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Specifi Names Fabio Tantaro Chief Executive Officer

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Long-time company leader steps into the top role, pledging to double-down on innovation and cross-industry collaboration   Jupiter, Florida — Specifi, the marketplace for global data serving the foodservice equipment and supplies industry, following the internal reorganization announced a few weeks ago, today announced the appointment of Fabio Tantaro as Chief Executive Officer for Europe …

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The measure of intelligence is the ability to change

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The BIC Pen, this humble writing instrument, is one of the most perfectly designed and ingeniously engineered products of the last century. The Bic Cristal, introduced in 1950, has become a universal tool for students, professionals, and everyday users. Its sheer simplicity, functionality, and affordability have cemented its status as a timeless design icon.   …

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Yes men, no future

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Jack Lemmon’s portrayal of C.C. “Bud” Baxter in The Apartment (1960) is widely regarded as a quintessential and famously sympathetic “yes-man” character, embodying the desperate, cynical, and ultimately redemptive nature of the corporate ladder-climber.   A “yes man” at work (widely, not just in the software world, but in every office, organization, or group) is someone …

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Not all problems deserve a software solution

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If a problem is real, then why don’t people change? Good question, and quite annoying, especially when you’re convinced you have a better solution than your competitors. The answer is that change doesn’t depend solely on how strong your product is. It depends on four forces moving together. Two push forward, toward a new solution. …

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Video Killed the Radio Star: undiscovered marketing

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MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) was launched on August 1, 1981, at 12:01 a.m., under the ownership of Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment. The first video played on MTV was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles. Until then, music was just a matter of radio, vinyl and audio tape. Videos associated with the …

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The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything

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For those of you who don’t know (shame on you!), “42” is the “Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything,” according to the must-read Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Calculated by the supercomputer Deep Thought after 7.5 million years, the number represents a joke about the search for …

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