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Sheryl Sandberg

06/02/17

@ Stanford Graduate School of Business

If your parent is about to email a friend to get you a job, don't let that happen; it communicates you can't do it yourself.

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Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, on Using Your Voice For Good

@ Stanford Graduate School of Business

Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, on Using Your Voice For Good

06/02/17

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