Richard Howard

Keurig Green Mountain, previously owned by Keurig, Inc., was introduced in 1998. Beginning as a vision in the 70’s, the goal of the company was to solve a typical office problem; a full pot of coffee sitting, growing bitter, dense, and stale. The vision was a single cup coffee brewer. In 1992, a business plan was formed and partnerships were made. John Sylvan, the man with the plan, called in Peter Dragone, a former college roommate and director of finance at Chiquita, and Keurig was founded

Two brands from the same product category that I chose to compare their social media promotional strategy are Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks. I chose the two brands because they are the two largest, most well-known, and direct competitor coffeehouse chains in America. Specifically, I chose to exam Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks’ activities on Instagram for a week. I selected Instagram because the majority of its users are millennial, and in this case, it’s the brands’ largest customers. Also, I find

Born on October 18, 1946 in Toronto, Canada, Howard Leslie Shore has always been a very big contributor to the film industry. Whenever people hear the name “Howard Shore”, they automatically associate his name with film. Howard Shore’s most prominent work worldwide is the “Lord of the Rings” series. From the time Shore was a child, he was always absorbed in music and instruments. “Shore started to study music when he was only 8 or 9 years old” (“Howard: Composer”). Shore began playing instruments

The film All About My Mother is a drama which sees a mother, Manuela, on a search to find the father of her son. This journey comes after her son, who has always desired to meet his father, was tragically hit by a car and killed while chasing down actresses of the play A Streetcar Named Desire. This play, which Manuela was an actress in twenty years earlier, becomes small piece of her son she holds, since it was the last thing she did with him before he was killed. This desire she feels to be complete

Gene Colan was an American comic book artist best known for his work for Marvel. He is best known for his work on 1964 Daredevil, Howard the Duck, and The Tomb of Dracula. Colan was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2005. He passed away in 2011. Gene Colan’s mark making is exceptional. The strokes of the pencil and hatching are used to communicate form and structure to the figures and elements in his drawings. Solid black would immensely flatten the images, but the quick

“The Office” is a popular comedy show that originated in the UK and ventured into the U.S. It is popular among mostly millennials but can be cross-generational because of the different cohort groups that are represented in the show. The run down is that it’s a mockumentary about a mediocre paper company called Dunder Mifflin and the workers that cohabitate within. With Michael Scott being a kind, lenient yet socially unaware and naive branch manager also having an extremely wide variety of personalities

The short story the Veldt by Ray Bradbury reveals that revenge is the key to most people’s problems if there isn’t a solution. Early in the story we learn that the children have an issue with their father closing the nursery. The author uses characterization as the literary element in the story to show how the character develops. George, the father of Peter and Wendy is giving Peter recognition and explaining how he is highly intelligent. While George takes pride in his son, he doesn’t realize that

Compare and Contrast Organizational structure – Starbucks Introduction Starbucks company is not just about coffee but an organization wherein human connections are fostered; community involvement is encouraged and different cultures are celebrated. Diversity is valued and respected because it is instilled as an integral part of the culture of the company enabling commitment of all employees (Starbucks – The Best Coffee and Espresso Drinks, n.d.). As depicted in the visual below, Starbucks is a

Reflection Paper #1 It is 2017 and it is safe to say that technology has integrated into daily routines. I for one will admit it, when I wake up the first thing I do is reach for my smartphone. I immediately check on people; I barely even talk to. Sad to admit but it might be to stay relevant to those weak ties for potential social gain. Nevertheless, that has been my daily routine for the last 6 years. Thinking back even further I remember my first interaction with technology and being formally

One day in a college water pipe there was a peanut named peter, this peanut was special, he lived in a Skippy brand peanut butter jar in a city named Aquaville. One day he met a donut named Dylan. Peter met Dylan when he was walking down to the local coffee shop. That day was not normal in his usual seat was sitting a donut. As Peter looked around at him the donut turned and glanced at him and he said hi and ever since that day they were good friends. After about a year of working at the local grocery