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Feed SubscriptionCreative Cultures: MailChimp Grants Employees "Permission To Be Creative"
This is the first in a series on corporate culture. From business philosophy to talent acquisition and management, customer service and product development, we’ll examine the inner workings of successful companies and the ways they build cultures that promote and harness creativity.
Read More »RIM’s Woes, Amy Winehouse Net Scams, Norway Alleged Killer On YouTube, Airbnb’s $100M Funding, Google+’s Real Names Fiasco
This and other breaking news, updated throughout the day by Fast Company's editors. RIM Ditches Over One In Ten Staff .
Read More »How to Reward Great Ideas
Your employees may never say no to a bonus, but that doesn't mean it's the ideal way to credit their work. Examples from Foursquare and other innovative companies show how to make your rewards as creative as the ideas they're rewarding. Projet Cr
Read More »Benefits of NAS and How to Set One Up
Network attached storage devices are gaining popularity as a way of sharing files among multiple computers.
Read More »"Virtual Cane" Lets Visually Impaired Navigate Via Sonar
A new prototype device allows the visually impaired to more easily walk the streets using sonar-like technology to create an impromptu spatial picture. Blind and visually impaired individuals may soon be walking easier with “virtual canes.” A new device developed by a team affiliated with Israel's Hebrew University allows users to detect all objects within 10 meters for safe navigation. The cane uses sonar-like technology, turning users into virtual batmen and batwomen
Read More »Legacy of Mental Health Problems from Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Will Be Long-Lived
As Operation Enduring Freedom, the war on terror in Afghanistan, winds down and some 33,000 U.S.
Read More »7 Steps to a Culture of Innovation
Hyper-growth companies often credit a culture of innovation as their primary driver of success. They deploy creative thinking to attack problems big and small
Read More »My Favorite Tool for Prioritizing E-mail
Entrepreneur Patrick Rhone explains how he uses AwayFind to keep up with urgent e-mail messages on the go.
Read More »Seriously, You Need a Vacation
Entrepreneurs can be reluctant to pull away from work. But slogging it out through the summer may not be good for your healthor your business
Read More »7 Tips for Hiring Older Workers
Baby boomers have been nicknamed the "Silver Tsunami" for their impact on every facet of society. Now, as 76,000,000 of them reach age 60 and beyond, it seems they either can't or don't want to stop working.
Read More »Environmental WikiLeaks: Greenpeace Crowdsources Research Of Secret BP Documents
Greenpeace is on a mission to expose major corporations and government agencies involved in shady activities--and it wants your help. Greenpeace is on a mission to expose major corporations and government agencies involved in shady activities--by posting thousands of Freedom of Information Act documents on highly publicized websites. If Greenpeace's tactics work, the organization could change the way companies do business, or at least force them to better hide incriminating documents.
Read More »The Case for Boardroom Bullies
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today.
Read More »Freedom to Create Brings the Power of Expression to Muzzled Societies
Art can change the world. Just ask the artists who have submitted works to Freedom to Create , an arts and culture foundation that leverages the power of art to address injustice in places where there is no freedom to express it otherwise. This Thursday, March 24, the organization is bringing an exhibition of some of the top selections from the 2010 Freedom to Create Prize--an annual competition for artists who address social injustice--to New York City.
Read More »100 Blue Angels: A Personalized Kickstarter for One Marine Biologist
Wallace "J" Nichols is crowdsourcing his life's work. And saving his home in the process. It's difficult to make it as an independent scientist.
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