Vince Thomas August 15, 2007

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Will CD’s be Replaced Entirely? August 9, 2007

CD sales have been dropping for 8 consecutive years and are now dropping faster than ever. And while legal music download sales are increasing by about 50% each year, overall industry revenue is still down over 30% from last year. Local record stores and other chains have had to reinvent their core businesses [...]

Healthy Food, Unhealthy Ethics July 24, 2007

John Mackey, who built the Whole Foods Market chain, does not practice the “ethical” methods that he preaches. Mr Mackey, who admitted last month promoting his health food chain through an alias on a Yahoo forum, has been found privately contradicting his company’s public claims. Mr Mackey admitted making hundreds of internet posts, [...]

Hands Up in Michigan, All Year Round! July 18, 2007

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Like Father, Like Son July 8, 2007

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Bill Emerson June 29, 2007

Bill Emerson, the CEO of quicken Loans since 2002, shared a little bit about his leadership beliefs in class last week. 
First, you can’t motivate people.  People are either internally or externally motivated.  You are there to help them, direct them, and lead them; but you are not there to motivate them.  You can create the [...]

Powerpoint Turns 20 June 22, 2007

PowerPoint is our most popular used presentation device at Bizdom U. It helps add a lot of flavor to presentations. It adds the visual aspect with pictures and colors. It’s hard for me to imagine life without PowerPoint.
According to Lee Gomes, a writer of the Wall Street Journal, “The program is one that the [...]

Small Plates June 22, 2007

Todd Stern was in last week to share his inspiring story and delicious food. Todd is the owner of Small Plates in downtown Detroit. He began as an entrepreneur at a very young age as did I. His first job was similar to mine; raking leaves and shoveling snow. At 12, [...]

Electronic tickets… Who would have thought? June 18, 2007

 
Sam Gerace, the CEO of Flash Seats enlightened Bizdom U on the history of ticket distribution. Tickets have been around since 500 B.C. They began as engraved stone, eventually evolving to paper, and through technology, have now become electronic. Who would have thought? Yes these tickets may look quite different than [...]

New Mall in Town? June 14, 2007

There has been talks of opening a mall in the area of 8 mile and Woodward in Detroit since 2004. A major step was taken yesterday as a bill allowing for this retail development moved out of state Senate. Now it must be considered by the full Senate, which may pass it as [...]