This Week in Business

An entrepreneurial American Dream come true: Jim Tselikis and Sabin Lomac, Co-Founders of Cousins Maine Lobster, speak with host Dan Loney to share their story of growth and their new book Cousins Maine Lobster: How One Food Truck Became a Multimillion-Dollar Business on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host Christian Terwiesch talks about the current innovation in the insurance world and what the future of insurance could look like with Mark Pitchford, Chief Marketing and Sales Officer at Esurance, and Kyle Nakatsuji, Co-Founder and CEO of Clearcover on Work of Tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dave Johnson, Director for the Penn Relays, joins host George Perry to discuss the prolific Penn sporting event that features more than 15,000 participants from high schools, colleges, and track clubs throughout North America and abroad, competing in more than 300 events over three days on The Wharton Sports Business Show. Penn Relays 2018 is April 26-28; for more info: http://thepennrelays.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amol Navathe, Leonard Davis Institute Senior Fellow and Perelman School of medicine Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine, joins host Dan Loney to discuss his new research looking at hospital savings in the first year of hip and knee surgery mandatory bundled payments, explaining how these findings affect health care organizations, clinicians and policy makers on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marla Beck, CEO and Co-Founder of Bluemercury Inc., joins host Loren Feldman to discuss how her iconic high-growth luxury beauty retail chain is for disrupting the beauty retailing industry with its creative approach to personalized beauty solutions on Mind Your Business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the first time in nearly 60 years, a Castro is no longer Cuba's head of state. Raul Castro, who took the reins from his brother Fidel in 2008, officially stepped down last week making way for Miguel Diaz-Canal. Host Dan Loney speaks with Lillian Guerra, Professor of Cuban & Caribbean History at the University of Florida, Richard Gioioso, Director of Latin American Studies Program at Saint Joseph's University, and Gustavo Arnavat, Senior Adviser for the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former Obama Administration official who represented the US at the Inter-American Development Bank, to discuss this political change for Cuba on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Individual tax cuts as outlined in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, are set to expire at the end of 2025. The newly released Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM) analyses what would happen if they are extended to 2040, projecting over $5 trillion increases in government debt and reductions in GDP during the first 10 years and beyond. Host Dan Loney speaks with Kimberly Burham, Managing Director of Legislation and Special Projects at The PWBM, and Alan Auerbach, Director of the Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance at the University of California Berkeley, to discuss the impact of the tax cuts and the potential impact on the national debt on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Starbucks is trying to get past the fallout from the arrests of two black men who were waiting for a friend, then arrested, in a Philadelphia location last week. The coffee giant announced it will close eight thousand U.S. stores for racial-bias training for its employees. Host Dan Loney speaks with Stephanie Creary, Management Professor at the Wharton School, Mary Gilly, Senior Associate Dean at the University of California Irvine's Paul Merage School of Business, and Henry Boyd, Marketing Professor at University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, to discuss Starbucks' response to this issue and the move to mandate bias training on Knowledge@Wharton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What grade does Wharton Marketing Professor Americus Reed give Starbucks in their brand crisis management strategy? Last week, two African American men were arrested at a local Philadelphia Starbucks on the grounds of trespassing while waiting for a 3rd man to arrive for a business meeting. Starbucks declined to press charges and the men were released, but a national conversation has been ignited over racial discrimination by Starbucks at large. Professor and host Americus Reed dissects the incidents and resulting steps taken by Starbucks to make the situation right on Marketing Matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joel Flory, CEO and Co-Founder of VSCO, joins host Doug Collom to discuss his Oakland-based photography and social network app on Bay Area Ventures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.