Narrative News Archive - Page 7 of 10

05 Aug

A family that was staying in Ritz-Carlton, Bali, was carrying specialised eggs and milk for their son who suffered from food allergy. Unfortunately, upon reaching the hotel the eggs had broken and the milk was spoilt. I am sure you can imagine the state of the family, it is natural to feel dismayed in such a situation. Well guess what Ritz-Carlton did…

05 Aug

In 1969, Greg Force lived in Guam, where his father, Charles Force, worked as the director of a NASA tracking station that helped connect the capsule with NASA Mission Control for voice communication. After Apollo 11 began its departure from the moon, a problem arose — a bearing had broken in the dish antenna needed to track the ship. Without it, NASA…

13 Jul

Satya Nadella shares a habit with Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates. Both leaders are voracious readers who apply what they learn to propel their organizations into the future. Although Nadella is largely credited for leading Microsoft’s transition from a Windows-centric company to a cloud-first company, his reading habit is the fuel behind his success. In business school, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella had read…

29 Jun

In 2012, Snapchat, when was little more than a year old, was struggling to shake a reputation that it was only popular for sending inappropriate photos. Zuckerberg met with Spiegel and expressed interest in buying Snapchat; but when Spiegel declined, Zuckerberg launched a clone of Snapchat, called Poke. – While it was intended to kill Snapchat for good, it may have …

17 Jun

When a troll called comedian Sarah Silverman the C-word on Twitter, she responded with level-headed kindness, finding out he was in a lot of pain and eventually helping him pay for his medical bills. – On Dec. 28, Twitter user Jeremy Jamrozy responded rudely to one of Silverman’s tweets. Instead of ignoring him or responding angrily, she went in a completely different…

02 Jun

When Emma Yang was 7 or 8 years old, her grandmother became increasingly forgetful. Over the next few years, those memory problems, caused by early Alzheimer’s disease, worsened. Yang, who learned to code at an early age, decided to create an app to help. – “I have personal experience with how the disease can affect not only the patient, but also…

12 May

In America, the tradition began in 1908 with a woman named Anna Jarvis. While not a mother herself, she established the day to honor her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, who had passed away three years prior. This commitment to pay homage to and help other women ran in the Jarvis family. Living in West Virginia before the Civil War, Ann had an …

04 May

BoxFox Cofounders Jenni Olivero, Chelsea Moore and Sabena Suri got the idea for their Los Angeles company, which crafts and ships personalized gift boxes, after struggling for weeks to deliver a care package to a sick friend. Frustrated, they knew they could make gift-giving easier for people looking to show affection with the perfect present. – Their idea was a hit —…

20 Apr

Teatulia, an organic tea company with its CEO and cofounder Linda Appel Lipsius isn’t just banking on changing consumer preferences to sell their product, she’s confident the product – and its story – sells itself. – Lipsius in 2006, started helping out her friend, Kazi Anis Ahmed, on his family’s organic tea garden in Bangladesh. She began educating restaurant and grocery operators…

News

Ritz Carlton Bali

Greg Force

Satya Nadella

Evan Spiegel

Sarah Silverman

Emily Yang

Anna Reeves Jarvis & Mother’s Day

Jenni Olivero, Chelsea Moore and Sabena Suri

Linda Lipsius