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Throwing a few blocks can help you shine more than carrying the ball. We all love overnight celebrity stories about breakout stars who suddenly catapult to the forefront of a scene and completely own it out of sheer talent and brilliance. Sure, it's inspiring and romantic, but not always the case

If the surveys are correct, 2012 could go down in history as the year of corporate musical chairs. The results of recent studies conducted by Gallup, Mercer, and Right Management are alarming.

Two New York fashionistas launch their fashion house Jolie & Elizabeth in New Orleans and lead the charge of bringing fashion back to the Garden District. When Jolie Bensen , 27, graduated from LSU in 2006 with a degree in apparel design, she had big dreams of leaving her native New Orleans behind and making her mark on the fashion industry in New York. And that's exactly how things began to play out

A few months back, the White House announced the creation of Startup America , a public-private partnership to accelerate entrepreurialism in the U.S., chaired by AOL cofounder Steve Case. Now Case's old business partner, former Time Warner CEO Jerry Levin, is helping start a health-specific variation on Startup America, called Startup Health

Today, Most Innovative Company Zynga announced the talent acquisition of Massachusetts-based game developer Floodgate Entertainment. Floodgate's six-person team, known mostly for co-developing mobile and PC titles, will be absorbed by Zynga's Boston offices. The acquisition marks Zynga's tenth and 10 months--previous acquisitions ranged from XPD in Beijing to Bonfire Studios in Dallas to Dextrose AG in Frankfurt