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CEOs Aren't Rockstars. Stop Paying Them Like They Are

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By Sherif Foda
| Entrepreneur Verified
There's a CEO I met once—let's just say the name was well known. What shocked me wasn't the private jet or the outrageous spending perks. It was the number: US$140 million. That was his annual pay package—in a year when the company lost money, its share price tumbled, and its market cap was less than US$300 million. We live in a time when the average worker is being told to tighten their belt, accept layoffs, or "pivot" their skills.
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The Harsh Truth: Not Every Founder Should Be CEO

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By Sherif Foda
| Entrepreneur Verified
Let's get one thing straight: being a CEO doesn't make you an entrepreneur. And being a successful entrepreneur doesn't automatically make you fit to be CEO. These two titles—often used interchangeably—are not the same. In fact, they're rarely embodied by the same person. Why? Because starting a company and scaling one are two entirely different skill sets.
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Energy Realities: Why the Path to Net Zero Starts with Us

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By Sherif Foda
| Oil & Gas Middle East Verified
If you cannot feed your kids, you will not think about the climate – that’s why some parts of the world still use coal. But coal is one of the sources of energy that should be abandoned and replaced, for example, by gas, which has less of a negative effect on the environment similar to what the US did. The States achieved a remarkable drop in emissions by replacing coal with gas.
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Access to justice grinds to a halt

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By Sherif Foda, Erin Durant
| The Toronto Star Verified
Two steps forward and one step back. That is how some describe the pace of progress toward better access to justice for ordinary Canadians. Recent events in Ontario, however, suggest that we may no longer be moving forward at all. Access to justice is under attack. “The immediate cuts are approximately 30 per cent of Legal Aid Ontario’s budget and, apparently, 100 per cent of its services for refugee and immigration law services,” write Sherif Foda and Erin Durant.
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