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Spotify just hit 3 million paying subscribers, the Financial Times reports . That may sound like an impressive milestone for the popular on-demand music service, but how impressive is it really? Only about 64 days have elapsed since Spotify announced it reached 2.5 million subscribers in November

You already know how to divide your audience into broad groups. Now it's time to create unique individual targeting.

So you got a degree. Now it's time to face the realities of running a business, including these lessons you didn't learn in the classroom. At the end of our first year in business I got on my knees and prayed to God for a sign: whether we should continue our business

As the Netflix CEO launched in the UK and Ireland, he said last year's pricing backlash put the focus back on consumers. How does it feel to go from Wall Street darling to the object of scorn? "It felt bad, that's what you would expect," Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told paidContent as he launched the company in the UK and Ireland

The future of business is pure chaos.

Working from home requires a new mindset and a good system, not just a nicer pair of pants (but put those on, too).

The results are in--and they arent pretty. Here are eight cautionary tales from some of the worlds biggest brands. Recently I gave a group of my MBA students at New York University’s Stern Graduate School of Business in New York this assignment: Identify the most questionable new products of the year and analyze what made them so ill conceived.

Applause! Applause! Some cheered when Reed Hasting announced his decision to split up Netflix's DVD and streaming businesses . Photo by Rick Harrison See more of the best photos of 2011

Applause! Applause! Some cheered when Reed Hasting announced his decision to split up Netflix's DVD and streaming businesses .

The final vote is in! The committee has worked its way through an amazingly large group of entrees and come up with the Top (Bottom?) 10.

In the next year, The Black List will venture beyond films--aiming to be the go-to site for the industry's favorite unproduced TV pilots and stage shows. Are TV specials and conventions in its future? "We're open to anything," says founder Franklin Leonard.

In the next year, The Black List will venture beyond films--aiming to be the go-to site for the industry's favorite unproduced TV pilots and stage shows. Are TV specials and conventions in its future?

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Twitter's TextSecure Goes Open Source .

Fix your passwords, safeguard against email break-ins, and theft-proof your devices before that cup of joe gets cold. As long as we’ve had computers and gadgets, there’s been a tension between security and ease of use.

Acquired by Netflix CEO in 2010, the educational software company plans to introduce new products with the infusion of cash.