October 9, 2024

How Airbnb Used Design To Break Through Its Biggest Challenge | Overpaid CEOs Are Being Supported by Mutual Funds and more...

How Airbnb Used Design To Break Through Its Biggest Challenge | Overpaid CEOs Are Being Supported by Mutual Funds and more...

> Design is Powerful and if done right can change entrenched behaviour. Most successful companies therefore conciously use design to overcome market challenges. This example from AirBnB is classic;
http://goo.gl/CBjE5i

> Executive salaries are on an all time high. Discovery Communications’ David Zaslav took a pay of $156,077,912 while salaries of most workers in the US remained almost flat.
http://goo.gl/JfaF3n

> Google has made its first acquisition in Southeast Asia with Pie, an enterprise chat app.
http://goo.gl/AXwtU1

> Startups are increasingly opting for convertible debt as it makes it easier for companies to raise small rounds of funding and avoid discussion about valuation. However, does this make sense over a longer term?
http://goo.gl/r35Dii

> An executive who's little known outside Apple, its chief chipmaker, Johny Srouji is behind all the innovations that Apple has made designing its chips over the years.
http://goo.gl/PBX1wB

> Pivotal has made its third acquisition over the last couple of months.
http://goo.gl/rDdtYt

> Yahoo believes that the mobile space will see a slowdown this year. And it is this slowdown that will trigger genuine innovation.
http://goo.gl/0M2pCe