When the pandemic forced cities to shut down, millions of businesses moved their operations online — a shift that is having lasting impacts on hiring, real estate and the way we buy goods and services.Why it matters: Small businesses are the engines of the economy. While many did not survive the last 15 months, new businesses have popped up and found ways to find customers in the new, all-online-all-the-time environment. Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.
Stripe has seen eye-popping growth during the pandemic as its revenue is largely tied to growth in online shopping. In its previous funding round last April, Stripe was early to highlight the Covid-19 outbreak as pushing the economy online and said several years of offline-to-online migration are being compressed into several weeks. We re investing in the infrastructure that will power internet commerce in 2030 and beyond, wrote chief financial officer Dhivya Suryadevara, who joined the company in August after moving out of her role as General Motors CFO. The pandemic taught us many things about society, including how much can be achieved and paid for online, but the internet still isn t the engine for global economic progress that it could be.
May 26 2021, 5:10 am | BY Kim Shaw | No Comments
The Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia (4As) will offer an online training course “OMG! I’m in Charge!” to its members in a three-part series during June and July 2021.
This is the latest addition to the 4As online training portfolio, made possible by leveraging upon the 4As’ six-year alliance with the Chartered Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) UK, and supported by industry partner Astro.
“OMG! I’m in Charge!” will show practitioners in leadership roles how to navigate the intricacies of managing both the creative team and the creative process over three two-hour sessions.
ByteDance staff and investors have been amazed as the creator has stepped back
Zhang Yiming said he discussed resigning as CEO of ByteDance in March, but said he was caught off guard by an initial $ 200 billion investor.
After a tumultuous year, the 38-year-old founder has announced that he will hand over the duties to his CEO on Thursday to step down from staff, even as his company is preparing for a public start-up.
While in his letter he said he was not so interested in “really managing people”, Zhang was the only CEO of ByteDance, and TikTok built a company with a viral video application to become a global challenge. To Facebook and Tencent.