Author Archives: Scoop.it Publisher

Here’s What Life Is Like When You’re 22 and You’ve Sold a Company for $100 Million

MyYearbook is a social network Catherine and David Cook founded in high school to help them make friends. Geoff Cook, their older brother, joined as CEO and turned the startup into a full-fledged business. In July the Cooks' company was acquired by publicly traded Que Pasa for about $100 million in cash and stock — […]

Warren Buffett’s 4-Word Secret to Business Success

From Warren Buffett's annual shareholder letter, here's a gem… “Buy commodities, sell brands” has long been a formula for business success. It has produced enormous and sustained profits for Coca-Cola since 1886 and Wrigley since 1891. On a smaller scale, we have enjoyed good fortune with this approach at See’s Candy since we purchased it […]

Teaching Introduction to Business: A Faster, More Efficient Way to Prepare Students for Today’s Workplace

Click here to watch video: Via www.youtube.com If you have the responsibility of preparing students for the challenges they'll face in tomorrow's tough and uncertain business environment, turn to the most efficient introduction to business textbook on the market—Business in Action. Business in Action offers instructors and students a much-needed alternative to texts that are […]

100 Must-See Interviews with the World’s Most Successful Entrepreneurs

As young entrepreneurs it’s important that we keep swinging for the fences. Super successful investors like Ron Conway say they’d rather invest in an 18 year old Mark Zuckerberg than a 31 year old seasoned entrepreneur because the young Sean Parker types truly think the sky is the limit. At Under30CEO we’re going to carry […]