Become The CEO Of Your Own Destiny: LiveOps CEO And Former eBay COO Maynard Webb, Santa Clara, California (Part 6)

Sramana: There is a trend towards concentrating hubs. An Economist article a month ago projected that Shanghai was going to have 45 million people living in one city by 2025. This is a completely dysfunctional environment. That is more than the population of Argentina. Maynard Webb: That is interesting. We don’t do anybody any favors

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Become The CEO Of Your Own Destiny: LiveOps CEO And Former eBay COO Maynard Webb, Santa Clara, California (Part 5)

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Become The CEO Of Your Own Destiny: LiveOps CEO And Former eBay COO Maynard Webb, Santa Clara, California (Part 4)

Sramana: How does your workforce-in-the-cloud strategy play out in terms of globalization and outsourcing? Maynard Webb: Offshoring is playing whack-a-mole. Sourcing is done only from one country, and once you get in the country and get it right the competition shows up and employees start jumping to your competition, which leaves you looking for another

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