A Better Course

It is tempting to think that luxury goods are isolated from the broader economy, because customers are rich enough to ignore it. But the industry’s expansion into a broader “aspirational” market, by selling to the merely affluent, makes it susceptible

(tags: theeconomist luxury economics)

“But users should be getting paid for the time they spend on the Internet and the friends they draw to their pages.” Interesting opinion.

(tags: facebook technology nytimes advertising)

“Because they have rarely failed theyave never learned how to learn from failure.” Instead, they’re apt to “screen out criticism and put the ‘blame’ on anyone but themselves.Their ability to learn shuts down precisely at the moment they need it”

(tags: management leadership businessweek cleverpeople morganstanley personaldevelopment)

By playing, “readers” not only learn about business ideas within a global market, but also broaden their knowledge about the services and processes of IPOS.

(tags: reddotawards businessweek corporatefinance design)