She is one of the co-founders of Foodspotting, one of this year's 30 Under 30 honorees.
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Read More »LinkedIn’s Algorithm Taps Talent Graph, But Still Needs Human Touch
Imagine if your prospects for beating the 9.1% unemployment rate depended not on a meticulously crafted cover letter and résumé, but on a complicated algorithm that helped companies determine the best matches for open jobs.
Read More »A Portable Urban Farm, Made Entirely Of Milk Crates
Using one of the city's many stalled construction sites as a home, the farm of New York's Riverpark restaurant supplies the kitchen with fresh produce, without having a permanent home. Savvy urban restaurateurs from New York to California have recently discovered that growing their own produce, whether on a rooftop farm or a neighboring site, is easier than trekking to local farmer's markets or buying from local suppliers--and it provides lots of publicity. When Sisha Ortuzar and Jeffrey Zurofsky, partners at the popular 'wichcraft chain, decided to open up a new restaurant, they too sought out their own farm space.
Read More »PGT: Donald would be surprised if Tiger wins PGA
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Read More »Blood tests to predict baby’s gender shown to work: Will abortion rate soar?
Gender-predicting blood test 95 percent accurate at 7 weeks, researchers report
Read More »PGT: Caddie Williams apologizes for comments
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Read More »E. coli outbreak linked to Oregon strawberries
Health officials say outbreak blamed for one death likely caused by berries from farm near Portland, Ore.
Read More »Video: Gout showing up in younger patients, study shows
Dr. Jennifer Ashton speaks to Chris Wragge about symptoms of gout and a new study that shows the painful form of arthritis is showing up earlier than ever.
Read More »Rags2Riches Empowers Impoverished Women To Turn Recycled Scrap Into Haute Couture
Sick of being paid tiny wages to make crafts, Reese Fernandez-Ruiz started an organization to get famous designers to give her work cachet, and started helping get local craftswomen out of poverty. Reese Fernandez-Ruiz was teaching children math, science, and reading skills in Payatas--one of the Philippines' biggest dump sites--when she noticed something: local mothers were making foot rugs out of scrap cloth that was furnished to them by a group of middlemen, who got the cloth directly from a factory and retrieved the finished products to sell
Read More »Thinking of Firing an Employee Over a Tweet?
The short answer: When you're prepared to accept it's a risk. Should you —can you?—fire employees for complaining about work-related issues online
Read More »Bing’s Search Market Share, Anonymous Plots Against Facebook, Amazon’s Cloud Kindle
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Read More »The Best Start-up Advisors Are in the Trenches
One of the perennial pieces of advice I get as a new entrepreneur is to put together a board of advisors or get a circle of mentors. I’ve found this doesn’t really require well-connected folks with the word chief in their titles. What I really benefit from is practical advice on how to do things I don’t know how to do
Read More »Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer drops Tiger Woods
Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer says it's ended its 10-year commercial relationship with Tiger Woods and hopes he can "overcome his difficulties."
Read More »When Things Go Viral
BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti talks about how an email exchange with Nike led to his idea for promoting social content throughout the web.
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