Description: Panera Bread is selling groceries as housebound consumers eat fewer meals from restaurants. Source: CNBC.com Date: Apr 08, 2020 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/08/panera-bread-is-selling-groceries-as-restaurant-sales-plummet.html Questions for discussion: Create a SWOT analysis that focuses on Panera at this time of pandemic? Do you think the idea of distributing groceries is a good idea? What other ideas would you… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Part 2 Starting and Growing Your Business
SPOS #717 – Vinh Giang The Magic of Better Communication
Description: Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #717 – Host: Mitch Joel. This is the first conversation that I recorded in our current Covid 19 world. I wanted to discuss the power of communications, and how we can get better, and add much more empathy to the way that we are connected. Especially in… Read more »
Quibi Is Jeffrey Katzenberg’s $1.7 Billion Gamble
Description: Jeffrey Katzenberg has nearly 50 years of entertainment experience and a massive war chest. Neither of those things guarantee success for his new mobile video service. Source: INC.com Date: Apr 03, 2020 Link: https://www.inc.com/matt-haber/quibi-mobile-video-jeffrey-katzenberg-startup.html?utm_source=incthismorning Questions for discussion: Do you think the business model will work? How would you improve chances for success? Who will… Read more »
Watch Tesla Design Ventilators Using Mostly Model 3 Parts
Description: Tesla posted a video to its YouTube channel that shows Tesla engineers working on designing ventilators out of mainly Tesla Model 3 parts. It’s pretty amazing to see how many existing Tesla parts can be repurposed into assembling a ventilator. Source: InsideEVS.com Date: Apr 05, 2020 Link: https://insideevs.com/news/408057/tesla-making-ventilators-from-model-3-parts/ Questions for discussion: How does the publicity from this… Read more »
Amazon sought ‘retaliation’ when it fired worker who led coronavirus walkout: NY AG
Description: New York State Attorney General Letitia James told Yahoo Finance on Tuesday that her office is “considering their legal options” against Amazon (AMZN) over its decision to fire a warehouse manager who led a walkout over coronavirus protections. Source: Yahoo.Finance.com – video report Date: Mar 31, 2020 Link: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-sought-retaliation-when-it-fired-worker-who-led-coronavirus-walkout-ny-ag-195951868.html Questions for discussion: What are the business… Read more »
The U.S. Tried to Build a New Fleet of Ventilators. The Mission Failed.
Description: As the coronavirus spreads, the collapse of the project helps explain America’s acute shortage. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Mar 29, 2020 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/business/coronavirus-us-ventilator-shortage.html Questions for discussion: What does the article say is the primary reason for the failure to produce an inexpensive ventilator? Could this issue have been avoided if multiple governments around the world… Read more »
COVID-19 Will Turbocharge Legal Industry Transformation
Description: The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is attacking the health, financial welfare, social order and political stability of nations across the globe. At a time when millions are fighting to survive illness, financial hardship, political upheaval, and other existential threats, it is difficult to look beyond the moment. The scourge of COVID-19 will pass. When, at what… Read more »
Why Tech Companies Can Regain Consumer Trust as Coronavirus Crisis Continues
Description: As the government continues to wrestle with the COVID-19 epidemic, US consumers and news organizations have rediscovered one of the things that made social media so valuable: Democratizing information about a fast-moving global story brings to light important narratives that official sources may miss, ignore or suppress. Source: e-Marketer.com Date: Mar 17, 2020 Link:… Read more »
The World Catches a Dangerous Virus of the Mind
Description: The coronavirus is more than a health menace. It’s a wealth destroyer that the global economy will have to live with for many months to come. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Feb 25, 2020 Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-28/the-world-catches-a-dangerous-virus-of-the-mind?srnd=businessweek-v2 Questions for discussion: What does the article say about what was known about the coronavirus a month ago? How did people… Read more »
Video game publishers positioned to outperform amid coronavirus outbreak
Description: Day after day we’re hearing about the industries that are being negatively affected by the coronavirus outbreak, but one firm thinks video game publishers are positioned to outperform the broader market in the midst of Covid-19. Yahoo Finance’s tech editor Dan Howley joined Dan Roberts and Seana Smith to discuss to break it all… Read more »
