When I was COO at AbeBooks, a marketplace for used, rare and out-of-print books, we thought we could expand our site into new books.

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Earlier this month, I met with Kaspersky Lab COO Eugene Buyakin at the Mandarin Oriental hotel on Boylston Street in Boston.

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Like my COO friend, as I point to companies who have not only survived, but also thrived in periods of rapid change, the one common denominator is seldom a grand strategic vision.

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Before earnings came out, I spoke with CEO Malcolm Unsworth and COO Philip C.

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The evocative moment in the episode I was watching happened when the agency COO is thanking the CEO of C.

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Yesterday afternoon I got a chance to meet Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, the author of Lean In, the much-discussed book about the need for women to take it upon themselves to strive for leadership roles.

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BTW, I would note that Dave Goldberg is the husband of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.

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To find out why Viggle made the deal, I chatted quickly this morning with Greg Consiglio, the President and COO of Viggle.

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"I always feel there is a hint of sadness in the shows, " says Daniella Vitale Coo, executive vice president of Barneys New York.

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