Dawn Lafreeda is an extraordinary business leader who faced many challenges on her rise to the top. Just eighteen months after purchasing her very first Denny’s franchise, Lafreeda was offered the opportunity to acquire four additional restaurants. These four restaurants were located in West Texas, and were all struggling; both the location and the despondent economy created challenges for Lafreeda to overcome as she worked to turn these stores around. Lafreeda’s challenges included age and gender on her quest to the top of the restaurant franchise. At the age of 23, Lafreeda was much younger than many of her staff, as well as one of the only female owners of the Denny’s franchise. Due to Lafreeda’s age, many business partners did not take her…
Michael had worked as a part-time employee at Shirts and More while he was in high school and envisioned owning such a shop. He realized that a sweatshirt shop in Campus Town had the potential to meet all four of his criteria. Michael set up an appointment with Jayne Stoll, the owner of Shirts and More, to obtain information useful in getting his shop started. Because Jayne liked Michael and was intrigued by his entrepreneurial spirit, she answered many of Michael’s questions.…
Born Sarah Breedlove on December 23, 1867 on a Louisiana plantation,Walker transformed herself from an uneducated farm worker of the twentieth century's most successful, self-made women entrepreneurs. Orphaned at age seven, she often said, "I got my start by giving myself a start." She and her older sister, Louvenia, survived by working in the cotton fields of Vicksburg, Mississippi. At 14, she married Moses McWilliams to escape abuse from her cruel brother-in-law, Jesse Powell.…
"Followers 88,234." I smile at the ever-growing number it seemed like it was only days ago when the video of me sing Green light by Lorde shot up to over a million likes and only 34 dislikes. I smirked and switch over to YouTube where all of this started.…
Creator Winnie Holzman’s show “My So-Called Life” and Marjane Satrapi’s The Complete Persepolis both highlight the immense changes that surround adolescences in their relationships with others as well as how they perceive their own identity. It is during the stage of adolescence and emerging adulthood that young people are dealing with what Erikson refers to as identity versus confusion, in which adolescence are doing a lot of re-visitation to past stages of their life, and are constantly at battle with understanding truly who they are. Holzman’s show follows an adolescent named Angela Chase, who is a high school sophomore trying to discover and assert her identity. Satrapi’s graphic novel depicts her hardships with being an adolescent in a new country away from her family, and how she struggles with understanding her true self.…
Walt Disneys very famous career started off when he got his first job in Kansas City as a newspaper artist. Everyone has to start somewhere I guess! Little did Walt know that later in his life he would create a character who has one of the most known names to this day. His first job in film was at the Kansas City Film Ad Company where he created cutout animations with Ub Iwerks. This all led to where he is today with his many amusement parks, merchandise, and films. He even has his own television channels! His legacy will be remembered for a very long time.…
Everyone has their problems, some maybe silly as others are difficult in many ways. Khadijah went through something that kids normally don't go through it never get to experience in first hand view. She went through poverty and homelessness.…
Whitman 's leading-by-example type of leadership is made possible by her strong communicative skills. Not just verbal communication of a daily type, but the willingness to communicate her vision through business practices. It was Whitman who first initiated eBay 's first move toward national advertising, it was Whitman who recruited executives from various industries. Communication and trust go hand in hand in creating a charismatic transformational leader and Whitman has executed both great skill, managing to transform eBay into a company significantly…
Please read the Claire McCloud case and the other three assigned articles about the management styles of Selina Lo (at Alteon), Andrea Jung (at Avon), and Christos Costsakos (at E-Trade).…
Second case talks about Claire, a founder of a consultancy business. She visions it to be everywhere and that it would have phenomenal reputation. Her motto is “the future is now”- Rather than waiting to run the business the way she thinks it should be run, she’s bringing it to life every day of the week. Candidate driven business, but staff is even more important to her. Staff…
She knew exactly what her target market was and thus was really determined and confident. Working as the Marketing Director of Avion, she was used to know customers, to communicate with them, to handle their need. Here she wanted to target amateur horticulturalists thath could be very much profitable, easily reached and extremely loyal if well served. However she rapidly faced some difficulties because as an unproven entrepreneur with an unproven idea investment money was not exactly forthcoming. Her best offer for funding involved her providing 25% of the money for the venture from her own bank account, while giving up 49% of the company to the investors. She also had to deal with Fulfillment and overhead costs, such as finding a printer, a warehouse where she can put her stocks, phone and credit card companies...…
How did Christine Taylor succeed in evolving the local dog-washing service she developed as a teenager into an international franchise business?…
Here she was left with the desire to reach the top of Corporate America. Taking the steps…
Cambridge Satchel Company is one of the successful business organizations in British. The organization is founded by Julie Deane and her mother in 2008. They have started the journey with the capital of £600. At the beginning of the business they spent £70 on leaflets for the advertisement about their organization. While starting the business, Julie Deane has made a commitment to herself that if she couldn’t make a success out of this business than she’ll try to get a job. And this commitment has made her successful in today’s competitive world. Julie Deane the founder of Cambridge Satchel Company beliefs in the line that a limited budget can make you more creative. The ‘Kitchen Table’ company was another success of Julie Deane. The company sells £30,000 worth of bags. This selling condition actually brings the organization in the front line…
One of Fernandes’ strengths is his caring for and nurturing good employees. He sees people as the “key asset” of any business and hopes to help develop their full potential, passions and dreams. His business offices have no walls and he seeks ideas from his staff (Speaker Ideas, n.d.).…