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At both Linden Lab and his new company Coffee & Power, Philip Rosedale took a radical approach to bonuses: He let employees decide how to give them out.

At both Linden Lab and his new company Coffee & Power, Philip Rosedale took a radical approach to bonuses: He let employees decide how to give them out. Philip Rosedale, founder of Second Life maker Linden Lab and Coffee & Power , lets his employees decide how to divvy up the quarterly bonus pot. Sound like a recipe for disaster?

Before political campaigns were all over blogs, Meetup.com, YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook, there was USA.gov, cofounded by David Binetti in 2000. The site, which was the platform for the first ever webcast from the Oval Office, is now the U.S

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion [More]

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion [More]

Here's how to level the playing field when your competitor has the inside track.

European leaders are meeting today on yet another Grand Plan to bail out the Euro. Why you, and your business, better hope they succeed. The drama is building over European leaders’ continued inability to solve the debt crisis that threatens to explode the euro zone.

Yeah, you read right. Here's why most sales forecasts fail, and how to craft one that will be more accurate.

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The theme of conflict is one that influential leaders come back to again and again. While it's something many of us fear--for good reason--if used properly, it can also get people to engage and buy in

Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Jobs Biography Pre-orders Up 41,800% On Amazon.com . Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs has seen a surge in pre-orders since the announcement of Jobs' death.

Editor's Note: The following excerpted from The Prince of Evolution: Peter Kropotkin's Adventures in Science and Politics

The battle over "platforms" is as frenzied and vital as a presidential campaign. .caption {color:#666;font-size:11px;"} .caption img {padding-bottom:2px;} Illustration by I Love Dust It has become impossible to escape the smartphone wars

Sunni Brown , M.P.A., is owner of BrightSpot I.D., a company specializing in visual thinking to support problem-solving in business.

Is salt bad for us? In just the past few months researchers have published seemingly contradictory studies showing that excess sodium in the diet leads to heart disease , reduces your blood pressure, or has no effect at all . We called Scientific American advisory board member Marion Nestle , a professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University and the author of Food Politics , to help parse the latest thinking regarding salt and heart health