Description: Shutterfly CEO Jeffrey Housenbold talks about how the popular smart phone photo app changed his company. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 04, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2012/12/04/t-shutterfly-instagram.fortune/ Questions for Discussions: What does this report tell you about strategic management thinking and philosophy at Shutterfly? What did Shutterfly learn by studying Instagram?
Posts Tagged: Entrepreneurship
No Sleep Till Christmas: Etsy Sellers’ Haggard Holidays
Description: To keep up with orders on the world’s largest marketplace of handmade stuff, Kelly Engel starts sewing shortly after her four-month-old son wakes up at 4 a.m., and works until her husband, a school counselor, leaves at 7:30 a.m. She squeezes in a couple of hours while her two boys (her oldest is two… Read more »
Small businesses worry about the fiscal cliff
Description: Owners of a limousine company and a jewelry business weigh in on what the fiscal cliff means for their bottom lines. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Nov 30, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/smallbusiness/2012/11/30/smb-fiscal-cliff-small-business-limo-gold.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: What does this report say about the state of small business and their thinking about the economy? What is… Read more »
Improving Medtronic’s execution
Description: CEO Omar Ishrak discusses his efforts to improve Medtronic’s execution shortly after taking the helm of the medical technology company. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Nov 02, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/magazines/fortune/2012/11/02/ldrshp-medtronic-3.fortune/ Questions for Discussions: Summarize the reorganizing efforts undertaken by incoming CEO Omar Ishrak. Why are “goals” always at the center of this effort?… Read more »
Get paid to play video games
Description: A video game designer at Riot Games in Los Angeles explains what his job entails and how he landed his dream gig. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Nov 01, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/pf/2012/11/01/pf-video-game-designer-best-jobs.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: How would you write the job description for a game designer? What criteria would you think an HR… Read more »
Chinese workers: America’s loss is our gain
Description: A Bain Capital subsidiary is shifting jobs from its plant in Indiana to China, and workers there are happy to have them. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Oct 25, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/10/25/n-china-taking-american-jobs.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: What does this report say about changes to operations and global development of business? How should US managers… Read more »
Models on Abercrombie Jet Had Rules on Proper Underwear
Description: The actors and models who worked on an Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) Gulfstream G550 jet had crystal-clear rules for serving Chief Executive Officer Michael Jeffries. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: Oct 18, 2012 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-18/models-on-abercrombie-jet-had-rules-on-proper-underwear.html Questions for Discussions: Describe the affect this publicity might have on the firm’s management. Why would the firm’s management indulge… Read more »
Small Players Seek an Alternative to the Expense of Pay-Per-Click
Description: When Tom Telford helped found a vacation rental management company, Blue Creek Cabins, in 2001, he wanted a quick and easy way to connect with people looking to rent the 20 cabins he and his partner managed in and around the mountains of picturesque Helen, Ga. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Oct 17, 2012 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/18/business/smallbusiness/as-pay-per-click-ad-costs-rise-small-businesses-search-for-alternatives.html?ref=smallbusiness… Read more »
The Car From Google That Drives Itself
Description: See one of Google’s self-driving cars, which the Internet giant has been developing since 2009. While the self-driving technology won’t be available for years, the company hopes such vehicles will revolutionize the way humans get around. (Photo & Video: Google) Source: Marketwatch.com – video report Date: Oct 11, 2012 Link: http://on.wsj.com/SUMHjd Questions for Discussions:… Read more »
For Some Drivers, an Electric Motorcycle Could Be the Best of Both Worlds
Description: Zipping around on a motorcycle can be fun, but being in a downpour or an accident on one is not. Driving a car is safer and more comfortable, but traffic and parking can be annoying. What if you got rid of the bad parts of both? Source: NYTimes.com Date: Oct 10, 2012 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/technology/start-ups/for-some-drivers-electric-motorcycle-could-be-the-best-of-both-worlds.html?ref=business… Read more »
