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What Reddit Could Be Worth
In the last 7 years, Reddit, the giant bulletin board made up of 185,000 + forums on everything ranging from news, photos, arguments to jokes, has taken a large leap. From being a site started by two freshmen students from … Continue reading
Re: BTM In Practice – Mobile Credit Cards In Action
This is a post in reply to Andrea Banzon’s blog post on the concept of mobile credit cards. Allowing smart phones to substitute a wallet could be the new and upcoming form of business technology management. Mobile credit cards is … Continue reading
The worst is over for Europe – so we hope
For the last 3 years, the 17 countries in Europe who use the Euro have been battling a financial crisis. There have been signs in the market that show that the crisis has now climaxed; the worst may be over … Continue reading
An entreneurship bubble that is bigger than ever?
After our lecture on entreneurship, I wanted to search up any news on the topic. What exactly is happening for entrepreneurs around the world? I found a Forbe’s article, “Are We on the Verge of the Greatest Entrepreneurship Bubble?” and … Continue reading
Re: In Turbulent Times, Zara Continues to Practice Supply Chain Resiliency
For a few years now, Zara has been one of the stores I frequent when I shop. I’ve been to Zara stores worldwide, from retail stores in Canada, the United States, Hong Kong to England. I knew that it had … Continue reading
Re: Social Entrepreneurship: An Impossible Task?
Post in response to Oliver Zhang’s Blogpost I’ve chosen to reply to Oliver’s post because social enterprise is something that I am interested in. Although I’ve only been exposed to the very basics of social enterprise, it seems to fit … Continue reading
Power of the Dollar(store)
A Dollarama opened in my neighbourhood a few months ago. I fell in love after I first step foot into the store. Why? Because the Dollarama was somehow able to find an equilibrium between my tight student budget and my … Continue reading
Facebook Faceplant?
On May 18th 2012, Facebook was released to public trading on the stock market with an initial public offering at the price of $38. There was much hype around this IPO; many analysts were anticipating the stock to skyrocket. The … Continue reading
Personal Branding
When we talk about branding, we usually think about product branding, the advertisement of different products to consumers around the globe. We think about the strategies companies use to market their products to us, how it affects our buying habits, … Continue reading
Business Ethics
Who’s heard of the recent (and slowly dying) fad of ‘toning shoes’? I’m sure if not all, then most of you have. The advertising of this line of shoes was pervasive: on billboards, on busses, in magazines, in commercials are … Continue reading