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From $300 Cookie Jar to $13.4 Billion Empire: 11 Game-Changing Business Lessons from Dick’s Sporting Goods

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The incredible entrepreneurial journey that transformed a grandmother's life savings into America's largest sporting goods retailer From a tiny bait shop to over 720 stores generating $13.4 billion annually In 1948, an 18-year-old high school graduate who barely made it through school stormed out of his job at an Army surplus store. His boss had just torn up his carefully crafted list of fishing equipment recommendations, calling him a "dumb kid who didn't know what...

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China’s Coffee Revolution Hits America: How Tech-First Chains Could Demolish the $110 Billion Coffee Industry

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Why Chinese coffee giants are targeting America's $110 billion market with aggressive pricing and tech-first strategies that could reshape the entire industry The digital-first coffee revolution has arrived in America, led by Chinese innovations that prioritize speed, affordability, and technology over traditional cafe experiences. The American coffee industry just experienced an earthquake, and most people didn't even feel the tremor. On June 30, 2025, Luckin Coffee (the Chinese coffee giant that dethroned Starbucks in China)...

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Donny Deutsch: Often Wrong, Never in Doubt

Often Wrong, Never in Doubt Unleash the Business Rebel Within by Donny Deutsch Source: Amazon.com I'm trying to burn through my stack of library books and wanted to recommend one of my latest reads called Often Wrong, Never in Doubt: Unleash the Business Rebel Within by Donny Deutsch. Every time I go to the library I always bee-line to the Computer Science section first, quickly followed by Business (just like my pursuit of education, both...

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Who Would Want to be Normal?

Who Would Want to be Normal?

How rejecting conformity can transform your work from ordinary to extraordinary Mini Cooper's "Not Normal" campaign celebrates the power of breaking free from convention Last week, during a meeting about our 2013 initiatives, I found myself expressing frustration with the tendency to do things "the way they've always been done." This led me to share a Mini Cooper advertisement I'd recently discovered—a video that has since become something of an inspiration for our team. In...

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What Office Space Can Teach Us About Gamification

When was the last time you had fun at work? For many of us it has been a while and fun at work is usually something you do during lunch or around a watercooler. Employees may view work as dull, boring, unimaginative, and very often we see employees who are completely disengaged. Do a search for "employee engagement facts" and see what results you find. If you think employees are actively engaged, you may be...

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PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet

Understanding the controversial bills that sparked unprecedented online protests The SOPA legislation threatened fundamental aspects of how the internet functions In late 2011, two bills were introduced in the United States Congress that sent shockwaves through the tech industry and online communities worldwide. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House of Representatives and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate were ostensibly designed to combat online copyright infringement and protect intellectual property....

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