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we met with the ceo, daniel houghton to find out how they managed to avoid going extinct and changed to keep up with the times. a chance encounter with an american billionaire and at age 24, only three years after graduating from western kentucky university, daniel houghton found himself running the largest travel guidebook company, lonely planet. >> whatever range of emotions you can imagine one might have during that process, i have probably had all of those. in some sense, probably glad i didn't know what to expect. >> when he joined, the company was a sinking ship. guide sales plummeted 40% industry wide from 2007-2012. daniel knew it was going take a major upheaval to save the brand. he also knew there was real value in a brand so many people loved. >> it's really hard to go into something that has been around for so long and try to understand and do the best you can with, you know, the pieces that make it special that you never want to change and what pieces, you know, you need to make a change on so that you can get back to being on the forefront of what's happening. >> the le
we met with the ceo, daniel houghton to find out how they managed to avoid going extinct and changed to keep up with the times. a chance encounter with an american billionaire and at age 24, only three years after graduating from western kentucky university, daniel houghton found himself running the largest travel guidebook company, lonely planet. >> whatever range of emotions you can imagine one might have during that process, i have probably had all of those. in some sense, probably...
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. >> daniel houghton was only 24 when he was suddenly placed at the helm of iconic travel brand lonelylanet, with declining guidebook sales he knew it would take some innovative thinking to modernize this industry dinosaur. find out how he turned things around on "your business" sunday morning at 7:30 calcu... shall we initiate the restart sequence? ♪ thrivent mutual funds. managed by humans, not robots. before investing, carefully read and consider fund objectives, risks, charges and expenses in the prospectus at thventfunds.com. la quinta presents"how to w" step one: point decisively with the arm of your glasses. abracadabra. the stage is yours. step two: choose la quinta. the only hotel where you can redeem loyalty points for a free night-instantly and win at business. it's about moving forward not back. it's looking up not down. it's feeling up thinking up living up. it's being in motion... in body in spirit in the now. boost. it's not just nutrition. it's intelligent nutrition. with 26 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. all in 3 delicious flavors. it's choosing to go i
. >> daniel houghton was only 24 when he was suddenly placed at the helm of iconic travel brand lonelylanet, with declining guidebook sales he knew it would take some innovative thinking to modernize this industry dinosaur. find out how he turned things around on "your business" sunday morning at 7:30 calcu... shall we initiate the restart sequence? ♪ thrivent mutual funds. managed by humans, not robots. before investing, carefully read and consider fund objectives, risks,...
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daniel houghton was only 24 when he was suddenly placed at the help of lonely planet.k sales, he knew it would take innovative thinking to modernize this industry dinosaur. find out how he turned things around on "your business" sunday morning at 7:30. i'm a concrete mason. i own my own company. i had some severe fatigue, some funny rashes. finally, listening to my wife, went to a doctor. and i became diagnosed with hodgkin's lymphoma ...that diagnosis was tough. i had to put my trust in somebody. when i first met steve, we recommended chemotherapy, and then we did high dose therapy and then autologous stem cell transplant. unfortunately, he went on to have progressive disease i thought that he would be a good candidate for immune therapy. it's an intravenous medicine that is going to make his immune system evade the tumor. with chemotherapy, i felt rough, fatigue, nauseous. and with immune therapy we've had such a posite result. i'm back to working hard. i've honestly never felt this great. i believe the future of immunotherapy at ctca is very bright. the evolution of
daniel houghton was only 24 when he was suddenly placed at the help of lonely planet.k sales, he knew it would take innovative thinking to modernize this industry dinosaur. find out how he turned things around on "your business" sunday morning at 7:30. i'm a concrete mason. i own my own company. i had some severe fatigue, some funny rashes. finally, listening to my wife, went to a doctor. and i became diagnosed with hodgkin's lymphoma ...that diagnosis was tough. i had to put my trust...
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dani daniel houghton was 24 when a placed at the head of loan planet.eclining sales, he knew it would take innovative thinking to modernize this industry dinosaur. find out how he turns things around sunday morning on "your business" at 7:30. ( ♪ ) it just feels like anything is possible here in upstate new york. ( ♪ ) at corning, i test smart glass that goes all over the world. but there's no place like home. there's always something different to do like skiing in the winter, jet skiing in the summer. we can do everything. new york state is filled with bright minds like samantha's. to find the companies and talent of tomorrow, search for our page, jobsinnewyorkstate on linkedin. search for our page, "how to win at business." step one: point decisively with the arm of your glasses. abracadabra. the stage is yours. step two: choose la quinta. the only hotel where you can redeem loyalty points for a free night-instantly and win at business. beneful healthy weight because the first ingredient is chicken. (riley) man, this chicken is spectacular! (jessica)
dani daniel houghton was 24 when a placed at the head of loan planet.eclining sales, he knew it would take innovative thinking to modernize this industry dinosaur. find out how he turns things around sunday morning on "your business" at 7:30. ( ♪ ) it just feels like anything is possible here in upstate new york. ( ♪ ) at corning, i test smart glass that goes all over the world. but there's no place like home. there's always something different to do like skiing in the winter, jet...