Netflix Gets a Foothold in China

Netflix has been trying to get into the massive Chinese market for years now, and, as of a report by CNN last month, they may have actually cracked the code. At least it looks that way for now.

Why Adapting to Technology is the Key to Raising Productivity

Productivity means almost everything. When a business can produce and accomplish more with the same or fewer number of employees, profitability skyrockets as competitiveness soars. Many firms have learned to trust evolving technology as a way of raising productivity, but others have shown reluctance. Time, however, has proven that technology adoption gives companies the advantages they need to operate in the modern global marketplace. The following tips will help you to raise technology by adapting to technology.

What Can Investment Banking Teach the World of Marketing

Marketers pride themselves in getting their customers happy. They notice what their customers care about. They like to make sure that their clients are 100% satisfied. As consumers themselves, marketers take their own personal likes to the table. The marketing mindset is helpful for selling. If you understand your audience, you will sell more successfully. However, it is terrible for buying.

Squirrel! How to Keep Your Focus in a World Built on Distraction

Ask any serial entrepreneur, and they will likely admit to being a bit easy to distract. That’s because, to be a successful business builder, you need to have a bit of a horizon focus, always looking for something new or better or different to chase after. Some business owners who are also managers struggle to bring this impulse to heel when they need to buckle down and build where they’re at.
In many cases, leaders get excited and miss the early signs their focus may be slipping. Because they have failed to set up fail-safes in their business lives, they travel too far down the road to distraction, ending up with too much going on and not enough of themselves to go around to give any of it due attention. Here are a few ways you can protect your focus and keep yourself from being spread too thin.

Top Tips to Energize Your Startup

When you are planning a startup, you know you want to come out of the blocks at a sprint, to start fast and get that cash flow up as soon as you can. Step two is to build to sustain, to keep growing but also protecting your gains. New CEOs must keep both in mind at all times, or they will start the race quickly, only to crash and burn just as fast. You need to energize your startup and build it to last. Here are some tips to help you make that happen.

Supplement Maker Accepts Quality Control Decision

Pick up any bottle of herbal supplements and many common “vitamins” and workout aids, and you will find the familiar phrase: “these statements have not been evaluated by the food and drug administration” or another popular disclaimer: “this product is not intended to treat or cure any disease.”

Game of Thrones Engages Fans with Even More Questions

The secret to compelling serial storytelling is to create more questions even as you answer those your fans are already considering. Sometimes you answer them quickly. Others you draw out and only hint at, prolonging the pleasure of wonder, curiosity, and debate for your viewers.

Koreans Want This VW Exec arrested

The war for automaker supremacy has always been a metaphorical blood sport, but now one country is calling for the arrest of an executive leader at another country’s chief automaker. A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for a Volkswagen Korea executive, identified as “Yun,” blasting him with five charges including document fabrication and violation of multiple laws.

Super Fight Breaks the Box Office…and the Internet

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice seems to be a movie battle destined to not only play out on the big screen but in countless social media threads and blog comments for the rest of the year…or until the next superhero movie comes out.

Performance Reviews: Metrics vs. Gut Checks

As a manager, you need an objective, fair, and reasonable way to grade your employee’s work. There are many reasons why this is necessary. The rub here, really, is how you conduct a review and what they really tell you? It’s an important question, especially in the U.S. where 90 percent of all nonunion labor receives some sort of review and reviews are mandatory for all federal government workers.

Fiat CEO Sets a Timeline for Self-driving Cars

Ask just about any automaker and they’ll tell you self-driving cars are likely an inevitability. But at least one brand is willing to put a timeline on the project. Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne recently told the Associated Press driver-less cars could be on the road within five years.

Make It a Great Place to Work!

Hey manager, your office can be a great place to work, but it’s up to you to turn that “want” into reality. Every person in your organization is in a key position to be a positive or negative influence on your office morale, but you are the center of that dynamic. You control all the levers and buttons to put things in motion. It is absolutely up to you to set the standard and create the expectation that leads to a dynamic, positive working environment. Here’s how to make it happen.

First, change the dialogue. You don’t have “tasks” that must be accomplished. You have “opportunities” that you get to achieve. It may sound corny and cheesy and, it is a little. But it’s also effective. Because it’s not just about changing the verbiage. It’s about changing the approach. These shifts have to be reflected in more than the language. They have to be apparent in the how and the why.

Can Sprint Really Compete?

It’s a question many mobile industry watchers wonder. Even as the brand continues a full court press toward going head to head with industry leader, Verizon, people want to know, can Sprint really compete?

In 2014, when Marcelo Claure was appointed CEO, Sprint was in dire trouble. Not only did they have the slowest 4G network, the company had just been rated the “worst carrier in the country.” Not an auspicious start, but hey, there’s something to be said for “only way to go is up.”

5 Social Media Tricks to Gain Popularity for Your Small Business

Social media has always been known to be a powerful source for immense growth and development, but the key is to make sure that you use these social networks effectively. Social media can play a key role on how you gain more popularity and build a following online. Discover the five best social media tricks to gain instant popularity for your brand, and find out how to implement them to gain true success.

Yahoo Suffering Identity Crisis

As industries change and markets shift there’s always an also-ran. A business once profitable that can’t seem to find a new way to make money when folks no longer want what they offer. Currently facing a similar situation: Yahoo.

How Big Data Delivers Answers Without All The Work

 

Big Data is a complex science growing ever more complex. And that’s true. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be set up to deliver more accurate results with much less work. To compete at any level, businesses need good data.

Making Your Mark Before You Go

2015 dealt its share of loss in the business world. Many up and coming young entrepreneurs and business moguls left us far too soon … but that doesn’t mean they failed to leave their mark. Check out what these innovators did with their short time on this earth.

Financial Goals: How to Set and Accomplish all of Your Financial Goals

 

If you haven't made any financial goals yet, you should definitely read this article! Here's a few tips on how to set and accomplish all of your financial goals next year.