Olga Vidisheva—founder and CEO of Shoptiques.com, an online platform that allows small fashion boutiques from all over the world to have an online retail presence. Vidisheva, a Harvard Business School grad, left a job with Goldman Sachs to develop her idea for Shoptiques in Y Combinator. She’s since raised $3 million in venture capital from Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock, Benchmark, SV Angel, William Morris Endeavor Agency and Y Combinator. Shoptiques revenue hit $3 million in 2014. Oliver Miao—Co-founder
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schools or private schools? Many people have the hardest decision of choosing a private or public school. They make decisions not knowing the differences or similarities of the schools, and based on what they hear or think. Many think that private schools are made for high income families and are better than public schools, but little do they know that both, private and public, have the same goals for their students. Of course, they each have their advantages and disadvantages. Private schools are
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Bank of America: Mobile Banking (Abridged) time. In May 2007, BofA launched mobile banking, which allowed customers to Starcom supported these digital efforts of BofA. Bank of America (BofA) was founded in 1904, known as Bank of Italy at that in the online and mobile banking business. Mobile Product Development and The launch of this app was a success and it garnered millions of subscribers. Now however hesitant to add more features, as they fear it will make the app complex access the bank
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The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Limited CEMENT – AN OVERVIEW FEBRUARY 2014 CEMENT The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Limited CEMENT – AN OVERVIEW SECTOR STUDY STUDY CONTENTS Summary Sector Study: Global Cement Industry Pakistan Industry Business Risk Financial Risk Outlook PAGE 1 2 2 4 6 7 February 2014 www.pacra.com SECTOR STUDY The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Limited CEMENT – AN OVERVIEW (FEBRUARY 2014) SECTOR DYNAMICS Business Risk Outlook Medium Stable to
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INTRODUCTION About Merrill Lynch: The wealth management division of Bank of America is currently known as Merrill Lynch. It comprises of 15,000 financial advisors and $2.2 trillion in client assets; it is the world's largest brokerage. Earlier the firm was publicly owned and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MER. In Brief: In this particular case study we find that Merrill Lynch has introduced a new client relationship technique called the Supernova at the Merrill Lynch’s
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1.0 Executive Summary A quality education is sorely lacking in Asaba Delta State, Nigeria. The lack of quality education has had a detrimental impact on families and the society in that part of the state. Infant Jesus Academy School will be a top-notch and English-medium higher secondary school imparting quality education to children in the city of Asaba Delta State, Nigeria. The purpose of this business plan is to raise $100,000 for the development of Infant Jesus Academy School while showcasing
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Case 9 & 10 Analysis Seagate Technology Buyout The Hertz Corporation Advanced Corporate Finance MW 2:00-3:15 PM Question 1 On page 1, the “value-gap” is two-fold. It signifies an under-valuation of Seagate’s core disk drive operating assets due to unfavorable public market investor preferences. Furthermore, the value of the Veritas share price has caused the Veritas stake to far outweigh the value of Seagate’s stand-alone market capitalization. Since Seagate does not own at least 80%
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The Guardian Katie Allen 5th October 2011 Stress now commonest cause of long-term sick leave – report • Stress at work escalates as employers plan redundancies • Managers need to regain trust of employees, says CIPD ! Diminishing job security has pushed up levels of stress-related long-term absence. It has also led to more employees reporting for work while sick, to avoid being targeted for redundancy Photograph: Robert Kent Canada Inc./RK Studio/Dean Sanderson Worries about job losses
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The old debate on the public versus the private sector— which one of the two is better for the growth of Indian economy—has been long alive. It has assumed increased importance with India’s recent impressive performance in all fields—from IT to computer software, from telecommunications to health, from generation of energy to manufacturing of industrial goods. While the popular belief is that most of the public sector undertakings are white elephants—a drain on the Indian economy, the fact
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9-205-058 REV: AUGUST 19, 2011 MALCOLM BAKER JAMES QUINN Ber rkshire Partne Bid e ers: dding f Cart for ter’s In the spring of 2001, Bost o ton-based pri ivate equity firm Berkshi Partners w consider ire was ring a levera aged buyout (LBO) of the William Cart Co., a lead ter ding producer of infant, ba r aby, and child dren’s appar in the Un rel nited States. Berkshire Par B rtners, which had extensi h ive experienc investing i the ce in retail and manufac cturing
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