Jeff Bezos

The Road to Success Many would say that one does not need to go to an elite college to be successful. Although their argument is reasonable, the statistics clearly show that going to an elite college bolsters your chances in succeeding in the working world. In fact, the average college graduate makes around $47,000 a year; however, graduates from more prestigious schools like Princeton were easily making at least six figures (Ellis). This is an extremely large discrepancy in the payoff of…

When Amazon founder Jeff Bezos started the company in his garage in Bellevue, Washington, he probably didn’t think that it would grow to be one of the most innovative and successful internet retailers of the 20th century (Frazier, 2016). What started off as an online book retailer with a selection of over 1 million titles, Amazon has expanded its product offerings and now offers practically anything a consumer could enter into the search bar. Because of this, Amazon.com has made its mark in the…

Introduction: Being an online retailer it was vital for amazon to create more and rather innovative modes of technology that would not only attract their customers but also boost sales relatively largely. Initially the stream of products was sold portraying Amazon as a traditional retailer but mainly as a low-cost retailer. The focus was mainly on the selection, price and convenience to customers. In 2005 the company launched Amazon Prime. The new system provided the lowest prices feasible over…

The History of Staples Staples has perhaps been one of the most influential companies of the latter part of the 20th century due to their convenience of service that they’ve offered their consumers. This ease of service seemed to be one of the primary goals for the company’s founder Thomas G. Stemberg. Back in 1986 Stemberg along with his other partners Leo Kahn and Myra Hart opened the first ever office products superstore in Brighton, Massachusetts in 1986 so that they can serve small…

According to Jason Rentfrow, Ph.D., the “Big 5” personality traits are: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience (Rentfrow, 2009). To determine my own personality traits, I took a version of the International Personality Item Pool test located at psychcentral.com, I found my scores of these five traits to be: extraversion 27, agreeableness 36, conscientiousness 33, neuroticism 24, and openness 33 (Goldberg et al., 2006). While the test did not…

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” – Neil Armstrong. The Space Race was a competition between the two rivals of the Cold War, the United States of America, and the Soviet Union. The goal was to be the first country to have a man land on the moon. However, for this to happen, there had to be major changes. Specifically, the technology of the time had to be more advanced for both countries to be able to get to the moon. Therefore, the U.S./Soviet Space Race led to amazing…

The resurgence of hate and division is a pressing issue in modern society; everywhere there are groups of people who refuse to acknowledge each other due to slight disagreements. Throughout history, people have amassed power by exploiting others for their labor, land, and ideas. These groups of people are referred to as “the other”, they are often targets of xenophobia and hate. The other can be people with common identifiers: gender, race, class, etc. The writers James McBride & William…

8-Hour Sleepers Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos prefers to get 8 hours of sleep daily because he could tell the difference in his performance. Fatigue sets in and his work start suffering when he is tired. Twitter founder Jack Dorsey gets about 8 hours a day too. What does John Hopkins say…

1. 2. TOGAF 5 artifacts: Artifact Purpose Meta-Model Entities Business Service Interaction Diagram This diagram demonstrates all the business benefits in degree and their relations and the data streaming between the business administrations. It will show what business administrations are ordinarily re-utilized by different business administrations demonstrating open doors for conceivable re-utilization of supporting IS administrations. The diagram will likewise be utilized to characterize…

Walmart is facing many challenges and of the challenges outline above stem from the significant changes transpiring in the external environment. Long a disruptor in the retail space, Walmart has historically managed changes in the external environment to gain a competitive advantage. From putting smaller retail establishments out of business, to upending the traditional supply-chain structure and creating the super-center concept, Walmart seemed impervious and unstoppable. However, perhaps no…