BUSINESS
Big business in bite sized snippets
IN BRIEF
Social Cause
MORE ENCOURAGEMENT TO
think like a woman
Lots of articles and books tell us to think like a man in
the business world in order to get ahead. While at first
this sounds good, it's also suggesting that homogeneity is
a positive thing in the workplace.
There are tons of studies and research done which show
that in fact, diversity is a strong driving factor in the
company's workforce. Diversity is good because we need
a variety of perceptions to solve problems and come up
with solutions – so actually it's not a good thing for a
company if everyone 'thinks like a man'.
Source: jezebel.com
GOES VIRAL
Spanish charity Manos Unidas NGO are aiming to fight world
hunger by creating an app. The 'FoodShareFilter' app enables
users to raise money and awareness to fight world hunger by
sharing food photos on the social media platform 'Instagram'. It's
a standalone download which lets users take photos of their meal
and apply a message in spanish reading 'this photo helps millions
of people to avoid starvation' as well as hashtag #FoodShareFilter.
Users can then easily switch the photo over to Instagram and share
it with their network. The aim is that each photo shared raises
awareness and the app costs EUR0.89 to help fight hunger.
Source: www.manosunidas.org/foodsharefilter
F U N FACT
Before
Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram or Pinterest,
women used to write about their
baby's milestones. As far back as the
1900's there's evidence of ancient blogs
being produced. Parents – mainly women
used to write about their baby's milestones.
They called them baby books and for the
first time ever recorded in history it became
common for a whole population to write
down random thoughts about their babies.
Exactly like parents do in online baby
blogs today.
Source: Washington Post
BEST AND WORST
UNITED STATES CITIES
FOR BUSINESS 2013
Nearly 8,000 small businesses were surveyed in the
recent 2013 Thumbtack.com Small Business Survey
which identified the best and worst cities in the
United States to operate in today.
Best:
1. Austin, Texas
2. Virginia Beach, Va
3. Houston, Texas
4. Colarado Springs, Colombo
5. San Antonio, Texas
6. Nashville
7. Dallas-Fort Worth
8. Raleigh – Durham, W.C.
9. Columbus, Ohio
10. Salt Lake City
Worst:
1. Honolulu, Hawaii
2. Oakland, California
3. Miami
4. Los Angeles
5. San Diefo
6. Cincinnati
7. Sacramento
8. Newark, New Jersey
Source: forbes.com
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