Growth in digital to remain in double digits through 2015

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Description:  Worldwide, digital ad spending passed the $100-billion mark for the first time last year, according to new eMarketer estimates, and will increase by a further 15.1% in 2013 to $118.4 billion. Source:  eMarketer.com Date: Jan 09, 2013 Link: http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1009592#SH2CeEcfGTU7hlwu.99 Questions for Discussions: Why do you think these advertising spending trends are growing? How will… Read more »

Ping Fu: No Book Can Teach You How to Be a CEO

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Description: Geomagic CEO Ping Fu discusses 3D printing. She speaks on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Jan 04, 2013 Link: http://bloom.bg/VDYr6W Questions for Discussions: What does this interview with Ping Pu teach about management, entrepreneurialism, and business success? What sort of management style do you think she employs?

Nasty Gal: One of L.A.’s Fastest Growing Companies

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Description: Jon Erlichman introduces a report about Nasty Gal, an e-commerce website for women’s fashion which has become one of the fastest growing companies in Los Angeles. (Source:Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Jan 03, 2013 Link: http://bloom.bg/VFWUfO Questions for Discussions: Why do you think this firm has become so successful? What lesson is… Read more »

Job Applicants’ Cultural Fit Can Trump Qualifications

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Description:  At a recent job interview at Summit Partners, a private equity firm in Boston, an applicant was asked, “If you could pick one person to play you in a movie, who would it be?” Source: Businessweek.com Date: Jan 03, 2013 Link:  http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-03/job-applicants-cultural-fit-can-trump-qualifications#r=hp-ls Questions for Discussions: What do you think of the this process of applicant… Read more »

Help for a Start-Up, but at a High Price

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Description:  EATWHATEVER is a two-step breath-freshening product created four years ago by a then-26-year-old Australian expatriate named Jacqui Rosshandler. Starting with $60,000 in capital, contracting out production and working solo from her New York apartment, Ms. Rosshandler and her company, Jacquii L.L.C., managed to grab a promising but tenuous toehold in the billion-dollar breath-freshening industry… Read more »

Big plans for 2013? Start the year with a ‘mental detox’

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Description:  The St. Louis Cardinals’ mental fitness coach explains how to boost your brain’s performance. Plus, new research on making resolutions stick. Source: Fortune.com Date: Jan 02, 2013 Link:  http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2013/01/02/new-year-resolutions/?iid=F_F500M Questions for Discussions: Try these suggestions. What do you think of them? What other ideas would you suggest that follow the same themes?

A port strike could cost billions

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Description: As longshoremen from Maine to Texas negotiate into the final days, a threatened port strike could hit U.S. retailers, truckers and farmers. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Dec 27, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/12/27/n-ports-docks-strike-economic-damage.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: What are the issues in this conflict? What are the ethical and social issues that transcend the parties… Read more »

Cutting the Cable Cord in Favor of Online Viewing

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Description: Bloomberg News’ Alex Sherman reports on cable’s rising costs. He speaks with Jon Erlichman on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Dec 28, 2012 Link: http://bloom.bg/12UIfCD Questions for Discussions: Explain why cable fees are rising? Do you think the cable firms could survive if they could only charge… Read more »

A Zuckerberg Christmas Photo Tests Online Privacy

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Description:  It’s become almost axiomatic that Facebook (FB) privacy settings are so complicated that even relatively savvy users get tripped up by them, especially since the giant social network has a reputation for changing them without warning, resetting defaults, and so on. In a deliciously ironic illustration of this phenomenon, Randi Zuckerberg—sister of Facebook co-founder… Read more »

The Worst Commissioner in Professional Sports

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Description:  In case you missed the latest news – – the National Hockey League has a hard enough time getting people to pay attention when games are actually being played –Commissioner Gary Bettman went nuclear last week, filing a lawsuit against his own players. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Dec 19, 2012 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-19/the-worst-commissioner-in-professional-sports.html Questions for Discussions:… Read more »