Remove Conference Remove Finance Remove Marketing Remove Sales
article thumbnail

The Big-O conundrum

Seth Godin Blog

If you’re running a conference where you expect one or two people to arrive every few minutes, hiring someone to check them in is a pretty obvious move. There are Big-O problems in marketing, in sales, in customer service, in finance, in production and in compliance.

article thumbnail

Inside a Fortune 500 Boardroom

CaseInterview.com

The conference room had an incredible view of Manhattan. I’ve never seen a conference room table so large before. The company had suffered a 40% drop in sales. If you know finance, especially the finance of retail businesses, that’s nearly impossible. I’ve only been in a Fortune 500 boardroom once.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Losing Faith in Gold at the Wrong Time; Did Paulson's Sale Mark the Bottom? Who's Left to Sell?

MishTalk

Gold Bull Paulson Cuts SPDR Stake by Half in Bear Market. Bloomberg reports Gold Bull Paulson Cuts SPDR Stake by Half in Bear Market. Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson, who told investors as recently as last month that they should own gold, cut his holdings in the metal by more than half as prices plunged into a bear market.

Sales 69
article thumbnail

When Selling, Ask Questions, Rank Your Prospects … and Listen!

Emerson Consulting Group

Too often otherwise good sales reps fail because they just haven’t learned to stop talking and start listening. The objective of basic sales questions is to identify what your prospect actually wants. By asking more questions and listening even more, you can take any sales conversation to a higher level. By Ken Lizotte CMC.

Sales 40
article thumbnail

Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

Compensation and benefits are on par to the market, but not adjusted for NYC living (so for take-home pay you might be better off in Atlanta or Dallas as a young McKinseyite, unless the magnetic draw to the Big Apple is just too much). The office has a very hi-tech conference room that is used to connect with global Bainies at all levels.

article thumbnail

Wal-Mart, Macy's, Kohl's Cut Profit Outlook; Cisco to Cut 4,000 Jobs, Blames Weak Economic Recovery

MishTalk

Finance reports Wal-Mart cuts profit outlook on shopper worries. and our international markets, as customers are cautious in their spending," Wal-Mart Chief Financial Officer Charles Holley said in a statement. What we see is slow steady improvement, but not at the pace we want," Mr. Chambers told analysts on a conference call.

Retail 73
article thumbnail

Hilarious Transcripts of Fed Minutes from 2008 Reveal Completely Clueless Fed

MishTalk

January 9, 2008 : Telephone Conference Meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee Staff Report : The incoming data on spending and production have, on net, led us to revise up our estimate of real GDP growth in 2007:Q4 by about 1-1/4 percentage points relative to the December Greenbook. I didn’t quite get that.