A beloved Starbucks holiday turned into means for demonstration by disgruntled workers as strikes broke out all over the country on Thursday. Twitter Over 2,000 Starbucks employees at 112 locations went on strike during Starbucks’ Red Cup Day, a one-day event where customers can order any holiday-crafted beverage and receive that year’s special edition of […]
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I’ve observed an odd trend in company board meetings. Marketing and sales vice presidents will come in with charts, reports and finely-tuned data. The CFO will fire up a dashboard detailing every penny of revenue and expense. The HR chief will share hiring metrics down to the
Amid cuts that reportedly include some 10,000 jobs, Amazon is said to be offering some employees voluntary buyouts, or “voluntary severance.” Bloomberg I Getty ImagesAn Amazon office in Sunnyvale, California. That’s according to CNBC, which reported on Wednesday that, per company messages, Amazon offered voluntary separation and compensation packages to some company sectors Tuesday and
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Do you ever think to yourself, “My situation has always been the same — I’m stuck, and I just need to play the cards I’m dealt with”? If you have done this, you are dragging yourself down with a fixed mindset. Alternatively, a growth mindset means that
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Emotional proactivity, or emotional intelligence, is to me a pivotal part of success, but one few are given to talking about. We preach proactivity in seemingly every facet of our lives and lifestyles (work, exercise, planning for the future., etc.) but too often neglect to set a
As Thanksgiving approaches, so do Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Courtesy of ZeroFox Last year, the National Retail Federation reported nearly 180 million unique shoppers over the five-day period between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday, which exceeded estimates by more than 21 million. According to NRF’s data, 104.9 million of those shoppers visited stores and
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Evolution is inescapable, and it permeates every aspect of life. Many of us tend to resist this fact, inherently leaning on the comfort of what we know. However, it is a cold reality that those who do not evolve are inevitably left behind. This applies both to
Most of us have been warned at some point that if we put something out there on the internet, in some form or another, it’s out there permanently for all eyes to see. Getty Images But when it comes to private emails and messaging apps, many of us believe that what’s written and received in
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The best CEOs, entrepreneurs and team leaders I know have one thing in common: they’ve learned how to recognize and hire the right teammates as part of just about any growth strategy. In fact, I’ve met owners of incredibly successful companies who admitted that the only thing
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The holiday shopping drive is upon us. Is your Amazon business all set? Keep in mind that Q4 differs from any other time of the year — for consumers and eCommerce sellers alike. Between the holidays, shoppers will be online, purchasing gifts and splashing out more than