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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Tesla’s deliveries of new battery-powered cars and crossovers cooled down in the second quarter from the year’s first three months as a prolonged slowdown of production in China due to strict Covid-related protocols lasted longer than CEO Elon Musk anticipated and as the company worked through startup headaches at new plants in Germany and Texas. The Austin-based carmaker said it delivered 254,695 vehicles to customers worldwide in the three months that ended on June 30, up 26% from a year ago but down 18% from a record 310,048 in the first quarter. The figure was also below an expected 258,000 deliveries, the average of analysts surveyed by Forbes . In its quarterly release, Tesla cited “ongoing supply chain challenges and factory shutdowns beyond our control.” “While the year started out with 1.5 million to 1.6 million units as the bogey for 2022 deliveries (with a stretch goal of 1.7 million), now the … [Read more...] about Tesla Delivery Pace Drops In Second Quarter On China Slowdown

In today's extremely competitive yet socially conscious business environment , one of the best ways to sustain an innovative organization and attract talent is to create an inclusive environment where a diverse range of voices can be heard. Just think of all the areas in which diversity is a powerful asset: The ideas students are exposed to in school, input on public policy, the culture of a city or a country. Why would successful businesses be any different? When a company creates a culture that celebrates diversity and welcomes contributions from all of its employees, it will benefit from a robust, open exchange of ideas and an atmosphere of mutual respect. Everyone will feel free to bring all their knowledge and skills to the table. But as Kate Fiedelman, who spearheads diversity and inclusion efforts at Pinterest, pointed out when I first began digging into this topic several years ago: “Caring about diversity has to exist innately.” So if diversity and … [Read more...] about How to Think Differently About Building Diverse and Inclusive Organizations

At 1:05 a.m. on a crisp February morning in Boulder, 52-year-old Sheila Luna laid her head back on the hospital bed in her moonlit living room, closed her eyes and took her last breath. Her death did not come without warning. Ever since the day 14 months earlier when doctors diagnosed her with late-stage colon cancer, Sheila and her husband Charles had been planning for what would happen next. A quiet and pragmatic scientist who shifted to medical herbalism late in her career, Sheila had always felt at peace forging through the wilderness with a backpack or sitting cross-legged on a rock by a stream. In death, the last thing she wanted was to pollute the ground with chemically treated casket wood or foul the air with toxic cremation emissions. Charles, a quick-witted marketing exec, had loved her desperately from the moment they met in college 27 years earlier, through their adventures across 19 countries and the raising of their two daughters. To him, the thought of handing her … [Read more...] about With water cremation, body composting and open-air pyres, Coloradans are pioneering a new kind of death care

Sahil Barua, Managing Director & CEO, Delhivery Delhivery, an e-commerce logistics and supply chain startup, floated its maiden public issue on May 11. It will be the first new-age technology company to get listed in 2022. The IPO marks a lucrative exit for many of its investors, makes some employees rich and serves as a barometer to measure India's startup and tech sector's success. The company’s initial public offering (IPO) is significant as it comes at a time when global financial markets have turned volatile due to high inflation, rising interest rates, and geo-political tensions. It also comes on the back of the hammering that new-age technology companies have received after getting listed last year. Delhivery’s IPO response could potentially determine the outcome for startups such as Oyo, Snapdeal and Pharmeasy, who have filed draft papers with Sebi but have delayed their listing plans due to uncertainty in the market. Delhivery, too, had delayed its listing plans … [Read more...] about MC Interview | Good companies find a way to go public at any time, whatever market says: Delhivery’s Sahil Barua

A company tasked with caring for some of Colorado’s sickest people failed to consistently provide basic services like insulin injections for more than a year before state and federal authorities intervened, as its profit-driven leaders recruited more clients than they could handle, former employees allege. The Denver Post spoke to seven former employees and board members of InnovAge, a Denver-based elder care provider, and reviewed hundreds of pages of lawsuits, federal inspection reports and whistleblower complaints. All painted a picture of an organization so focused on growth that it continued signing up new people — including some homeless Denver residents who didn’t qualify — while struggling to serve clients it already had. The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing announced in December that it would no longer pay for InnovAge to care for new clients covered by Medicaid in the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, or PACE, which offers services … [Read more...] about Denver’s InnovAge was struggling long before Medicare stopped paying

When given the option, I don't tell anyone I'm a CEO. Half the time, being a company leader is like being one giant magnet. People get envious and start praising me, usually wanting to know if I'm hiring. They think that, if they can just get close enough, they'll get what I've got. The other half of the time, people get jealous. They lash out and imply that everything I've earned is evidence that I'm a pampered executive. Then, when people actually interact with me, they're surprised. They email me and tell me how nice I am, or they'll say they didn't think they could talk to a CEO so easily. There are times when I sit with employees in the office just being myself, laughing over sodas, and someone will say they didn't expect me to be funny. Those three little letters can feel like there's a huge, artificial barrier between other people and me. These reactions aren't limited to me or even CEOs in general. People pull them out for celebrities, athletes, and others in the … [Read more...] about How ‘Healthy Envy’ Can Help You Succeed

“Hello, I am a successful business leader of a multi-million-dollar company for whose strategic growth I have been solely responsible.” That’s how someone introduced himself to an executive leadership group. The group’s response: “That’s great. Now tell us the version you wouldn’t post to a Facebook group.” Cue the embarrassment. They were right, though-;as a leader, you are expected to craft the perfect faux response-;the classic social media “Hi, I’m awesome!” introduction. No one actually wants to hear that. They don’t necessarily care about boastful accolades, and they don’t want to hear about how great you are (or think you are)-;instead, people respond to authenticity. Here was the impressive re-do: “Hello, I’ve made mistakes and failed a lot. I am always learning through my failures, which is helping me grow as a leader. My goal is to be one percent better tomorrow than I am today.” I was impressed with the authenticity of the re-do, but … [Read more...] about No One Really Wants to Hear Your Social Media Intro

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Telluride, Colorado has been a premiere winter sport destination since the mid-1970s. But it’s emergence as a world-class outpost for food and beverage is a far more recent phenomenon. If you haven't visited in a few years you’d be surprised at just how much there is to savor along these streets—and the eclectic variety of those options. In service of that impressive evolution, this weekend the resort’s five star Madeline Hotel & Residences is hosting its second annual Alpine Cookout . The event is aiming to become a local tradition by attracting a global array of talent. The 3.5 hour long event takes place in Reflection Plaza at Telluride’s Mountain Village, under the shadows of the majestic San Juan Mountains. This year it includes celebrity chef Viet Pham—who will be preparing his signature hot chicken sandwich—along with James Beard Award-winning chefs Dean Fearing and Mark Kiffin, and Mark Tarbell, a two-time … [Read more...] about World Famous Chefs Come To Telluride, Colorado For July 4th Culinary Celebration

One morning in June, Brenda Rivas’ two children scampered through the towering playground at Paco Sanchez Park in northwest Denver. It was only the second time the mother and her boys had visited the sprawling structure of slides, swings, and things to climb, and which looks like it was crafted for The Jetsons cartoon with its odd mix of retro and out-of-this-world design. But Rivas, 31, could see them coming more often, especially as she wants her children to experience the Denver she grew up in. That’s why she also takes the kids to Sloan’s Lake, which Rivas used to bike to with her father when she was growing up even though there’s another park closer to their home. It’s why she drives at least 30 minutes, sometimes 45 minutes, to take them to Colfax Elementary School. “I want them to have the same experience of coming to the neighborhood school,” Rivas said. The playground wasn’t there when she was younger. It didn’t open until 2020, years after soaring rent prices … [Read more...] about “Gentrification on steroids” squeezes out Latino students, raising fears of Denver school closures