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Stern Alumni Find Inspiration – and Opportunity – in Fold-Up Flats

Love is always on the minds of Stern full-time MBA alumni Taffi Ayodele (‘13) and J.G. Ayodele (’12). Love for each other. Love for Africa. Love for life. Love for their customers. And love for Thando’s, their startup that focuses on bringing limited edition, vibrant foldable ballerina flats to market. Thando’s, which derives its meaning from “love” in Xhosa (a native South African language) is changing the fashion industry one pair of shoes at a time. The company provides a business platform that integrates fashion, social responsibility, and community-building.

Thando’s produces foldable ballerina flats made from fabric designed and crowd-sourced from African artists through design competitions inspired by causes in Africa.…

Where Do Assets Go From Here?

On March 1, 2017, the Dow closed at a ridiculous, wing-melting 21,115.55, an all-time high. In fact, if we go back from there to November 8, 2016, the last day when it seemed Hillary Clinton was likely to become our 45th President, the Dow was up more than 15 percent.

In the 40-some days since setting the record, the Dow is back to the merely lunar mid-20,000 range, a respectable 12 percent(ish) point-to-point gain from November 8.

Alright, let’s conduct a little thought experiment. It’s March 2009 – you’re at home watching CNBC, reading the ticker as it rolls across the bottom of the screen, wishing you bought treasuries or managed futures last summer.…

Strategy & Operations Club Hosts Dynamic Decision Makers

On April 4, 2017, the Strategy & Operations Club held its annual forum, titled “Decision Making in Dynamic Industries.” The event consisted of a 45-minute panel discussion with panelists from BritBox, PepsiCo, and La Colombe Coffee, moderated by Stern Strategy Professor J.P. Eggers, followed by a keynote speech from Scott Pollack (Stern BS ’03), VP of Services & Business Development at WeWork.

Professor Eggers guided the panel discussion through key strategy topics from social media engagement, five-year planning, innovation, and operational tasks, to worst-case scenario planning and understanding which business unit in the company drives “strategy.”…

How Legalization has Spurred Innovation

It’s a question at least a few of us have pondered while paging through our Firms and Markets textbooks. For some Sternies working in beer, the trend toward cannabis legalization can be viewed more as an opportunity than as a threat to brewers. Many are seeing the plant with the potential medicinal properties that it could offer out front and center; many look for the best CBD oil UK to reap these benefits for its positive effects on mental and physical health. It has now been considered as one of the many ways to help people who suffer from particular physical and mental ailments like chronic pain and anxiety, as it has been known to produce results.…