The Partnering for Success Feature in Chapter 13 Focuses on Threadless

question 34

Multiple Choice

The Partnering for Success feature in Chapter 13 focuses on Threadless, the popular community-centered T-shirt design site. According to the feature, at one point during its early growth, Threadless almost collapsed under the weight of operational problems. Threadless solved the problem by ________.

• A) hiring professional managers
• B) replacing the founder CEO with a seasoned CEO from an established company
• C) hiring a consulting firm
• D) selling a minority interest to a venture capital firm, which provided Threadless operational assistance
• E) merging with Zappos and folding its operations into Zappos' operations

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