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Language of Business Podcast: How New and Old Restaurants Make Money The restaurant business isn’t easy. 90% of new ones fail. But that also means some succeed. Here are a few success stories as The Language of Business looks at restaurant profitability. Host Greg Stoller interviews three different restauranteurs. Click on this link here to subscribe… Continue reading Language of Business Podcast: How New and Old Restaurants Make Money

Language of Business Podcast: The movie You’ve Got Mail reversed… A reversal of the movie “You’ve Got Mail.” The little bookstore around the corner fought a challenge from a big box store…and won. Then, an entrepreneur went from a one-woman brokerage to managing 700 million dollars in investments. Click on this link here to subscribe for Blubrry!… Continue reading Language of Business Podcast: The movie You’ve Got Mail reversed…

Language of Business Podcast: Made in the USA How a shirtmaker can afford to pay $12 an hour when workers in China are making $2.50 a day. How much sun do you need? Here’s an app that can let you know. A manufacturer who has made suits for every POTUS since Lincoln… Click on this… Continue reading Language of Business Podcast: Made in the USA

Language of Business Podcast: To the Left, to the Left Business pivots. When the technology you’re using is no longer the best out there…how do you fix that? – The Language of Business looks at a craft brewery named for an island in South Boston that isn’t really an island. Click on this link here to… Continue reading Language of Business Podcast: To the Left, to the Left

Language of Business Podcast: Get the right people on the bus There are no guarantees in business. To be successful, you have to get the right people on the bus, and sitting in the right seat. But  you have to know when to get off the bus. You have to know how to research and… Continue reading Language of Business Podcast: Get the right people on the bus

Language of Business Podcast: ABCs of Finance VC, PE, IPO, ROE, CMO? The Language of Business looks at the ABC’s of finance. – Your new startup idea. You’re ready to pull the trigger, but how do you fund it? Venture Capital? Private Equity? A bank loan? What does a hedge fund do? Click on this… Continue reading Language of Business Podcast: ABCs of Finance

Language of Business Podcast: Chinese home buyers in the US…paying big bucks in cash Why are so many people in China buying houses in the US…and paying cash? Plus, an immigrant from the Czech Republic who came to America as an Au Pair and wound up becoming a lawyer and investor tells us where would… Continue reading Language of Business Podcast: Chinese home buyers in the US…paying big bucks in cash

When your brilliant marketing campaign isn’t working…you sit down and say, “Umm, let’s fix that.” The Language of Business looks at re-branding CSN Stores into Wayfair, fixing the ZipCar logo, the air freshener nobody wanted to buy, Click on this link here to subscribe for Blubrry! Also check out our first few episodes, too! Many thanks to Executive… Continue reading Language of Business Podcast: Marketing Mistakes. Umm… Let’s fix that.