Language of Business Podcast: Money Management Who teaches your Financial Advisor? What about those new Department of Labor rules? What does beekeeping have to do with financial planning? You can get advice from a banker or a money manager. But what happens when if the money manager works for a bank? Stathis Partners, Wealth2k, Salem Five… Continue reading Language of Business Podcast: Money Management
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BU Norge går til Fenway (BU Norway Goes to Fenway)
BU Norge går til Fenway (BU Norway Goes to Fenway) Fun night at Fenway for our Norwegian students. Thanks to all of the faculty and staff who attended, too, and to the Red Sox Foundation for honoring our students’ first time visit to America’s friendliest ball park on the Jumbotron. Check out the Sweet Caroline… Continue reading BU Norge går til Fenway (BU Norway Goes to Fenway)
Language of Business Podcast: Doing Business in Israel
Language of Business Podcast: Doing Business in Israel You meet the love-of-your-life in college in New York, move to their country and start a business. So what language do you speak at home? Running a business in one country but having 100% of your sales in another. How hard is that? We’ll have a concrete… Continue reading Language of Business Podcast: Doing Business in Israel
Language of Business Podcast: Seasonal Businesses
Language of Business Podcast: Seasonal Businesses Not all ducks fly south for the winter and sometimes a duck isn’t a duck, at all. Everyone knows about winter and spring skiing but what about during the summer? Imaging doing 52 weeks of work each year for seven weeks of payoff. It’s great going to a sports… Continue reading Language of Business Podcast: Seasonal Businesses
Language of Business Podcast: Gender Diversity on Boards
Language of Business Podcast: Gender Diversity on Boards Women are more than 50% of the population yet represent less than 20% of corporate board seats. How much can a CEO control who’s on the Board? Starting a business designed to change corporate culture. Then, you’re sitting in the corporate conference room but you’re the only… Continue reading Language of Business Podcast: Gender Diversity on Boards
Language of Business Podcast: Small Businesses
Language of Business Podcast: Small Businesses Think your small business can win against the big dogs? We’ll meet executives who have been going head-to-head, and also succeeding, for years. Dana Brigham, Debra Brede, and Linda Gulman. Click on this link here to subscribe for Blubrry! Also check out our first few episodes, too! Many thanks to Executive Producer Don Kelley on… Continue reading Language of Business Podcast: Small Businesses
Language of Business Podcast: Made in America
Language of Business Podcast: Made in America Forget outsourcing to China, India, wherever. The Made in America label is becoming more popular than ever. Shirts, suits, fashion and more: Made in America. Bob Kidder, Melanie Berger, Ed Likovich, and John Martynec. Click on this link here to subscribe for Blubrry! Also check out our first few episodes, too! Many… Continue reading Language of Business Podcast: Made in America
BU Norway Program off-and-running for 2018
BU Norway Program off-and-running for 2018 We’re thrilled to be running this program, now in its 18th consecutive year. 30+ students from Norway arrived this past weekend and we had Orientation this morning. Half are here to pursue their business ideas while the other half are completing 4-day / week internships… all students on campus… Continue reading BU Norway Program off-and-running for 2018
Language of Business Podcast: Pivots in Business
Language of Business Podcast: Pivots in Business A storefront interactive display that works even when the store is closed. A craft brewery named for a Boston island that isn’t really an island, but is finding success in the suburbs. How do you choose a name for your company… ? Pick one that’s fun to say.… Continue reading Language of Business Podcast: Pivots in Business
Language of Business Podcast: International Communication
Language of Business Podcast: International Communication Learning how to play nicely in the international sandbox. Translating Korean into Norwegian, and getting it right! Going from the Netherlands to New Hampshire and not getting lost in translation. Kiss, bow or shake hands? Getting the culture correct. International Communication: Wendy Pease, Lance Shaw, Kaarina Kvaavik, and Lucia… Continue reading Language of Business Podcast: International Communication