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 »
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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 »
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 »
How to Make a Tesla: A View From the Factory Floor
Description: Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg Businessweek’s Ashlee Vance tours Tesla’s factory floor. (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: August 07, 2013 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/a-tour-of-tesla-s-factory-floor-mODU5sP6RC~HNgoCzv6uYw.html Questions for Discussions: How does reducing inventories of parts help control costs of production? How else can management strategy reduce production costs?
Rhea Lana’s Unpaid Moms ‘Don’t Care About Making Minimum Wage’
Description: Rhea Lana Riner is on a mission to get government off her back. As chief executive and founder of Rhea Lana’s, a children’s consignment franchise business based in Conway, Ark., Riner has been investigated twice in the past two years for labor violations, first by the Arkansas Department of Labor and then by the… Read more »
How UrgentRx Crashed the Party at the Cash Register
Description: The checkout line in Duane Reade drugstores encompasses some of the most coveted real estate in New York. Within a five-foot radius of the cash register, dozens of the biggest brands in the world vie for attention from hooks, racks and shelves, every inch of which have been allocated according to the product’s place… Read more »
Foodie’s Dream Job: Meet a Whole Foods forager
Description: Bloomberg’s Carol Massar takes us on the road with Whole Foods forager Elly Truesdell as she searches America, looking for the freshest food in the land. Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: June 07, 2013 Link: http://bloom.bg/15H03SS Questions for Discussions: How is Whole Foods forager Elly Truesdell’s job different than that of a buyer… Read more »
