Description: There is an arms race in college sports. Those schools with the most money have the best chance of building the best stadiums and facilities and recruiting the best athletes. That means schools are looking to maximize revenue from their sports programs. Source: Forbes.com – video report Date: Nov 07, 2014 Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2014/11/07/the-changing-paradigm-of-sports-multimedia-rights-led-by-rockbridge-sports/ Questions… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Motivation
3,000 Entrepreneurs Say Luck Has Little to Do With Their Success
Description: Ask entrepreneurs how they built their businesses and they’ll likely credit talent and hard work. Luck is at the bottom of the list. In a scholarly survey that had 3,000 Swiss entrepreneurs rank the relative importance of six components of success, 78 percent put luck last. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Nov 07, 2014 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-11-07/entrepreneurs-say-luck-has-little-to-do-with-their-success#r=nav-r-story… Read more »
Prominent Editor’s Exit Is Setback for Amazon Publishing Unit
Description: When Amazon hired the novelist Ed Park as a senior editor in its New York publishing office in 2011, it seemed an unlikely match. Mr. Park — a member of New York’s literary elite who had worked for the Poetry Foundation, co-founded a literary magazine and edited The Village Voice’s literary supplement — seemed… Read more »
How will Tim Cook’s announcement affect Apple?
Description: Fortune’s Andrew Nusca and Phil Wahba discuss the tech giant CEO’s decision to publicly come out as gay. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Oct 30, 2014 Link: http://for.tn/1G0ifu8 Questions for Discussions: What do these analysts have to say about Tim Cook’s announcement? Do you agree? How to do think this issue will affect… Read more »
Here’s a way to avoid going to the doctor
Description: Ron Gutman, Founder of HealthTap, discusses how the mobile platform will revolutionize the way people get healthcare. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: Oct 30, 2014 Link: http://for.tn/13mQbSV Questions for Discussions: What changes to patient management would have to be made for a doctor to operate with this system? Where are the benefits for… Read more »
‘A stick and a carrot at the same time’: Why Costco pays twice the market rate
Description: The business case for Costco’s high wages Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Oct 30, 2014 Link: http://business.financialpost.com/2014/10/30/a-stick-and-a-carrot-at-the-same-time-why-costco-pays-twice-the-market-rate/ Questions for Discussions: What does the report say about the Costco relationship with employees. How important is pay to an employee? Why is the Costco approach being recognized as a model to follow by some but not by all… Read more »
Watch Mark Zuckerberg speak Chinese
Description: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg surprised a university crowd in Beijing by speaking and answering questions in Mandarin. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Oct 23, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/10/23/mark-zuckerberg-speaks-chinese.cnnmoney/ Questions for Discussions: What impact do you think Mark Zukerberg’s presentation had on his audience and the management at FaceBook? Describe his leadership style as illustrated… Read more »
Amazon Employees, Not Investors, Will Have to Pressure Jeff Bezos to Slow Down
Description: Thursday’s quarterly earnings report from Amazon (AMZN) spooked Wall Street. The 95¢ per share loss for the third quarter was worse than even the 74¢ loss analysts had expected. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Oct 23, 2014 Link: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-23/amazon-employees-not-investors-will-have-to-pressure-jeff-bezos-to-slow-down#r=hpt-ls Questions for Discussions: Why did Amazon stock plunge? Do you think these initiatives to develop new business will… Read more »
Chasing Wallpaper Dreams
Description: Elizabeth Rees, who grew up in the printing industry in the Midwest, came up with a new type of removable wallpaper. Source: NYTimes.com – video report Date: Oct 15, 2014 Link: http://nyti.ms/ZFje1O Questions for Discussions: What is different about Chasing Paper wallpaper? How important was Rees’ family in her entrepreneurial journey? Do you think… Read more »
More people prefer a male boss
Description: In the 1950s, Americans were asked, “If you were taking a new job and had your choice of a boss, would you prefer to work for a man or a woman?” Source: CNNMoney.com Date: Oct 17, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/17/smallbusiness/prefer-male-boss/index.html?iid=H_SB_News Questions for Discussions: What does the report say? Are you surprised? How should HR and… Read more »
