Cartoon of the Week - Seller Beware
Starbucks announced this week that it will close all retail locations of La Boulange, a French-inspired bakery it acquired in 2013.
As a French startup in the valley, we naturally have a soft spot for the chain and are saddened by this news. We’re not alone – the cafés are so popular with San Francisco residents that a petition has been started to let them stand.
Unfortunately, this sort of news is common – particularly in the tech industry. Companies are frequently acquired for patents and talent, and a successful brand will often disappear following an acquisition.
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I am the Chief Executive Officer of eXo Platform (the open source digital workplace platform), a company that I co-founded while in college and that I came back to after several years in the banking and consulting industry. I blog about modern work, about open-source and sovereignty issues. Occasionally, I also blog about my personal areas of interest, such as personal development, work–life balance, sustainability and gender equality.
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