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Read More »Leap Year, Episode 7: Corporate Cupid
Derek, with the aid of his lawyer, Josie Hersh, tries to figure out what he's done wrong and who, exactly, is trying to sue him. Derek, with the aid of his lawyer, Josie Hersh (Julie Warner, NIP/TUCK, DOC HOLLYWOOD), tries to figure out what he's done wrong and who, exactly, is trying to sue him
Read More »Don’t Focus on Selling the Fix
To scale up a knowledge-based business, it's necessary to take yourself out of the equation. Here's one solution for how to grow your business. One of the most common questions I get from business owners comes from people who sell their expertise for a living
Read More »How Bing’s Editors Choose Sexy Images To Seduce You Away From Google
A team at Bing gathers every few weeks to select the photos that will appear on the homepage each day. Here's what they're looking for
Read More »IBM Tackles Personalized Medicine’s Big Data Challenge, One Genome At A Time
One human's genome represents a large chunk of data. Put a lot of genomes together and it starts to become unmanageable
Read More »Negative Creeps? Anonymous Introduces The Switzerland Of Social Nets
Shunned from new social networking hotness Google+, hacker collective Anonymous is trying to build its own social net, where political dissatisfaction can be voiced without censorship. In other words: an independent state of social networking. Anonymous stepped afoul of Google Plus's terms and conditions last week.
Read More »The New Stripped-Down SUV That Will Change Transportation In Africa
Mobius has created an SUV that's strong enough to brave Africa's deteriorating roads, but frills free, to make it more affordable. Imagine a place where 2 million kilometers of roads have become virtually non-functional after decades
Read More »Thiel Fellow Dale Stephens Drops Out (Of College), Moves In (To Silicon Valley), And Starts Up (Talent-Scouting RadMatter)
Quitting college at 18 to move to Silicon Valley and pursue your startup is the stuff of Hollywood dreams. Now add a billionaire benefactor--PayPal founder and Facebook investor Peter Thiel--bankrolling you and under pressure to prove that entrepreneurship can rival Harvard as a path to success
Read More »Creating Word-of-Mouth Buzz About Products
This Massachusetts company connects brands to the influential and elusive busy mom. During an eight-year stint as a lawyer at Harvard Law School, Stacy DeBroff realized that there were many women around her struggling to maintain balance between work and family life.
Read More »If You Want To Raise Funds, Think About People–Not Money
Don't lose six-figure funding due to "your strategy." Fundraising is a tough name for one of the most important, and sensitive, ways to engage people. Raising funds for your venture really isn't about the money
Read More »Deliver Value to Your Employees
Beryl Companies CEO Paul Spiegelman explains how to get employees to show up for work with passion, productivity, and focus--and increase profits.
Read More »Kids Banned From Pennsylvania Restaurant
Is it ageism or common sense to ban rowdy children? A few months ago I wrote about a handful of restaurateurs that discouraged diners from bringing children into their establishments .
Read More »Romance Novels Are Steaming Up E-Reader Screens
Photograph by Douglas Sonders How Angela James, head of Harlequin's new romance e-book imprint, has forged a novel business model in paperless publishing. H ere are some things you may not have known about the $1 billion business that is romance publishing today: Divorced women read far fewer romance novels than single and married women do. Romance readers buy in volume and velocity, making them optimal digital readers
Read More »07.18.2011 | Inc.com Daily
Words to avoid in the office, CEO sisters, David Sacks of Yammer on leadership, and more.
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