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Whilst over on the Isle of Scillies this weekend, I saw a very simple but very effective execution of the “be helpful” mantra. Seasalt Clothing is a Cornish business that prides itself on beautiful design, ethical processes and high quality fabrics. Its branch on St Mary’s (on the Isle of Scillies) stocks the majority of [...]
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Tags: be helpful, business, case study, Seasalt Clothing
pop up retail – old school style
There’s nothing new about pop-up retail, or pop-up anything if you live on the Isles of Scilly. The same venue morphs from charity shop to music venue to church hall in the space of an afternoon as islanders make the best use of the resources they have. As for an interactive social what’s on guide……..you [...]
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Tags: community, noticeboard, pop-up retail, Scillies
Campus Life at Facebook and Google It’s like the difference between public and private school: Facebook and Google have very different vibes Facebook traces its roots to Harvard, but the social networking company’s culture skews more toward public high school—a good one, to be sure, in an area with good demographics that’s also slightly frayed [...]
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Tags: culture, facebook, google, web
Ever since Silicon Valley started turning out companies with beautiful growth charts, entrepreneurs and their investors have talked about the need for “adult supervision”—a seasoned executive who can take over a startup from its inexperienced founders, guide it through the hazards of hyperkinetic expansion, and convert a great idea or breakthrough technology into a bona [...]
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Tags: facebook, sheryl sandberg
say what? starbursting
Starbursting is essentially breaking companies up into more profitable pieces and despite me not being familiar with the term until recently, it is apparently seeing a revival at present according to The Economist. Notable mentions of rumoured or high profile starbursts include Pfizer, Motorola, Fiat and Foster’s. The Economist cites the main reasons for the [...]
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Tags: corporate restructure, starbursting
