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Last week, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal made his second significant executive change since assuming the top spot in November 2021 and will replace the company’s top two cybersecurity leaders.

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Twitter Hits Refresh on its Cybersecurity Leadership

Discover some of Microsoft's most expensive and impactful acquisitions and how they fall under its corporate umbrella.


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What Companies Does Microsoft Own?

Nearly all 21 of Amazon's earliest employees have left the company. Some started their own businesses, others run their own philanthropies. Many others have since retired. Check out who was responsible for the building blocks of one of the most valuable companies 

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The First Five Hires at Amazon

2021 was a great year for French startups. According to a report by Dealroom in partnership with La French Tech, venture capital investments in French startups have doubled in the past year alone, going from $5.8 billion (5.1 billion euros) to over $11.3 billion (10 billion euros) in 2021. In parallel, the combined enterprise value of French startups founded since 2000 was $204 billion (179 billion euros) in 2021, which is 17.7 times more than in 2010.

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10 French Startups to Watch in 2022

Apple's top communications executive, Stella Low, has left her post after less than a year on the job

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Apple Names its Second Comms Leader in Less Than a Year

Mustafa Suleyman, Google’s VP of Product Management and Policy for Artificial Intelligence, has left the tech giant for a new role at venture capital firm Greylock Partners.

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DeepMind Co-Founder Leaves Google for an AI VC Role

Eshita Nandini first heard about Bitcoin around 2018, but didn’t really spend much time learning about it until the beginning of 2020 when she, like the rest of the world, suddenly found herself with a lot of time at home at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, Nandini works as a Cryptoasset Analyst for Messari, a cryptocurrency analytics company on a mission to bring transparency to the crypto-economy. The Org spoke to Nandini to learn more about how she moved into the Web3 space.

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Women in Web3: How to Become a Cryptoasset Analyst 

Back in March 2020, OpenSea only had five employees and was making roughly $28,000 in monthly revenue. Its direct competitor ​​Rare Bits had just gone out of business, and the NFT space wasn’t looking entirely promising. This all changed in February of 2021, when the NFT market completely blew up and more people became interested in the space. The Org takes a look into the background of the leaders who are helping Finzer and Atallah shape the future of the world’s largest NFT marketplace.

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A Look Inside the Org Chart of the World’s Biggest NFT Marketplace

Time is one of those tricky things. We are usually so busy in our work days that we end up exhausted and can’t wait to collapse at the end of the day, but we never seem to get as much done as we hoped. As the un-done items from our to-do lists pile up, we ask ourselves, “where did all my time go?” 

The Org's expert contributor, Larry Spring discusses eight common time traps and ways to rectify them.


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Why Startup CEOs Never Have Enough Time — And What They Can Do About It

These are the most notable hires, promotions, and departures within the US tech community in the last week. For executive news updated daily, check out The Org's News tab.

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The Biggest Moves in Tech This Week

AWall Street Journal report revealed that Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is slated to step down from his long-time leadership role in 2023.


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Activision Blizzard’s Embattled CEO Could Exit After $69B Microsoft Deal

Lori Castillo Martinez has been promoted as Salesforce’s new Chief Equality Officer. She had held the role on an interim basis for the past six months but has now made the change permanent.

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Salesforce Names its Permanent Equality Chief Amid Diversity Push

GE has appointed Scott Reese as the new CEO of GE Digital, the conglomerate’s division that supplies software and IoT services to industrial companies.

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GE Names New CEO for its Digital Division

While Tesla seems to get all the press, it isn't alone in creating innovative electric car solutions as a host of startups are also flooding the segment in an attempt to bring clean energy to the auto market.

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The EV Startups Chasing Down Tesla in 2022

Most of Apple’s early history is well-documented, but who were the first five hires working out of Steve Jobs’ garage in the 1970s and where are they now? 

Apple CEO Steve Jobs delivers a keynote address at the 2005 Macworld Expo January 11, 2005 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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The First Five Hires at Apple

Founder of failed blood-testing startup Theranos Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty of fraud on January 3rd. She was convicted on three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and will be sentenced on September 26. The Org has compiled a list of investors who were duped millions of dollars through their investments in Theranos.

Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes and her lawyer leave the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on January 3, 2022 in San Jose, California. A jury found Elizabeth Holmes guilty on three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to defraud investors. (Photo by David Odisho/Getty Images).

Theranos founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes and her lawyer leave the Robert F. Peckham Federal Building on January 3, 2022 in San Jose, California. A jury found Elizabeth Holmes guilty on three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to defraud investors. (Photo by David Odisho/Getty Images)

The People Who Invested in Theranos

BlockFi has bolstered its C-suite with two new hires as it looks to capitalize on increasing awareness and adoption of cryptocurrencies in 2022.

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BlockFi Names New COO and CTO as Crypto IPOs Approach

The digital nomad revolution — an entire generation of people working while they travel — has been prophesied for years. But now, with changing notions of workplaces and the pandemic keeping workers remote, the long-awaited paradigm shift may finally be upon us.


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Digital Nomads: Escape for the Uber-Rich or Accessible Lifestyle for the Masses?

Oscar Health has hired veteran healthcare executive Ranmali Bopitiya as its new Chief Legal Officer to help guide its expansion into new markets.

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Oscar Health Names a New Chief Legal Officer

At the turn of the new year, fintech startup Bolt became the first unicorn to announce a permanent shift to a four-day work week. Some U.S. lawmakers are trying to push for a shorter work week, too. But could it really happen on a large scale in the United States?