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Governance Is a Journey: How APICS Built Trust, Resilience, and Growth

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This cultural shift not only improved board-staff dynamics but also made APICS more agile during crises, such as the 2008 recession. Staff were expected to practice the same transparency with leadership and committee members. Reflection for Your Association: Whats your organizations no surprises policy?

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Pitch Deck Teardown: Uber’s $200K pre-seed deck from 2008

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That was a particularly fascinating thought back in 2008 because Uber had yet to launch and didn’t have a clear vision for how it was going to launch UberX. Image Credits: Uber In 2008, smartphones were starting to be a thing. They’re a thing. Size the market and call it a day.

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Global DRAM revenue falls nearly 30% in biggest drop since 2008 financial crisis

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The decline is the biggest since the 2008 financial crisis. According to TrendForce analysts, global DRAM revenue fell by 28.9 percent in the third quarter of this year compared to the previous quarter.

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Napster just sold for $207 million

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In 2008, Best Buy came calling and scooped it up. However, that was just the beginning. The software company Roxio purchased the platform in 2002 and relaunched it as a legitimate e-commerce venture that sold digital music files. The retail giant only held on to Napster for a few years before selling to Rhapsody in 2011.

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Microsoft tells people trying to download 'so 2008' Chrome that Edge is better

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Neowin reports that when someone attempts to download Chrome from within Edge, they’re met with several popups extolling the virtues of Microsoft’s browser over Google’s. Microsoft Edge runs on the same technology as Chrome, with the added trust of Microsoft,” reads one.

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Global DRAM market revenue hit 2008 lows in the fourth quarter

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TrendForce said the primary cause of the revenue drop was a decline in average selling price brought about by a rapid accumulation of inventory in Q3 2022 due to a freeze in demand. Fearful of losing market share, suppliers negotiated less-than-favorable contracts at lower prices to get inventory moving. Read Entire Article

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Hear how Blumberg Capital and DoubleVerify have worked together since 2008 on TechCrunch Live

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days of 2008. Oren Netzer and his co-founder Alex Liverant started DoubleVerify in the heady Web 2.0 Blumberg Capital was the company’s first institutional investor. TechCrunch Live is thrilled to have CEO Netzer and Blumberg Capital partner Yodfat Harel Buchris speak to DoubleVerify’s early pitch deck on March 16 at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET.

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