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Title: Forbes, October 20, 2014
Author: Forbes
Narrator: Ken Borgers
Format: Highlights
Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-20-14
Publisher: Forbes
Genres: Business, Commerce & Economy
Publisher's Summary:
Welcome to Forbes for October 20th, 2014 from Audible. This edition contains seven feature articles. In the cover story, "Inside Pinterest: The Coming Ad Colossus that Could Dwarf Twitter and Facebook" Facebook monetizes the past, Twitter the present. Pinterest, by organizing your wishes and dreams, can identify what you might do or buy in the future. That's a model worth $5 billion for the social network with almighty Google in its sights.
Also, "Shale Gas and Buffett's Billions Fuel Turnaround at Dow Chemical" Back when few people suspected North America was sitting on a lifetime supply of cheap oil and gas, Dow shares plunged 80% to $6 a share. Then came the shale boom and Warren Buffet; Dow shares have risen eightfold from their 2009 lows.
Next, "Houzz's Founders Have Become Tech's Newest Power Couple" Just five years after starting Houzz at their kitchen table, Israeli immigrants Adi Tatarko and Alon Cohen have produced one of the top 200 Web properties in the U-S. Venture investors, betting that Houzz will capture big chunks of the $300 billion U-S design and decor market, now value the company at more than $2 billion.
Then, "How Proto Labs Is Building the Factory of the Future" Ambition has a distinctive sound and you can hear it if you step inside the newly renovated plant outside Plymouth, Minn. Proto Labs machines are running 24 hours a day, sculpting small bricks from dozens of different types of plastics and metals into parts that will serve as prototypes for the likes of Xerox, Northrop Grumman, and Ford.
We'll also tell you about, "Biotech's Builder: How the Pharma's Landlord Could Benefit from the Drug Boom" As the tech industry falls back in love with urban America, Joel Marcus, landlord to the booming biotechnology business, is perfectly positioned to strike it rich.
Followed by, "The Oil Patch Prince: A Great Tale of West Texas" Six years ago Bryan Sheffield had no energy industry experience. Today he's on track to become a billionaire before his 40th birthday. How it happened is one of the greatest Texas oil stories of all time.
And in our final story, "Are You Maneuverable?" What determines a company's success is the people who make up a company and how they interact as they form and reform into teams to stay maneuverable.