Last fall, Jan Culp jumped at a chance to join “Encore Enthusiasts,” a new group of 10 women in Seattle who meet monthly to brainstorm about career transitions. …read more
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By Amanda Neville, Contributor
Last week I met an impressive serial entrepreneur with more partnership notches in his belt than I could count. I listened with fascination as he described ventures that went south because of interpersonal conflict—despite business models that worked, satisfying work and happy clients. I asked if he was now, finally, done with partners. Like a hopeless romantic, he optimistically replied that he’d give it another go if the right person came along. …read more
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By Bruce Dorminey, Contributor
Last week’s totally unexpected Russian meteor impact, which injured more than 1200 and damaged some 4000 buildings near Chelyabinsk, provided a harsh wake-up call to those who rarely look skyward. …read more
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By Christopher Versace, Contributor
Last week a leaked email sounded the alarms for Wal-Mart (WMT) as its customer base feels the nexus of pain associated with weakening disposable income. More specifically the February 12 email sent from Jerry Murray, Wal-Mart’s vice president of finance and logistics, noted that “February month-to-date (MTD) sales are a total disaster.” …read more
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By Marian Salzman, Contributor
Last weekend, I came across an interesting article in The New York Times about people who had Livestrong tattoos and how they felt about them now. The upshot is that most of them—at least most of the people quoted in the article—don’t have a great deal of regret. They got the tattoo to commemorate their own or a loved one’s battle with cancer, not to show their admiration for an individual athlete. And a doping scandal, no matter how damaging to Lance Armstrong’s personal brand, isn’t going to change how any of them feels about cancer. …read more
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Last week, 9to5Google reported that they learned from an “extremely reliable source” that Google plans to open retail stores later this year. …read more
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Last month, the CEO of the nation’s largest health insurance company warned that he and his peers may balk at participating in Obamacare’s insurance exchanges — online, government-run portals where consumers and small businesses without conventional employer-sponsored coverage may shop for policies starting next year. …read more
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Last week Realty Income (O), The Monthly Dividend Company, announced its fourth quarter and annual operating results. In the latest quarter Realty Income reported Funds From Operations (or FFO) available to common shareholders of $71.6 million, or 54 cents per share, compared to $68.1 million, or 51 cents per share during the fourth quarter of 2011. …read more
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Last week our country lost a true friend, leader and mentor, Dr. Leon Danco. Considered the nation’s foremost authority on family-owned business and privately-held companies, Dr. Danco was a pioneer in this field. He founded family-business studies and dedicated over 50 years to understanding the unique dynamics, issues and opportunities of family and the family business. He was a speaker, consultant and author of many books on this subject, including Beyond Survival: A guide for the Business Owner and His Family. But, he is most well known for his sage mentorship of families and individuals, instilling in them the importance of a transformative principle: take care of the family business, as well as “the business of the family.” With this counsel, he helped business owners to salvage relationships, create healthy families, and prosperous organizations. …read more
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By Kelly Phillips Erb, Contributor
Last night, the President delivered his annual State of the Union speech to members of Congress and to the nation. Each year, this is the President’s opportunity to address Congress and the nation about how we’re doing as a country and what his particular agenda will be for the coming year. …read more
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Last month, Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, issued a challenge. By 2015, he urged, each state should boast at least one “Gigabit City,” where residents enjoy broadband links transmitting data at a gigabit per second — “100 times faster than today’s average connection” of 10 megabits per second. …read more
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Last week, Pinterest co-founder Ben Silberman said the social network is ‘building foundations to monetize’ sometime this year. The two-year old social network has found immense success among college-educated females between the ages of 25 and 34, but it has yet to turn the act of pinning into an act of participatory commerce. …read more
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Last year, David Teten, a partner at ffvc and founder of Harvard Business School Angels of New York, delivered a presentation to HBS alumni about the many ways that operating executives work with venture capital and private equity firms. …read more
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Last week, I noted that President Obama and other leading Democrats do not want scheduled mandatory spending cuts — which were originally set to take effect on January 1, 2013 before being delayed for two months by the fiscal cliff negotiations – to kick in as scheduled, lest the reduced spending provide an additional hurdle to a still-suffering economy. Rather, the President wishes to postpone the cuts until 2014, and pay for the deferment with a mix of alternatively-targeted spending reductions (read: less defense, more agriculture) and additional tax increases. …read more
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By Carol Kinsey Goman, Contributor
Last night CBS premiered their new series, “The Job,” in which five candidates compete for one job opening. Considering there are more than 12 million Americans looking for work, this show should offer some interesting insights for an audience of job seekers. And, in fact, during the show they give out interview tips. But here are seven body language tips they should have mentioned: …read more
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Last week, former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel went before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for a formal vetting to be the next Secretary of Defense. As expected, the hearing was acrimonious, in large part because of Hagel’s controversial views on issues such as the Iraq “surge,” Israel and nuclear disarmament. Hagel’s numerous stumbles on those topics, and others, were bad enough to significantly chill support for his candidacy among lawmakers. Still, unless the current controversy over the Senator’s finances ends up torpedoing his bid for the office, the political math on Capitol Hill suggests that there’s still a very good chance that he will end up as the next Defense Secretary. …read more
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By Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Contributor
Last week, Simon Property Group cut the ribbon on an integrated advanced electric vehicle charging station at its Clay Terrace property, a ‘lifestyle center’ shopping destination in Carmel, Indiana. This project is the first of its kind in the nation, combining renewable energy, battery storage, and charging stations for electric vehicles. The facility combines 10 kW of solar panels on an overhead carport with space for four vehicles, with a 75 kilowatt (42 kWh) lithium ion battery (no – not the one used in the 787) tied to a transformer. Drivers have the choice of charging their vehicles at one of two Level 2 (just over 6 kW) charging stations, or a Level 3 (50 kW) charger. …read more
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Last week, The New York Times launched timeSpace, a new incubator aimed at helping to cure its digital woes. It won’t. Not even close. …read more
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Last week’s “Injustice: Gods Among Us” delivered such a heartbreaking punch, it seemed impossible for this week to “top” that end of reveal. Oh, ho! Each week, Tom Taylor continues to build this prequel series into something that is, in turns, dynamic, shocking and just plain sad. In fact, I think “sad” may be the best way to describe “Injustice: Gods Among Us #4.” …read more
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By Hal Singer, Contributor Last week, the Department of Justice sued to block the merger of Anheuser Busch InBEV (“ABI”) and Grupo Modelo (“Modelo”). The coming battle between the antitrust agency and the merging parties could raise several important issues for merger review, including the role of entrants (craft beer makers) and negative externalities (associated with consuming beer).
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