Category: Culture
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All Hands 2019
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer Ready for next week? We have the all-hands meeting on Friday, we’ll be broadcasting for those who are unable to attend in person. For everyone else, I look forward…
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Moving Offices
Today marks the last day that our headquarters will be at 1005 7th St NW, starting Monday we will be taking up residence in a different office space at 1015 7th St NW- located just down the block. Many of you may recall when we first got our soon to be former office space… we…
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Happy Thanksgiving
“Give thanks for each new morning with its light: for rest and shelter of the night, for health and food, for heal and food, for love and friends, and for everything thy goodness sends.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Well, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s often said that gratefulness is the secret to happiness. I find that…
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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…