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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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Business and Love

February 14, 2011

Let’s talk about Christmas. Yep, on Valentine’s Day, I want to talk about Christmas. This year, I missed the Valentine’s advertising. I saw a great full-page ad from Tiffany’s in the Wall Street Journal (“Be Mine”), and I saw Godiva on Squawk Box talking about the business of chocolate. That’s it. Did you ever notice […]

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Don’t Skip the Marketing

January 25, 2011

I’m having a revelation: Marketing isn’t just about PowerPoints. I actually knew that already, but I was worried when I decided I wanted to pursue my MBA in Marketing and Organizational Management & Strategy that I would be behind the times. Why? Well, there’s been a shift in the last couple of years towards this […]

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Be Selfish and Do Great Work

December 31, 2010

I am here to tell you something: It is perfectly fine to want to do good work. I commend you for it. You should not be afraid to be great. You should not be afraid to apply your abilities and produce. People should not cut you down when you can succeed. You should not be […]

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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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Be Fearless

November 23, 2010

“Be fearless.” That’s what our guest speaker Selena Rezvani wrote in her book that she signed for me. It seemed quite appropriate for me, especially since I’ve been trying to push myself into the uncomfortable, taking those risks that others may say are too tough to take. The Associate Director for Marketing & Recruitment here […]

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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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MBA: Don’t Knock It ’til You Try It

October 25, 2010

When I announced I was going to go back to school full-time for my MBA, I was waiting for the fallout. Yep, I said fallout. I don’t think my fellow bloggers would have actually said anything to me directly, but everything I had been reading in my network included comments like, “Don’t go to grad […]

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