If you would have told me a year ago that during the coming pandemic certain products would be flying off the shelves, I wouldn’t have been surprised. Hand sanitizer, canned goods, even toilet paper – sure. But flour? I didn’t see the collective need for sourdough coming. Nor did the team at a 200 year […]
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Ripe for Disruption
I recently got back from a two-week vacation in Italy. In two cities, Bari and Florence, I reserved a rental car so that I could see the sights on my own terms, and on both occasions, I regretted making a reservation at all. I won’t name the company. Budget. It was Budget. This company, in […]
Tweets in Business History
A running list of the most historic business tweets. Some of these are inspiring, some embarrassing, but all are a part of Internet history. Check the dates on them. Jack Dorsey (Twitter) Ryan Hoover (Product Hunt) Travis Kalanick (Uber) Brian Acton (WhatsApp) Elon Musk (Tesla, SpaceX) Warren Buffet (Berkshire Hathaway) Ja Rule, (Fyre Festival)
Onward
Onward is not what I thought it would be. I assumed it would be the story of Howard Schultz, from childhood to present day, which we commonly see in books from successful business personalities. In this book, Howard Schultz gave some background on his life story but really chose to focus on a short period […]
Am I Being Too Subtle?
This month, we read “Am I Being Too Subtle?” by Sam Zell in the Entrepreneur Book Club on Goodreads. It’s an autobiography, that accounts the life of self-made billionaire Sam Zell. Zell made his money in real estate and prides himself on going against the crowd and being an outlier. Here’s the book jacket. Self-made […]