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The rapid delivery company had been hiring Amazon executives to overhaul its operations. They brought in practices like micromanaging bathroom breaks.

YouTube's early days of growing the site around the world seemed to have been a nightmare of conforming to local laws around speech.

Copying the Amazon playbook has caused problems at startups like GoPuff. But others say the problem isn't the Amazon model, but how it's implemented.

The YouTube cofounder Chad Hurley threatened to abandon the Google deal, Bloomberg's Mark Bergen wrote in his new book, "Like, Comment, Subscribe."

YouTube executives told content creators for kids to start thinking about creating short content for its Kids app. It could be a regulatory nightmare.

Gopuff hired more than two dozen Amazon veterans to build its warehouse business. Insiders say the Amazon model disrupted the $15 billion startup.

Snap last week axed more than 1,200 workers in a mass layoff that came as a surprise to many.

Snap laid off around 20% of its employees last week as growth in its advertising businesses slows dramatically.

The Snap cofounder has always shunned Wall Street and taken big bets that won't pay off for years. In August, that approach suddenly changed.

Snap staff have seen their overall compensation slump as the company's shares have plunged this year.