At the peak of the potato industry J.R. Simplot became a potato farmer. He learned to grow potatoes from his landlord Lindsay Maggart, whom he would soon invest in a potato sorter with. After winning a coin toss on who owned the potato sorter, Simplot began sorting potatoes for farmers himself. Within the next decade, this would make J.R. Simplot the largest potato stripper in the west, operating thirty-three warehouses in Oregon and Idaho. (Schlosser) Simplot also shipped onions.
True North Book Report Jerry Zabokrtsky Grand Canyon University Book Report: True North, Discover your Authentic Leadership True North was authored by Bill Georg with Peter Sims and the book has a simple premise for leadership: understand your own life story (George & Sims, 2007). For example, Starbucks' founder Howard Schultz was forever changed at the age of 7 when a broken ankle caused his father to lose his deliveryman job and consequently his family's health insurance and economic security. Schultz's memories of his father's lost health care led to Starbucks becoming the first U.S. company to provide health insurance for every employee, including those working as few as 20 hours a week. The book True North is filled with stories about change and this report will only cover a few. Bill George, former CEO of Medtronic, and co-writer Peter Sims interviewed 125 executives, ages 23 to 93.
Summary * Burt’s Bees is a company that was founded in 1984 by Roxanne Quimby and Burt Shavitz in central Maine and produces beeswax-based natural skin care products and handmade crafts. * Burt’s Bees started with an investment of four hundred dollars when Quimby met Shavitz, a beekeeper in Maine and an ex-photographer for Life and New York magazines * Quimby’s entrepreneurial lessons were learned at a very young age from her Harvard educated father. * Quimby started visiting all the local fairs so she could sell their products. * The first year sales were $ 81000 which seemed an unattainable amount to Quimby. * Burt’s Bee’s first big break came in 1989 at a wholesale show in Springfield, Massachusetts when one of their new creations, a teddy bear candle, was noticed by an up-scale Manhattan boutique store.
This is also the view of John Podesta in an article written by Forbes. John Podesta’s version of the American Dream is, “one part opportunity, one part family, one part hard work and one part dumb luck.” This is true in the case of my sister-in-law, Dianne Charles and her husband Bob Jr. His parents Bob Sr and Judy Charles started their McDonald’s franchises this way. It all began because Judy’s family lived next door to Ray Kroc in Illinois. At that time, they were just married and they were beginning to live the average American working class life. One day their parent’s neighbor, Ray Kroc approached them about opening and starting a McDonald’s franchise in Boulder, Colorado.
After the founder, Antonio Calveta retired in year 2007 after he gave himself to the company for 35 years; he named his eldest son, Frank Calveta to be the president of the company. Frank is requested by his father to double the company’s revenues within five years’ time. ISSUES / PROBLEMS Being the president and chief executive officer of Calveta Dining Services, Frank is endeavoring to accomplish his father’s desire, which is to double the company’s revenues within five years. He is confronting with lots of challenges such as the company’s reputation for quality food service. The main issue in this case study is to decide whether Frank Calveta should take over Great Southwest Dining Service (GSD) or not.
Since opening Muenster Pump the organization has been self-sufficient, even establishing their own foundry to cast pump housings which is still used today. The president Bob Dorf has hired his cousin Terri for the purchasing manager position. Terri is an aggressive buyer who has had previous experience at a large appliance manufacturer and in her first two years at Muenster has brought materials costs down from 60 percent of the cost of sales to 50 percent. A representative from Union Foundry met with Terri and suggested newer methods of casting pouring would allow their organization to provide attractive prices. The Union Foundry came back with a price of $90 and two other foundries quotes came in at $94 and $98.
The Broadway Café Case Study Strayer University CIS 500 Dr.Stuart Gold March 11, 2012 I inherited The Broadway Café coffee shop from my grandfather which is located in downtown Birmingham, Al. It was first opened in 1952. Coffee shop specialized in different coffees, teas, homemade soups, sandwiches, salads and full service bakery. For many years it was a hotspot, but for last five years business is going down. Now it needs new and improved methods to be back in business market.
It was january 2006, and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.’s Chief Marketing Officer Becky Saeger and Charles Schwab (known to his employees as “Chuck”) were reviewing the nine-month results of the company’s new “Talk to Chuck” (TTC) corporate advertising campaign. Saeger and Chuck hoped the TTC campaign, which included a colorful series of television ads that used animated images of customers talking frankly about their investment needs, had revitalized the flagging financial services brand. Chuck had approved the campaign after coming out of retirement in Jully 2004 to reclaim his role as CEO of the $4,2 billion company he foundedin 1971. Two decades of rapid growth as a provider of quality financial services at reasonable prices had placed Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.’s (Schwab) at the forefont of the brokerage industry. But as competition intensified through the early 2000s, Schwab had found it harder to straddle the divide between full-service 2004, revenues were flat, and net income had declined by 39% in just 12 months.
Calvin Cheng Individual Case Analysis – eHarmony Brief background to the case eHarmony was founded in 1998 by Dr. Neil Clark Warren and his son-in-law, Greg Forgatch. The company was launched in August 2000. Initially it had received $3 million from an investment firm based in Houston to enable the company to start-up. Dr. Warren has a Ph.D. degree from University of Chicago and has spent 35 years as a psychologist, specializing in marriage and family relationships. He has also published nine books on love, marriage, and emotional health.
We then fast forward in time and learn about Miss Amelia’s ten day marriage, but we don’t find out any details about this. We then go back to before Miss Amelia was married and we get a little more insight on how she spent her days before the cafe came about. After this passage, we move forward in time again, and this is when we meet Cousin Lymon, or “Hunchback”. He would eventually convince Miss Amelia to convert her store into the cafe. After the opening of the cafe, the story directs us four years into the future, when the cafe is doing great business, and people are starting to realize that Miss Amelia is in love with Cousin Lymon.