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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by jchien17 on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @01:33AM (#14600916)
Wow, I thought he was just going to step away and take a break. Do we know who might replace him?

It's also interesting that the five shareholders mentioned in the NYTimes article want 2 "truly independent directors". What does that mean? Depending on how many board seats there are, maybe two votes aren't enough?

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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by santoshalper on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @01:49AM (#14601036)
What it means is that those investors believe that Uber's board is padded by Travis's cronies, and they want adult supervision brought in.
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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by akras14 on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @01:36AM (#14600931)
I bet it will be a woman. Merrisa Mayer? lol
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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by Cipater on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @03:32AM (#14601683)
Is there an issue if it's a woman?

Is Marissa Meyer the only woman y'all know?

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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by akras14 on Thursday June 22, 2017 @04:22AM (#14610852)
I have no issues with women being CEOs. I do have an issue when people get selected for political reasons, i.e. to keep the mob happy.
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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by whorleater on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @08:19AM (#14603054)
We know of Elizabeth Holmes too!
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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by samstave on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @01:44AM (#14600993)
Haha I thought the same thing, then kicked myself for manifesting that thought into the universe, only because that seems the most probable Silicon Valley knee jerk reaction in this case...
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