Posts Tagged: Forms of Business Ownership and Organization (p144)

SPOS #612 – Limitless Possibilities With Laura Gassner Otting

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Description: Laura helps innovators, idealists, and iconoclasts get unstuck and achieve their best results. It’s not just your standard motivation stuff… far from it. Through her business, Limitless Possibility, Laura collaborates with entrepreneurs and investors to push past the doubt and indecision that consign great ideas to limbo. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective… Read more »

Bill Gates and Richard Branson are betting lab-grown meat might be the food of the future

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Description: Vegetarians have long touted the ethical and environmental problems with meat production and consumption. Start-ups such as MosaMeat, JUST and Memphis Meats are tissue-engineering meat in a lab to allow people to enjoy being a carnivore without any of the environmental or ethical hang-ups. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Mar 23, 2018 Link:… Read more »

If Tim Cook Hates Facebook’s Privacy Sins, He Could Do More About It

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Description:  Apple has been outspoken about user data privacy, but hasn’t required a bigger warning label on the Facebook iOS app. Source: FastCompany.com Date: Mar 29, 2018 Link: https://www.fastcompany.com/40551319/apple-has-been-an-enabler-in-facebooks-data-harvesting-scandal?utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Fast%20Company%20Daily&position=4&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=03292018 Questions for discussion: What are the issues facing managers dealing with privacy? Do you think Tim Cook’s criticisms are fair? How should the industry respond to… Read more »

Facebook Has An App Problem

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Description:  But while the social media giant is most under fire, the problem is industry-wide. Source: FastCodesign.com Date: Mar 22, 2018 Link: https://www.fastcodesign.com/90164921/facebook-has-an-app-problem Questions for discussion: How does the article describe and explain the problem? What are the solutions from a corporate and user point of view? Do you think users of Facebook and other… Read more »

This House Can Be 3D-Printed For $4,000

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Description:  In rural El Salvador, a family living on $1.90 a day might live in a makeshift house with dirt floors, thin walls, and no running water. But next year, dozens of those families will move into one of the world’s first communities of 3D-printed homes. Source: FastCompany.com Date: Mar 12, 2018 Link: https://www.fastcompany.com/40538464/this-house-can-be-3d-printed-for-4000?utm_source=postup&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Fast%20Company%20Daily&position=1&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=03122018 Questions… Read more »

How Ashton Kutcher Turned $50 Million Into $250 Million by Investing in Entrepreneurs

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Description: Though he first gained fame as an actor, Ashton Kutcher is also known for making smart investments in startups. However, as he explains to Alan Taylor in this video, it took a few years for those investments to pay off. One thing that helped was finding the right partners. Kutcher says he looks for entrepreneurs… Read more »

Bit by Bit, Whole Foods Gets an Amazon Touch

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Description:  Some signs are subtle, like the “Whole Foods + Amazon” one near the bananas. Others are more obvious, like the kiosk with Amazon devices for sale. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Mar 1, 2018 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/technology/bit-by-bit-whole-foods-gets-an-amazon-touch.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbusiness&action=click&contentCollection=business&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront Questions for discussion: How has the transition strategy unfolded thus far? Do you think the firms are going about the… Read more »

As the Streaming Wars Heat Up, Ryan Murphy Cashes In

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Description:  The battle between the Hollywood establishment and the streaming-media giants has caused big changes in the entertainment industry in recent months, driving up the prices of major stars and series producers while leaving traditional companies in danger of losing relevance. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Feb 14, 2018 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/14/business/media/streaming-wars-ryan-murphy.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbusiness&action=click&contentCollection=business&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront Questions for discussion: How has negotiations… Read more »

How One Designer Built A $22M Company–Selling Paper

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Description: The cult greeting card purveyor Rifle Paper Co. has turned into a booming lifestyle brand, with 160 employees and more than $22 million in annual revenue. Here’s how cofounder Anna Bond proved that print isn’t dead. Source: FastCompany.com Date: Feb 07, 2018 Link: https://www.fastcodesign.com/90159246/how-anna-bond-built-a-22m-company-selling-paper Questions for discussion: What does the article say about successfully… Read more »

Whitney Wolfe turned a traumatic experience at Tinder into her…

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Description: After leaving Tinder under traumatic circumstances, Bumble co-founder Whitney Wolfe started her own dating app that grew to be one of the biggest in the space. Whitney Wolfe turned a traumatic experience at Tinder into her successful ‘Bumble’ empire from CNBC. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Jan 23, 2018 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/01/23/whitney-wolfe-turned-a-traumatic-experience-at-tinder-into-her-successful-bumble-empire.html Questions for… Read more »