Startups can be amazing places to work, and the euphoria surrounding them has a high degree of contagion. But future leaders have unique lessons to learn by working for larger, more established companies as well
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Feed SubscriptionThe High Cost And Extreme Stickiness Of Free Stuff
How an emotional investment leads to a physical purchase, and why iPhone apps are Gillette 2.0. When I first began shaving at the tender young age of 16, I chose a Gillette razor. It seemed far cooler than my father’s buzzing electric shaver.
Read More »Exclusive: Hipstamatic, Instagram To Unveil Photo-Sharing Partnership
Last week, Instagram hit 27 million users, solidifying it not only as one of the most popular photo-sharing services on the market, but as one of the world's fastest-growing social networks .
Read More »Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom On Hipstamatic Partnership, Future Of Photo-sharing With Camera+, Facebook
Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom talks to Fast Company about opening up his API to Hipstamatic and the risks and rewards of opening up to even more photo apps in the near future. Today, Hipstamatic is set to unveil a partnership with Instagram that allows photos from the camera app to be directly ported to Instagram.
Read More »Is This Island Start-up Paradise?
What happens when a flood of highly educated, entrepreneurial young people return from studies abroad to tiny Cyprus?
Read More »Is This Island Start-up Paradise?
What happens when a flood of highly educated, entrepreneurial young people return from studies abroad to tiny Cyprus? The answer offers a trickle of optimism.
Read More »Read Obituaries. And Lead to the Fullest
Write your own eulogy today. Reflect on your life so far, and whether you're satisfied with the path you're on
Read More »3 Steps To Pursuing Your Ideal Career
There's often a gap between identifying what you naturally gravitate toward and gain energy from and how that translates into your full-time work. Take a deep breath and dive in with these three steps that'll start closing it
Read More »6 Steps to Building a Better Business Case
Whether youre pitching a product, an investment, or an idea, these questions will help you seal the deal without any fancy sales pitches or techniques. Convincing other parties to buy into your viewpoint is critical to growing your business.
Read More »Your Prescription for Productivity
Here's how a mind-body approach can help you achieve peak performance--both personally, and company-wide. Imagine going to a doctor's appointment and everyone in the office seems to know you almost as well as you know yourself.
Read More »My Secret for Turning Fear Into Opportunity
Feeling like a failure in business?
Read More »Fast Talk: Pay $1,695 To Teach Your Kid To Jump Off A Roof
Meet Andy Wexler, who has built a successful business partly out of catering to daredevil children.
Read More »Video: Mississippi woman is "only doctor in town"
Mississippi has the highest rate of infant mortality and obesity in the nation. One woman has spent almost half her life taking care of people who have no money and no other way to get help.
Read More »4-Step Entrepreneur Screening Test
Do you think like an entrepreneur? Test yourself against these four simple points.
Read More »Working With Your Spouse: 5 Rules
Going into business with your spouse isn't for the faint of heart. Here are five rules that will increase your chances of success. Business partners talk all the time about being “in the trenches” together
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