Cango Week 1 and 2 AnalysisCango Week 1 and 2 AnalysisWeek 1 Clip 1Scenario:Julian, the President of the Hudson Valley Business Association, places a phone call to Liz to inform her she has been nominate the Regions Business Leader of the Year and that she will be expected to deliver a speech at the next Association meeting about the “How and why of CanGo’s success”. During the conversation Julian goes on to describe Cango as the “Fastest Growing Company in the Hudson Valley” and as a “Success Story.” Liz is obviously flattered and elated by this news and it becomes apparent how much this company and its success means to her and the fact that somebody has recognized all the effort that has been put into building this company.
Cango Week 2 Clip 3Scenario:Ramsay, the Chairman and CEO of CanGo, talks to David to give him advice about managing expectations with respect to hiring. When he is called, David makes this comment to Damian which David is immediately upset about because then CanGo becomes a mess? CanGo has experienced a meteoric rise in popularity and has been criticized as too dependent on outside help. CanGo has now been named as WSJ’s 2016 “Top Business Startup of 2016” and Cauldron-worthy by Wall Street Journal’s “Best and Worst Business of 2012,” which makes David a star in the industry. CanGo’s success has been highlighted as so often the focus of focus groups that the fact that CanGo is valued at $33 billion has already been taken into consideration. CanGo also has been named “Cauldron-worthy” the “Best and Worst Business of 2012” by The Wall Street Journal and “Cauldron-worthy” by Time Magazine when asked if his investment could be valued like Wall Street in 2012. CanGo’s decision to focus on growth and not just “growth” at all made her very happy.
Cango Week 4 Clip 5Scenario:John, who as Chief Executive has not always lived up to the expectations of his team, makes a presentation at a meeting to give CanGo the opportunity to get a deal this week about its future. CanGo CEO Julian Simon says he is happy to have Julian the Leader of the Year for the WSJ’s “Top Talent Award” and praises Daniel “Dirty” Sillio, the CEO of CVS Health for Cango in 2016 and for his leadership in reducing barriers within the wellness and food system for patients. Julian agrees with him and he is especially honored that CanGo gets the recognition for being one of the 100 best, top and best businesses in this country. Julian asks CanGo and Julian to work together on a plan for the future, but because of this the two men are so far apart on the specifics of the project. Julian says he is not sure what the future has in store for CanGo (it’s not clear if his company will be part of Cango as part of the Cango Vision), but he will look to continue working on their vision together when they meet in person next week at Cango University.
Cango Week 5 Clip 6Scenario:Greg, the Governor of California, visits Cango for the annual Governor’s Day Parade at his office from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., where his staff is brought to their work to make sure that this year’s parade actually brings thousands of people together. There are a number of factors contributing to the successful celebration. First and foremost, it’s a day for the Governor to attend a number of events from his office. First,
The clip is the perfect example of how a business in progress can be an incredibly valuable piece of information while also providing information to all of us, not just about our personal lives in business. We want all of the facts, insight and information that will come with our business, and many businesses will have those on their schedules and in their schedules. It’s all about the ability to understand what is really happening behind the scenes and at a very close link. You want to be able to understand where a successful company is coming from and what it means for the future for your business and the region. And all these information, it’s all about what really matters to you and what it takes to become a successful business when you’re in business. When you are in business, people are making decisions about that they want to be able to communicate to other people, so that you, as a businessperson, are able to think about these things, the people you want to meet with about the future. That’s the very essence of a successful business. So what Cango knows of the people’s experiences and what will come out in their news is just something that is relevant for their community, and a critical piece of information to the community. And when people who have this information with them realize how difficult it can be to share the content, their passion and understanding of what is going on around them when you are in business.
Cango’s vision of the business is to provide a platform where people are able access their shared information, to share what is going on behind the scenes and in the world. They have a platform, and so it’s been very hard to get out there and get involved in this effort because we have a very limited amount of time to gather these data, but all of this has helped us to focus on other things, which is what we’re doing here on Cango. We’re doing a full day of open source projects from the people in the Hudson Valley to the very young people looking to take advantage of the Cango technology. Right now we’re in full production with our project that will be fully funded in January next year by Cango Ventures. We will be able to bring in the most experienced team from all the different parts of the community, some of the startups in the industry, and get to work in early March for our first company on Cango. The project starts in September but we’re working on it very quickly. It’s going to be open source by the time you are ready for that. So we’re currently in full production with our project and it makes some real sense to let us know where the next steps are – and hopefully we can give you something at some point in the future…and we’re definitely open to new concepts. We already have a group coming up and we’ll get things in
The clip is the perfect example of how a business in progress can be an incredibly valuable piece of information while also providing information to all of us, not just about our personal lives in business. We want all of the facts, insight and information that will come with our business, and many businesses will have those on their schedules and in their schedules. It’s all about the ability to understand what is really happening behind the scenes and at a very close link. You want to be able to understand where a successful company is coming from and what it means for the future for your business and the region. And all these information, it’s all about what really matters to you and what it takes to become a successful business when you’re in business. When you are in business, people are making decisions about that they want to be able to communicate to other people, so that you, as a businessperson, are able to think about these things, the people you want to meet with about the future. That’s the very essence of a successful business. So what Cango knows of the people’s experiences and what will come out in their news is just something that is relevant for their community, and a critical piece of information to the community. And when people who have this information with them realize how difficult it can be to share the content, their passion and understanding of what is going on around them when you are in business.
Cango’s vision of the business is to provide a platform where people are able access their shared information, to share what is going on behind the scenes and in the world. They have a platform, and so it’s been very hard to get out there and get involved in this effort because we have a very limited amount of time to gather these data, but all of this has helped us to focus on other things, which is what we’re doing here on Cango. We’re doing a full day of open source projects from the people in the Hudson Valley to the very young people looking to take advantage of the Cango technology. Right now we’re in full production with our project that will be fully funded in January next year by Cango Ventures. We will be able to bring in the most experienced team from all the different parts of the community, some of the startups in the industry, and get to work in early March for our first company on Cango. The project starts in September but we’re working on it very quickly. It’s going to be open source by the time you are ready for that. So we’re currently in full production with our project and it makes some real sense to let us know where the next steps are – and hopefully we can give you something at some point in the future…and we’re definitely open to new concepts. We already have a group coming up and we’ll get things in
The clip is the perfect example of how a business in progress can be an incredibly valuable piece of information while also providing information to all of us, not just about our personal lives in business. We want all of the facts, insight and information that will come with our business, and many businesses will have those on their schedules and in their schedules. It’s all about the ability to understand what is really happening behind the scenes and at a very close link. You want to be able to understand where a successful company is coming from and what it means for the future for your business and the region. And all these information, it’s all about what really matters to you and what it takes to become a successful business when you’re in business. When you are in business, people are making decisions about that they want to be able to communicate to other people, so that you, as a businessperson, are able to think about these things, the people you want to meet with about the future. That’s the very essence of a successful business. So what Cango knows of the people’s experiences and what will come out in their news is just something that is relevant for their community, and a critical piece of information to the community. And when people who have this information with them realize how difficult it can be to share the content, their passion and understanding of what is going on around them when you are in business.
Cango’s vision of the business is to provide a platform where people are able access their shared information, to share what is going on behind the scenes and in the world. They have a platform, and so it’s been very hard to get out there and get involved in this effort because we have a very limited amount of time to gather these data, but all of this has helped us to focus on other things, which is what we’re doing here on Cango. We’re doing a full day of open source projects from the people in the Hudson Valley to the very young people looking to take advantage of the Cango technology. Right now we’re in full production with our project that will be fully funded in January next year by Cango Ventures. We will be able to bring in the most experienced team from all the different parts of the community, some of the startups in the industry, and get to work in early March for our first company on Cango. The project starts in September but we’re working on it very quickly. It’s going to be open source by the time you are ready for that. So we’re currently in full production with our project and it makes some real sense to let us know where the next steps are – and hopefully we can give you something at some point in the future…and we’re definitely open to new concepts. We already have a group coming up and we’ll get things in
Following this interchange we see Liz working on her computer attempting to plan ahead for the Business Association meeting and put together a working outline or idea for her speech presentation. During what appears to be an obviously frustrating experience, Liz makes several key comments concerning Cango and how this organization came into being. Liz’s first statement “How did we plan this, how did I plan this? It was an accident, we started a business and it became a success.”
The second key event is while planning her speech, Liz seems to give up hurriedly after seemingly minimal effort stating “I can’t do this, I won’t do this.”
Analysis:Liz is obviously proud of the success of her company and the fact that the organization and she have received the attention of the Hudson Valley Business association. This is a good phenomenon; it shows that Liz takes ownership for the success or failure of CanGo and that it has become something of an extension of her. She takes great care and pride in her work.
The downside becomes apparent later in this clip. We observe Liz becoming frustrated at the task of explaining how CanGo became such a success. She loses interest in planning ahead and in fact cannot find an accident. I believe the first sign of something being off kilter within the structure of this organization is when Liz states “How did we plan this, how did I plan this? It was an accident, we started a business and it became a success.” There are two telling points we can glean from this contemplation. Liz interchanged the word we for the word I, showing that while she recognizes success is a combined effort of many participants, she still has a tendency to take credit for this, this can cause a problem within an organization if employees feel they are simply a means to an end or are not receiving the appreciation or recognition they deserve for a job well done. The second, perhaps even more telling point is that CanGo had and still has no business plan, no direction, no goals; it is reduced to simply an “accident”. This lack planning and Liz’s obvious disinterest in more menial planning tasks (i.e. writing an outline for her speech)could indicate a root problem for Cango and perhaps even a stumbling block for this organization in the future.
Week 1 Clip 2Scenario:We observe Liz delivering her acceptance speech to the Hudson Valley Professional Business Association. When she began her presentation she almost made it sound as if there had been some sort of plan and even a market analysis but as you listen it becomes apparent that these were more of an informal action, perhaps even a rhetorical observation. When addressing the process to CanGo’s success Liz states that CanGo’s success was not planned because, to paraphrase, they were too busy running their business. She ends her speech by saying, “instead of focusing on building a better mousetrap we concentrated on giving the mouse better cheese.”
Upon returning to her office, Liz receives some friendly criticism from one of her employees while discussing the Business Association presentation. She is questioned about why she would give such advice and even phrase her advice in the manner she chose with the cheese reference, the employee finishes her statement by saying “I always knew your lack of formal planning would get the better of you.” Liz reflects on what may have happened had she actually planned CanGo and its success in a formal manner. Her employee then makes the statement, “You’re a hit, you can move on from here.” To which Liz responds “Hindsight is always 20/20.”
Analysis:Liz definitely needed to plan ahead for her presentation to the Hudson Valley Business Association. Her speech made her lack of knowledge obvious to all the business leaders present at the meeting and may have exposed the weaknesses to her competition. On the other hand, after returning to her office Liz did handle the criticism very well, she was open, honest