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A Conversation with Vanderbilt Senior Ash Rai, Co-Founder and CEO of Fin-Tech Startup Feather

01

Nov

All Posts, Businesses, Finance and Business Insight, On Campus

A Conversation with Vanderbilt Senior Ash Rai, Co-Founder and CEO of Fin-Tech Startup Feather

By: Shane Mumma Editor’s Note: Shane and Ash are good friends. The following in-person interview has been edited for clarity and length. Shane: So, hello Ash! Welcome to this interview with the Vanderbilt Business Review—we’re happy to have you here! Basically, we’ve heard that you’ve launched a bunch of businesses…

<strong>Pleasant Vineyard: A Story of Sweetness, Passion, and Unwavering Patience</strong>

29

Oct

By Iris An

All Posts, Businesses, Features, Nashville

Pleasant Vineyard: A Story of Sweetness, Passion, and Unwavering Patience

By Iris An (All pictures taken by the author and used with permission from Dr. and Mrs. Yao unless otherwise cited) Pleasant Vineyards is located at 2018 Les Robinson, Columbia, Tennessee, at the foot of the picturesque Theta hills. The lovely 27-acre property features 11 acres of grapes, gorgeous views,…

<strong>A Niche Market in Asian-style Bakeries: Sweet Dreams Bakery & Bubble Tea</strong>

23

Oct

By Iris An

All Posts, Businesses, Features, Nashville

A Niche Market in Asian-style Bakeries: Sweet Dreams Bakery & Bubble Tea

By: Iris An (All images are provided by Sweet Dreams Bakery & Bubble Tea, used with permission) YiMemg Wang is the owner of Sweet Dreams Bakery & Bubble Tea, a bakery on Cool Springs Blvd., in Franklin, Tennessee, which specializes in pies, cheesecakes, egg tarts, breads and bubble tea. In…

Starbucks’s ambitious plan in China: reflecting and expanding a business class reading

26

Sep

By Iris An

All Posts, Businesses, Features, World

Starbucks’s ambitious plan in China: reflecting and expanding a business class reading

By Iris An Sitting in the 21st Avenue coffee shop with my pumpkin spice latte, I opened my next week’s reading assignment for BUSA 3710 and found myself staring at six articles about Starbucks—in a Starbucks (the irony of this weekend study mode was not lost to me). As its…

Bilibili Stock Plunges: China’s 300 million user video site is struggling for commercialization

23

Sep

By Iris An

All Posts, Businesses, Finance, Industries, World

Bilibili Stock Plunges: China’s 300 million user video site is struggling for commercialization

By Iris An 01 What is Bilibili and What Happened to it Bilibili (BILI), nicknamed B Site, is a Chinese video sharing website famous for the quote “powered by love” 用爱发电 and the danmu (弹幕) system, a form of video comments where scrolling user/viewer messages are posted on top of…

Netflix raised prices and customers are upset

13

Sep

By Lexi Blakes

All Posts, Businesses, Industries

Netflix raised prices and customers are upset

By Lexi Blakes Mid-January, Netflix announced it would be raising prices on subscriptions in the U.S and Canada. Netflix offers 3 different plans that can accommodate a variety of television viewers, and all plans have become more expensive in recent months. Currently, the standard subscription price rose to $15.50 per…

Down But Not Out: SMIC’s Rocky Path Forward

24

Mar

By Edward Ding

All Posts, Businesses, Industries, Technology, World

Down But Not Out: SMIC’s Rocky Path Forward

By: Edward Ding December 18, 2020 was a particularly bad day for SMIC, China’s largest semiconductor manufacturer. The U.S. government blacklisted dozens of Chinese companies, including SMIC, and effectively restricted their purchase of advanced U.S. technology. SMIC, already behind foreign competitors in terms of chip technology, found its plans for…

Zero-Days: The Billion-Dollar Arms Market You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

26

Feb

By Geneva Bass

All Posts, Businesses, Industries, Technology, World

Zero-Days: The Billion-Dollar Arms Market You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

By: Geneva Bass The market for zero-days began with $10 and a pair of crocodile cowboy boots. In 2002, a Texan named John P. Watters bought the cybersecurity company iDefence for an Alexander Hamilton and the determination to restore profitability after months of hemorrhaging millions. A zero-day is a computer-software…

30

Jan

By Geneva Bass

All Posts, Businesses, Economy and Government

Pandemic Paints New Era for Art Market

By: Geneva Bass The advent of the novel coronavirus initially paralyzed the global art market. The first half of 2020 saw fine-art auction sales crumble over 50% and the contemporary art market lose 36%, both scraping record lows. However, the global art market and the auction scene’s swift market orientation…