Description: The women working in Los Angeles’ booming tech scene are supporting each other in an industry dominated by men. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Sep 11, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2013/09/11/t-ladies-of-silicon-beach.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What does this report say about networking strategies of women entrepreneurs? Do you think there is a fundamental difference in managerial… Read more »
Posts Tagged: HRM
Why Steve Jobs still matters
Description: Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson says the late CEO left a lasting legacy of innovation at Apple. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Sep 09, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2013/09/09/t-isaacson-jobs-legacy.fortune/index.html Questions for Discussions: According to Walter Isaacson, what is the managerial legacy of Steve Jobs? Do you think Apple can produce a new product that revolutionizes… Read more »
Radical Fast Food Joint Doubles Down on High Wages
Description: So you thought $12 an hour for a burger place was revolutionary? Try $15. Daniel Gross talks to the owners of Detroit’s Moo Cluck Moo as they supersize starting wages. Source: Thedailybeast.com Date: Sep 09, 2013 Link: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/09/radical-fast-food-joint-doubles-down-on-high-wages.html Questions for Discussions: What do you think of management’s thinking here? What does this report say… Read more »
How Spanx’s Sara Blakely made a billion
Description: After failing to get into law school and overcoming criticism, Spanx founder Sara Blakely built an underwear empire. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: July 26, 2013 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2013/07/26/n-spanx-sara-blakely-billionaire-profile.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What does failure have to do with successful entrepreneurs? How significant do you think Oprah was in this venture?
Startup Hubs Don’t Spring Up Overnight
Description: There’s a seemingly endless fascination with the notion of startup hubs, particularly in smaller cities like Des Moines or Boulder, Colo., that aren’t always thought of as industrial centers. There’s good reason for the interest: A growing strain of economic research has highlighted the importance of fast-growth tech firms as engines of job creation…. Read more »
Why We’ll Be Better Off if the Walmart Protests Fail
Description: Employees of the big box store are planning a national day of protest for higher wages. Economist Richard Vedder on why we’ll all be in trouble if they get their way. Source: Thedailybeast.com Date: Sep 05, 2013 Link: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/05/why-we-ll-be-better-off-if-the-walmart-protests-fail.html Questions for Discussions: How would a jump in minimum wage to $12/hour affect companies now… 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 »
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 »
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 »
