soldiers roamed in the streets. They started killing and taking anyone that was walking on the streets for no particular reason. I perceived a lot of gang violence, burglaries, vandalism, assault, arson, and many explosions on the street every day. The people did not have food, medicine, electric, or water. The circumstances were difficult in my country. In October 2004, I got shot in my right leg by an American…
spent five years with his mother before moving in with his father, grandparents and uncle where he could have a better life. Despite moving around, Leonardo showed unusual and extraordinary gifts at an early age. At the age of 14 he was sent to study in the studio of a sculptor and painter named Andrea del Verrocchio as an apprentice. This was a location in the middle of Florence, one of the centers…
I consider Elon Musk to be one of the greatest CEOs of our time. He was the founder of Zip2, an online directory service, and PayPal. Musk is presently CEO and CTO of Tesla Motors, a manufacturer of electric vehicles, and SpaceX, a designer of space transport services. Through my analysis of Musk’s exploits, I conclude that his strength as a leader is threefold: his ability to inspire others with his vision, his unwavering motivation to seek profitability through sustainability and purpose, and…
political cartoon to novels. The book itself was translated into almost every known written language. Each generation has discovered it anew and has found it relevant. Which brings us to the logical question: Why revise a book that has proven and continues to prove its vigorous and universal appeal? Why tamper with success? To answer that, we must realize that Dale Carnegie himself was a tireless reviser of his own work during his lifetime. How to Win Friends and Influence People was written to…
7. Maintain price and reduce perceived quality. Cut marketing expense to combat rising. Smaller market share. Maintained margin. Reduced long-term profitability. 8. Introduce an economy model. Give the market what it wants. Some cannibalization but higher total volume. Another factor leading to price increases is overdemand. When a company cannot supply all of its customers, it can use one of the following pricing techniques: ➤ With delayed quotation pricing…
Benefits of direct marketing: Buyers • Home shopping- fun, convenient and hassle free, time saving, larger variety. • Comparative shopping possible- browsing through online catalogues. • Somebody else other than buyer can order goods. • Business customers- learn about new products & services- time saved in meeting sales people. Sellers • Buy mailing lists- any group : left handed, overweight, millionaires • Personalize and customize the messages- build continuous relationship with…
“Lo and behold!” Earlier that year, I was quoted in a UCLA press release saying that once the network was up and running, it would be possible to gain access to computer utilities from our homes and offices as easily as we gain access to electricity and telephone connectivity. So my vision at that time was that the Internet would be ubiquitous, always on, always available, anyone with any device could connect from any location, and it would be invisible. However, I never anticipated that my…
However, the large drop in PalmKid’s contribution margin per unit combined with a decrease in the actual number of PalmPro units sold as well as a drop in the actual contribution margin per unit below budget, led to the total contribution margin being much lower than budgeted. Other factors could be discussed here––for example, it seems that the PalmKid did not achieve much success with a three digit price point––selling price was budgeted at $149 but dropped to $102. At the same time,…