Apple turns over its entire inventory once every 5 days

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Apple’s supply chain is ranked best in the world.

Apple’s supply chain is ranked best in the world by the technology research firm Gartner.  According to a new report by Gartner. part of the reason is Apple turns over its inventory once every five days.  If you think about that’s pretty amazing.  Apple ells hundreds of millions of hardware gadgets all over the world and yet it doesn’t actually need to stockpile its goods.

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Computer science majors lacking in Seattle

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Students at the University of Washington.

There are thousands of computer-related jobs that are waiting to filled just in Seattle alone.  But the number of bachelor’s degrees in computer science at the University of Washington is the same as it was more than ten years ago.  A lot of students have been rebuffed in their effort to major in computer science or computer engineering.

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Pinterest leads consumers to online product purchases

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Thirty-two percent of surveyed consumers have made a purchase after seeing an image on a social image-sharing site.

Retailers have some new social commerce opportunities on the horizon. Consumers are spending more and more time with image-sharing social networks like Pinterest and Polyvore, and they are clicking through to product websites quite frequently.

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Majority of large newspaper groups experimenting with paywalls

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About 20 percent of the 1,400 or so daily papers in the U.S. will charge for online access by the end of the year.

Last week McClathy’s announced it will expand its paywall testing to four more sites and now the Chicago Tribune’s plans to charge readers for some of its online content.  This further proof that a majority of large newspaper companies now believe in some form of paid online content.

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Micro-entrepreneurship a growing trend

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Do-it-Yourself Economy

Russell Howze was working as a creative at an advertising agency in Atlanta when he got laid off due to budget cuts years ago.  For years he spent his time piecing together work through various corporate jobs, until he decided to follow his heart. Russell then  founded a nonprofit organization for artists, and now supplements his income running street art tours through Vayable in his spare time.

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Deadly Phrases In Business That Can Kill Success

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Language and emotion play a big roll in business success.

Did you ever stop and think about some of the words and phrases you use in your business communications everyday? And did you ever pause and truly think about what message you are conveying with your words and phrases. In today’s conversations, there are many words and phrases spoken without any real sensitivity to the “real message” they convey to the hearer. Many of these seem quite innocent and are probably thought to be inconsequential. Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach believes you would be at a strategic advantage in your business communications if you understand that there are some words and phrases that should be avoided. Here is a list of 8 phrases and Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach antidote to the deadly phrase…

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Leap Motion’s gesture-control module to compete with Microsoft Kinect for Windows

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A new rival is bringing some serious competition to Microsoft when it comes to bringing motion controls to desktop and laptop computers. Leap Motion has just launched a gesture-control device that may not be as powerful as Kinect for Windows, but is definitely cheaper.

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Crowdfunding from customers – new class of investors for startup capital

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The amount of capital available for entrepreneurs when you count the customer market is much larger.

The startup community gave itself a high five in April when the JOBS Act was signed.  Crowdfunding would enable startups to reach out to the whole world to get access to funding, not just a small cabal of investors living in a 20-mile radius of Menlo Park.

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Graphic: The price of college tuition

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The average sticker price and average net price for tuition and fees at public and private colleges in the U.S. over the past 15 years.

There are two ways to think about college tuition price:

  1. Sticker price is the full price colleges list in their brochures and on their websites.
  2. Net price is the price students actually pay. Net price accounts for the fact that many students receive grants or scholarships. So it can be considerably lower than sticker price.

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