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Where Does Your Money Go?

April 19, 2011

Over the last few weeks, I’ve become an economics nerd. I really have only scratched the surface, but I’m starting to learn enough to understand that our government has a very complicated conversation it needs to have with us…and not put it off until after November 2012. One of the major effects of globalization is […]

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Right in the Black and White

April 11, 2011

A little joke in the business world is that whenever there is a question, the answer is usually, “It depends.” It’s a signal that instead of a black-and-white world, we live around shades of gray. Unless of course there are legal issues, and then it’s up to lawyers to explain why you crossed over to […]

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Actions and Reactions

March 22, 2011

Remember being in grade school, studying math or science, and you’d hear a classmate say, “When am I ever going to use this in real life?” Little did you know the basics of equations show up everywhere. Most of the time, it’s a pretty easy concept: Y=aX+b. But then again, taking into account multiple variables […]

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Are White Men the Next Minority Group?

March 1, 2011

The following post is available at Forbes Blogs – Work in Progress: March is Women’s History Month in the U.S. and U.K. A number of events are hosted all across companies, universities and communities to highlight the contributions women have made in history and contemporary society. In all the hubbub of celebrating women, men might […]

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The Cupcake Shake Out

February 22, 2011

I think about cupcakes…a lot. I never thought I’d be one of those consumers who would jump on the cupcake bandwagon, but you know what? I’ve called shotgun! When there was the first whisperings of cupcakes being a new dessert craze, I was confused: weren’t cupcakes already available in your local grocer’s bakery section? They […]

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Journalist Julie MacIntosh Takes on the King of Beers

December 9, 2010

This post is written at Forbes blogs – Work in Progress. We look at stories in the press about businessmen and male leaders who make questionable decisions, and we think to ourselves, “Well maybe it wouldn’t have gone down that way if a woman were involved.” We won’t always know if that’s the case, but […]

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Ethical Challenges in Outsourcing Admissions Essays

December 1, 2010

BusinessWeek posted a story about companies who provide written MBA application essays to applicants at some of the top business schools. People can pay these companies, and then they can walk away with a pretty time-intensive part of their application taken care of. The business of outsourcing these essays seems to be booming, and these […]

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Bridging Corporate and Startup Culture

November 8, 2010

This post is written over at Forbes Blogs – Work in Progress: It turns out a corporate culture can include chaos and a startup one can have organized systems in place to produce results. General Electric is sporting some startup culture of its own, and for some reason people forget Google is a global corporation, […]

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Politics and Business

October 28, 2010

While I may not be a fan of politics myself, you really can’ get away from it in business. Politics can show up in employment regulation, SEC rulings, and even Facebook. It was reported that Facebook may have lobbied against the Social Networking Privacy Act. As quoted by Mashable! writer Jennifer Van Grove, “The bill […]

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