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Writing more clearly with The Pyramid Principle

Posted on January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 by Ellery

Producing clear writing is an essential skill. Yet, many people feel their writing isn’t clear enough, and struggle to improve that skill. In this article I would like to share my learning of a method that can help you write more clearly – a method called The Pyramid Principle (“TPP”). It’s easy to use The…

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Why did Salesforce acquire Slack

Posted on December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 by Ellery

When someone acquires a company, they get its customers, its product, and its brand. Salesforce just paid $27.7 billion for those things of Slack. (Of course, there are other aspects not discussed in this article, such as its people and patents, and financial concerns.) They got Slack’s Customers In its press release for this acquisition,…

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How much is Azure’s revenue? Here’s an estimate.

Posted on November 1, 2020November 2, 2020 by Ellery

Azure’s revenue is not a public figure, but I wanted to try to estimate it as a business research exercise. Calculation This week, Microsoft released its Fiscal Year 21 Q1 (Jul. 2020 – Sept. 2020) earnings data. At the same time, MSFT also filed its FY21 Q1 Quarterly Report (Form 10-Q) to the SEC. I…

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Getting promoted: The importance of working with your manager

Posted on October 24, 2020October 25, 2020 by Ellery

TLDR: I believe the ability to work with your manager to advance your career is a key skill for professionals. It may be an uncomfortable topic due to reasons like workplace culture, but there’s no harm and a lot of goodness to work with your manager to identify career goals clearly and build concrete plan…

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How to display an Outlook calendar in Google Calendar

Posted on October 18, 2020October 18, 2020 by Ellery

Recently I learned how to import and subscribe an Outlook calendar into Google Calendar. I did this because I manage two different calendars: Outlook for work, Google for personal stuff — and I wanted a consolidated view of my day. It took a bit of research so I document it here for others and my…

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Azure Communication Services was launched at Ignite!

Posted on September 22, 2020September 24, 2020 by Ellery

I’m really proud to share that Azure Communication Services, which I have been working on since July, was announced at Microsoft Ignite by CEO Satya Nadella! What is Azure Communication Services (ACS)? You can find a lot of descriptions out there, but quoting the official ACS webpage, Azure Communication Services brings rich communication APIs to…

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Doing 10-K research on Canadian public companies

Posted on August 23, 2020August 23, 2020 by Ellery

In a nutshell, this article answers the following question: What is the equivalent of form 10-K for companies publicly traded in Canada? And the answer is: the equivalent consists of 3 forms, namely the Annual Information Form (AIF), Annual Financial Statement and Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A). Summary U.S. tool Description Canadian counterpart EDGAR database…

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