Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2012

I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. As a female entrepreneur who has built a successful company over the past decade, I forced myself to look even further ahead and determine what might be coming, not just in 2013 but in the next five years or so.

Trends 265

Trends Power Simon Real Estate 265

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

Since 2013, I’ve keynoted talks to groups of transitioning military veterans nearly 20 times as part of Deloitte’s CORE Leadership program, which helps vets reinvent themselves into civilian careers. He tried tech, finance, and real estate — all to no avail. “It’s very much, ‘Can you learn?

Career 12

Career Skills Real Estate Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2014

Still, most colleges are lucky if they can afford even a small team charged with developing new lines of business and new business models. Presidents and provosts will tell you: operating budgets are tight. Those administrators in the position to understand the imperative to innovate don’t actually have control over purse strings.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Education Disruptive Innovation Asset Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2016

And what about getting candid feedback for your own growth and development? That might mean dedicating time to professional networking and enrichment groups so that you keep up with business contacts and develop new skills. “I had to get a master’s degree in real estate development.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing Career 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2015

But as Netflix and online media channels developed, Blockbuster was no longer unique in fulfilling that purpose, and the way it fulfilled it became anachronistic. There may have been another business that they could have started, utilizing the company’s assets (real estate, technology, staff, etc.)

Brand 8

Brand Merchandising Retail Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

The majority of small businesses rely on such loans, and in the fall of 2013 alone, 37% of small businesses applied for credit. Financial crises hit sources of collateral like real estate particularly hard, and this has negatively impacted smaller firms credit scores.

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Concerns that it wouldn’t have enough cash to finance its holiday stock has apparently led to the company to sell real estate, spin off its Lands’ End brand, and raise $625 million in unsecured loans and equity warrants. But then “Sears found the answer first,” Worthy reports, in 1924.

Retail 9

Retail Quinn Real Estate Apparel 9