1. Elon Musk Takes Tesla Private Elon Musk is considering taking Tesla from public to private; a big announcement made over a small tweet. The idea is to go private at $420/share in order to focus …
Airbnb for Work
1. Airbnb for Work Airbnb is booking its way to the top with reservations for businesses. Airbnb for Work now accounts for 15% of bookings. The company said almost 700K companies have booked with A…
Apple Becomes First Trillionaire
1. Apple Becomes First Trillionaire Until now, there has never been a US company with a market cap of over $1 trillion. Apple is now the first. After a successful Q3 reporting and jump in stock, th…
Will Apple be the Next Netflix?
1. Will Apple be the Next Netflix? On Tuesday, Apple CEO, Tim Cook, hinted that the company was working on something big when it comes to TV. He announced that the company is not yet ready to share…
Chipotle On a Comeback
1. Chipotle On a Comeback After facing a downhill reputation from food safety concerns, affecting its sales and stock price, Chipotle is still recovering. However, former Taco Bell CMO, Chris Brand…
Facebook’s Stock Decline Sets New Record
1. FB’s Stock Decline Sets New Record Earlier this week, Facebook announced that they won Chinese approval to set up a $30M ‘innovation hub’ in Hangzhou. Turns out, Facebook got approval from local…
Eat Mor Chikin… Meal Kits
1. Eat Mor Chikin… Meal Kits Chick-fil-A announced they will be joining the meal kit sector to compete with companies like Hello Fresh and Blue Apron as the first ever fast food chain to prov…
Snapcash vs Venmo Battle is Over
1. Snapcash vs Venmo Battle is Over Snapchat’s version of Venmo, Snapcash, a feature allowing users to transfer and request money to friends, will shut down on August 30th. Shutting down this payme…
Papa John’s is in Deep Dish
1. Papa John’s is in Deep Dish Papa John’s has lost yet another agency — IPG Mediabrands’ Initiative. Apparently, the work culture ran deeper than John Schnatter’s criticism of the national anthem …
3D Printing a Gun — Now Possible
1. 3D Printing a Gun — Now Possible The U.S. Department of Justice and startup Defense Distributed have settled on an agreement to legalize the production of 3D printed guns starting August 1st. G…