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Holiday parties last an evening; reputation-damaging choices last a career. Be sure you're not going to make any mistakes. I have been to many, many holiday parties

Joie de Vivre Hotels founder explains how your customers, your employees, and even your investors have the same five needs. Deliver on them and you cant lose.

Some of tech's leading designers gather at 500 Startups to inspire the next generation. Step one: Learn how to code.

We are genetically oriented toward learning from others, an easy thing to forget these days.

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Amazon Promises Fire Fix

The idea isn't new, but what you get for the money just keeps getting better. In the very early days of your company , it might make sense to call your garage (or basement or kitchen table) headquarters

Editor's note: The following is an excerpt adapted from the book, People Will Talk: The Surprising Science of Reputation , by John Whitfield (Wiley, 2011). Copyright

You? Come across as arrogant

Can digital games change the world (for the better)? This entrepreneur thinks so.

Start-up founders don't just wake up one day and decide to launch something entirely different. It's a gradual--and more grueling--process.

The challenging economy has forced everyone to look at cutting unnecessary costs.

How do innovators and early adopters succeed in spreading new ideas, new tech, and even new seed corn? We continue our Leadership Hall of Fame series , a year-long look at the top business books and authors, with an excerpt from The Tipping Point (2000) by Malcolm Gladwell.

Everyone thinks successful leaders always know what to say and the right course to take. They don't.

I want to start by saying I love music. Sharing music with my friends and colleagues is even more fun.

Brooklyn's business leaders ponder the future of hacking, crowdfunding, and your customers' shopping habits in the second TEDxBrooklyn. How will you "redefine better" in 2012? Friday's TEDxBrooklyn conference focused on that theme by bringing together some of the biggest forces that have "bettered" the borough in recent years