With another Cisco executive headed out the door, CEO Chuck Robbins this week sent an email to employees — obtained in full by the Business Journal —in a bid to boost morale and outline a series of sweeping changes in the company’s leadership structure.

Cities have offered billions of dollars in incentives to land Amazon’s second headquarters, but the company is adding thousands of jobs in technology hubs around North America anyway.

The Carlyle Group co-founder and billionaire David Rubenstein thinks the Washington, D.C. region has a lot going for it in its attempt to lure Amazon.com’s second headquarters and the promise of millions of square feet of office space and tens of thousands of tech jobs. “I think it would make a lot of sense if they were to do so,” Rubenstein said in an exclusive interview Wednesday to reflect upon 10 years of leadership at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., and his upcoming interview with Amazon…

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Social Capital, the venture firm founded seven years ago by former Facebook Inc. executive Chamath Palihapitiya is “imploding,” according to a scathing report in Axios by the venture capital reporter Dan Primack. The article paints a picture of deep dysfunction at the Palo Alto-based firm, which has raised more than $1 billion and has invested in unicorn startups like Slack, SureyMonkey and now-public Box. “Social Capital appears to be done, at least as a major venture capital investor,” Primack…

Amazon confirmed its East Coast plans after opening two more Amazon Go stores in Seattle and as it prepares to launch stores in San Francisco and Chicago.