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BlackBerry Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis Was Pushed Into an Innovation Role

Hampus Jakobsson · How to Sell For $100m+ · Jan 21, 2016 · at 9:49

Hampus Jakobsson discusses why he left BlackBerry in 2012 after his company, The Astonishing Tribe, was acquired.

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“One was Mike was pushed out. He was pushed into an innovation role, and he was a totally amazing person.”

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