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4 Key Leadership Lessons from Patagonia Founder, Yvon Chouinard

CEO Insider

.” These are the words of Yvon Chouinard – the founder of multi-billion-dollar outdoor apparel company Patagonia. The post 4 Key Leadership Lessons from Patagonia Founder, Yvon Chouinard appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine. He has often done things differently and even said, “I never wanted to be a businessman.”

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Cubbo aims to be Latin America’s next e-commerce fulfillment leader

TechCrunch

The company came together in January under the leadership of Brian York and Josu Gurtubay. This means items like cosmetics, consumer electronics and apparel. York will also use the funding to round out the leadership team. York’s backstory is quite interesting.

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Why You Should Bring a Startup Founder Mindset To Your Leadership

Terry Starbucker

As befitting my nearly 56 years on this planet, I’ve gotten to the point where my likelihood to alter behaviors, look at things differently, or, more pertinent to this website, change the way I define and practice great leadership, is pretty low. Danny Clancy of Homeschool Apparel ). Yep, I’m now a startup founder myself.

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Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Shaun White, Shawn Mendes get behind Shelf Engine

TechCrunch

Our other big news is that we hired a president ( Kane McCord ) in the past six weeks, which is cool to have the reinforcement on the leadership side.”. The firm looks across different sectors like food, energy, apparel, packaging and recycling. Shelf Engine fits into one of PLUS Capital’s core investment areas of sustainability.

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Loveseat gets comfy with new funding to expand its returned home goods marketplace

TechCrunch

In addition to market expansion, Chris Stanchak expects to use the new funding to round out the leadership team and bring in operations, finance and inventory sourcing talent. The company is also looking to bring the same auction model to electronics and apparel in the future.

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How Not to Screw Up When You’ve Been Screwed Over

Let's Grow Leaders

Accusations make terrible leadership apparel. Let Your Anger Inform Your Leadership. Not to everybody–but chose your words and your audiences carefully. Your angry words will travel faster and farther than you ever thought possible. Don’t Be a Blamer. Don’t Give Up. You’re fired up.

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Guest Post: 3 Steps to Magnetic Leadership

Lead on Purpose

My largest client is in the apparel industry with a multiplicity of brand names. So, how does leadership really play out in this type of non-hierarchical organization? So, how does leadership really play out in this type of non-hierarchical organization? When you think about it this is the highest form of leadership anyway.