Discussion: Examples
We all win if you can suggest local or nearby companies, particularly new companies, that illustrate some point that has come up in class. What are some interesting startups? Please use the comments area here to make suggestions, intersting new companies or recent failures. Xenon, for example (or was it Zenon), the restaurant at Broadway and Pearl that shut down a few months ago… why?
I used to love Zenon and I have no idea why it shut down. I’m still hoping they would re-open it. It was my favorite place in Eugene. Any idea why it shut down???
It was certaintly suprising when it did, because it always seemed full. Here’s a link to a local blog that talked about it, with a 14 comments. The comments include views of employees, who seem to disagree on what really happened.
And the Oregonian’s story doesn’t add up, a sales drop and quick closure is hard to swallow. Without any inside knowledge, I suspect that things were going badly for a while, and owners just got frustrated and fed up and dived. It seems like they could have cut costs, reduced the number of employees, and weathered the storm. So I suppose they didn’t want to.
It also seems like they treated the employees poorly. I agree with the idea that giving people jobs is a good thing, and therefore they deserve credit; but they should also try to give the employees some warning when things go down.
And that Eugene restaurant blog linked up in the first paragraph has a recent note that the owner of Soriah is going to reopen Zenon soon.
Tim