, we expand our program, we go deeper in our supply chain, we make it harder to comply," Cook told Reuters in an interview. "All of this means that workers will be treated better and better with each passing year. It's not something we feel like we have done what we can do, much remains to be done."
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This CEO Saved His Company By Taking A Drive To Central California -- Then Later Sold It For $3.4 Billion
n December, Lars Dalgaard sold his company, SuccessFactors, to German software giant SAP for $3.4 billion.
But if he hadn't taken a drive through central California in 2008, the story would have had a very different outcome.
Dalgaard started SuccessFactors in the darkest days after the dot-com bust in 2001, so he understood that good times don't last forever.
But in early 2008, the company was booming, growing around 100% per year. Despite loud rumblings about big problems in the housing market, most people in Silicon Valley were oblivious to what was about to happen.
Link
Apple Supplier List Revealed: Audit Uncovers Environmental Violations In Supply Chain
Apple revealed its once closely guarded list of global suppliers on Friday, taking a dramatic and unprecedented step in response to harsh criticism that it was turning a blind eye to dismal working conditions at partner factories.
The move, unusual in an industry that relies heavily on foreign component suppliers to drive margins but rarer still for an infamously secretive company, underscored some speculation that new Chief Executive Tim Cook has ushered in an era of greater transparency. Predecessor Steve Jobs, who died in October, kept an iron grip on the internal workings of the company he founded and made great.
"With every year, we expand our program, we go deeper in our supply chain, we make it harder to comply," Cook told Reuters in an interview. "All of this means that workers will be treated better and better with each passing year. It's not something we feel like we have done what we can do, much remains to be done."
Link
This CEO Saved His Company By Taking A Drive To Central California -- Then Later Sold It For $3.4 Billion
n December, Lars Dalgaard sold his company, SuccessFactors, to German software giant SAP for $3.4 billion.
But if he hadn't taken a drive through central California in 2008, the story would have had a very different outcome.
Dalgaard started SuccessFactors in the darkest days after the dot-com bust in 2001, so he understood that good times don't last forever.
But in early 2008, the company was booming, growing around 100% per year. Despite loud rumblings about big problems in the housing market, most people in Silicon Valley were oblivious to what was about to happen.
Link
Apple Supplier List Revealed: Audit Uncovers Environmental Violations In Supply Chain
Apple revealed its once closely guarded list of global suppliers on Friday, taking a dramatic and unprecedented step in response to harsh criticism that it was turning a blind eye to dismal working conditions at partner factories.
The move, unusual in an industry that relies heavily on foreign component suppliers to drive margins but rarer still for an infamously secretive company, underscored some speculation that new Chief Executive Tim Cook has ushered in an era of greater transparency. Predecessor Steve Jobs, who died in October, kept an iron grip on the internal workings of the company he founded and made great.
"With every year, we expand our program, we go deeper in our supply chain, we make it harder to comply," Cook told Reuters in an interview. "All of this means that workers will be treated better and better with each passing year. It's not something we feel like we have done what we can do, much remains to be done."
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This CEO Saved His Company By Taking A Drive To Central California -- Then Later Sold It For $3.4 Billion
n December, Lars Dalgaard sold his company, SuccessFactors, to German software giant SAP for $3.4 billion.
But if he hadn't taken a drive through central California in 2008, the story would have had a very different outcome.
Dalgaard started SuccessFactors in the darkest days after the dot-com bust in 2001, so he understood that good times don't last forever.
But in early 2008, the company was booming, growing around 100% per year. Despite loud rumblings about big problems in the housing market, most people in Silicon Valley were oblivious to what was about to happen.
Link
Apple Supplier List Revealed: Audit Uncovers Environmental Violations In Supply Chain
Apple revealed its once closely guarded list of global suppliers on Friday, taking a dramatic and unprecedented step in response to harsh criticism that it was turning a blind eye to dismal working conditions at partner factories.
The move, unusual in an industry that relies heavily on foreign component suppliers to drive margins but rarer still for an infamously secretive company, underscored some speculation that new Chief Executive Tim Cook has ushered in an era of greater transparency. Predecessor Steve Jobs, who died in October, kept an iron grip on the internal workings of the company he founded and made great.
"With every year, we expand our program, we go deeper in our supply chain, we make it harder to comply," Cook told Reuters in an interview. "All of this means that workers will be treated better and better with each passing year. It's not something we feel like we have done what we can do, much remains to be done."
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