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Start-ups can get a huge boost from partnering with larger companies. Bespoke Post and Parking Panda are growing thanks to key partners.

In a 2006, season 2 episode of The Office entitled "Drug Testing," Dwight Schrute interrogates his fellow employees about the partially smoked joint he found in the parking lot.

Before you offer your MVP that VIP parking space, check why rewarding with a perk can often have the opposite effect. I started a new job and was given a reserved parking spot right by the main entrance

When your employees are trained that the customer is always right, they will handle unexpected situations with the best customer service. A few months ago we were reminded of what great customer service can do for a business. My wife and I had arranged to get away for a weekend to Charlotte, North Carolina to see one of Cirque du Solei’s latest shows

The Friday after Thanksgiving is known for big deals at large retailers. But can AmEx's marketing push help claim enough of that business for the little guys?

As brainstorming has become customary, has it also lost its sparkle, and value, for your company? Here's where you may have gone wrong, and what to avoid in the future

A defense contractor decided a man could not do his desk job because he was morbidly obese. The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission says this is against the law. At 600 plus pounds, Ronald Kratz II wasn't having any problem performing his desk job at a defense contractor and had been receiving good evaluations at work.

The winning bid for the design of the Olympic village in Rio is based on the shape of tropical flowers, and is designed to be replaced with more needed buildings once the games are over. Whether or not countries benefit from the infrastructure they build to host the Olympics is a subject for heated debate, but build they still must

A new law in California would make it legal for Chevy Volts to use parking spots equipped with electric chargers. But does the law actually make it harder for electric car owners

Instead of driving aimlessly looking for a spot, pay a few bucks to have someone give you theirs. It's happened to all of us: circling for what seems like hours trying to find a parking spot near our house or the restaurant you're going to.

One of the scenarios I evoke frequently when speaking with clients about computer security is called "Frontier Friction." At the beginning of the story, a coordinated terror attack takes out the servers of a large banking institution. They also take out their backup systems.

The outraged mayor of Vilnius is sick of cars parking in his bike lanes. So sick of them, he's now crushing them personally. The mayor of Lithuania's capital, Vilnius, was sick of cars parking in no parking zones and bike lanes

From the archive, we pose a question that's still as relevant as ever: Why has Memorial Day, like so many of our national holidays, been reduced to appliance sales, fast food specials, and vacation deals? With the recent near-collapse of our economy, the ways in which we understand and celebrate national holidays seem particularly challenged. This erosion of meaning is just one of many examples of the growing gap between the promise of America--freedom and opportunity through sacrifice and unity--and how people experience Brand America

Do you ever feel like all the great programmers already have jobs?

My desk used to have a very large pile of envelopes stacked in the corner. It included notices from various agencies in the states in which our employees live, pitches from would-be business partners, personal correspondence, and too many other things to list. Under the desk was a box, which contained all of the stuff that had been crowded off my desk