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How my refusal to wear shoes and get a haircut shaped my entrepreneurial path and company's culture. I became an entrepreneur because I wanted to wear flip-flop sandals to work and not worry about getting haircuts when my bangs grew too long. I was not quite sure what I wanted to do exactly, but I knew that whatever I did it would include the values I hold close: integrity, hustle and individuality over antiquated cultural norms

[youtube pjIK5BOADVI] Apps are coming at us from all directions, and they're getting both more sophisticated and simpler--the app economy is booming. But as everyone and their dog makes something they deem fit to call an "app," the supply will arrive like a flood. Then what will we do as a consumer society--wallow, sink, or swim?

Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson is in a mixing room in Lower Manhattan--but instead of hawking headphones like he's scheduled to do, the Jamaica, Queens-bred rapper is hinting about investing in Spotify and all sorts of other Silicon Valley startups. Looks like G-Unit's getting a VC division. Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson should be hawking headphones.

Hertz puts music at the center of its marketing strategy with a Live Nation partnership that aims to link concert-going and car rentals. Few things go together like music and road trips, so how about a Hertz rental car with those concert tickets? As of January 1, 2012, you’ll be able to book both through Ticketmaster.com as well as LiveNation.com

With its new apps platform, the music start-up is trying to follow in Facebook's footsteps. But it would be much better off taking a cue from Zynga.

Spotify's got a huge catalog of music and 10 million subscribers.

This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Spotify To Enable Third Party App Access . Spotify boss Daniel Ek has just revealed his music streaming website will enable third party HTML5 apps to integrate right into the Spotify platform

To survive in a shaky music industry, singers must become brands. That’s why this one just sold his voice. img.float-left {margin:0px !important;padding:3px !important;width:190px;} "I'm never thinking, What are the kids into today?" says T-Pain.

Argentine household products company BGH turned to its agency for new microwave ad. It got a new microwave feature instead.

Argentine household products company BGH turned to its agency for new microwave ad. It got a new microwave feature instead. The microwave industry is really on quite a tear these days, it seems

In the beginning, music industry watchers hailed subscription streaming services such as Spotify , MOG, Rdio, and Rhapsody as saviors of the industry, an alternative for listeners and labels to the tyranny of the 99-cent iTunes download. But artists weren't singing the same happy song.

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The infomercial follows a simple formula: Hyperbolically overinflate a frustration of daily life, earnestly present a corny product as the easy solution, wonder aloud how expensive such a product would be, and sell it at a fraction of that imaginary price. Then repeat.

The fantasy world of Skyrim is notable for its scale and level of realism. Game director Todd Howard explains how his team at Bethesda Game Studios approaches the creation of a world. [click to enlarge images] Some video games take place in military bases, or even whole cities

Harnessed: How Language and Music Mimicked Nature and Transformed Ape to Man by Mark Changizi. BenBella Books, 2011 [More]