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When you have good news, you want to get it out far and wide, and quickly. So, General Motors recently held an “Investor Day” at the New York Stock Exchange, where CEO Mary Barra set up camp to report GM’s optimistic predictions: upgrading the company’s original forecast for 2018, and an even rosier picture for […]

Social issues, politics, economic policy, competition…just a sampling of interview topics that’s fair game for the media. As a business leader, how do you prepare? What’s your process for developing focused, responsive, positive and persuasive messaging without being sucked into a counter-productive exchange? Here’s a range of examples for you to consider: The Obama Administration has decreed transgenders’ […]

Perception and speculation are the engines of Wall Street. The only acceptable direction, especially in the publicly-held world of stocks, is UP! Anything less and the investor knives come out. The idea of “critical mass” isn’t permitted. Creative market and revenue growth are rewarded. Usually. For instance, Twitter (TWTR). In a recent article in The Guardian, […]

The Centers for Disease Control has cleared Chipotle. The CDC says the e-Coli crisis is over. Certainly, that’s good news after six months of mystery about what was causing people to get sick after eating in a number of Chipotle restaurants. Unfortunately, that mystery remains unsolved. Now the speculation over Chipotle’s fiscal well-being is underway. Consider this conversation […]

It’s a sound bite world. There’s so much information coming at us every minute of every day, it takes a strong “sound bite” to break through the din. Instead of resisting it, learn to master it. Here are a number of very brief (well, after all, they are sound bites) examples. As you watch and listen […]

This is a savvy case of using traditional media to reach, and teach, a traditional audience about what’s happening with an important consumer class that just might be off their radar screens. Take note, especially if your success is dependent on the upcoming generation(s). Max Levchin is a serial entrepreneur in the finance industry. He […]