Description: IN 2005, Kenneth Lander, a lawyer in Monroe, Ga., moved with his wife, stepdaughter and the youngest three of his seven children to a coffee farm in San Rafael de Abangares, Costa Rica. He always “had a heart,” he said, for Latin America, and after a vacation to the lush cloud forests near Monteverde… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Part 1 Business in a Global Environment
Sheryl Sandberg’s advice for men
Description: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg talks to Fortune Senior Editor-At-Large Pattie Sellers about her book ‘Lean In’ and her advice for men in the workplace. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Mar 13, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/magazines/fortune/2013/03/13/news-sheryl-sandberg-men.fortune/ Questions for Discussions: What are the highlights in Sheryl Sandberg’s advice for men in management? Do you think these… Read more »
Homing in on the telecommuting issue
Description: Inside the chase: Does working from home help or hinder productivity? BNN Chase Producer Zena Olijnyk examines the pros and cons of telecommuting. The image of people who telecommute is often one of them sitting around at home in their bunny slippers and pyjamas. But then there are studies that show people who work… Read more »
Spinoff of Time Inc. Rattles Employees
Description: It was an elite reception at a glittery Manhattan setting: prominent media figures like Gayle King and Lesley Stahl gathered on the 10th floor of the Time Warner Center on Monday night to toast Sheryl Sandberg, the Facebook executive who recently released a book about her life. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Mar 13, 2013 Link:… Read more »
Food Trucks Are Stale. Line Up for Food Scooters
Description: Food trucks helped make street vending a $1.5 billion industry in the U.S. last year, according to research firm IBISWorld. Plenty of aspiring entrepreneurs are salivating. But getting a full-service food truck rolling can cost upwards of $100,000, says Howard Leonhardt, who recently launched a venture to sell food trikes and scooters for a… Read more »
Growth in wireless-only subscribers heralds changes for Internet access
Description: A significant percentage of American consumers have no wired broadband connection at home, relying instead on smartphones to connect to the Internet. If the trend continues, it heralds a substantial near-term change in Internet access patterns. Source: Smartplanet.com Date: Mar 13, 2013 Link: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/report/growth-in-wireless-only-subscribers-heralds-changes-for-internet-access/1610?tag=nl.e662&s_cid=e662&ttag=e662 Questions for Discussions: Explain the reasons for the trend towards… Read more »
Apple iWatch Seen as ‘$6B Opportunity’
Description: Bloomberg Industries Anand Srinivasan reports on possible product developments at Apple. He speaks on Bloomberg Television’s “Money Moves.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Mar 05, 2013 Link: http://bloom.bg/13AKpu9 Questions for Discussions: What is the primary selling feature of iWatch that gives Apple competitive advantage? What do you think the key software development… Read more »
Why Redfin, Zillow, and Trulia Haven’t Killed Off Real Estate Brokers
Description: Over the last decade, the Internet has seeped into that bedrock of the U.S. economy: the housing market. A group of growing and mostly profitable websites have sprung up to help guide consumers through what in many cases will be the largest and most nerve-wracking transaction of their lives. Four sites—Redfin and Zillow (Z),… Read more »
How to be the ‘disrupter’ and not the ‘disrupted’
Description: In his eye-opening 1970 book, Future Shock, Alvin Toffler said that changes in technology and trends were happening so fast that people and society could no longer psychologically keep up. Now, even the most innovative and technologically advanced companies can’t keep up with the pace of change — markets are now being disrupted in… Read more »
Lolly Wolly Doodle Shows How to Profit From Social: Tech
Description: Brandi Temple, a 39-year-old mother of four, transformed a living-room hobby into a retailer that ships 30,000 kids’ garments a month using online social tools that giant competitors haven’t mastered. Lolly Wolly Doodle Inc., the retailer founded by Temple in 2010, makes most of its sales through Facebook Inc., using the social network to… Read more »
