Sales & Variable OPS
This Is the 23-Year-Old Entrepreneur Who Just Turned Down $3 Billion From Facebook
This is the 23-year-old entrepreneur who just turned down $3B from Facebook, according to Entrepreneur. For many entrepreneurs, the dream is to launch a kickass startup, grow it into a powerhouse and then sell it off or go public. In other words, to walk away with a...
Infographic: The History of Hashtags
From Ragan.com, infographic: the history of hashtags. Hashtags are everywhere. They're on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest. They're even on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon." But hashtags weren't always so ubiquitous. An infographic from Offerpop takes a look...
Advertisers Should Just Quit. Nothing Will Ever Top This Volvo Commercial
The latest Volvo commercial is going viral for good reason. Action star Jean-Claude Van Damme takes his 53 year-old body to the next level to showcase Volvo's Dynamic Steering System. The stunt is in fact real. A Volvo rep confirmed that the spot was done in just one...
Millennials: Harder To Reach, More Impressionable
According to Marketing Daily, millennials are harder to reach and more impressionable. Reaching Millennials is harder than other generations -- what with all their multitasking and connected devices -- but the payoff for actually getting through to them may be...
It’s the Management, Stupid!
"You want Loyd to do what? Jim, are you gone-to-the-grape?" asked Dr. Merlot, my friendly yet kooky sidekick, with disbelief. "For the last five years you have been deploying a plan to purchase your dad's stock and recruit talent. This place is starting to come...
Technology and Herding Cats
Supervising the accounting office was my least favorite tasks as a CFO/controller. I'd rather create a new spreadsheet or write a report on our DMS system. I used the phrase "herding cats" to describe the difficulty involved in coordinating the efforts of so many...
TrueCar Dealer Network Reaches 1 Million Vehicle Sales; $31 Billion* in Sales Have Gone Through the Network
Retired Army Staff Sgt. the recipient of a new car TrueCar, an authority on new car pricing, information, trends and forecasting since 2005, has recorded its one-millionth vehicle sale through its national Certified Dealer Network, which currently accounts for nearly...
Interview with John Lee, Owner of the Lee Motor Group
With $5,000 in his pocket, World War II veteran James Lee bought a small Ford dealership in Elm City, NC in 1953. His son John, born six years later, would ride his bike after school to the small dealership that didn’t even have a showroom. He fell in love with the...
Is Your Team Over Managed Or Under Led?
“The most dramatic cost of the lack of leadership is that the market has changed so much and your dealership has changed so little!” On Tuesday August 23, 2011 at 1:51PM, I was sitting with an F&I Manager when the building started shaking and power poles outside...
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