Description: With Priceline stock on a tear, CEO Jeffery Boyd says ‘the shift to mobile is one of the most important transitions we’ve seen’ and consumers are starting to really change their travel booking behaviors. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: August 22, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/08/22/n-priceline-ceo-jeffery-boyd-mobile-travel-booking.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What strategic advantage does Priceline… Read more »
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Zuckerberg’s plan to connect the world
Description: Mark Zuckerberg is launching Internet.org to connect the five-billion people without Internet access. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: August 20, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2013/08/20/t-zuckerberg-cuomo-internet.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What benefits would be derived from Internet.org? Do you think Zukerberg and Facebook have the panache to successfully lead such a global effort and achieve the… Read more »
Twitter Co-Creator Ev Williams Stretches the Medium
Description: The Internet’s last decade and a half of development as a forum for short, zippy, and often snarky writing has taken place in large part on platforms built by Ev Williams. A farm boy from Clarks, Neb., Williams, 41, dropped out of the University of Nebraska and worked his way west to California, first… Read more »
A PUSH FOR HARMONY AMONG WORKERS, YOUNG AND OLD
Description: There’s a sense of urgency to the quest for workplace harmony, as baby boomers delay retirement and work side-by-side with people young enough to be their children — or grandchildren. Source: AP.com Date: August 13, 2013 Link: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/push-harmony-among-workers-young-and-old Questions for Discussions: What are the fundamental work-related problems for firms with employees from different age groups? Describe… Read more »
20 Things 20-Year-Olds Don’t Get
Description: I started Docstoc in my 20’s, made the cover of one of those cliché “20 Under 20” lists, and today I employ an amazing group of 20-somethings. Call me a curmudgeon, but at 34, how I came up seems so different from what this millennial generation expects. Source: Forbes.com Date: July 23, 2013 Link:… Read more »
Starwood: Tech boosts hotel bookings
Description: According Starwood CFO Vasant Prabhu, the internet and technology has made traveling cheaper without taking away the need for face-to-face meetings. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: August 14, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/08/14/f-leadership-starwood-cfo-vasant-prabhu-corporate-travel.fortune/index.html Questions for Discussions: What does Vasant Prabhu have to say about the use of communications technology and the human need to meet… Read more »
The business of Ashton Kutcher
Description: Ashton Kutcher is more entrenched in the tech world than simply playing the role of Steve Jobs. He actually throws around big dollars investing in some of the hottest startups. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: August 16, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2013/08/16/t-ashton-kutcher-business-steve-jobs.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Is Ashton Kutcher a typical venture capitalist? Why do you… Read more »
Novel Ways to Solve Exporting Riddles for Small Businesses
Description: About two-thirds of small businesses that don’t export goods or services would like to start selling overseas, according to a June study (PDF) from the National Small Business Association (NSBA). Almost half of those businesses said a main barrier is that they’re “not sure where to start.” Given President Barack Obama’s promise in 2010… Read more »
Hanging Out at the E-Mall
Description: Shopping online is easier than shopping in a mall — as long as you know exactly what you want to buy. The problem comes when you don’t know what you want. Source: NYTimes.com Date: August 17, 2013 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/17/technology/hanging-out-at-the-e-mall.html?ref=business Questions for Discussions: Describe how the sites help create a better online shopping experience. How… Read more »
Carlos Brito: (Brew)master of the universe
Description: Carlos Brito is walking the aisles of a vast São Paulo supermarket, continually stopping to pick up pieces of trash — a paper cup, a plastic fork — or to pull certain cartons of beer to the front of the shelves for better visibility. These are the kinds of menial tasks most executives wouldn’t… Read more »
