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Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma announces plans to retire at 54

Alibaba co-founder and chairman Jack Ma plans to retire from the Chinese e-commerce giant on Monday to devote his time to philanthropy focused on education, he told the New York Times in an interview.

Ma was an English teacher before starting Alibaba in 1999 and built it into a multibillion-dollar internet colossus, becoming one of the world’s richest men and a revered figure in his homeland.

6 Simple Tips for Building a Great Company Culture

Uber has the dubious distinction of having one of the most toxic company cultures in the business world today. The company’s troubles have stimulated an important discussion: How do you build good corporate culture? It’s not necessarily about investors or the Board of Directors hobbling the CEO because CEOs can be great stewards of company culture. “I think there are a select number of…

Uber investment deal hinges on a cease-fire between Benchmark and Kalanick

Uber has three groups of investors waiting to provide funding to the company. But none of them care to put up money until a dispute between two important parties has been resolved. Are these trials and tribulations hurting the business? Apparently not in terms of dollars and cents. Uber is currently valued at about $70 billion, and that seems unlikely to change. Anton Levy of private equity firm…

The Smart Money is Investing in Tech

Photo credit: Shutterstock Where is the smart money going when it comes to tech companies? Some leading experts will be exploring that subject at Fortune’s upcoming Brainstorm TECH conference. Anton Levy of General Atlantic, Kirsten Green of Forerunner Ventures, and David Trujillo of TPG will share the stage in a panel discussion on what industries, ideas, or trends they’re betting on; what…

Startup values decline, but some companies are still investing big money.

Photo: Shutterstock As the smoke clears from the hot startup market, and venture capitalists start seeing that many of these companies are valued at unsustainably high levels, a valuation correction is taking place. “Everyone’s kind of going back to their knitting,” says Anton Levy, managing director and head of global internet and technology at growth investment firm General Atlantic. “That’s…

New York Public Radio Sponsors PEN World Voices Exploring Mexico Today

Image: Gerardo C.Lerner / Shutterstock.com New York Public Radio is a sponsor of the upcoming PEN World Voices Festival, scheduled from April 25 through May 1. The festival will celebrate Mexico’s rich literary culture with performances featuring authors from around the world. June M. Carson, a philanthropist noted for education and conservation work, Anton Levy, managing director at General…

Forbes Celebrates 30 Millennials Under 30 Innovating E-commerce

Bill Bobbitt, 27, Shruti Shah, 27, Jenny Morrill, 27, Ryan Smith, 27 co-founders of Move Loot, an online furniture-selling platform, were included in Forbes 30 Under 30 picks for millennials innovating e-commerce this year. Photo: Forbes. Former high school track star Tyler Haney became fascinated with technical athletic fabrics while studying at Parson’s School of Design. Her research led to the…

Great Places To Work Come In Medium #Business #Career

Photo: Rawpixel | Shutterstock. Off the top of your head you’d probably suggest that best places to work offer a generous salary, amazing benefits, tons of vacation, great support and training, and not a lot of stress. Of course that description sounds more like the life of lottery winner or someone who has inherited a lot of money. That’s not most people. However, job seekers with good skills…