Description: E-cigarettes is now a $2 billion industry in the U.S. and is expected to surpass the traditional cigarette market. Despite the obvious benefits of e-cigarettes, Canada has not yet legalized e-cigarettes with nicotine. Source: Financial Post Date: November 16 2013 Video link: http://business.financialpost.com/2013/11/16/how-e-cigarettes-have-become-a-very-wild-west-industry-in-canada/ Questions for Discussion: How do e-cigarettes work? How do e-cigarettes compare… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Entrepreneurship
Survivability of large corporations
Description: Lifespan of big corporations is fast shrinking: A recent study at Yale university concluded that in 1958, a Fortune 500 company could be expected to survive for at least 60 years; this life span has now come down to less than 15 years. Source: CBC Date: Nov. 04, 2013 Video Link: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Business/ID/2415923003/?page=2 Questions for… Read more »
Twitter surpasses expectations
Description: Twitter stocks soared by 73% from its initial public offering price on its opening day at the NYSE. This is somewhat similar to how Facebook opened at the stock exchange. What remains to be seen is whether, like Facebook, its shares will nosedive over the next 30 days.? Source: CBC Date: Nov. 07, 2013… Read more »
Amazon’s ambitious plan to sell groceries online
Description: Amazon is now selling nearly 15,000 non-refrigerated food items to online shoppers in Canada. These items include soups, coffee, jar goods, chips and candies among others. You can now stay home and get all these food items at your door step. Source: CBC Date: Oct. 31, 2013 Video Link: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Business/ID/2415470441/ Questions for Discussion: How do… Read more »
Twitter’s ride to becoming public
Description: Twitter is preparing itself for its initial public offering (IPO) in early November on the New York stock exchange. Alyson Shontell of Business Insider discusses the growth of Twitter since its humble beginnings. Source: CBC Date: Oct. 25, 2013 Video Link: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Business/ID/2414476857/ Questions for Discussion: Why Twitter’s growth path is termed chaotic? Considering that… Read more »
Canadian startups changing the way men shop
Description: Most men would avoid going to malls and going through reaps of clothes. New Canadian start-ups, such as Indochino, Frank & Oak and Suitly, have found a way out for Men to shop without stepping in a mall. Source: Financial Post Date: Oct. 6, 2013 Text Link: http://business.financialpost.com/2013/10/06/how-canadian-startups-are-changing-the-way-men-shop/ Questions for Discussion: What are the… Read more »
Bombardier launches CSeries—the quietest commercial jet in the sky
Description: Bombardier Inc. launched its next series of commercial jets – the CSeries. It’s been described as the quietest commercial jet in the sky. It continues the recent trend set by Airbus and Boeing towards manufacturing quitter commercial planes Source: Financial Post Date: September 21, 2013 Text and video link: http://business.financialpost.com/2013/09/21/bombardier-cseries-ushers-in-new-era-of-super-quiet-jets/ Questions for Discussion: What… Read more »
Twitter tweets IPO announcement
Description: Twitter recently announced that it’s going public—a highly anticipated public offer. People will soon be able to buy stocks of twitter. Source: CBC Date: Sept. 12, 2013 Video Link: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Business/ID/2406032304/ Questions for Discussion: Given Twitter’s low revenues as compared to other online companies, do you think its IPO be a success? What changes will… Read more »
Small businesses upset with credit card ruling
Description: Canada’s competition tribunal rules that the fess which Visa and MasterCard charge retailers will remain and retailers do not have a choice to pick which cards they take. Source: CBC Date: July 23 2013 Video Link: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Business/ID/2397869057/?page=2 Questions for Discussion: Should Visa and MasterCard be allowed to charge fees from retailers? Should retailers have… Read more »
Shakeup at Microsoft
Description: Microsoft is restructuring its organization in the wake of increased competition from Google and Apple. Analyst Frank Gillett of Forrester Research points out that not too long back, 95% of end user technology devices were from Microsoft, today that number is only 30%. Source: The National Date: July 11 2013 Video Link: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Business/ID/2396418626/ Questions… Read more »
