Description: Hitcents Co-Founder Ed Mills discusses how Tom Hanks turned his love of typewriters into an iPad app. He speaks on “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: August 06, 2014 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/hanx-writer-tom-hanks-turns-love-of-typewriters-into-an-app-kDBabQrIS_~ujzLoSsVEZQ.html Questions for Discussions: Explain the success of this idea? How important is Tom Hanks to the success of sales?… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Part 3 Management: Empowering People to Achieve Business Objectives
Too Much Corn With Nowhere to Go as U.S. Sees Record Crop
Description: The ripening corn and soybean fields stretch for miles in every direction from Dennis Wentworth’s farm in Downs, Illinois. As he marveled at his best-yielding crops ever, he wondered aloud where the heck he’ll put it all. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Aug 22, 2014 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-22/too-much-corn-with-nowhere-to-go-as-u-s-sees-record-crop.html Questions for Discussions: How does this article illustrate the… Read more »
Jay-Z Gives Nike a Deadline for Kevin Durant
Description: An interesting two-on-one is shaping up in the basketball sneaker game: Jay-Z and Kevin Durant vs. Nike (NKE). Durant, who is represented by Mr. Z’s Roc Nation, has given Nike until Wednesday to match a 10-year sponsorship offer from Under Armour (UA), according to ESPN. The deal is worth between $265 million and $285… Read more »
What 13 successful people do before going to sleep
Description: Morning routines are important — but bedtime rituals can have a serious impact on your success. That’s because the very last thing you do before bed affects your mood and energy level the following day, since it often determines how well and how much you sleep. Knowing that, we decided to find out how… Read more »
Why big media is a ‘Game of Thrones’
Description: Bigger, bigger, bigger: that’s the battle cry of today’s media corporations. Brian Stelter maps out the war between the entertainment producers and the cable distributors. But who will sit on the Iron Throne? Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: August 06, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/media/2014/08/06/why-big-media-is-a-game-of-thrones.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Describe the changing relationship between content creators… Read more »
Lululemon seeks a leg up on knockoffs
Description: Lululemon Athletica Inc. has filed a lawsuit in a U.S. federal court in Illinois targeting a sealed list of unidentified defendants that it says are China-based knockoff artists selling fake versions of its ubiquitous yoga pants and other merchandise online. Source: BNN.com – video report Date: July 19, 2014 Link: http://www.bnn.ca/News/2014/7/19/Lululemon-seeks-a-leg-up-on-knockoffs.aspx Questions for Discussions:… Read more »
Arrogance Is Good: In Defense of Silicon Valley
Description: Sam Altman sits behind his desk with his knees pulled up to his chest, eating dried apricots. He’s 29, but even the most laissez-faire bartender would card him. His hand is forever grabbing his hair while he thinks, making it stick up in Einsteinian tufts. Source: Businessweek.com Date: August 07, 2014 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-08-07/silicon-valley-tech-entrepreneurs-behind-the-stereotype#p1 Questions… Read more »
Big-box stores may see dark days ahead
Description: Walmart (WMT) and Target (TGT) gained dominance by offering everything from groceries to children’s toys, often putting smaller, local stores out of business in the process. Now, it’s the revenge of the smaller retailers. Source: CBSNews.com Date: July 19, 2014 Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/are-there-dark-days-ahead-for-big-box-stores/?tag=nl.e713&s_cid=e713&ttag=e713&ftag=TRE4cf7aca Questions for discussion: What is happening in retailing today that is reflected… Read more »
A Growing Challenge for Germans Who Live by Bread Alone
Description: SCHOPFHEIM, Germany — On Sunday mornings, the line at the backdoor of Fritz Trefzger’s bakery snakes through the courtyard as customers wait for their chance to step into the inner sanctum of his kitchen. Source: NYTimes.com Date: June 03, 2014 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/world/europe/a-rising-challenge-for-germans-who-live-by-bread-alone.html?smid=fb-nytimes&WT.z_sma=WO_AGC_20140605&bicmp=AD&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1388552400000&bicmet=1420088400000&_r=2 Questions for discussion: What does this article say about small business and… Read more »
The Derelict Car is a $1m Modern Ride in Desguise
Description: Classic-car restorer Jonathan Ward kept hearing the same thing from customers: Can’t we get the vintage look without the vintage technology? So he founded Icon, a Chatsworth, CA–based company whose cars appear vintage but they are decked out with the latest engines, brakes, interiors and sound and navigation systems. Bloomberg heads to Icon’s shop… Read more »