...MBA 7600 Final Paper: Quip 16 October 2014 Wilmington University Quip Purpose and Mission Quip was founded by Bret Taylor and Kevin Gibb in September of 2012. Crunch-Base published an interesting article about Quip wherein I learned they have a support staff of only fifteen people. Summarizing this article, they were able to receive backing in their initial negotiations from five investors who believed in their product and were initially funded $15m and again, just as recent as June 30, 2013, were able to obtain an additional $15m in confidential talks (Business Graph, 2014). Both of these gentlemen worked together at Google and helped to create and develop products that are frequently used today, they both posses the knowledge and experience to produce working apps that will be around for subsequent years. Their main goal was to conceptualize and create a distinguished program that would interact and cooperate with any device that the consumer would be using. They have created a product that can be used by both individuals and businesses alike, a product that integrates seamlessly with your Google accounts automatically once they are recognized. They have ensured that as you receive notifications either of a business or personal nature they are stacked so as not to be jumbled. They have enabled them to interact with third party keyboards by keeping in mind those programs that individuals might use such as Swype which is commonly used on cellular phones and tablets...
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...from the back of a subway train, along with the track "Fitter Happier" from OK Computer. This cuts to the band members reading off several dozen radio intros. Interspliced with the promotional material is live footage taken from various venues around the world, including the song "Karma Police" on Late Show with David Letterman. Included in the documentary are various video clips of television appearances, newspaper articles, and other mentions of Radiohead in the media. In a clip from a Sky News programme, presenter Kay Burley comments on the video for the band's song "No Surprises", saying "Music to cut your wrists to. [...] It's the most miserable-sounding tune I've ever heard." While watching the video, the programme's music reviewer quips "You'll probably quite enjoy it because he actually drowns at the end". The making of the video is then shown, where frontman Thom Yorke is lip-synching while trapped in a tank of rising water.[2] The world tour that is the subject of the film has subsequently been admitted as a low point for the band, specifically Yorke, who had a near-breakdown. As "On Your Own Again" by Scott Walker plays on the soundtrack, Yorke is seen placing a note that reads "i am not here and this is not really happening" on his hotel windowpane, which looks out onto midtown Manhattan. This message was suggested by his friend Michael Stipe (singer of R.E.M.)[citation needed] as a way of...
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... 2012 Point of View The short story, The Lady with the Pet Dog, written by Anton Chekhov is narrated in the omniscient, third person style. “From this point of view, the narrator can move from place to place and pass back and forth through time” (136). Also, “this narrator can report the characters’ thoughts and feelings aw well as what they say and do” (136). The all knowing speaker of this story tells us, the readers, all about the whirl wind affair of Dmitry Dmitrich Gurov and Anna Sergeyevna in such a way that we can draw our own conclusions about their characters. The narrator, who plays no character part in this story, does seem to know everything about the lovebirds. S/he also explains each character’s personality and quips portions of their conversations. The conversations that we are told about give the reader insight into the feelings of Dmitry and Anna. We learn about their comings and goings from the narrator. In Yalta, the narrator tells us of the many social scenes like the esplanade, confectionery shop and a public garden. The narrator sees into the romantic situations of Dmitry and Anna’s hotel room encounters and the private conversations that also welcome the reader into the relationship. The pain and restraints of each character’s home and life are addresses by the narrator also. Whether ensconced in safe houses and relationships or free to roam while on vacation the reader learns it all from the narrator. The point of view of this story does...
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...may be interpreted in terms of change rather than stability.” As for ‘advancement,’ he uses the term because the new worldview of today considers this age to be so (one of modern “enlightenment”), not that he does. As for this new name he has coined, “Modern” seems old-fashioned to him and he thinks “Postmodern” is surely only “a temporary name.” Since the book is based at least in part on philosophy, a background in some of the older (and present) secular philosophers whom he quotes is helpful; others may have trouble following all of his logic. He has a helpful Table in his opening chapter that shows the difference between the thinking of earlier students (i.e., Bible believers) and many of today’s secular scientists. And we liked his quip, “What modern secular scientists believe is far more incredible than any biblical miracle accepted by the simple Christian believer.” How true that is! He was also right on target when he noted, “Somehow the assumption of evolution has become the proof of evolu-tion, and the obvious fallacy of such reasoning is ignored.” Burr gives a good answer to Alfred North Whitehead’s process thought and he has a good, albeit brief rebuttal to the new “openness of God” theory. In...
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...doubts in those first few weeks, as it wasn’t until we were having a meal at LaGrillade that he confessed that he now knew this is what he wanted, but had been unsure until then. It had never struck me before, that this might all be temporary; I had assumed it was for good. And so our journey started… Holidays, bereavements, passion, new jobs, redundancies, affluence, pets, friends, parties, pressure, arguments, closeness, cocktails, tree-climbing, family, football matches; poverty, love, travel, motor-races, joy, disillusion, stupidity, tears, support, sadness, bandits, patata-bravas, joy and most importantly, laughter….until today. Today, there is nothing to laugh about, even for me, who can be counted on to make a light-hearted quip in any situation. We have taken our love for granted and that is unforgivable. I have no control over what lies ahead. There is nothing that I can say or do that will persuade or influence the future. Are there another two decades of love ahead or have I had my quota? Whatever the outcome, I will have memories to cherish for the rest of my life and no one can take that away from...
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...“Waiter Rule” indicates that how we treat seemingly insignificant people can provide pointers to our personality and priorities. Some may think the Waiter Rule is too simplistic to determine a CEO’s character but I believe it is an essential tool for useful insight into their character and to determine their ethical leadership qualities. Can it be that simple? How a person treats subordinates, such as a waitress or waiter, could determine if they have the qualities of a good CEO? Yes, I believe it should be that simple. Every manager should know the difference between right and wrong. They should have been taught to “treat other people the way you want to be treated” and “you get more flies with honey than you do vinegar”. History is full of quips and antidotes on how you should treat your fellow human beings. Upper management is no different than the janitor who cleans the offices. We all live in a society where we want to be treated with respect and common courtesy. A restaurant is an excellent place to meet with a potential employer. This simple test should show the employer insight into the character of the candidate. I have noticed those who are mindful of affording respect to strangers tend to have stronger character, are more honest, and generally happier people. Using the Waiter rule can be an accurate...
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...Rick Speckmann Senior Business Advisor Inspiration “Wisdom is knowing what to do, Skill is knowing how to do it. Virtue is doing it.” -David Starr Jordan With 40 years of business management/leadership/ownership experience, wisdom is an ever-present deliverable in Rick Speckmann’s work. He is quick to smile when referring to his wisdom because of the many lessons he’s learned throughout his career. He quips, “Those hard lessons of ‘wrong’ decisions proved pretty expensive. Thankfully, I am a determined optimist, so I just kept trying. I ultimately leveraged that experiential learning into a set of skills that delivered a series of remarkable successes. The virtue in that is I can pass forward those ‘best practices’ to our members.” Rick’s leadership responsibilities include roundtable development, outplacement services, strategic planning facilitation, and executive coaching. Expertise High energy, an optimistic outlook, and an insatiable appetite for “raising the bar” of performance are among Rick’s strongest traits. With a diverse background in nine different industries, Rick brings a broad spectrum of skills to the MRA team. Past experiences in five companies as a founder, partner, and manager honed his skills as a decisive leader, strategist, marketer, and developer of talent. Key Accomplishments • • Owned and led four companies through triple-digit growth, achieving industry-leading retention rates of more than 92 percent. As CEO of a human performance consulting company...
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...A stone wall separates the speaker’s property from his neighbor’s. In spring, the two meet to walk the wall and jointly make repairs. The speaker sees no reason for the wall to be kept—there are no cows to be contained, just apple and pine trees. He does not believe in walls for the sake of walls. The neighbor resorts to an old adage: “Good fences make good neighbors.” The speaker remains unconvinced and mischievously presses the neighbor to look beyond the old-fashioned folly of such reasoning. His neighbor will not be swayed. The speaker envisions his neighbor as a holdover from a justifiably outmoded era, a living example of a dark-age mentality. But the neighbor simply repeats the adage. The image at the heart of “Mending Wall” is arresting: two men meeting on terms of civility and neighborliness to build a barrier between them. They do so out of tradition, out of habit. Yet the very earth conspires against them and makes their task Sisyphean. Sisyphus, you may recall, is the figure in Greek mythology condemned perpetually to push a boulder up a hill, only to have the boulder roll down again. These men push boulders back on top of the wall; yet just as inevitably, whether at the hand of hunters or sprites, or the frost and thaw of nature’s invisible hand, the boulders tumble down again. Still, the neighbors persist. The poem, thus, seems to meditate conventionally on three grand themes: barrier-building (segregation, in the broadest sense of the word), the doomed nature of...
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...groups in AZ that offer the community a way to participate and make a real difference in these hurting little lives. Our Phoenix Chapter, and our Childhelp Wings Group both do amazing things to support the prevention, intervention and treatment of child abuse in Arizona. Childhelp Phoenix Chapter members are regular people with exceptional hearts that are willing to support the programs and mission of Childhelp through fundraising events, awareness projects, volunteering in our Childhelp Advocacy Center Playroom and truly making an impact for abused and neglected children in AZ. Childhelp Wings is for families to support abused and neglected children together as they meet monthly to perform various service projects. The Wings group quips the next generation to be champions for abused children. The group members also hold an annual fashion show event to raise funds for the AZ programs, and the children in the group are all models in the show. That is a favorite for most of the children, and the parents each year. The Wings Group raised over $75,000 last year with as few as 20 or so members, as well as provided Christmas gifts to nearly 100 children and families and so much...
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...potential for Paragon Tool, then a small maker of machine tools. I didn’t make the move so that I could oversee the company’s downsizing! I didn’t intend to create value—for our customers, for our employees, for our shareholders—by thinking small!! I didn’t intend to shrink to greatness, for God’s sake!!! Okay, so I’m getting a little worked up over this. Maybe I’m just trying to overcome my own second thoughts about our company’s growth plans. I know it isn’t just about growth; it’s about profitable growth, as my CFO, William Littlefield, is always happy to remind me. “Nicky,” he’ll say, “people always talk about getting to the top when they should be focusing on the bottom…line, that is.” Quite a comedian, that Littlefield. But lame as the quip is, it tells you a lot about Littlefield and what, in my opinion, is his limited view of business. Sometimes you’ve got to sacrifice profits up front to make real profits down the line. To me, acquiring MonitoRobotics holds just that kind of promise. The company uses sensor technology and communications software to monitor and report real-time information on the functioning of robotics equipment. By adapting this technology for use on our machine tools, we could offer customers a rapid-response troubleshooting service—what consultants these days like to call a “solutions” business. Over time, I’d hope we could apply the technology and software to other kinds of machine tools and even to other kinds of...
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...Examples of Meditated Culture (10/24/12) 1. Elecronic Religion -Sister Aimee 2. Pop Psychology (Jerry Springer, Dr. Phil, Dear Abby) -Jerry Springer -Dr. Phil -Dear Abby: started advice columns in newspapers. 3. Magazine Philosophy of Lifestye -Playboy -Cosmopolitan -Living 4. Comics Culture -Peanuts -Superman 5. Sports Mania -ESPN 6. Nostalgia -VH1 -I Love The 70's **NEXT WEEK** Be able to distinguish among these 3 catagories 1. 2. Powerful effects theory: the media guides our lifestyle and is used as a scapegoat for society's ills. 3. Cumulative effect: the media's effect builds up gradually over time. Cultral Terms (10/1/12) 1. Pseudo Event 2. News Comes In Two Varieties -Instant Gratification -News of Consequence 3. Kitsch (Vulgar Culture) 4. Camp (Something So Bad It's Good) Media's Effect On The Indvidual 1. What is stereotype? -A fixed image or generalization -Has a history probably forgoten over time 2. Why does the media use so many stereotypes? -Early examples of stereotypes in the movies: ~Toms, Cooks, Mulattoes, Mammies, & Bucks 3. Media use of role models and status conferral 4. Attitude Change: Is it easy to change minds? -Selective Exposure -Selective Perception -Selective Retention 5. Uncertain media side effects: The intended message is not always the one...
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...The statement from CEO Sheryl Sandberg (2013) sounds similar to Warren Buffet’s 2017 (cited in Bahler, 2017, February 2) statement of: In the archived footage, Susan talks about Buffett's displeasure in America's gender disparity. “Wait until women discover they’re the slaves of the world,” she recalls him saying. In the doc, Buffett doubles down on that sentiment and quips that he believes the country would be more successful if more women were in business. In finding, the dichotomy in which a belief must become reality when looking at the big picture can manifest positive or negative. While I believe, women have the power to lead in the capacity of a male cannot, I elite with the concept of Sheryl Sanberg, that men still run the world....
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...deprecatory statements, insist how their views and ways are wrong and out of self-interest, and then at the end barely mention how their proposed solutions will work. One of the key elements in Wilson’s effectiveness is illustrating the unproductive nature of such discussions is his unbiased approach of the subject matter. His own personal opinions on the topic at hand are never indicated, merely his observations of the subject. This mimics factual studies and highlights upon how both sides of the argument lack this when they assert their stances. While each side would have legitimate points to consider, name calling, snide remarks, and the refusal to compromise in a reasonable fashion will result in no progress being made. Every case and quip made is absolutely moot because they are solely based on emotion. The “People-First Critic” states at the end “ A strong, growing free-market 35 economy, not creeping socialism, is what’s best for America—and it’s best for the environment too”. Absolutely nothing they wrote beforehand indicates this sentiment to be truthful. Similarly, “What exactly are they trying to conserve? Their own selfish interests, for sure, not the natural environment” is the ending statement for “The Environmentalist”, again, their own opinions not being fact-based whatsoever. While it’s impossible for such a controversial and pressing issue to not be discussed with personal passion, when people override logic and based their reasonings solely on pathos alone, there...
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...Synopsis: Set 20 years from now, Andy Weir’s bestselling novel ‘The Martian’ follows the comedic botanist and now-astronaut Mark Watney as his mission on the planet Mars goes awry and his 5 crewmates evacuate after a severe storm. Debris slams into Mark and his suit is punctured, so they decide to abandon him behind, assumed dead. But luckily enough, a series of events lead to Mark’s survival against all the odds Mars could throw at him. Personal Response: The Martian is a believable novel dense with scientific explanation but with no shortage of hilarious quips and witty dialogue. Developing the plot of Mark’s Martian mission of survival, I can best describe Andy’s work as a slow escalation to a gripping climax. An insightful look at the...
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...that it takes more than fast talk and a firm handshake to sell expensive aircraft—it takes a lot of relationship building. So Boeing invests heavily in managing customer relationships. Individual salespeople head up an extensive team of company specialists—sales and service technicians, financial analysts, planners, engineers—all dedicated to finding ways to understand and satisfy airline customer needs. These teams work closely with clients through the lengthy buying process. Even after receiving an order, salespeople stay in almost constant contact to keep make certain the customer stays satisfied. The success of customer relationships depends on performance and trust. “When you buy an airplane, it is like getting married,” quips Alan Mallaly, the head of Boeing’s commercial airplane...
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