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 »
Posts Tagged: Motivation
A port strike could cost billions
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 »
The Worst Commissioner in Professional Sports
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 »
Anti-Gravity Innovation
Description: Bloomberg Enterprise is your exclusive look at the leadership and strategy behind America’s most intriguing and growing businesses. This week, how Alter-G founder Sean Whalen is defying gravity with his father’s space-age idea. Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Dec 12, 2012 Link: http://bloom.bg/VW7Nzj#ooid=Z5YTBsNzq5GPGYjbHWD0nCyEvAxQtIt8 Questions for Discussions: What are the product development possibilities for… Read more »
EA’s Moore Says Mobile Gaming Future of Industry
Description: Peter Moore, chief operating officer at Electronics Arts Inc., talks about the transition to mobile gaming and EA’s games. He speaks with Cory Johnson on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg West.” Bloomberg’s Deirdre Bolton also speaks. Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Dec 07, 2012 Link: http://bloom.bg/UCDhpx#ooid=Rsd2JsNzqa56Bz9ML2QeDhgQtZjqUG1i Questions for Discussions: Summarize the trends taking place in… Read more »
Walmart vs. Union-Backed OUR Walmart
Description: Cindy Murray has been working at Walmart store No. 1985 in Laurel, Md., for 13 years. She’s stationed in the fitting rooms and earns $12.40 an hour. Murray, who’s in her fifties, says she loves her job. She thinks of herself as a model employee. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Dec 13, 2012 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-13/walmart-vs-dot-union-backed-our-walmart#r=hp-ls Questions… Read more »
Retailers Use Technology to Manage the Holiday Rush
Description: A Thanksgiving weekend study (PDF) by small business finance provider Capital Access Network shows a 3.9 percent increase in same-store credit and debit-card sales at Main Street restaurants and merchandisers, compared to the same period in 2011. A recent look at how Etsy sellers are faring this holiday season indicates that sleepless nights lie… Read more »
Old school bookstore thrives in NYC
Description: The Strand Bookstore in New York has held on for over 80 years despite the changing city around it. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Dec 07, 2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/smallbusiness/2012/12/07/sbiz-old-bookstore-the-strand-new-york.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: Describe the similarities and differences between the operations of this book store and online competitors? Who is the target customer for… Read more »
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 »
Why Hewlett-Packard Should Consider Breaking Up
Description: The struggling technology company is an amalgam of businesses that could be worth more separately than they are together. Source: TheDailyBeast.com Date: Dec 07, 2012 Link: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/12/07/why-hewlett-packard-should-consider-breaking-up.html Questions for Discussions: What are the arguments for breaking up and keeping H-P as it is today? Do you think H-P should be broken up? Is there… Read more »
