Facebook, meanwhile, has questions over the quality of its management team, said Mark Mahaney, formerly an analyst at Citi.

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Having quality ownership, competent team management, and an extremely avid customer base are the ingredients for stability and success in any business.

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Ewanick joins a management team that has seen its share of change as it battles reliability and quality issues with its first plug-in hybrid sedan, the Karma.

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We've heard about Netflix's efforts to team up with ISPs on bandwidth management before, it will be interesting to see if higher quality streaming or bundled packages become part of the deal.

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After using MOSAIC scores and rankings as our initial guide, the Forbes team personally debates the merits and blemishes of individual companies, evaluating the strength of management teams, quality of investors, past growth, product strength and market potential to produce a final list.

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