Category: Culture
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Tahzoo is 8 Years Old!
“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.” – Gail Devers Hi All, Happy Anniversary Everyone!!! Tahzoo is eight years old this week. We’ve been on a remarkable journey from a big idea with a few…
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Memorial Day 2018
As we head into Memorial Day weekend – the unofficial start to summer, it’s important that each of us take time to pause and honor the brave men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. For those of you who have lost friends and family members, please accept our condolences and…
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Email Etiquette
While I was at Microsoft, I participated on a committee chaired by Kevin Johnson (who at the time was leading Worldwide Sales, Marketing, and Services). As most of you know, Kevin Johnson is now the CEO of Starbucks. Our committee worked for several months to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Microsoft’s account teams. The…
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Guiding Principles
I had a nice visit to the Richmond office this week. As Dara said, it’s going to be “Richmond hipster”, replete with a huge mural along the main wall. As we were moving various items into the new office, I came across a whiteboard that had advice written for new employees. It got me to…
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Giving Thanks
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! I trust that all of you (in the States at least!) enjoyed your time with family and friends. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday – even more than Christmas. I appreciate a moment to reflect on the things I am grateful for and what I’d like to improve upon next year. Over the…
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Living through Experiences – Tahzoo’s 7 year anniversary
“First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII — and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we’ve realized it’s a brochure.” – Douglas Adams Thank you for…
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Persistence
“No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.” – Voltaire Hi All, As I walked into the office the day before yesterday, there were two gentlemen waiting at the front door to speak with me. They were from a bank that has been wanting to do business with Tahzoo for some time. I haven’t been available to…
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Shared Values
In order to do all of what has been written about in my previous two notes, we need to be a team and a family of co-workers that share a common value system. The first act of the company was to establish a core set of values: If you care about your customers and your…
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Making a Difference
In many ways, I am thrilled at what we’ve accomplished – but it’s not enough, not nearly enough. I want to build a business that is inspirational, that aspires to change the way business is done and most importantly, is an expression of our core values. The business should be inspirational in the way that…
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Culture Book
Hi Everyone, I am pleased to share the new Tahzoo Culture Book! This book was created to share our stories, talk about our values, and provide some guide rails for how to be effective at Tahzoo. Please take some time and read through this thoroughly. We are going to be hiring many new people this…