Your business is sponsored by American Express open. Helping you get business done. Hi everyone, im j. J. Ramberg, and welcome to your business, the show dedicated to helping your growing business. In seattle, we met one entrepreneur whos taken her great grandfathers Old School Business model, the corner store, and updated it to fit the millennial lifestyle. Its got a wine bar, Coffee Baristas and locally sourced handmade gifts. This entrepreneur has already got three neighborhood locations in seattle, and just like other local seattle business, starbucks, she told us shes got big plans. Puget sound, earl grey or coconut lime. We focus a lot on community here. And that opportunity to come and have somebody say, hey, hows it going, and really mean it . All of that is what creates the opportunity for me. Dani cone is the owner of cone steiner is, a small chain of three Convenience Stores in seattle. Ive been in the Service Industry my entire life. And one of my favorite things about the
Building his case against them. Unfriend. Apples tim cook, calling it too little, too late. What would you do . What would i do . I wouldnt be in this situation. And raising their hands. Thousands of teachers across arizona join a growing National Teacher movement demanding better pay and funding for their classrooms. There are some weeks i wonder how im going to feed my children but i love what i do so and those kids are my inspiration. But we begin today with yet another shakeup. This time at one of the governors largest and most troubled departments. Dr. Ronnie jacksons relationship with one man, the president , has helped earn him the responsibility to lead the va staff of more than 300,000 employees and care for millions of our nations heroes. Ive got a fantastic panel to help me break it down. And all the daunting challenges ahead. Let me try to fill in some of the details for anyone who may be waking up to this news. Former va secretary david shul kin who has been on thin ice wi
Hi there, everyone. A few years ago, the idea of using social Media Channels for key marketing and Sales Strategies was still very unfamiliar territory for many business owners. But today, the tides have changed. The use of social influencers to promote brands is skyrocketing. And businesses of all kinds are using instagram and facebook and others to sell products directly to consumers. That is how the watch Company Movement went from a startup to doing 08 million in revenue in just a few years. I recently met up with the 20 something owners to hear how they got a jump start by adopting these strategies very early on. When jake and cramer started their watch Company Movement in 2013, they knew exactly what they didnt want. The watches that were at our praise point, we didnt resinate with the brands. The watches that we liked, we couldnt afford. They looked around at watch companies and mostly saw Old School Business models with old school marketing. It was an industry right for disrupt
which has passed a parliamentary vote, is signed into law. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in a world fixated with the unstoppable march of the digital revolution, it s kind of refreshing to look at what s happening in the old school business of selling books. ink on paper has not been eliminated by the rise of the e book, and the good old bricks and mortar bookshop hasn t been wiped out by online shopping. my guest today, james daunt, boss of a growing bookshop empire, is a leader of this counter revolution. he s made buying physical books cool on both sides of the atlantic. how?
this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all of the main news stories at the top of the hour straight after this. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. in a world fixated with the unstoppable march of the digital revolution, it s kind of refreshing to look at what s happening in the old school business of selling books. ink on paper has not been eliminated by the rise of the e book, and the good old bricks and mortar bookshop hasn t been wiped out by online shopping.