This Friday, September 20th, marks what would have been Jay Ward's 124th birthday. The classic deal toy above may conjure up some dim memories, and not just of Casper the Friendly Ghost. The Lucite tombstone is also a vestige of another spectral...
This Friday, September 20th, marks what would have been Jay Ward's 124th birthday. The classic deal toy above may conjure up some dim memories, and not just of Casper the Friendly Ghost. The Lucite tombstone is also a vestige of another spectral...
If you're not in the financial industry, there's a good chance you've never even heard of custom deal toys. And you're even less likely to have heard of the other, less captivating term they commonly go by: "financial tombstones". But even if...
What exactly are "financial tombstones"? You can find some good definitions of financial tombstones online, though some are slightly inaccurate, or just incomplete. For instance, you may have come across this: "Financial tombstones (also known...
Google's Iconic Lava Lamps and the Landmark Tombstone August hasn't traditionally been the most laid-back time of year for Google. In 2015, co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin chose the month to announce a corporate restructuring, and the...
ESPN's annual ESPY awards telecast is celebrated for bringing full-on Oscar-style glitz and red carpet trappings to the international sports world. The event is also famed for emotional, and often galvanizing acceptance speeches. (ESPN itself...
Why Food and Beverage Tombstones Stand Out What's so special about these financial transactions---and their tombstones? Maybe it's the fact that they usually involve common, everyday items. Add to that the fact they often also involve...
Are there M&A tombstones in your immediate future? Even if you don't fully buy into the M&A "tidal wave" forecasted by some sources, there's pretty good evidence that, at the very least, surf's up. Since September, announced mergers have...
Sales recognition awards can be invaluable to the performance and destiny of your organization. At least that's the wisdom put out, not surprisingly, by organizations that sell sales recognition awards. But despite the self-serving insights, and...
Sustainability isn't exactly a new focus, either for financial transactions themselves or for the deal toys that commemorate them. After all, sustainability has been a corporate tenet for decades now, and become the centerpiece of any number of...