Description: Today, their start-up Aurora Tights says it’s the country’s most inclusive hosiery brand, designing tights for hundreds of figure skaters, dancers, cheerleaders and gymnasts. That includes Team USA pairs skater Ashley Cain-Gribble, who is competing in the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. Source: CNBC.com Date: Feb 17, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/17/aurora-tights-how-side-hustle-for-black-ice-skaters-got-to-olympics.html Questions for discussion: What… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Management Issues
Americans are paying more for worse stuff, study finds
Description: Measured by consumer prices, U.S. inflation is the highest in 40 years. Look at what Americans are actually getting for their money and the rate may be even higher, according to researchers at the University of Michigan. Source: BNNBloomberg.ca – video report Date: Feb 17, 2022 Link: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/americans-are-paying-more-for-worse-stuff-study-finds-1.1724841 Questions for discussion: What does the… Read more »
Investors have subsidized our Uber rides, Spotify tunes and Netflix binging — but maybe not for much longer
Description: Is the era of capital market subsidies nearing an end? I’m not referring to governments bending over to investment firms (which happens too often), but investors subsidizing customers. Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Feb 04, 2022 Link: https://financialpost.com/investing/investing-pro/investors-have-subsidized-our-uber-rides-spotify-tunes-and-netflix-bingeing-but-maybe-not-for-much-longer Questions for discussion: Summarize the key points made about how investors “subsidized” customers while the firm was scaling… Read more »
Analyst cuts five of Big Six banks to sell on rate-hike fallout
Description: A Bay Street analyst who hasn’t shied away from going bearish on the banks is doing it again. Source: BNNBloomberg.ca – video report Date: Feb 09, 2022 Link: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/analyst-cuts-five-of-big-six-banks-to-sell-on-rate-hike-fallout-1.1721005 Questions for discussion: What is the current status of bank stocks, according to the reports? Why is D’Souza suggesting a fall-back in stock prices? Do you agree… Read more »
Peloton’s new CEO, Barry McCarthy, says he’s ‘here for the comeback story,’ an internal email shows
Description: Peloton’s new CEO, Barry McCarthy, is telling remaining staff that he’s “here for the comeback story.” Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Feb 09, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/09/read-the-email-that-pelotons-new-ceo-barry-mccarthy-sent-to-staff.html Questions for discussion: What are the positive and negative factors facing the new CEO? What is his plan? What would you advise? Do you think the firm… Read more »
Trans Mountain expansion is running over budget by billions of dollars and months behind schedule
Description: Work to expand the oil pipeline is now forecast to cost more than $17 billion and likely won’t be done until sometime in 2023, sources say Source: FinancialPost.com Date: Feb 03, 2022 Link: https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/oil-gas/trans-mountain-expansion-running-over-budget-by-billions-of-dollars-and-months-behind-schedule Questions for discussion: Why are projected costs rising? How does government ownership influence the factors affecting this project, in your… Read more »
What to know about the Apple privacy changes that crushed Facebook parent Meta
Description: Shares of Facebook parent Meta were hammered Thursday, falling 26% after the company revealed that privacy changes Apple made to its iOS platform last year have begun to sink their teeth into the social networking giant’s bottom line. Source: Yahoo.Finance.com – video report Date: Feb 03, 2022 Link: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/how-apple-app-tracking-transparency-works-162225922-220141435.html Questions for discussion: Why did… Read more »
Streaming video no longer impresses investors, so media companies need a next act
Description: For the past two years, media and entertainment companies have been dead-set on showing Wall Street that they have a strong streaming video strategy to counter traditional pay-TV declines. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Jan 29, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/29/streaming-video-no-longer-impresses-investors-whats-next.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the main challenges facing the industry competitors? What do you… Read more »
SPOS #811 – Ruth Gotian On Peak Business Performance
Description: Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #811 – Host: Mitch Joel. Dr. Ruth Gotian is the Chief Learning Officer and Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology and former Assistant Dean of Mentoring and Executive Director of the Mentoring Academy at Weill Cornell Medicine. She has been hailed by the journal Nature and Columbia University as an expert in mentoring… Read more »
Activist investor Blackwells calls on Peloton to fire CEO, explore sale
Description: An activist is pushing Peloton to fire its chief executive officer immediately and consider a sale as its share price has plummeted. Source: CNBC.com – video report Date: Jan 23, 2022 Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/24/activist-investor-to-call-on-peloton-to-fire-ceo-explore-sale-report.html?recirc=taboolainternal Questions for discussion: Was this a failure of management? Leadership? What would you advise the firm do now?
