Description: Sun, fun and drinks on a boat? That’s about as logical a brand extension as one could imagine for Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, which plans to field two new, 4,200-passenger cruise ships late this decade and begin selling Caribbean voyages. Source: Businessweek.com – video report Date: Dec 05, 2014 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-12-05/bransons-virgin-group-aims-to-join-the-cruise-industry Questions for Discussions: Who… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Management
What is the shared economy?
Description: Worth billions globally, the shared economy operates outside of conventional business practices and models. CNN’s Nina dos Santos looks at what the shared economy is and how it’s a model for success for small start-ups to large companies like AirBnB. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Nov 28, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/11/28/what-is-shared-economy.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions:… Read more »
Gratitude In Business: The Appreciation That Inspires Employees
Description: Of every kind of gratitude that matters in business, one of the most vital is a company’s appreciation for its great employees. Source: Forbes.com Date: Nov 25, 2014 Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/cherylsnappconner/2014/11/25/gratitude-in-business-the-appreciation-that-inspires-employees/ Questions for Discussions: What does Dan Caffee have to say about leadership and employee motivation? How would you describe the corporate culture at Neutron… Read more »
Shops on Wheels, but the Goods Aren’t Sold From the Trunk
Description: Most weekday mornings, Jessie Goldenberg can be found driving around the Flatiron district or Lower Manhattan searching for just the right parking space for her truck. And Black Friday will be no different, as competition for consumer dollars heats up for the holiday season. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Nov 26, 2014 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/27/business/smallbusiness/more-start-up-retailers-opt-for-the-freedom-and-lower-costs-of-selling-from-a-truck.html?ref=smallbusiness Questions for… Read more »
They See You When You’re Spending: How Pros Track Holiday Shoppers
Description: The feast of commerce is on. From Black Friday to Cyber Monday, Americans are about to go on an annual spending spree—one that comprises some 140 million consumers and underpins an industry supporting roughly one in four U.S. jobs. Just how many products will they purchase? That’s the big question for manufacturers, retailers, investors,… Read more »
Why Business Owners Have a Hard Time Delegating
Description: One of my clients has a difficult time delegating particular tasks to his shop manager. It seems that he has the best intentions, but — and this is a big but — from time to time, he will overstep the shop manager’s authority and try to micromanage his employees. Source: Entrepreneur.com Date: Nov 28, 2014 Link: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/240157 Questions… Read more »
PandoDaily’s Sarah Lacy responds to Uber
Description: PandoDaily Founder and Editor-In-Chief Sarah Lacy discusses Uber executive Emil Michael’s journalist comments. Lacy speaks on “Bloomberg West.” Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Nov 20, 2014 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/pandodaily-s-sarah-lacy-responds-to-uber-tFzq09hvSiGVd0W3LW5_Yw.html Questions for Discussions: Summarize the managerial issues facing Uber as a result of this controversy? How should the board of directors respond to this situation?
Franken says Uber faces “Wake-Up” call on Geolocation
Description: U.S. Senator Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat and chairman of the Senate subcommittee on privacy, technology and the law, talks about his inquiry into Uber Technologies Inc.’s privacy policies. Uber Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick, 38, is dealing with a wave of criticism this week from remarks that one of his top lieutenants, Emil… Read more »
Inside Elon Musk’s $1.4 billion Score
Description: The crazy, real-life story of how the CEO of electric-car maker Tesla dazzled, seduced, squeezed, bluffed, manipulated, and prodded his way to epic state incentives to build a massive battery plant in the Nevada desert. Source: Fortune.com Date: Nov 21, 2014 Link: http://fortune.com/inside-elon-musks-billion-dollar-gigafactory/ Questions for Discussions: What does the report say about Elon Musk… Read more »
Nike Gives Sporty Women a Store of Their Own
Description: To make a statement about its emphasis on women, Nike (NKE) last month cast 27 top female athletes in a runway show and media extravaganza. Now it’s giving sporty women a store of their own, opening the company’s only store focused entirely on female gear. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Nov 20, 2014 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-11-20/nike-launches-its-first-store-devoted-to-women#r=nav-r-story Questions for… Read more »
