Apr 01
Take a look at what’s coming up on the FORA.tv event calendar for this week. This year’s Fairchild Fashion Media Men’s Wear Summit will challenge brands to rethink today’s men’s wear market through invaluable insight from the industry’s most innovative people, products, brands and strategies– a must-see for companies that want to adapt–and succeed–right now. …
Mar 25
Though she’s only led IBM for a little over six months, Ginni Rometty has already positioned herself as a leader not only in business, but in corporate responsibility. A recent article in Bloomberg mentioned a talk that Rometty gave in front of the Council on Foreign Relations about her company’s efforts in corporate service. In her …
Mar 12
It’s one of the first basic points of human interaction that we learn from our elders: sharing. As much as we sometimes begrudge sharing when we are little, we soon learn to accept it and even embrace it. And in the new economy, some of us have started to monetize it. Because if you need …
Mar 11
Take a look at what’s happening this week on FORA.tv: three events airing on March 13. It’s often thought that a sign of America’s economic strength lies in maintaining a strong dollar policy. Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates will challenge that traditional thinking in a panel featuring four prominent leaders in business and finance, including Frederic Mishkin, …
Mar 07
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg will release her highly anticipated book next week titled, “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead,” in which she discusses how to pursue a successful career while maintaining a life outside the office. Using anecdotes from her own life as well as from the lives of other working women, …
Mar 06
Stock markets have been on a tear this week as the Dow Jones industrial average hit a record high yesterday and continued to surge forward today on strong job numbers, with the S&P 500 also making gains. The strong market is a continued boon for wealthy investors, many of whom have seen their portfolios recover dramatically since …
Mar 01
On Thursday, employees at Groupon received surprising news from their CEO, Andrew Mason. In a company-wide announcement, Mason initially joked that he wanted to spend more time with family, but quickly revealed the real reason for his memo: “I was fired today.” He goes on to briefly list the reasons for why he was let …
Feb 28
Opinions about the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, are divided into two camps. Conservatives see it as an encroachment of government through unnecessary regulation and mandates that will hamstring business. Progressives see it as a step forward toward universal healthcare– a right that is already afforded to citizens in most developed nations. Then …
Feb 20
If you’ve wandered around San Francisco lately, it’s quite possible you’ve laid eyes on cars sporting large furry bright-pink mustaches hanging over their radiator grilles. Those mustaches signify the driver is part of Lyft, a new on-demand ride service that launched in 2012 and has rapidly grown in popularity as a unique form of shared …
Feb 13
Last night’s State of the Union by President Obama largely centered around economic themes, a number of which called for a reinvestment in American manufacturing. In one section of his speech, Obama hailed companies like Caterpillar, Ford, and Apple who have launched efforts to bring jobs back to the United States from overseas. He also …