Strategic Plan Part 1: Conceptualizing a Business BUS475 5/8/2014 When establishing a successful business‚ no matter how big or small‚ one monitors progress‚ assesses results‚ and develops new programs. One must determine what they want the company to be‚ produce‚ and accomplish. Several things have to be determined for the purpose of the business or organization. For example creating a vision‚ mission. and values statement allows the organization and its customers
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References: TOMS (2013) Introduction TOMS (2013) About TOMS Blake Mycoskie‚ TOMS (2011) How does the marketing mix link with the CSF ’s? TOMS Giving Report (2012) REFERENCES Kotler‚ P.J.‚ Armstrong‚ G.M.‚ (2010). The Principles of Marketing‚ P 76 Pearson education Accessed 22nd April 2013 Schultz‚ D
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America. The RED model presented‚ urges a new and beneficial business tactic‚ which profits off the branding and commodifying of easily marketable symbols such as the undeveloped African nation. The same can be said of TOMS shoes‚ as founder Blake Mycoskie uses a similar approach in his attempt at revealing the inner humanitarian in the consumer. TOMS “one for one” business
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opportunities and increase their health. 2. Why did they design their business model around shoes? I believe that they designed their business model around shoes for several reasons. It of course started with the experience TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie had in Argentina when he saw that many children couldn’t afford shoes and he discovered that he shoes that were worn by the locals (Alpargatas) were unique and comfortable. With that‚ there are a lot of health and educational value to having shoes
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Summary Think Like Zuck‚ written by Ekaterina Walter‚ is a book about how to start thinking more like unconventional leaders such as Mark Zuckerberg‚ founder of Facebook. Within each chapter of the book‚ there are stories that are told from behind-the-scenes of Facebook and other very successful companies such as Zappos‚ Apple‚ and TOMS. Throughout Think Like Zuck‚ Walter includes diagrams and charts for successful leadership. Not only does Walter explain what it takes to be a leader‚ but she also
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encounter an obstacle or disadvantage and give up not knowing it could be turned into something positive. When we are faced with an obstacle‚ we can all roll up our sleeves and find a way to turn the situation good. For example‚ the founder of TOMS‚ Blake Mycoskie turned the obstacle of poverty in many countries into an opportunity to improve the lives of others by creating a for-profit organization which gives them‚ shoes‚ glasses‚ and spreads awareness. The first thing the organization provides is shoes
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Executive summary TOMS Shoes(TM) was found in 2006‚ the founder Tom Mycoskie aimed that for every single pair of shoes the company sells‚ they give away one pair of free shoes to the child that needed(Armstrong and Kolter‚2011). This concept is highly suited the current marketing environment‚ it built a strong market position by matched their customers view of self to their brand image. These strength has lead to the company’s success in the shoe industry. However weakness of the company are‚
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Research on Toms Shoes Daurisa Villanueva AB207: Starting A Business Kaplan University Primary research is when research is done by receiving data from a certain target or customers. Some advantages of primary research is that the organization has control over the research and data that is collected. The data can be looked at‚ and the marketers don’t have to depend on anybody. Some advantages of primary research is that the owner does not have to share it with any competitors
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indirect influence from the TOMS shoe company onto the other various countries that they take their shoes to through the positive imagery that is created through the global impact that the company is trying to make. TOMS was started by founder Blake Mycoskie in 2006 after he had gone to
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spotlights self-starters who’ve arisen in otherwise impoverished countries‚ including such African entrepreneurs as Herman Chinery-Hesse and Magatte Wade‚ who don’t mince words when critiquing anti-poverty crusaders like Bono and Toms Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie who focus on hand-outs‚ rather than giving the poor a leg
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