Why Andreessen Horowitz fines late workers

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Description: Venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz explain why they fine workers $10 per minute if they are late to a meeting with an entrepreneur. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Feb 06, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2013/02/07/t-andreessen-horowitz-fines.fortune/ Questions for Discussions: What does this policy say about the intended realtionship between the venture capital firm and… Read more »

Marissa Mayer’s Yahoo turnaround

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Description: Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has already put her stamp on the company in a short time and has Yahoo’s revenue growing again Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Jan 29, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2013/01/29/t-yahoo-mayer-turnaround.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: How has Yahoo changed over the past few years? Do you think Marissa Mayer’s summation of the future… Read more »

Outsourcing to surge in 2013: study

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Description:  Love it or hate it, outsourcing is here to stay as a standard business practice. Source:  SmartPlanet.com Date: Jan 28, 2013 Link: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/outsourcing-to-surge-in-2013-study/11466?tag=nl.e660&s_cid=e660 Questions for Discussions: Why is outsourcing popular? How does outsourcing relate to productivity? What are the risks and limits to outsourcing?

It’s time to switch off your mobile and set yourself free

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Description:   Experts have found an effective new formula for happiness – ditching the smartphone Source: Telegraph.co.uk Date: Jan 28, 2013 Link:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/9831913/Its-time-to-switch-off-your-mobile-and-set-yourself-free.html Questions for Discussions: What does this report suggest about the influence of technological devices like the Smartphone on personal management? Do you think the writer is on to something that will result in… Read more »

Manufacturing: The solution to jobs crisis

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Description: Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris says advanced manufacturing is coming back to America and will drive our economy. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Jan 25, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/01/25/n-davos-dow-chemical-ceo-manufacturing-jobs.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Why is manufacturing so important to overall economic development and activity? Why has manufacturing declined in North America? Is there a solution… Read more »

The Story Behind Smosh, Youtube’s Number One Smash

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Description:   Smosh President Barry Blumberg talks with Bloomberg’s Jon Erlichman about how Smosh has become a Youtube sensation. They speak on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Jan 24, 2013 Link:  http://bloom.bg/WpPwpk#ooid=w2eGFwODoME4dzTmiBSK3q8HKQLcTu91 Questions for Discussions: How is YouTube different from television? How has the growth in YouTube audience share… Read more »

To Fix Overproduction, China Wants to Supersize Industries

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Description:  China aims for super big when it comes to its industrial enterprises. China’s bureaucrats announced plans this week to push mergers in nine key sectors including steel, cement, shipbuilding, autos, and aluminum, and also set targets for just how consolidated they should become. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Jan 25, 2013 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-25/to-fix-overproduction-china-wants-to-supersize-industries#r=hp-ls Questions for Discussions:… Read more »

Video: Lee’s Music puts focus on innovative guitar manufacturing with Riversong Guitars venture

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Description:   Lee’s Music was simply a retail store with a specialist repair arm until Lee’s son, Mike Miltimore, came up with an innovative technique for building stronger, better guitars in a fraction of the time. The company has big plans for its patent-pending design, and is tooling up a manufacturing plant to scale up production…. Read more »

Ad legend bashes Coke, Pepsi in Super Bowl return

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Description:  Most Super Bowl ad stories focus on the advertisers. But the gee-whizzer for SodaStream — an upstart maker of home carbonation machines — may be the guy who is creating its Big Game commercial. Source: USAToday.com Date: Jan 15, 2013 Link: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/01/15/soda-stream-super-bowl-commercial-alex-bogusky/1836061/ Questions for Discussions: Do you think the SodaStream “concept” is a more… Read more »

The Dunbar Number, From the Guru of Social Networks

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Description:  A little more than 10 years ago, the evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar began a study of the Christmas-card-sending habits of the English. This was in the days before online social networks made friends and “likes” as countable as miles on an odometer, and Dunbar wanted a proxy for meaningful social connection. Source: Businessweek.com Date:… Read more »