BMCC OpenLab | Mubtasem Ali | Activity https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/members/mubtasem/activity/ Activity feed for Mubtasem Ali. Sat, 09 May 2026 03:39:33 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 adacfc9e87f68561de0993991685e2a5 Mubtasem Ali replied to the topic Hidden Messages in Marketing in the forum BUS 104-E052 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Summer 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-e052-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-summer-2022/forum/topic/hidden-messages-in-marketing-4/#post-14090 Mon, 22 Aug 2022 01:57:24 -0400 Hi,

This makes a lot of sense, had no clue. The logo is a head with headphones on makes it very intuitive and smart. Beats as a luxury brand make sense, they have prioritized fashion over function. As well as spent heavily on sponsoring celebrities. Their target audience seems to be those focused a luxury look rather than comfort or function.

]]> 0 12d6046bc44f572c46b8df8fe94a19c2 Mubtasem Ali replied to the topic Hidden Messages in Marketing in the forum BUS 104-E052 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Summer 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-e052-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-summer-2022/forum/topic/hidden-messages-in-marketing-4/#post-14089 Mon, 22 Aug 2022 01:38:03 -0400 The choice to use a niche greek symbol for mythology is an interesting choice from a business point of view. The meaning may not be the most recognizable but the icon has become iconic despite it. I think Starbucks offering more drink selections is smart, their cafes are used as places to hang out and study. Many people don’t drink coffee but may…[Read more]

]]> 0 acf7f52bb8a7ba7bca25327dbf2aebaa Mubtasem Ali replied to the topic Hidden Messages in Marketing in the forum BUS 104-E052 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Summer 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-e052-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-summer-2022/forum/topic/hidden-messages-in-marketing-4/#post-14088 Mon, 22 Aug 2022 01:31:32 -0400
  • Unilever:
  • The Unilever logo at first glance is nothing but a U and Unilever and upon a bit more inspection an array of random patterns. However, upon closer inspection, you can see these patterns have specific imagery. Through the use of their site, I was able to find some of these hidden meanings. The symbols are generally meant to embody…

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    ]]>     0     98db0bc718f3ae5940678e85eefe469b Mubtasem Ali replied to the topic Are Leaders Born or Made? in the forum BUS 104-E052 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Summer 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-e052-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-summer-2022/forum/topic/are-leaders-born-or-made/#post-13956 Mon, 15 Aug 2022 01:46:50 -0400 Cortez, James, and Smith all started from humble beginnings and went on to bring a lot of change to the places and industries they worked in. Cortez has brung change to immigrant and poorer communities’ representation. Furthermore, she has brings the spotlight on important issues to her and is not afraid of backlash. Smith led FedEx through tough…[Read more]

    ]]>     0     557d63a32d6e9c8dca07abb808c6521c Mubtasem Ali replied to the topic Outsourcing & Offshoring in the forum BUS 104-E052 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Summer 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-e052-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-summer-2022/forum/topic/outsourcing-offshoring-3/#post-13603 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 03:31:06 -0400 I did not think about how the pressure to increase prices in the country that is being sourced for international labor would be detering from and making hiring for businesses not viable or lead to a brain drain of the best talent to foreign companies. I am interested in reading more about how these impacts look.

    ]]>     0     6beccf460ee1618b580b1ff02134d66b Mubtasem Ali replied to the topic Outsourcing & Offshoring in the forum BUS 104-E052 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Summer 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-e052-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-summer-2022/forum/topic/outsourcing-offshoring-3/#post-13602 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 03:28:15 -0400 The Boeing example of offering well-paid jobs to local people is very true in many instances. For example, a lot of software engineers In South Asian countries work for Middle Eastern or European countries from abroad for less than the pay of their counterparts in those countries but still a massive boost in salary compared to work in their home…[Read more]

    ]]>     0     163748707a09d580381c3ac2444128f2 Mubtasem Ali replied to the topic Outsourcing & Offshoring in the forum BUS 104-E052 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Summer 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-e052-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-summer-2022/forum/topic/outsourcing-offshoring-3/#post-13601 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 03:24:43 -0400 Does outsourcing benefit developing countries? The short answer is Yes, probably.

    I will start off with something I noticed in the readings. In “Why It Matters Global Environment”, the author mentioned ethical concerns that Bangladeshis make as little as “0.21$” in the garment industry. However, as someone who is from a Bangladeshi family, I have…[Read more]

    ]]>     0     2c24b5da930004592ff57cb947deb8f7 Mubtasem Ali replied to the topic Supply & Demand in Your Life in the forum BUS 104-E052 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Summer 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-e052-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-summer-2022/forum/topic/supply-demand-in-your-life-3/#post-13547 Mon, 01 Aug 2022 03:18:24 -0400 Hi Paris,

    I think the housing prices in NYC have become a very real issue in NYC in the past year.  I am seeing many people who would have thought they would spend their whole life in NYC, are leaving everything they have to move to a more affordable market. NYC is pricing out many of its citizens, what will the city look like when middle-class…[Read more]

    ]]>     0     e2cf9cf6998b198bbfd8db40e64de0df Mubtasem Ali replied to the topic Supply & Demand in Your Life in the forum BUS 104-E052 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Summer 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-e052-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-summer-2022/forum/topic/supply-demand-in-your-life-3/#post-13546 Mon, 01 Aug 2022 03:14:07 -0400 Hi Dilson,

    Thank you for posting such an interesting article. I did not even know there was a Producer Price Index. The PPI increasing a rate much faster than the CPI surprised me. It may be due to lower consumer demand due to being cash strapped in the current economy, that businesses have not offloaded the extra cost of their expenses to their…[Read more]

    ]]>     0     5218bc5766d3354de147dad0fa8c6e1b Mubtasem Ali replied to the topic Supply & Demand in Your Life in the forum BUS 104-E052 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Summer 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-e052-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-summer-2022/forum/topic/supply-demand-in-your-life-3/#post-13528 Sun, 31 Jul 2022 05:39:23 -0400 The pc and computer hardware space has been seeing massive shifts in both supply and demand. These shifts in demand and supply are both positive and negative. They are making the industry hard to predict and navigate. Recently we saw intel miss their earnings by 8% and have seen their revenue drop significantly, something we see more of in the…[Read more]

    ]]>     0     ee9b448337f97d4ad51121d70db73c69 Mubtasem Ali replied to the topic What is a Business? in the forum BUS 104-E052 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Summer 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-e052-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-summer-2022/forum/topic/what-is-a-business-3/#post-13450 Thu, 28 Jul 2022 02:42:39 -0400 It is interesting describing your employment as an unpaid intern at a non-profit business. It evokes the concept to me of considering yourself as a company and every interaction, service, and payment you make is between companies. Viewing yourself in this way can be fruitful for maximizing your Opportunites and financial gains.

    ]]>     0     3be890b923146c3722b310eede9496f5 Mubtasem Ali replied to the topic What is a Business? in the forum BUS 104-E052 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Summer 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-e052-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-summer-2022/forum/topic/what-is-a-business-3/#post-13449 Thu, 28 Jul 2022 02:29:50 -0400 After reading this, I noticed how a huge gulf of the businesses interacts with every day are massive international companies, despite there being such a plethora of local businesses around us. The ones that dominate and are consistent in your life, as well as mines, are these big international companies that while do try to cater to the local…[Read more]

    ]]>     0     4ae0cb23fa6247a5541136377ac225f1 Mubtasem Ali replied to the topic What is a Business? in the forum BUS 104-E052 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Summer 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/bus-104-e052-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-summer-2022/forum/topic/what-is-a-business-3/#post-13447 Thu, 28 Jul 2022 02:23:33 -0400 A business to me is any operation with the goal of achieving any goal, whether that be financial or not. Businesses convert resources and create more value than the resource on their own, these resources become goods or services. These businesses typically feel or create a new vacuum of demand to fulfill. Everybody interacts with businesses every…[Read more]

    ]]>     0     d0a964a721bf2d0df1a70e3e719b7811 Mubtasem Ali joined the group BUS 104-E052 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Summer 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/activity/p/106896/ Thu, 28 Jul 2022 02:07:17 -0400 0 da4a3d0a7f4e1d22609cf605e25101b5 Mubtasem Ali wrote a new blog post Mubtasem Ali in the group BUS 104-E052 | Intro to Business | Professor Buckler | Summer 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/bus-104-e052-intro-to-business-professor-buckler-summer-2022/?p=1406 Sat, 23 Jul 2022 20:53:11 -0400 My name is Mubtasem Ali. Im a visiting student from the University of Rochester. I major in computer science and am going to my final semester. I aspire to be a product manager in the tech field, I hope this […]

    ]]>         13f8b3a17f73cc5c850f9f0fa29fe342 Mubtasem Ali became a registered member https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/activity/p/106732/ Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:14:10 -0400 0