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Silicon Valley Tech CEOs React to Trump Presidency

Donald Trump's election caused celebration, concern, and in the case of Silicon Valley tech companies, a flurry of memos and e-mails.

Some CEOs felt the need to reach out post-election, telling employees that even though the country might be changing, their companies will not.

"As it was becoming more obvious where the election was going, it would make sense to measure the organization," said Aaron Levie, Box CEO.

Levie is used to talking with his co-workers. But the CEO and co-founder of the Redwood City cloud storage company took it to another level after Trump's election with a memo to his workforce.

"I did get a couple of notes that evening with people wondering," Levie said. "It was clear we needed to communicate what we were going to stand for."

Levie was not the only one moved to write.

Apple CEO Tim Cook sent out an all-hands, post-election message saying Apple employees should reach out to each other and celebrate diversity.

Delivery service Grubhub's CEO was criticized after writing that employees who share Trump's views should resign.

And a New Balance memo about things moving in the right direction with Trump as president was quickly passed around, leaving some who bought the company's shoes to literally trash them.

Levie is not looking for something that extreme.

"I'm hopeful we can work in a constructive way with the new administration," he said.

Levie said he got positive feedback from many in the company. He said the goal was to stay non-partisan, just supportive.

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