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President Trump reportedly has approved the Oracle deal for TikTok’s US operations

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President Donald Trump said has has given his stamp of approval “in concept” on the Oracle bid for the U.S. 12 stay, keeping it up through the US election and Oracle dealmaking. operations of the wildly popular social media app, TikTok, according to a report from Bloomberg. And the U.S. The bulk of TikTok’s U.S.

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UCSB Gets $50M From Oracle Chairman For Energy Efficiency Institute

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The UC Santa Barbara has received a big boost to the firm's technology programs with a $50M gift from the Chairman of Oracle and his wife, Jeff and Judy Henley. Jeff Henley, who is a UCSB graduate, is currently Chairman of the Board of Oracle, and served as Chief Financial Officer of the company from 1991 to 2004.

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Larry Ellison To Keynote USC Commencement

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Larry Ellison , the founder and Chairman of Oracle , has been named the speaker for the University of Southern California commencement, the school said on Thursday. Ellison founded Oracle in 1977, and was CEO until 2014, when he shifted to Executive Chairman and Chief Technology Officer. The commencement will be held on May 13th.

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Entrepreneurs Need To Keep Their Business Focused

Startup Professionals Musings

Narrow the scope more realistically to people with specific age, income, and education demographics, that you can realistically reach with your marketing plan. If you really believe that IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle are your competition, you probably don’t have a business. Keep your value chain consistent.

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8 Key Focus Elements Will Attract Startup Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Narrow the scope more realistically to people with specific age, income, and education demographics, that you can realistically reach with your marketing plan. If you really believe that IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle are your competition, you probably don’t have a business. Keep your value chain consistent.

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How A Pivot Turned Vantage Media Into A $100M Plus Business

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However, if you talk to a lot of people about who Vantage Media is, a lot of them think we''re still an agency, specifically focused on for-profit education marketing. That technology underpins marketplaces in auto, health, life insurance, and even education. Starting in 2010, we started focusing on that.

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How Do You Know if You Have the Right CEO to Run Your Business Until the End?

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He spent years in the early days of many great Silicon Valley enterprise software companies including Oracle and McAfee. Mark has led two public company software companies before – both to billion-dollar outcomes. And it turns out customers would rather speak to a rep before knowing which $500 camera to purchase.

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