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Re:Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CF... by muriithi on Thursday April 10, 2014 @09:47AM (#7565996)
Since this is HN is it possible to limit ourselves to how CR will help Dropbox to market itself in countries where governments are hostile?

Does anyone know how Rice’s firm RiceHadleyGates would help DropBox do that?

I would assume that her elevation from consultant to board member means that she has been tried and tested.

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Re:Condoleezza Rice Joins Dropbox’s Board As It Names New CF... by JabavuAdams on Thursday April 10, 2014 @09:51AM (#7566026)
Why would it help? ELI5 it for me. American influence is at a low ebb, and adding figures from a disgraced and frankly laughing-stock administration seems a horrible PR move. Will this help with domestic US government contracts?
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