Fri.Dec 04, 2020

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Celebrating the Life and Work of Tony Hsieh

Tech.Co

By Frank Gruber and Jen Consalvo. It’s with profound sadness we mourn the loss of a true visionary, author, mentor, thought-leader, investor, and friend, Tony Hsieh. Readers may be interested to know that Tech.co has a history with Tony, as he became an investor in the company in 2013, and built a lasting friendship with us as the Tech.co co-founders.

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Professional Esports Team Signs 8 Year Old

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Hollywood-based professional esports team Team 33 , which says it is developing a roster of professional e-sports players for Call of Duty, CS:60, Valorant, Wodl of Warcraft, Fortnite, and other esports leagues, says it has signed on an 8-year old for its team. According to the esports team, it signed Joseph Deen (33 Gosu) to its team, paying him a $33,000 signing bonus and providing him with a $5000 gaming setup to be part of its talent roster.

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Call of Duty Nets $3 Billion for Activision Blizzard

L.A. Business Journal

Blockbuster video game franchise “Call of Duty” continues to deliver big returns for Santa Monica publisher Activision Blizzard Inc.

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Activision Says Call Of Duty Hauls In $3 Billion In 12 Months

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Santa Monica-based game publisher Activision says its Call of Duty franchise has surpassed $3 billion in net bookings over the last 12 months. The publisher recently launched a new title, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. According to Activision, over 200 million people played Call of Duty this year, with November the biggest month ever for monthly players and hours played.

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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8 Qualities That All Super Business Leaders Display

Startup Professionals Musings

Almost every employee or team member can remember that one special boss in their career who was the role model of a leader, always commanded respect, and was able to get the most voluntarily from everyone all the time. Every entrepreneur and business executive I know wants to emulate that boss, but most can’t even describe the attributes required. They know these exceptional leaders seem to have a way of finding and enticing the best people into the organization, getting exceptional performance

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Interview with Darren Litt, MarketerHire

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For our interview today, we spoke with Darren Litt , one of the co-founders of Los Angeles-based MarketerHire , an online marketplace focused on connecting companies with marketing talent. What is MarketerHire? Darren Litt: Simply put, we're a talent marketplace that makes it easy to hire the best marketers. We started MarketerHire two years ago, and all of our founders come from a background in and around the world of marketing.

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